4: Her Reality

Dylan loves Jessica very much, but Rosie was already back in his life. Rosie is very beautiful and, most importantly, slim and simple—the way he would have preferred Jessica to be.

So it would be easy for him to carry Jessica up to his chest and make love to her by standing in their bedroom whenever he was making love to Jessica.

But Jessica is now too heavy for him to carry her up and to do all those crazy lovemaking styles that he usually did with her before. Because of her chubby body now, their sèxual affairs as husband and wife have reduced and become dull. He couldn't do all those fun things that he liked doing with Jessica anymore.

Jessica is also mostly preoccupied with homework and taking care of their two kids, and Dylan didn't like how their fun moments had died down.

Dylan found himself bullying Jessica every day about her chubby body, but Jessica usually smiled past it, not knowing that he was serious about it. No matter what he did to annoy Jessica, she would only smile and never get annoyed with him. 

Dylan got frustrated because he couldn't leave their matrimonial home and cheat on Jessica or get any random lady to sleep with, as it would ruin his reputation and his company too. If anyone who knew him saw him in a clubhouse or coming out of a hotel room with a random woman who wasn't his wife..

Jessica's father is also a billionaire in their state and a very influential man. Dylan knew that he couldn't just cheat on Jessica and have the wild fun pleasure that he always desired. But with Rosie back in the country, they had reunited.

Dylan visited Rosie at her home, and she told him that she was still single. She even encouraged him to divorce Jessica so they could be together again.

In Rosie's words:  

"Dylan babe, you're not the first man to divorce his wife, and you won't be the last either. So please divorce that woman you have at home, so we can marry, as you promised to marry me before, since I was 16 years old."

Dylan remembered that he was making love to Rosie in her home when she told him about divorcing Jessica. He actually carried Rosie up on his chest, crossing her two slender legs around his waist, in that particular sex style that he loves the most.

Dylan agreed to divorce Jessica so he wouldn't feel guilty about cheating on her. Rosie even helped him get the divorce papers ready. 

Dylan couldn't believe that he was divorcing Jessica too. He didn't go to the bureau of marriage affairs or speak to his lawyer about it. He only gave Rosie his full name and his wife's full name, and he hadn't even read the divorce papers yet that Rosie had prepared.

Dylan still loves Jessica after all that she has done for him, and a part of him didn't want to divorce her either as his wife and the mother of his two kids. Jessica had never done anything wrong to him before, aside from the fact that she had gained weight. She truly loves him and supported him to become the billionaire he is today.

When Dylan stepped out from the guestroom where he had slept the previous night, he entered the living room and saw his two kids playing and running around by that early hour of the day.

The time was after 8 a.m., and Dylan wondered what Jessica was still doing upstairs in their bedroom instead of preparing their kids for school and taking them there.

"Daddy! Daddy!" Caleb and Nina both rushed up to hug Dylan's legs when they saw him step out from the guestroom corridor into the living room.

Dylan carried Caleb up first to his chest using his right arm and likewise Nina on his left arm, and he asked them, "No school today?"

Nina looks so much like Jessica with her pretty fair face and cute chubby cheeks, and Caleb resembles Dylan with his dark skin and short black hair.

Caleb shook his head and replied to his father, "I don't know, Dad."

"Mm, okay, wait, let me find out first from your mummy, and don't play rough with your sister, okay? I'm coming back," Dylan said as he proceeded to climb the living room stairs. He knew he had sacked their last maid and mandated that Jessica do all the house chores alone, taking care of their kids. As she wouldn't just sit all day lazily at home while leaving all the work to the maid.

Dylan went upstairs and walked into the bedroom. He saw Jessica crying on the bed and in a dreaming state, calling out his name loudly and screaming.

Dylan didn't know when he rushed up to meet Jessica. He scooped her up in his arms and tried to wake her from her dreaming state. "Jessica babe, it's me, Dylan. Wake up, I'm here now, babe."

Dylan shook Jessica visibly to wake her as she kept calling out his name and crying, "Dylan, Dylan, please don't send me away. I'm sorry, Dylan. Dylan, please."

"I'm here, babe. I won't send you away. Wake up now, Jessica. I'm here," Dylan said. He didn't know if it was one of Jessica's tricks to make him not divorce her, but he hadn't seen her in that state before, and it worried him so much as he finally woke her up.

Jessica's forehead was covered in sweat, and so was her face as she cried in her dream and begged Dylan. Until she heard his deep masculine voice speak to her so close to her ears. Her eyes finally opened and looked up at his handsome black face in front of her, meeting his sharp blue eyes.

"Dylan," Jessica slowly called her husband's name to be sure it was really him. She stretched her right hand upward to touch his chin and fine jawline to be sure he was truly there with her and not a dream as she had thought.

Jessica caressed Dylan's jaw and blushed as she met his strong blue gaze. She couldn't believe he was truly there with her in their bedroom, as she remembered he had left their bedroom the previous night, leaving her to sleep alone on their big bed.

Dylan saw that Jessica was finally awake as he met her unique blue eyes. He carefully sat her up on the bed, then moved away and stood up, staring at her face coldly.

Dylan raked his short black hair in frustration as he met Jessica's gaze.

She was so embarrassed to know that she had cried throughout the previous night and in her sleep, even crying out loud as a result of the nightmare.

The dream looked so real. Jessica saw Dylan throwing her things outside, but as she kept crying and calling his name, Dylan finally came back to his senses and didn't send her away again. He was confused about the strange woman in their home, who angrily left after he refused to send Jessica away.

Jessica knew she had to consult her pastor to pray against any strange woman preparing to destroy her home and marriage. She looked at Dylan's face as he stood beside their bed, raking his hair and staring away from her.

His former gentle smile had turned strict again. Then he asked her, "Aren't the kids going to school today?"

"The kids?" Jessica looked perplexed, having completely forgotten about their two kids. She was still seated on the bed in her white nightgown.

She used the hem of her nightgown to wipe off her sweaty forehead and tears, sniffed, and asked Dylan, "Which kids?"

Jessica had completely forgotten about them. She saw Dylan's expression harden as he asked, "Our kids, Jessica? Aren't they going to school today?"

"Oh! I forgot! They are already late," Jessica said. She jumped down from the bed and was about to rush out of the bedroom. She remembered she wasn't wearing a bra or panties and quickly walked back to the wardrobe to take them out and put them on, not minding Dylan staring at her.

Dylan was still standing beside the bed. Jessica hurriedly took her jacket and wore it over her white nightgown before exiting their bedroom. She rushed downstairs to the living room to meet her children, as their rooms were still downstairs on the other side of the mansion.