Lahat ng Kabanata ng THE REVENGE OF THE CHUBBY HEIRESS: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

JESSIEIsabella had her phone stuck to her ear, but Stephen's phone was awkwardly silent in his pocket. I let out a sigh of relief because I was not ready for a stand-off between them if she revealed his identity too soon. "Hello," she said in a chirpy voice, and I could only imagine the silence on the other side of the line beeping into her ears. "You are in a meeting and would call me back later?” she smirked. How delusional was she to go this far? I was really impressed and wanted to take some classes from her because I had never seen anything like this before. She dropped the phone from her ear and crossed her hand before we could clarify that she had made a call. 'Did you hear that?' she addressed the lawyer, who was the head of the team. “Go back and…”“I am sorry, Miss Rockefeller, but we are here acting on the orders of the CEO." Her head snapped at Stephen in that moment, and he shrugged, still leaning against the stack of cases. “If you can't provide the ultimate proo

JESSIETina had shown up at the house unannounced while Stephen was still away for this mystery business trip that kept him out of the house more days than he was in. "Tina," Evelyn threw her nose up as if she wanted her child. I couldn't understand the rich mothers and the hatred they seemed to have for their biological children.“You didn't tell me she was still here," Tina whispered aggressively in my ear while her fingers dug into the side of my arm. I pulled away from her grip and shot her a death glare. “Ouch!” I exclaimed, and she shot me an apologetic glare. “Are you done living like a pauper?” “Are you done trying to control the lives of your children?” Tina shot back.Evelyn looked uncomfortable being spoken to like that, but she didn't push back. She cleared her throat and walked off immediately. “What are you doing here?" I asked, confused, to see her there. “My brother is out of town, which means no date for you both, and since you got married, you have barely been

JESSIEWarm air from the sun blasted on my face as soon as I stepped out of the restaurant. I was smiling to myself because I had played cupid and put Tina with the man she had been stalking. 'Don't screw this up,' I said to her, grinning from ear to ear as I slipped the phone into my pocket. I looked around and began to walk in the direction of the bus stop, only just realising that Tina was my ride here. I didn't need to turn around to feel a car following after me slowly; I stopped, and the car came to a halt. They didn't speed past me, which made my heart rate rise. What was I supposed to do in this situation? Call the police or call Stephen? My hands shook as I tried to pull the phone out of my bag and walk away as fast as I could. I would have thought that I didn't have anyone who would hate me enough to try to kidnap me. It was no longer the case, at least not after getting married to Stephen. Finally, the car sped up and stopped right in front of me. I froze on the spot;

JESSIEBy the end of the workday, I had touched up my makeup three times, changing the shade of my lipstick so many times it felt like I was trying too much. I looked at the black shirt on the trousers I had thrown on so carelessly this morning and began to regret it. Maybe I should have put in a little more effort to look great. I called Tina because I was panicking and I didn't know who else to call. “Your brother said we are meeting this evening to taste test Chris’s menu. Is there some kind of dress code I have to adhere to? I rambled as soon as the call connected. “Dress code? That I am not sure of." “I am dressed in my office clothes; should I go home to change, or do you think it would fit the vibe, or am I just getting in over my head?” "Jessie, take a deep breath for me, honey," she said. I stood still and stared at myself in the mirror. I took a shaky deep breath that seemed to centre me, almost, immediately. "Christopher is launching a new restaurant next week; he j

JESSIEThere was a smile plastered on my face when I got out of bed the next morning. The phantom feeling of Stephen's hands carrying me up didn't leave even after a long, hot shower. I also couldn't shake off the embarrassment of being caught pretending to be asleep by him. There was a thermal water bottle with a note on it. ‘For your nerves –'The bottle had piping hot chamomile tea that did great things to my system when I had it. I was still freaking out about Angela, but his reassurance had me less worried. “Jess! Are you in there?” Tina's voice filled my room before she pushed my door open and basically stormed in. "Hi," I said, not turning away from the mirror where I was trying to get perfect eyeliner. “You left all of a sudden yesterday…is everything okay?” she asked, plopping onto the bed and making herself comfortable. "Yeah, it is," I said, contemplating whether I should tell her about the Whites. I knew how much she liked to go off her rails about things like this.