CHAPTER TWENTY ONE Amelia took in a deep breath as they both walked into the church. It was time for the couples to take their vows and she and her mother had agreed that she should escort the bride because of the absence of both her parents.As if that was not suspicious enough that both her parents did not approve to the marriage, now she had to stand in for a girl that she barely knew.She also could not get what Jackson had said out of her head even when she had laughed it off and changed the topic, she still heard it in her mind and still blushed at its remembrance.It was obvious that he was trying to get something from her with the use of such flattery words. He had said that he was interested in her but she could hardly believe how fast this was all going and how fast her heart was racing at thoughts of him.She had just finished one messy relationship and it was too early to be jumping into something she knew would never work out. She was not someone he would want and they

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE“What do you think they are talking about?” Amelia asked Jackson for the umpteenth time.They were back at the house which was a lovely house and he could see Amelia’s mother talking furiously with Ethan while casting a subtle glance in his direction. If he wasn’t so observant towards things like that from ladies then he would not have noticed her but he was and he could tell that they were talking about him and it was something he did not want to know about.She had not approached him since the time they met outside and then when they had nodded towards each other at the church but he had felt her eyes all over him since then and even now when she wasn’t looking, he could only imagine that she had some imaginary at the side of her face, staring directly at him.This was what Amelia had described about her mother and she had purposely left out the fact that they looked really alike down to the hair and eyes and up to the point that you would think she was her moth

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVEEthan was terrible at a lot of things and wasn’t much of a looker to other girls. When he was a child, he had had a rough encounter with an animal that had left him scarred and had allowed women to make mockery of him so you can understand how he met Amelia and how she was the best thing that had happened to him in a while.They became close and soon were known as the school couple and it would seem that Amelia’s beauty kept his bullies at bay and their relationship left them pondering as to why she would even think to date someone as ugly as he was.They had one thing in mind and that was love and marriage; he was going to be a managing director for their accounting firm on the long run and she was going to work alongside him until they had saved up enough money for two kids before they get married.He proposed to her per her mother’s instructions and also partly because he wanted to but he had to admit that their sex life was zero and sometimes he thought that th

CHAPTER TWENTY SEVENJackson was awoken by the sound of his phone, thrilling incessantly.He groaned, turning around to pick it up before the third beep.“Hello” he muttered into the receiver “I cannot believe you are still asleep. Where are you? We need to talk ” Liam’s voice rang out.Liam was a long time friend and someone he had not told about his journey.“We cannot meet right now… I am not in the country”“You are kidding” “I wish I was” Jackson muttered, climbing out of the bedThe day before had been a hectic one and after he and Amelia had gotten to the club, he had rang for food for her, drawn up a bath and had woken her up so she could eat before going back to sleep.“And you did not think to tell me that you were leaving the country? I hear it from you now?” Liam’s shock was evident in his voice “I am sorry, it totally slipped my mind and I have been dealing with some things; I will make it up to you so tell me what is the matter? Why have you called so early and is i

CHAPTER TWENTY NINEJackson was on his way back to the club when he received a phone call from an unknown number; he thought about ignoring it since there wasn’t a caller ID on it but decided against that and proceeded to pick it up“Long time no see” Sophia’s soft voice filtered through.He took a deep breath, unsure of how to react seeing that they hadn’t spoken in years… ever since their relationship ended and she had threatened to ruin him if they ever did cross paths again“Sophia…” he started“I know you must be shocked to hear from me seeing as we haven’t spoken ever since the… anyways… I need us to meet” she told him.He chuckled bitterly at the sheer audacity of her calling him when she had almost ruined his life… no, she had ruined his life.“You have some nerve calling me after all that has happened between us” he growled, angry at how worked up he was getting.He had thought he was over the fact that she had almost allowed him go to jail for something that had been totally