Jessica POV
“What did you mean by you don’t ”
“I am just indifferent to them, I don’t hate them and I don’t like them at the same time but I might raise one if I see any to my liking”
She nodded her head in understanding and we left the animal there, we were strolling around when a rabbit approached us, seeing new faces made it alert and curious, we stood still, it came to us and looked up and me, I bent took it into my hand and handed it over to Jessica
“Oh, cutie , how are you? Your fur is so soft and white”
Other animals must be watching us for long because they all start coming to us in after the other.
Jessica was happy, she stayed their patting the animals and I was looking around the whole place, this is my safe haven, I usually come here whenever I was down as a little kid, I have not brought anyone but her here.
“Let’s go back inside, you can come whenever you want to okay?”
“Okay, then…. Bye cuties, later on okay”
We headed back inside, I intentionally took the plum tree path so we can also visit the garden too.
“Wow this is beautiful, look at all that flowers and greens plants, the birds are beautiful and lovely too, their chirping sounds like music ”
She sat down on the settee there, brought out her book and continued reading, I decided to leave her to get device since we are closer to the main house.
“Am going to the study, you can come back after you are done”
” Okay then, thank you for showing me around ”
I smiled and left
Jessica POV
I watched his back as he left, Xavier really is a good man sometimes, his grandfather took, they made me feel at home and safe.
“I am so happy, am scared that something bad might happen to spoil it, is it okay for me to be this happy?”
Grandfather’s POV
My heart swelled with happiness as I saw my grandson walk hand in hand with his wife, the two seems to be getting along well, I extended the contract like that so that they might fall in love with each other before five years elapsed.
My grandson really has suffered after his parents death, due to work , I could not be there for him ways but I made sure he is well taken care of.
I don’t know if I did a good job or not and it breaks my heart.
“Old man, I come prepared to beat you In the game hahahaha”
The thundering annoying voice of my friend Wilfred interrupted me.
“Did you come to get beaten again, be my guest”
“Hah, see who will take a beating today, am happy because my son has gotten a girlfriend ”
“Tch, Tch, Tch, why not a wife, mine got a wife, soon a baby and I will be the first with a grandchild hohohoho”
“See if I don’t beat you to game today”
“Don’t worry, I will take it easy on you because I know you are having a headache because of your granson”
“Hah, you know you will lose that’s why you are spouting rubbish, shut up and let’s play, I will make you call me grandpa”
“You are already a grandpa, no need to let us know that okay ”
“You, you, you, you shameless old man”
Jessica’s POV
The book I was reading was quite interesting, about a girl and her fight for her family in a troubled village.
“Duu, duu, duu, duu”
My phone rang startling me, I picked it up but I didn’t recognise the number there at all.
“Hello, Jessica speaking, how may i help you?”
There was silence for a bit before rustling of cloths
“Jessica, so you really blocked my number huh”
The last voice of the person I wanted to hear sounded at the other end.
“Cat caught your tongue”
“What do you want Collins?”
“That’s feisty, where are you?”
“Why will I tell you where I was?”
“I came to your company and I was told you had a day off and appears you also moved out of your house too”
“So? What has that got to do with you?”
“Jessica, you are making me mad, where are you?”
“Collins, we broke up already so I don’t think you have any right to ask me where I was or try to know anything about me goodbye ”
“Don’t you dare ha…..”
I hanged up on him before he finished talking and I blocked the number too, I felt nothing this time around, there is still a pain there but it’s not as bad as the first day or other days I remember him, seems like an moving on from him pretty well, thanks to Xavier.
I soon went back to the house after a while, I heard noise coming out from grandpa’s study and I went in because it was open.
“Good afternoon father, Good afternoon sir”
I greeted him and another who am sure is his friend .
“Good afternoon, come here”
I approached them.
“Old man , this is my daughter in-law, my son’s wife”
“Nice to meet you young lady, hope this old man isn’t bothering you?”
I shook my head
“What about that brat Xavier?”
“No sir they are treating me well”
“I know you are just jealous because my daughter is more pretty than your son’s GIRLFRIEND ”
“You, must you highlight the ‘girlfriend’ part, don’t worry, I will surely invite you to their wedding later”
“Am waiting after all, you had more son’s girlfriends but no DAUGHTER IN-LAW but I now have wife and daughter in-law ”
I smiled and excused myself, I can still hear them arguing as I left, I really do feel at home here than any other place I have been.
“This contract marriage is definitely not a bad decision “