Jessica’s point of View
Xavier arrived and I went out to met him,
I entered the car and we drove off, the silence between us was kinda thick and pregnant with unsaid words, we had a mutual silent agreement to talk at home.
“How was work?”
“Nice and yours?”
“Good, I have something to say to you when we get home”
“Same here, it’s talk at home”
I nodded and he gave me a warm smile that fluttered my stomach like butterfly, he is sweet, ever since that kiss our relationship has advanced a lot and am happy about it,
“You look stressed out?”
I asked him genuinely worried about him, the case about his parents death must be tiring him out, we are just building a steady case to go against Marcus’s company, we need to make it strong that they won’t know what hit them or how to get out from it.
“I am stressed jessi, so many things are happening at once”
He sighed, we stopped at the traffic because it was red, he rubbed his thumb and index finger on the bridge of his nose to get rid the headache caused by stress, my heart went out for him,
“I know but we need to calm down and not get overwhelmed by it relax yourself and you will be fine okay?”
“Okay, thanks Jessi I really appreciate your thoughts a lot more than I think I do”
“No problem, it’s the green light now let’s go”
A few minutes later we arrived home safely without drama, honestly ever since we caught that culprit trying to sabotage our car, we have been careful.
We parked our car and got out, he held out his hand towards me, I put my hands into his shyly, am sure my cheeks are red now like a new born baby’s butts.
Grandfather was already sleeping we got back, he sleeps early these days, we have already informed the doctor about it and he said it’s normal because his body is starting to recover.
We still went to his room to check up in him ourselves and once we confirmed he is safe and sleeping, we left for our own room.
I took my bath hurriedly even though what I wanted was to soak myself in a warm tub, relaxing with some music and drink, ahhhh, I need a fucking vocation, I have already made up my mind on many places I want to spend my holiday at, am just waiting for everything to be over quickly.
Xavier came out wearing a pyjamas, I trailed my eyes drinking him in, he is really tall about six foot ten, his toned body without any fat on it just muscle, a delicacy to the eye, I saw him smirking at me and I tore my eyes away from him.
He sat down on a chair facing me directly and spreading his legs apart showing off that strong thigh, I gulp and blood rose to my cheeks,
“So what do you wanna tell me?”
“Oh, I…. I had a guest today”
He looked at me confused and curious, seeing this I continued,
“He didn’t come to me directly though, we kinda bumped into each and he left but not without giving me a small note”
“He didn’t say anything to you just handing a small note over you??”
“Yes, he didn’t give me the note technically, he slipped it into my files when he was helping me pick them up, here is the note”
I hand the neatly folded note to him to look at, I watched him as he ran his index finger across his down lip, rubbed it to and fro while analysing the note as if he had a microscopic eyes, I laughed at his stoic expression,
“What’s funny , young lady?”
“Nothing much so what did you find out?”
“Well, nothing much from this note alone, do tell me more”
“Well, that’s it though, he just left after saying a strange goodbye to me”
“What did he say?”
“He said and I quote “goodbye, be careful ” It seems like a normal thing to say right until I say the note”
“For one, that’s not a thing to say to someone you just met for the first time, but am sure this person is connected to the person that came today to my office ”
Now my interest is piqued,
“What was he wearing?”
“He was wearing a neat simple cloths with a face masks on his face, it covered his nose and mouth but left his eye open, it was black”
“Yep, that’s definitely him”
“He came to your office did he bump into you and apologize??”
“That reminds me, about the bumping, avoiding bumping into people as much as possible, don’t stay in an overcrowded area or lonely ones”
“What? Why?”
“You could have gotten stabbed to death if he wanted to kill you that day, you need to be careful all the time”
“Okay, wow, this is looking like a crime movie ”
“So I wasn’t bumped into like you he just came to me directly and gave me this files”
He said while dropping an envelope on the small glass table, I looked at the envelope and back to him, asking him what it is with my eyes, he said nothing and just signaled to the envelope.
I picked it up with shaky , trembling hands, was it fear or….. Excitement? I don’t know , I opened the yellow envelope and brought out the contents dropping them on the table.
My eyes widened as I see the content , a picture and information about me, then Xavier and lastly Mike, how did they know, how were they able to connect all three of us? .
Seeing that Blac’s name isn’t there , it means that they don’t know anything about him and that makes him out ace card, and am sure they don’t know what we know at least most of them.