Jessica turned around to finally have a look at Cruz whose face was standing akimbo and scowling at her with a reddened face and clenched jaw. "Me? A Nar…Narcissistic? Mm-Manwhore…?" He stuttered in disbelief. "Well, Mr. Westham…how have you been?" She questioned amidst erroneous chuckles as she stood up to her feet, standing just a few feet away from him. 'Jessica, what are you saying? There's no need to feel intimidated around him anymore, Cade is alive and recovering rapidly!" She cautioned herself. "My brother has been doing great ever since my recovery," Cade answered in Cruz's place as he was still quite flustered by Jessica's insults. "So what do you think, brother? You are going to accept the condition right? You wouldn't want me to fail, right?" He asked further, compromising Cruz into a place where he would have no choice but to accept. "Do I even have a say? It's obvious you already made up your mind to bring her home, I will do well to stay away so can we leave n

"Are you serious about that?" Cade finally asked after a few minutes of awkward silence. "Well…I made a promise and I should see to it being fulfilled to the best of my ability. But I'm not sure your brother will agree to that." Jessica replied, scratching her hair lightly with her face dropped down. "Brother, say something!" Cade instructed Cruz who was still looking at Jessica in disbelief. "I-I…know she'd take good care of you but are you sure you're okay with this?" He asked Cade. "Of course, I'm okay with it!" Cade exclaimed happily. "If you both are okay with it, then it's fine with me. I will make sure to be back as soon as I can." Cruz revealed. Cade was so excited that she hugged Jessica tightly after which he followed his brother to help him pack for his trip. Jessica was shown into an empty room in the house after which Cruz explained to her all she had to know about the house and also Cade's medications. Once Cruz left for the airport, Jessica called Leah and

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Cade's class ended by 5 pm that day and once it was over, Jessica prepared all her clothes that she had brought there the following day and was ready to go home. She sat in the room allocated to her and was about to hire a cab when Cade knocked and came in. "I know you're still angry with my brother but one thing I want you to know is that he can be every other bad thing a casanova can be but he'd never rape anyone or even try to. I'm not trying to justify what happened when I was not even there but I want you to know that he has never been in a position where anyone rejects him. That's why he doesn't understand the word 'NO'. But to be honest, I'm really grateful you taught him such a big lesson at least he understands it now." He explained with a smile. Jessica smiled and pulled him to sit beside her. "I understand you idolize your brother and I don't have any problem with that. I will try my best to not lose it when I see him but I'm not making a promise. He h

Rather than replying to Cruz, Jessica stood up and stomped away and once she was a few out of his sight she looked at her phone that was still ringing, and then she answered the call. "Frank! Don't ever call me in your life again! I mean it." She yelled and immediately ended the call. Frank was Jessica's first boyfriend who tried to rape her on her birthday, the same day Cruz also attempted the same. He also disseminated the videos of her violence which was the reason she almost lost her job if not for the mysterious helper whom she's not even sure of. She went back to the swimming pool where Cruz was still sitting to pick up her drink. Without a word, she attempted to leave but he grabbed her hand, forcing her to stop briefly. "Are you alright?" He asked out of concern. Jessica breathed heavily and narrowed her eyes at him before wiggling her hand off his grip. "I'm fine!" She replied before dashing into the main house and finding her way to her room. Her voice was taut

Even though homosexualism is now wildly practiced, Jessica never in her wildest imaginations thought that the most sought out bachelor in LA was gay. "I just came." Jessica lied, dropping her gaze to avoid any suspicions. Cruz shut his eyes briefly and heaved a sigh of relief before opening them to see Daniel also peeking through the door to see Jessica. Their eyes met and they gawked at each other. Jessica bent down to pick the broken plates from the ground but out of shock, it pricked her finger. "Ouch…" She let out a gasp which pulled Cruz's attention and he ran down to her. "Are you alright?" He asked as he tried to grab her injured hand but Jessica quickly stood to her feet and hid her hand behind her back, preventing him from touching. "I'm fine." She replied, moving her eyes all around the corners of the passageway until they fell on the man in Cruz's office. He looked a lot like someone she had seen before but as always, she couldn't tell where. "Hi!" Daniel greeted wa