The Art Of Revenge (Thalia Nash and Brandon) novel Chapter 78

Jessica’s POV

We did it, we actually made a b*stard, a taboo, I actually had no idea what to call the thing growing inside of me. Or maybe calling it my insurance ticket was the best option. But if he or she ever grew up I would definitely be ashamed to look them in the eyes and tell them exactly what they were.

At the moment I had no shame, life was about sacrifices and that was what I did in order not to turn back into a life of prostitution. I swore never to return to such a life. And whatever the outcome was, I was secured.

Victor and I never talked about the sex, because Brandon Fraser had ears everywhere. We were only lucky Josh’s accident happened in Canada and both he and Thalia had no idea about it. So it was best we never spoke of it. Victor only said a few words, “Keep your mouth shut.” And I was going to follow that until my last breath.

I trusted Victor, and with the way Josh was behaving he was optimistic I was going to get my shares. Shares that were enough to take care of my baby and I should things turn south. Josh had become a perfect husband waiting for the arrival of his first child. I was not buying the act at first because he had previously done that before.

Turning into a perfect husband one minute, then turning into a monster the other second. I had my fingers crossed, waiting for him to change the clauses but it looked like it was taking forever.

A month had already elapsed and Josh only mentioned the clauses once. Victor did not want to discuss the issue, whether by the mouth of the phone, alerting Brandon was out of the equation but I was dying inside. Deep down I felt something bad was going to happen. But insisting on the change was going to attract suspicion.

To make it worse, Victor was swamped with a lot of court cases relating to whatever s*it he and the judge did in Iraq. We barely saw him in the house. I did my own research on changing clauses, yes it was risky but I used a public computer that would not be traced to me.

Most companies usually changed when a child was born or when someone in line died. Josh was probably waiting for the child to be born, I had some months to go and no one knew what s*it Thalia was going to throw at us. I needed to talk to them, especially at the office where the room was secure.

But first I had to buy myself a gown for tonight’s rebranding party. Josh was on top of things with trying to rebrand Gentex. We might have lost some shares but we still had the majority and all we needed were investors.

I bought my dress and drove back home, when I walked into the house, I found Victor and Josh having a glass of wine. I do not know why but I was always uncomfortable around Victor, I had somehow gotten used to his absence. I quickly spoke up. “What is going on? What are we celebrating?” I inquired?

Josh walked up to me and gave me an unpredictable kiss. I had my eyes open and could see Victor’s face turn pale as he looked away. I did not think of it that much and just ignored the useless man. “A Russian company is attending the party and they are interested in investing in our company,” he stated.

“Wow that’s great, this will put Gentex on the map,” I replied.

“Yes, since Brandon Fraser owns this country, Gentex will try going International and only supply to those companies outside the country,” Josh stated and called for his father to join us. Victor got up and walked towards us.

“Since you can not drink, water will do for you,” he added and walked to the kitchen to get me a glass of water. Victor and I were left standing awkwardly without saying a word. Josh walked back with a glass and handed it to me, “Did I miss anything?” he asked.

“Nothing,” Victor and I said in unison and looked away. The awkwardness was very visible but Josh was just too s*upid and excited to notice it. “To my two favorite people in the world, the only ones that never gave up on me,” he stated.

I glanced at Victor before looking away. “Cheers,” I said

“To new beginnings,” Victor added as he hit my glass.

I quickly decided to excuse myself with the pretense of going to get myself ready for the party when in the actual sense I was getting suffocated by Victor’s presence. There were stories of pregnant women hating the sight of their baby daddies and that was what I was probably going through.

As soon as I reached my bedroom, I ran to the bathroom and puked my guts out, it was the second time that I saw his face and puked. Maybe my inner self was ashamed of what we did and my physical being was trying to put up an act. I decided to take some rest before I began preparing myself. There were still my free hours left.