TWELVEThe meal went quite well for Jackson and he was glad he had not done what Celine would have expected of him and exactly what he would have done if it was anybody else and not Amelia.He stared at her as she pushed the plate away; she was a good eater because she had cleared her plate and he liked that about her… he also did not think it was proper to waste food that one could eat seeing as there were many others who could hardly afford the luxuries of that.His mother had spared no effort in educating him and his brother on the dangers of waste and maybe because she also had grown up not having anything before meeting his father.“Tell me about yourself, Amelia” he said, startling her.She raised blue eyes up to his, peering into his eyes as she cleared her throat.“There is nothing much to tell” she said, pursuing her lips.“Go on” he prompted.He suddenly had the urge to want to know everything there was to know about her including how she had met the ex.“I grew up in Chicag

FOURTEENAmelia was trying so hard not to seethe in rage at the way Jackson had spoken to her after she had saved the day. He had all but threatened her and that was not okay to her; she understood that it wasn’t everyday he had someone say the truth about the matter which was that he was being fucking unreasonable to fire Celine even though she had almost let her lose her job but…Amelia jolted out of her thoughts as soon as the door opened and George sauntered out; the George whom she had thought she was going to be working for and the one who was on all the posters regarding their company.She now realized that he was merely their poster boy and only because Jackson did not want to have anything to do with the limelight which she considered quite strange. Anyone would want to be in the limelight of such a popular and well to do company and he only sat in the background and ran the company?The man smiled and waved in her direction before stepping out, leaving her thoughts to return

SIXTEEN“Mother, I will be there… could you stop calling me?” Amelia breathed into the receiver, rolling her eyes as her mother listed the reasons why she had to be there for the wedding.“I don’t know why you think my presence is compulsory but I will be there. I am on the way as we speak and will call you when I touch down so please stop calling me” Amelia muttered, hanging up before her mother said anything more.She sighed, turning to Jackson with an embarrassed smile on her face“I don’t know what she wants” she murmured, reclining in her seat.“Why does she want you to get married to…”“Ethan?... well, maybe because he and I have always been together and she knows his family. I don’t know why she cannot accept that it is over between us though” Amelia muttered, frowning“Tell me now, what will she think about me?” Jackson asked suddenlyNot that he was concerned about what anyone thought about him since the deal with Sophia but he did not want to make Amelia uncomfortable and it

CHAPTER EIGHTEENYou? Amelia thought, staring pointedly at Ethan who had eyes on Jackson“What do you mean?” she asked, waiting for one of them to answer her.“I know him… he and I… we spoke during the club…” Ethan sputtered, looking towards Jackson for helpJackson on the other hand was pointedly silent but Amelia could feel the tension in his shoulders and she could tell that there was something that he wasn’t telling her… something important that he did not deem fit to inform her about.It infuriated her that he and Ethan had shared a moment that she was unaware of and her mind was running different scenarios on what exactly that could be.“You should introduce me, darling” the woman who had managed to remain invisible finally broke the tension spellAmelia turned icy eyes to her, taking in her appearance and then realizing with stark clarity that it was the woman she had caught him with at the club. The same person if her eyes wasn’t deceiving her and she knew it wasn’t because sh

CHAPTER TWENTY “I do not think he is a patron and even if he was, I do not see how that is any of your business seeing as you are marrying the woman you cheated on me with at the club… do not give me that look, do you think I would not have figured that out? How low could you stoop and does anyone know who exactly she is? Do you even know who exactly she is” Amelia rallied, oblivious to the stares she was getting from the guests passing.She was past caring about what anyone had to say about her behavior and she definitely had words to say to Ethan who had the audacity to act holier than thou when he was doing the same thing he was preaching to her against “This is not about… fine, we met at the club but I love her and I think that she is the woman for me. This is not meant as an offense to you and this is not about me but you. That man is nothing but trouble and I do not advice that you have anything to do with him”he concluded, folding his arms across his chest.“This is about you