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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
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Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER FOURTY
JAKEIt has been two days and still there’s no sign of Olivia. Maybe this really is how it was supposed to end between us.Still. I had not believed dad when he said Olivia wasn’t going to show up for the wedding. It had been a challenge between us, if he could bribe her out of wedding me or if her love for me would make her stay by my side. For real this time, instead of that atrocious contract we’d drawn up between us. But Father had won. At the end she had left me and all for what, money? The exact thing I had offered her from the very start. Something, or rather someone stirs beside me and I’m thrown back to the harsh reality of me being married but certainly not to the girl that my heart beats for. “How long have you been up?” Her sleepy voice makes my skin crawl because it conveys the intimacy of our situation and it is one that I’ll never be okay with. Green eyes blink up at me as it struggles to get into focus. I immediately get away when she starts to stretch.“What happe
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER FOURTY-ONE
JAKEI’ve never seen a father have so much disregard for his own daughter. The strained relationship, if it could be called that, between her and her father is very much evident. The awkward silence that had befallen us after his statement didn’t do much to help the already tense air around us. “Thank you for your understanding,” I say after clearing my throat. A part of me feels bad for putting Jess in this situation and wants to take a bit of responsibility for her. But at the same time, my heart cannot resist caring for another, not when it beats for only one woman in the entire world. Mr. Adams offer is so obviously an intriguing one, it makes me want to drop every other thing and accept it. But that would be a disrespectful to Jess and the vows we had said in front of the altar. “If you’ll excuse me,” Mr. Adams says and stands up. “I’ll be leaving first.” As expected he calls to me to the side once we’re out by the parking lot. “What is there to think about? Take the offer
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER FOURTY-TWO
JAKEI’m surprised at her lashing out because I never suspected someone with this much quiet demeanour was capable of even raising her voice. My next question revolved around why she let her parents push her around when she can stand up this much for herself. “I can’t have you going around with different men, think of what our families will say,” I put the car back in ignition. “But you can think about your ex or whatever and everyone will be cool with it,” she says, ready to take me on this fight. “Don’t think you’re the one who a few lovers by the side.” I slam the break again, my ears ringing from her admission. “What the hell did you just say?” I pull into the driveway with an urgency that had blood bumping in my ears. She comes out of the car and slams the door shut with so much force it was deafening in the empty space. “Leave the hell alone Jake, this day has been tough on me already.” “What do you mean love?” I ask, following her up to my floor. “Let’s put a lid on this
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER FOURTY-THREE
OLIVIA I’m a bit hesitant when Mac pushes the door open for me. I wait a few seconds behind until he comes back and pushes me along. The place is mostly empty, and from my guess it hasn’t been open in a few days, or say a week tops. There are tiny sheets of dust on the tables but it’s nothing a good swipe won’t fix. Luckily I’m good in cleaning as well. “Let’s take this upstairs to the apartment, mum should be waiting there already.” He carries the bags his holding through the backdoor while I struggle with trying to take in everything at the same time. The cream walls compliment the light red furniture and decorations, it almost gives it this Christmas feeling. It hasn’t been open in a while but I can still smell the faint scent of bread and pastries in the air. Even the smell of coffee will take a while if it were to completely leave the space. There is enough space between the tables to move around, making it very spacious and well ventilated unlike the local cafes that were al
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER FOURTY-FOUR
JAKEEverything has been a bleak grey since Kyle left that morning. I’ve never felt more alone and helpless in my entire life.I was seeking so many answers but no one was offering it or willing to help me find it. And that frustration I had taken out on Jess without meaning to. It’s the only reason I agreed to have breakfast with her family at a very exclusive restaurant.The only one so far where father does not have a membership. Her family’s money must be so long that they can’t be denied an exclusive membership anywhere. We ignored each other as we got dressed. I wear the matching shirt and pants she had laid out on the bed for me. It was completely white with a faint floral design that matched the one on her dress. There’s still five minutes to spare before we have to leave to meet her parents for breakfast. “Are you ready?” I ask, watching her put makeup on her face at the vanity mirror.“Does it look like I’m ready?” She asks, glaring at me through the mirror.After our nig
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER FOURTY-FIVE
JAKEMy leg bounces as I wait for her to bring up the topic of her father again. I’d rather deal with her outburst than the silent treatment she’s currently giving me. I fiddle with the radio just so there’s something to do. There’s a soft country song playing when I finally leave the poor radio alone. With one hand on the wheel I open the first button on my shirt, I was beginning to feel suffocated, choked up, and it was all because of the woman beside me. “You’re really not going to ask me anything?” I say to her when I stop at a red light. She shifts in her seat but doesn’t say anything. “If you’re going to be this way then I’ll just…”“Why did you defend me?”My head whips to her, “What?” And here I was thinking she was angry that I discussed something with her father and kept it from her. “When he spoke to me like I was some kid who had no idea what she was saying, why didn’t you defend me.” Her voice is quiet and at this moment she looks like a little girl who just needed s
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER FOURTY-SIX
JAKE I told myself I wasn’t going to worry, or be concerned. I mean she chose to get down from the car in the middle of the road but I also couldn’t help to wonder. It was almost midnight and Jess wasn’t back. No matter how much I told my self I didn’t care I found myself pacing the living room. Unluckily for me I don’t even have her number so I can’t even call to find out where she is. What will I even tell Mr. Adams happened to his daughter if she doesn’t get back. I finally pick up my phone and call the one person that can help me out of this situation. The line rings for a couple times before he picks on the third ring. “You better have a good reason for calling me at this hour,” Comes Kyle’s gruff voice. “I’m sorry for calling, really. It’s just…” “What happened this time?” he asks with a sigh. “And please don’t tell me it has to do with Olivia because I won’t take it as lightly.” “No, it’s not Olivia though I’ll still come to that.” “Then what’s the problem this time Jak
Falling Just as Hard Chapter 47
When I heard we were going to have new neighbors, I was excited. The man was Father’s closest friend, so Mother said.I was even more elated when I heard he had two kids around my age, this meant I could have actual friends and people to talk to.It was weeks before I finally saw the moving van in front of the yard. There were boxes everywhere, the entire lawn was a disaster. With my face pressed to my window, the only sight I was awarded with was a mop of curly blonde hair. It was impossible to see the face of the boy sitting just a few feet from my doorstep.My first thought was to fly down the stairs and go introduce myself. But, Mother locked me in. And I wasn’t allowed to come out until it was dinner time.Cassie, on the other hand, was out in the park down the street playing with Mother. While I was here, alone and suffocating in this tiny room. I fell back on my bed and counted down to the minutes when my door would be unlocked. I was done with my assignment and already clean
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