One more night episode 54

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Owned and written by:- Racheal Dennis.

Episode fifty-four🎄

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Writer’s pov

JJ CONSTRUCTIONS_CEO’S OFFICE.

“What?!”

Stephen shouted after listening to Jayden’s explanation, his coffee spilled on the table slightly as he suddenly dropped his mug a little bit carelessly.

Jayden tilted his head and looked through the blinds in his office, only to find some of his staffs looking towards his office in curiosity -but they quickly looked away when they saw he’s caught them staring.

He turned back to Stephen and glared at him.

“Can you be any louder?” he scolded him.

“Well, you can’t blame me for scre-ming, I’m in shock”

Jayden sighed and shook his head.

“Why would you push her off like that?” Stephen asked but didn’t wait for Jayden’s reply before he continued. “You’re in deep shît”

“Deep shît?”

“Yeah, do you know the implications of what you’ve done?”

“Well…you can’t blame me for pushing her off like that, I mean, my battery is running out too fast recently -what if I shut down while we’re doing it?”

Stephen threw his head back on his chair, he covered his face with his palms and sighed dramatically loud.

“I came here to seek solace and get my brokenheart mended, but ironically, I’m the one giving solace -so unfortunate for me” he grumbled.

Jayden glared at him but ignored his words, since he needed help from him (Stephen) anyway.

“What should I do now? My wife is seriously mad at me and I must make it up to her today..” he paused as his gaze moved to his wristwatch. “..is there something you can do about this?” he asked nodding at the wristwatch.

“Yeah, there’s something I can do but I have a very serious question for you”

“Serious question?”

Stephen nodded.

“How serious?”

“Very serious” Stephen answered.

Jayden studied his expression for a brief moment and realized he’s really serious, in fact, it’s been a long time since Jayden’s saw Stephen as serious as he is right now.

“Ok, what’s your question?”

Stephen closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, then snapped them open again.

“Do you love Cassandra? Or you simply married her because you want her help in securing your daughter’s custody?”

Jayden frowned slightly, but his reply was rather fast.

“I love her” he said.

“You really, truly love her?”

“Yes”

“So, you’re saying you’re ready to let her into your life? You’re ready to let her know everything about you?”

“Yes”

“Everything?”

Jayden nodded.

Stephen’s eyes flicked towards Jayden’s chest and settled there for a while, before staring back at Jayden’s face.

“Has she seen it? Your heart?” he asked.

“Er….”

“No, I assume”

Jayden didn’t reply and Stephen sighed.

“Jay, if you really wanna let her into your life, I think you should start by telling her about your heart -tell her every little thing about your life and all you’ve gone through”

“Steve, I…”

Stephen raised his hand and cut off Jayden’s speech.

“I know what you’re thinking, you’re scared she’s gonna leave you -right?”

Jayden nodded.

“But how are you gonna know for sure she’s gonna leave if you don’t tell her?”

He didn’t say anything, he simply stared blankly at Stephen.

“Jay, I know you’re scared because Matilda broke you real bad and a lot of women are like Matilda, but there are still a few good ones -Cassandra is one of those few women or don’t you trust her?”

“I do, I trust her so much”

“Then tell her, let her know you and trust me, that’s the only way you’d know wether she truly love you or not”

Jayden nodded in agreement with a thoughtful expression on, he smiled at Stephen and waved his forefinger at him (Stephen).

“Who know you can be serious for five minutes in your life”

“Actually it was more than five minutes, but since you’re terrible at maths I’ll take it as an improvement from you -well done son” Stephen said.

Jayden smirked at his words and shook his head.

“You’re the terrible mathematician, it’s five minutes” Jayden turned his alarm clock towards Stephen. “Look, I had my timer on -dummy”

Stephen gaped at him.

“Remind me never to make myself your enemy or I might die and think I’m still alive”

He paused and gasped, he pointed at Jayden with his eyes w¡dened in fear.

“Who knows if you’ve already killed me and make me believe I’m still alive” he said.

“Well, if I have such power I’d love to use it on you” Jayden replied.

“Jay, you’re a….”

A knock on the door cut Stephen off, they both tilted their heads towards the door.

“Come in” Jayden said.

The door pushed open gently and Pearl walked in, adjusting her b-ra as if to push up her b-obs as she walked in -she wore a fake smile on her face, it seemed more like a grimace though.

“Mr Grassi, senior Grassi is here” she said.

“Let him in quickly” Jayden replied curtly, without even looking at her.

“Yes, sir” she said and left in a lightening speed.

“You didn’t even take a glance at that hot bae?” Stephen asked teasingly.

“I’m married” Jayden replied.

“But I don’t see any ring on your finger”

Jayden’s eyes moved to his fingers and he sighed.

“You’ll see it by tomorrow” he said.

“Wow, I’m impressed, I highly respect you” Stephen clapped his hands, nodding in satisfaction.

“You should be”

“c-cky much”

Just then footsteps approached them, Jayden looked up and saw his uncle. He quickly got up to greet him, Stephen followed suit.

“Good afternoon, uncle”

“Good afternoon, uncle” they both greeted.

“Good afternoon, kids” Mr Grassi answered them.

“Please have a seat” Jayden offered him a chair next to Stephen’s.

His uncle sat down.

“Er…your uncle’s here and I’m gonna leave because I don’t want him to scold me to if he’s gonna scold you”

Jayden and his uncle gaped at him, though Jayden’s wondering how he ended up being friends with a betrayal.

“Don’t look at me like that, Jay, I always end up getting blamed for your wrong doings -so, I’m gonna escape now that I still have the chance” he turned to Jayden’s uncle. “Uncle I have patients waiting for me to come treat them in the hospital, so, I’m gonna head back” he said.

“Hm, go ahead” Mr Grassi permitted him.

He faced Jayden and made a monkey face at him.

“Don’t forget to come by the hospital later, or I’m not gonna reimburse you when you shut down”

“Get lost already” Jayden barked at him.

He rolled his eyeballs, he rounded Jayden’s table and stopped in front of him.

Jayden stared at him with questioningly, but as usual Stephen ignored him, he leaned closer to Jayden and landed a k-ss on Jayden’s cheek.

Jayden quickly pushed Stephen off him and wiped his cheek, making a disgusted face.

“Yuck! What the hell is wrong with you?”

“Don’t say you didn’t like it” Stephen teased him.

“I didn’t like it” Jayden retort.

Stephen glanced at Mr Grassi who’s been watching them in amusement, he shook his head at their childish fight.

“Uncle, I’m leaving, tell that son of a gun I love him”

“Oh, tell him yourself, he’s right there” Mr Grassi replied.

Stephen looked at Jayden and met Jayden’s murderous glare, he shuddered and turned away from him.

“I’d rather not, uncle, I still wanna leave a hundred more years” with that he dashed out.

Mr Grassi chuckled lightly.

“That boy” he said. “I love his lively vibes around you, he’s making you feel more human”

“I hope he doesn’t kill me with his dramas some day” Jayden replied.

He got up and walked to the mini bar at a corner in his office, he pulled out two glasses and brought out a bottle of a non-alcoholic wine.

“Uncle, I’m sorry but you know I don’t drink alcoholic wine, let’s go with this” he said.

“Hm” his uncle nodded in agreement.

He placed one of the glasses in front of his uncle and poured him some wine, then went back to his seat and poured himself some wine too.

“So, your visit is surprising, is there a special reason behind it?” Jayden asked.

“Yes, there’s something I must tell you… let’s talk about it over our drink”

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“… that’s the real reason I didn’t want you two to get married” Mr Grassi said.

“It’s such a serious matter, uncle, why are you just telling me about it now?”

“I don’t want you to feel guilty or anything, but I have confirmed it..”

He pushed a file towards Jayden and nodded at him to open it, Jayden reached for it and he opened it with a serious frown but his frown melted away as he read on.

“… she’s not biologically related to you in any way, so you can both carry on with whatever you have going on” Mr Grassi said.

Jayden released a breath that he didn’t know was hanging on his chest, a smile appeared on his face but he tried to hide it from his uncle.

“If she’s not related to me, then where’s the product of the rape case?” Jayden asked.

“That I don’t know yet, but my boys are working on it. Also, we don’t know if the product of the rape case is biologically related to us too, I mean, the rape might be a set up and there might not be any child”

Jayden nodded in agreement.

“You’re right”

“One thing is for sure, Matilda is working for someone and I believe he or she had something to do with the rape case” his uncle said.

Jayden slammed the file on the table, he walked towards his window with his hands tucked in his pockets.

“I think they also had something to do with your parents accident and we’ll dig deep into this and find out who’s behind everything” his uncle said.

“Uncle, I know how to settle scores with whoever is behind Matilda without any conflict”

“How?”

“Let’s play along with them”

“I still don’t understand you” his uncle said.

“If they can bargain, then we can too…just leave everything to me”

His uncle nodded even though he doesn’t get what he meant.

★★★★★

Cassandra’s pov

VERONICA’S TEAHOUSE

“He suddenly pushed me off and said he’s not in the mood”

“Say what now?”

Veronica burst into laughter as I finished narrating my last night experience with her, but she quickly sobered up.

“He said he was excited in the beginning, but the excitement was all gone after k-ssing me” I said.

“Oh, you had it worse, Cinderella”

“Why would he do that? Who gets turn off after k-ssing a girl?” I asked rhetorically.

“Definitely Jayden”

I snatched my remaining pizza and shoved it in my mouth, chewing on if angrily.

“You need to calm down and try to rethink, you must have done something to make him push you away” she said.

I gave her a strange look and shrugged my shoulders.

“I didn’t do anything…” I paused when something very important struck me. “Wait, am I a bad k-sser?” I asked.

Vero gave me a strange look and moved away from me a little bit.

“I don’t know if you’re a bad k-sser, I mean we’ve not k-ssed before and hey….” she held out her hands as if she’s stopping me. “… I don’t intend to k-ss you, I’m not Brad -I don’t do girls” she said.

“I’m serious here, Vero”

“Right, just think deeper, there must have been a justifiable reason”

I nodded and started replaying last night’s event in my mind, then it crossed me that he only pushed me away when I was trying to unbutton his shirt.

“He didn’t push me away when we were k-ssing, he did it when I was trying to unbutton his shirt” I said.

“Oh, just that?”

“Yeah, that must be it because he also didn’t let me unbutton his shirt last time in his office”

“What? You wanted to f–k him in his office?” Vero exclaimed quietly since Isabella is only a few inches away from us.

“No, he was injured and I wanted to check out his wound, but he didn’t let me -he also pushed me away that day” I said.

Vero nodded in understanding, she held her chin and frowned slightly as if she’s trying to figure something out.

“What could be the reason for that?” she asked herself quietly.

I wish I know why, I mean, I don’t even know Jayden at all.

“Mom” I heard Isabella called me.

“Yes, princess” I answered her.

“Can we go to the park now?” she asked.

“Park, but we can’t.. ”

She reached for my hand and started pulling me.

“You said we’d go since morning but we didn’t, it’s already afternoon now” she whine.

“It’s afternoon?” I asked as if I can’t see the sun outside.

I checked my watch and realized it’s evening already -4:57pm. Whoa, we’ve been here for almost 7hours.

“Let’s go, mom, let’s go” she pulled me.

“Princess, we can’t go to the park now it’s… ”

My phone ringtone cut me off, I smiled apologetically at Isabella and reached for my phone on the counter. I checked the caller’s ID and saw Jayden’s name flashing on the screen, I rolled my eyeballs.

“It’s your daddy calling, I take this ok?” Isabella nodded.

I sighed.

“Hello?” I answered the call.

“B-baby, co.. come home, I.. I…”

My expression changed drastically at the tone of his voice, he sounded at though he’s in great pain.

“What’s wrong? Are you ok?” I asked worriedly.

Vero raised a brow at me questioningly, but I signaled her to wait.

“I.. I.. I’m dying..” then I heard a loud crash which made my heart jump to my mouth.

“Hello? Hello? Jayden? What’s going on?” I asked, but there’s no reply from his side.

Vero held my shoulders and turned me to face her.

“What’s going on, Cassie?” she asked.

I couldn’t answer since I also don’t know what’s going on, but one thing I know is…

“Jayden’s in danger” I muttered.

“What?”

I sprang off my chair, I looked down at Isabella who’s still holding onto my dress and smiled at her -then I turned back to Vero.

“Watch over her for me, I’ll go check out what’s wrong at home” I said and rushed off before she could ask another question.

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“Jayden! Jayden!” I called as I pushed the door open.

“Where are…” My words got stuck in my mouth the moment I stepped into the living room.

My mouth fell open in astonishment, I looked behind me and saw petals lining up from the door mouth to the center of the living room, creating a path.

Is this some kind of surprise and apology? Oh my goodness, am I in a movie right now? How did I turn into a superstar overnight?

I followed the path to the center of the living room, fairy lights suddenly turned on and drew out a big heart in front of me -I couldn’t hold back my smile.

“Baby!” I heard Jayden call me.

I raised my heard and saw him walking down the staircase towards me, holding a banner above his head with only four words written boldly on it.

MY BABY, I’M SORRY.

What’s making me drool and p-nty w-t is his dazzling smile, his well tailored suit and stylishly gel hair -f–k, I feel like pouncing on him and devouring him right now.

Oh son of a gun, why am I feeling giddy in,side? I’m mad at him, but why can’t I seem to stop myself from smiling so much?

He finally stopped in front of me, he went down on one knees and reached for his pocket and pulled out a small blue box.

“Baby, I’m sorry, I’m ready to let you know me” he said and opened the box.

My eyes almost bulged out when I saw the big diamond ring in,side, I was so shocked that I bite my tongue.

“I’m ready to let you know me, can you give me the chance to introduce myself properly?” he asked.

Oooh, I really don’t want anyone to wake me up right now if this is a dream.

To be continued.