9. EntertainMEN

Almost a week had passed since the incident at the hotel when Jessica found out that her husband was actually a dick and liked dicks. People said time would heal pain, but those days were not enough to heal the distress in her heart. The wound was still scarred in her heart, which was why she refused to see her husband's face after what happened between them nearly a week ago.

Thankfully, there was still good news amidst the bad news she found at that time. The good news was that her father would be released from the hospital tomorrow. The doctor told her that her father's condition had improved during his nearly two weeks of hospitalization, and that was why he had let him rest at home to recover. Unfortunately, the doctor also warned Jessica to pay attention to her father's mood during the recovery period.

That was the reason Jessica had to admit that Noah wasn't wrong in what he said at the hotel a week ago. They couldn't just divorce if Jessica didn't want to see her father in a coffin too soon.

That was an upsetting fact, but Jessica had been busy these last few days. She didn't go back to Noah's place at all, and instead, she stayed at Tammy's place. Tomorrow, she would also move out of her assistant's place because she had found a rented place to live in, but she didn't want to tell her parents and mother-in-law about it.

In the last few days, Jessica not only refused to see Noah's face but also refused to communicate in any form with the man. Even when that man tried to contact her by calling her number or sending texts, she ignored them all. Despite this, she still read the texts her husband sent her, but she only sneered when she read the questions about why she didn't come home and where she had been going in the last few days.

"If he thinks with his brain and not with his penis, he should be able to find the answer to his question without needing me to answer it."

That was what Jessica believed, and that was why she had no plans to answer her husband's question.

In recent days, she has been distracting herself using her work. Mostly, she was busy editing photos of Matt Habrew that she took at the hotel where she accidentally caught her husband cheating. The actor would appear in next month's issue of the magazine, and that was why the deadline was tight. Of course, Jessica had help from her assistant, but she was the one who decided on the final product that would be printed in a few weeks.

Thankfully, she had finished her work, and she began to focus her thoughts on the company's next project. The next project was discussed in a meeting held just a day after the incident at the hotel, and it was a fairly new project as the company had never done anything like that before.

Jessica worked as a photographer for EntertainMEN Magazine. That company was relatively young because it had not yet celebrated its fifth anniversary. However, the company's growth was quite promising, which was one of her motivations for renewing the contract a year ago.

Perhaps one of the main attractions of the magazine was that it always featured interesting and talented men every month. That was the concept of the magazine. As the name suggested, there were only men in each magazine issue, and the men had to be entertainers such as actors, singers, or maybe models. In each issue, the magazine guaranteed that not only appearance but also talent would be displayed. That was why people had given the magazine positive reviews so far.

In a meeting held a few days ago, Jessica learned that the magazine would have a special edition in two months where they would collaborate with a fashion company. In two months, the fashion company was going to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, and that was why they would release a special collection that would fill every page of EntertainMEN Magazine in two months.

It was a big project for both companies, and that was why Jessica was putting all her focus on it these days. Today, she would also have a formal meeting with people from that fashion company to further discuss the concept of the photo shoot.

She wasn't the one who arranged today's meeting. It was the company that arranged the meeting at an Italian restaurant called Festa Pasta. The restaurant was quite close to the company building, and that was the reason why Jessica arrived quite early.

It was lunchtime, and every table in the restaurant was filled with people, but there was only Jessica at her table because people from the other company hadn't arrived yet. There were still five minutes before the appointed time, but Jessica looked impatient as she kept tapping the front of her shoes on the floor.

"This is my first time working with someone from Button Boss," she muttered to herself as she continued to wait for people from the other company. "It's a famous brand, even my wardrobe is full of that brand because my husband is a fan of that brand. Ah, maybe that's not quite right. My husband actually wears that brand because he works for that company."

Jessica openly rolled her eyes when she thought about her husband who got most of his clothes from Button Boss because he could buy them using employee discounts.

"That bastard Noah does work at Button Boss headquarters, and my company is going to collaborate with that company. However, this isn't some cheap drama where he suddenly arrives in front of me and starts discussing the collaboration. He's not from the Commercial Department, and that's why he can't be here, ri—"

"I apologize for coming late."

Before Jessica finished her sentence, someone suddenly apologized to her, and when she looked up from the round table in front of her, she could see that it was Noah who had just said the apology.

Noah's appearance was already a big surprise, but as if that wasn't big enough, she could see how her husband didn't come alone—standing next to him was his boyfriend.