Jessica’s point of view
“Well if you say so”
(What the heck is wrong with Xavier? How could he start an argument with Collins in the midst of people )
I sighed out in a exhaustion, he has been acting strange since Collins arrived, if I didn’t know better I will think he is jealous but I know he isn’t…. am I sure though, haa, whatever, I just want to go home now.
The party continued and I went on to eat my cake, Collins came to sit beside me at a point after Xavier left to greet people who happened to be his grandfather’s friends, Colin’s father really had some good connections,
“Jessica, how are you seeing the party?”
“It’s okay, just stressful, didn’t know this is how rich people dinner party goes like”
“Hahahhahhah, well that’s why sometimes I don’t go because of how it is”
“It’s okay though, there are delicacies here to enjoy”
“Here have this, I know you like it”
I look at the cake he was giving me and look back at him in astonishment, he was looking at me with a… should I say an intimidating eyes, quite funny I never realised till now, I just smiled back at him and said,
“I don’t like chocolate cakes or black coffee, that’s what you like not me, so you can have it instead ”
“I… I thought you like it, you used to eat when we were together, did your taste change because you despise me now?”
“Hahahaha, you have a wild imagination Collins why would I despise food because of you, like I said I never like them, I ate them because you bought them, but you wouldn’t know because you never asked me what I wanted when we WERE together so it isn’t your fault ”
“….. Am sorry Jessica, I really am sorry, I never meant to hurt you this way, am sorry I really am”
“I have told you this before, I don’t have anything against you at all, no need to apologise to me, I have nothing against you okay”
“Okay, wait there is something on your hair”
“Where? Is it a living thing?”
“It looks like bug, stay still, don’t move I will remove it”
“How can a bug be here when there are insects repellents here ”
“I don’t know, oh it’s a dead one, I have gotten it out”
I noticed the way, he trailed his hand from my hair to my hand I avoided his hands and he apologized as if it wasn’t intentional, if someone had seen us they would think we were flirting, I stood up and went to where Xavier was and held his hand and whispered what happened into his ears, he nodded and cleaned his hands into a fist,
“Are you okay Xavier?”
One of the men there asked him looking genuinely concerned,
“Yes, am alright uncle, yes, this is my wife Jessica and Jessica this are my grandfather’s friends and classmates ”
“Nice to meet you all”
“Nice to meet you too child, Xavier you really went for the best”
“Yes of course he did, that why he rejected your daughter in the first place ”
“Aheem, and also for yours”
I wondered how they could joke like this without getting into fight,
“Uncles stop teasing me, how can I reject your daughter when she had a fiance then”
“Can’t we just joke, tell your old man we will come visit him soon to play chess”
“He isn’t at the villa, he is at my house ”
“Okay, how is his health now?”
“The doctor said he is getting better ”
“That’s good news, I know that old man wouldn’t die so easily like that, he is as strong as a bull”
They all started laughing and chatting, Xavier and I soon left that area, I checked the time and it was late at night, I told Xavier we just go say our goodbyes and go home and he agreed.
After bidding them goodbye we left, as we were arriving at our car, I saw someone crept away from it, I stopped Xavier and shook my head,
“Xavier, let’s take a taxi home”
“Why, we have our car right here”
“That car has been tampered with it, we should leave it and take a taxi ”
“How did you know?”
“I saw someone crept away from the car, I thought you saw him too ”
“Now I didn’t, I can’t see very clear at night but it’s manageable ”
That’s a surprise, I never knew he had a night blindness, night blindness, that’s it, that’s why his parents accident was ruled out as an accident because they found traces of patients having an eye defect,
“Okay, then let’s take a taxi ”
We took a taxi home and called a mechanic to fix the car and bring it back.
We arrived home a few minutes later, everywhere was quite seems like everyone has sleep off, we did everything quietly to avoid waking anyone, we quietly went up to our room, we started undressing and taking our bath to go to sleep, thank God tomorrow is weekend, I need to sleep.
XAVIER’S POV
I woke up to my phone vibration, seems like I forgot it in my pyjamas pocket and went to sleep, I glanced behind me and Jessica was still sleeping, I went to the balcony to answer the call,
“Xavier, I have been calling you for awhile now”
“What is it?”
“Check the news, it’s chaos right now ”
I hurriedly pulled out my phone and checked the news,
(MRS MCCARTNEY AND HER EX, WHAT IS HAPPENING, IS SHE TWO TIMING?)
“Shit, shit, shit”
I called back Mike immediately, once he answered I stated what I want him to do,
“Find out who spread that rumour and pull it down immediately, sent a counter message and sue anyone who dare say such rubbish”
“Okay, just make sure your wife doesn’t see this, it would break her heart again ”
“I will do that”