The situation was worse than Jason had anticipated. One thing was certain though. That beautiful, bold woman whom he had met twice and even resented for being the reason why he had not seen his master before his death, was well on the verge of death. As Jason finished the conference meeting that he had with her team of doctors which included a nephrologist, a hepatologist, a cardiologist, an endocrinologist, and an allergist and headed by a renowned doctor who is known to be skilled in most areas of specialities; he felt more disheartened than he was before he made the call. All he could get from the six of them was that they truly had no idea of what had been injected into her system, especially since it had been a while before her full treatment started; the substance had spread to different areas of her organs. Her lungs had the worst hit but her kidneys, liver, heart and even her skin were not left out. Though they were giving him reassurances, Jason could see that at this point,
“Daddy, who is she?” Jasmine asked in curiosity as she climbed down from Jason’s arms. Alexander was already pulling at Millicent’s pant trousers, not giving a care that the pretty, tall, lady barely managed a strained smile as she looked down at him. She didn’t even bend down to call him cute as most people would do nor did she tell Jasmine that she was an adorable girl even though he knew for sure that Jasmine was not adorable. Annoying maybe, though he wouldn’t tell his dad that.Still, Alexander liked the tall, unsmiling lady and he was fascinated by her pretty hair that cascaded down her shoulders, he had never seen anything like it before. His aunt Mia’s hair had been the most beautiful he had seen before but this lady’s hair even beat that. Of course, he wouldn’t tell Aunt Mia. She loved the jelly beans that she snuck for him when Jasmine wasn’t looking. Even Ganma Celia’s hair was beautiful but it is short and not as fine as this lady’s hair.So the first thing he said as he
“What are you talking about?” Jason asked with restrained anger.She had the gut to send him thought-provoking images that had him running over in a panic and she dared to talk to him like this?She smirked at him she could hear his thoughts clearly and then looked at him squarely in the face as she folded her arms. “I am not going to stand there while God knows who is probably looking at us from behind one of those numerous cameras. No, I have plenty to say to you but not here, sir” With that, she sauntered over to his car in the boots she seemed to love wearing. She jerked open his car door and entered without asking for permission.Jason gave her a stern look for a moment which she only returned with a stubborn look of hers, her arms crossed against her body as she waited for Jason to enter the car.Jason entered and he said in a sarcastic tone as he puts on his seat belt “Oh, do go right ahead and make yourself comfortable”“Oh, I certainly intend to do that,” she said as she puts
The gleeful face of the twins, as they played in their school’s playground, danced maniacally in Jason’s head as he rushed as fast as he could to the school. Especially as Millicent’s small smile as she looked directly into the camera above the kid’s head glared clearly in his mind. She was sending him a message and only one interpretation came to Jason’s mind as he quickly sent a message.He blamed himself for not doing that before he tore out of the condo complex. What if he was late? He thought in anguish as he accelerated. A car honked rudely at him as he zoomed past over taking a minivan. “Oh, I am going to kill her if she…” Jason thought in anguish. The rapid thoughts of what Aria had done to those kids when they were still so young came to his mind. “Oh, she would wish she was dead in that godforsaken place if she….” Jason shook his head and took the next turn sharply as he wondered why nobody had called him at th school. Had she managed to infiltrate the school or she had bou
How can things go the way they are supposed to when he was surrounded by idiots? That was the ultimate thought in Jason’s mind as he drove fast to the condo that Millicent had rented. The man he had tailed Millicent had finally explained what he meant when he said that he hadn’t seen her since morning. She had not left the room. That was what he said. That was what he believed. Jason had another thought. He was sure that she wouldn’t just stay cooped up in her room when he was sure that she had a mission for coming to Montreau. A girl with that much spark in her and ulterior motive wouldn’t just stay cooped in her apartment when it was obvious that she was trying all she could to ensure that she wore him down. For what purpose, he had no idea. He was sure though that she wouldn’t achieve that purpose by staying indoors. At least not if she was half as smart as he was certain that she was. Calculative too. Though he admitted that he might be wrong about that. He parked in front of t
He turned down the offer and forbade Phils to ever mention such a thing again. In the meantime, he strengthened the security around the house, installed a reinforced gate and ensured that someone was always watching over Isabella and the kids whenever they were outside the house. Unnoticed of course, so that the kids wouldn’t feel boxed in or anything. He didn’t want anything to affect their chance of growing as children should, but he was not going to take any chances with them as well. And if the attention on him helped to drive more clients and attention to the company, he was not ashamed to take it. He worked diligently and created his team of innovative and forward-thinking people that comprised Anastasia and five other people whom he had hand-picked himself. Two of them had been poached from Asian and African companies while one was a consultant who worked on a term that benefited the company and herself. So, yes. Jason was popular enough now that it didn’t surprise him anymor
“Good morning, boss. I am working!” soon became a routine greeting for Jason anytime he got to the office. She was always there to greet him in that loud, obnoxious tone that seemed specially reserved for him alone! Oh, she was never at the same place and Jason couldn’t even find enough grounds to fire her as she really was working. It wasn’t as if she was lurking around, playing while waiting for him to come along so that she could jump out at him and yell her increasingly loud declarations. No, everyone had seen and reported how hardworking she was. Hardly stopping to rest unless it was during breaks and she was always taking her breaks with the other workers. Jason had to admit that he hadn’t expected her to be so down-to-earth and work well with the others, even eating with them and sharing her meals as well, which the man he had on her tail said she was always bringing from home. A condo she had rented somewhere downtown. Jason refused to feel guilty for that because nobody
Looking at the man seated a few tables from him giving suggestions, answering questions and even expressing his disagreement with the opinion of one of the “stick-in-the-mud” presidents, Jason didn’t have to ask himself that question again. Just the appearance of Matteo was enough to show that Jason had made the right choice of stepping in to save the man who seems to be well on the journey of slow suicide even as the outside world did all it could to push him over the edge, Gone were the sunken cheeks, pallid skin, skinny bones and hollow eyes. It was hard to ever think that the healthy-looking young man in front of him at that moment was the same one who had crazed eyes and erratic behaviour the first time that Jason had all of his drug stash taken away. His mood swings and blubbery cries on his first day in rehab were not something that Jason was comfortable with remembering but at the moment, he couldn’t help but compare that haggard-looking, low-self-esteemed Matteo to the well-d