Chapter 2

Back at the Montenegro mansion, Jessica couldn't stop thinking of the young man she had met earlier on. He had cute blue eyes, well trimmed hair and beard and neatly dressed in a fine Asian suit. She kept on trying to remember the beautiful features of the young man when she felt a hand on the left side of her shoulder.

*Hey Jess, what are you thinking about*; Raphael, her brother, asked , breaking her thoughts. He saw some letters she was holding then took it, gripping it firmly .* hmm, what do we have here*; he said as he opened one of the letters to read.

*You can read it if you want*; she said with an angry face yet a calm tone. Raphael noticed it and quickly decided to change her mood.

*Well anyway let's forget about the letter*; he said then placed the letters on the glass table. *Let's go to the greengrocer, he seems to have new fruits and vegetables in his shop this week*; he said, taking her hand , which she quickly removed.

*Sorry Raph but I'm busy now, maybe some other time if you don't mind*; she said with a fake smile. He shrugged, smiling back at her yet in an annoyed way.

*I must leave then, see you tomorrow Jess, goodnight*; Then he walked to his room without even waiting for her reply. She just stared till he walked out of the hall then sighed quietly.

Jessica went on to read the letters which she

had received form some friends she went to college with. Some invited her to come on a friendship with them to have some fun while others also asked about how she was doing. She smiled when she read one of the letters, the one she had been longing to read since the butler brought the letters to her.

*Hi honey*; Mr. Montenegro greeted his daughter behind her.

*Hello Dad, you've kept long today*;

*I know love, I just wanted to go through some few documents before leaving the office*; he said while taking a seat by her *but I was not happy to see an annoyed son walking to his room, what happened now*.

She shrugged *I don't know what is wrong with him dad, he keeps treating me like a kid and he doesn't even show any respect to me*; she said then shrugged.

*I know you don't like his attitude, the truth I don't like it either, but he is your brother and you will have to get used to it. You know how your brother is too*;he advised her. Raphael has always been hungry for money though he had enough to even buy mansions. But yet, he doesn't seem satisfied with what he has which always makes him angry.[As the proverb says "A hungry man is an angry man].

*Well I will try to live with it for a while. But trust my words dad, if he doesn't change that attitude of his, I will change it myself.*; she said then grabbed the letters, gave her father a kiss on his forehead then bid him goodbye and left for her room. Mr. Montenegro became worried as to what his daughter just said, and he knew she was capable of doing it because her mother did the same to him.

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Olivia, Mr. Montenegro's ex wife had left him because of his attitude. He always fought with her many times concerning some few issues then will leave the house and return back a few days later. That went on for months until she decided to leave the house.

*what do you mean you are leaving, you are not going anywhere*; he yelled at her going crazy.

* I am leaving whether you like it or not. I will rather be a spinster than to be in this cursed marriage with you*; she yelled back at him using all her strength to stay courageous in front of her husband.

*Fine, you can leave but the kids are not going anywhere*; he ranted at her.

*What do you mean, my children are not going to stay with an uncivilised and Savage looking man like.....*; within the blink of an eye, he punched her hard on her face, she felt the world spinning around her then suddenly darkness surrounded her.

She woke up and found herself at the hospital. She searched the room and found her husband sitting by her sobbing. *Alonso*; she called his name.

*Olivia, please be sorry, I never meant to....*.

*I want a divorce*; was all he heard until she went back to sleep again. Alonso had come back to his senses after he realised what he did to his wife and vowed to change his attitude and never to drink again. But he was not fortunate enough because as soon as she was discharged, she requested for the divorce papers and left him. However she still had contacts with her children to make sure he didn't lay a finger on them. The weeks turned into months, the months turned into years, and the years turned into a decade.

Raphael, Olivia and Alonso's first born,went into business to help his father with the company being the general manager. While Jessica, the last born, helped as an assistant to her brother and also a Fashion designer. She was famous because of her design's and was given so many nicknames. But her brother never respected her because he was the boss of her at their fathers company. Their father was aware but kept it to Himself.

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Raphael has been trying for years now to become the CEO of his father's company but always failed at the end of the day because of his sister. She suspects that her brother is up to something so she always keeps her eyes on him, all his movements and other stuff that he does. That made him hate his sister so much that he made a hoax to have her kidnapped, but his plan failed when she found out about it and threatened to report him to her father to have him fired.

He had to plead with her many times and apologise to her before she kept her mouth shut. Thinking his sister was stupid enough to be tricked, he made another plan to be friendly with her, but deep inside of him, he hated her so much. Jessica noticed her brother's sudden change of attitude and she knew that he was pretending. "I have to be more careful or this won't end well with me" she thought to herself.