Chapter 205

Jesse frowned.

“What are you talking about?

“Marc and I like to gamble. He said you'd never get over Victoria and I said you'd end up falling for another woman with the right little push. I was a couple of months late thinking about how to get together without it being noticed until the light went out on the web.

Jesse's eyes narrowed.

"Are you telling me that you gave me that brutal row knowing that

I fell into your trap, when on top of that, surely, you made money?

“Man, I had to give consistency to my alibi. If I didn't get angry you might be suspicious. Or not, he mused, you're not as smart as you think, but I needed to entertain myself somehow.

“As for the money, he hasn't paid me yet. You have to start dating her to get paid. We have a second bet, which is that if you marry her, Marc will be paying me a monthly salary from my retirement until they bury me.

"Don't fuck with me," he huffed, in shock.