Jessica Lucas Married Novels & Stories

"I thought I could fix it before you ever had to know." Jessica reached for his hand. "You were scared." He looked at her. "I failed you," he whispered. "And your mother..." His voice broke slightly. "That's why she hasn't come to see me, isn't it?" He said "No." Jessica squeezed his hand gently. "That's not why.” For a moment, neither of them spoke. Then her father asked the question she didn't expect. "How do you still believe things can get better?" Jessica looked toward the window. She thought about everything that had happened.The marriage she never wanted. The secrets. The people who had lied. The things that were finally coming to the surface."I don't know," she admitted.

Instead, she remained seated behind her desk as she regarded Emily coldly. "Sue me?" Jessica sneered. "Emily, you and Christian joined forces to hollow out the Sullivan Group and even planned to kill me. Do you really think you still have the chance to sue anyone?" Emily's face instantly turned pale. Her eyes flashed with panic, but she still held on to her sliver of calm as she said, "I don't know what you're talking about. Christian and I divorced a long time ago. There's nothing between us anymore." "Nothing, you say?" Jessica flung the documents onto the floor, making them splay right in front of her. "Then, what are these? Do you really think you've covered your tracks so perfectly that

Jessica didn't say anything else and hurriedly turned to leave. I took a deep breath to calm my racing heart, but my mind couldn't stop replaying scenes from my past life. On our wedding night, Jessica had used the excuse of caring for her sick younger brother and stayed out all night. Other than that, when she was getting stationed at a new base, she only brought Marcus along, claiming he'd never been to Lisbeth before. Even on our son's first month birthday, Jessica was too busy consoling the recently divorced Marcus to show up.

As I met his eyes, I declared, "Things have long been over between us, Holden. I'm not getting married to you today, and my husband will be here soon. Please leave if you have no business here." He scoffed. "Who else are you gonna marry if not me? I never thought you'd force my hand by parading around in a wedding gown and getting wedding gifts ready. Seriously, have you no shame? "You used to have some self-respect, so why are you in such a rush to marry me now? I told you I have to protect Eve for at least six months. You can pressure me all you want, but it won't change a thing. Now, take that wedding gown off before you embarrass yourself."