Chapter 19

(an hour ago)
He was with his parents, his cousin Patrick and his wife Wendy at the table. The couple’s sons were playing in the living room .
"Looks like my cousin here is serious about closing those deals uncle!" Patrick said.
His dad nodded while sipping his bourbon. “Well he should be. It’s high time for him to take over the business for his future. Actually I should say for his future family . Besides I sometimes feel like I am already over the hill so I want to retire as soon as possible.”
He hadn’t told his father that he was also planning to open other businesses with his own money. It wasn’t yet the right time to tell him. His main goal at the moment was to make him proud of him. He never approved of his modeling but he just let him did it for a while after he graduated from college.
"By the way Luis told me that you aren’t into big bikes anymore which is good! Hats off to you cuzz! You are a changed man! You don’t want to put your life in peril unlike before! You don’t want your future wife to be a widow early!” Patrick joked and he threw him an angry look which made his father shook his head.
The couple met Ashley at Luis and Rina’s wedding.
"Well if he didn’t meet Ashley he wouldn’t stop riding those dangerous monsters. “ His mother commented.
"Since you mentioned that Aunt Grace, have you seen Jett's girlfriend already?" Asked Wendy to his mother.
"Not yet. Jett always wants her for himself. He doesn’t want to give us a chance to talk. So possessive! But I sometimes eavesdrop on their conversation.” His mother released a small laugh. “From what I heard so far, she seems very pretty.”
"Pretty is an understatement actually because she is gorgeous! So Jett should really change his wicked ways if he doesn’t want to lose her." Wendy joked and his dad and Patrick chuckled while he grunted.
"I agree cousin! It's not enough that you have good looks you must really know how to take care of her." That came from Patrick.
"I am really curious to see her because Jett smacked even his cousins because of her." His father said dryly while shaking his head.
"You will soon meet her. " He told his old man.
His mother clucked. "Your son took after you Armando! You almost went behind bars when you hit a politician’s son who was wooing me!”
Everyone laughed while he sneered and shook his head from left to right. His mother had been telling me how possessive his father was especially when they were young.
"Sweetheart you knew how I despised those trash who you called suitors. Please don’t give them the details on what I did to deal with some of them. We don’t want Jett to know because he might do them too. He is already worse than me and that is more than enough!” His father said with a frown.
He just shook his head and excused himself to get more booze. He smiled when he overheard what his father answered to Patrick’s question
"So do you like Ashley for him though Jett had beaten up his friend’s cousin because of her?“
"He was just protecting what's his..."
He didn’t hear what his dad was saying because he saw Jayden and Jordan fighting. The nine year old Jordan was crying while seven year old Jayden was hitting him with the throw pillow.
He went to them. "Hey what’s going on? Don't do that to your older brother Jayden! He ordered with a frown on his handsome face.
"It is my turn to play." Jordan said while still crying.
"No it's not!" Jayden retorted while holding on to their mother's phone. Seemed like they were playing an online game.
When he was about to hit his brother again , "Oh no don’t do that Jayden! Here! You can use my phone. Give your mother’s to Jordan." He took his phone from his pocket and handed it to the child.
The kid looked delighted and immediately gave his mother’s phone to his older brother who stopped crying and excitedly got the other phone.
"No more fighting or I will tell your mom." He threated the two boys.
Both just nodded while already busy tapping the phones. He just sighed heavily before leaving them.
(after a few minutes)
"Uhh...ohhh.." It was Jayden.
"What's wrong?" Jordan asked him.
The younger kid scratched his head. "Don't tell Uncle Jett but I think I accidentally deleted a message for him ."
“Okay.”
(at the moment)
He couldn’t stop himself from cursing after reading Seth’s message.
You are in trouble with Ashley dude! Jill l uploaded photos of you and Margaux together
He decided to call him before getting his laptop.
"Did you see them? What are those photos dude?! "
His hands were shaking as he repeatedly cursed while typing his password.
"One of the friends of Ashley’s sister wrote a comment so she probably showed them to Ashley already!”
He gritted his teeth upon hearing that but he again cursed angrily when he saw the post with the images. The caption was The Hottest Couple in the Party!
He raked his hand through his hair after reading the comment Seth was talking about.
They are not a couple. I know Jett's girlfriend. Her sister is my friend.
"F*ck!” he furiously kicked his bed repeatedly when he discovered that even Ashley’s sister left a comment.
Seth was right. Ashley was surely mad at him. He would call Margaux and Jill. ***
(Ashley’s POV)
She was about to go out of her room when her sister appeared on her door.
"Ash! Are you going out with him again? He is waiting for you in the living room. What are you doing? Does Jett know?” her sister’s voice sounded puzzled and worried.
She pretended to check the contents of her bag. She didn’t want to look at her eye . "Chad and I are just friends. Besides I already broke up with Jett so don’t worry.”
Chad had been her confidant. She didn’t tell Kat about the pictures she saw. She felt that she couldn’t concentrate on work anyway so she decided to take a few days off.
"Look Ash! We only saw photos! We don’t even know what really happened. And FYI! They were deleted already. Maybe Jett reprimanded whoever uploaded them. I am not taking sides but I don’t think you going out with another man though you say is just a friend is not okay. Hear what Jett has to say. You don’t even take his calls so how could you break up with him if you haven’t even talked yet?”
She sighed. "Those photos are not the reason why I broke up with him. I sent him a message. I didn’t have to talk to him. I have to leave now. Chad and I are just going to his nephew’s birthday.”
“Isn’t it too soon?”
"I told you that we are only friends.” ***
It had been several days that Chad was asking her to be his woman. She told Jett that she was going to get a new boyfriend but she wasn’t serious. She was from a rebound and she didn’t want to be unfair to any other man.
"Chad it's too soon for me to have a boyfriend." She was frowning.
"Don’t you think it would be better if you said yes to me? Jett won’t try to get you back if you were in a new relationship. Okay if you feel that it’s too soon, we can just pretend that we are already a couple to discourage Jett from coming back.” He suggested.
She bit the inside of her cheek. He seemed to have a point.
"I will show you how I really feel about you. I will make you fall for me and I swear I won’t ever cheat on you." He got her hand.
(at another table)
"Didn’t you tell your cousin to stay away from Ashley Dude?! Looked like he wants another major injury!” Andy told Dale.
The latter was also surprised when his cousin came with Ashley. They hadn’t seen her since the incident at the mall. Jett had never talked to him to. It was Seth who always talked to him. And from what he heard, Jett and Ashley were having problems with their relationship at the moment.
He cursed when they saw Chad held Ashley’s hand. “I repeatedly tell him to leave her alone! He is so stubborn!”
Even Andy uttered a bad word when Chad kissed Ashely’s hand and grinned. "That’s it! I give up! Well accept my condolences Dude because sooner or later Chad will be dead meat!”
(Jett’s POV)
He had been trying to contact his woman for days but he couldn't reach her. Apparently Brenda was in another country for business so she didn’t have any reports about her. Even Kat wasn’t answering his calls or emails. She was probably angry at him too. He was dying to go back to the Philippines but his hands were tied. It was a matter of choosing to see his girl to explain in person or finally finishing what he came here for. His mother advised him to wait a few more days. His father also said what he thought about his plan of leaving.
"Don't waste this Jett! This is for you and Ashley’s future! Don’t make a hasty decision! She is after all yours and what you have is just a simple misunderstanding! It’s not as if you two broke up for Pete’s sake!” He knew his parents were right so he stayed. But now he was watching a video sent by Seth and he regretted listening to their advice. He gritted his teeth and his breathing became shallow. He felt blood slowly came up his neck then to his head .
Ashley and Chad were together. The f*cking son of a bitch had his girl's hand and he kissed it. He furiously threw his phone. Like a wild angry beast he howled and picked up the table in his room. He flung it onto the wall. He was ready to kill someone.
"YOU'RE DEAD!" he said while his eyes and face are red from rage.
"Oh my God Jett..!" His mother uttered when she entered his room.
(Ashley’s POV)
She finally decided to talk to Kat. They would meet in their favorite cafe. She was in a mall's multi-storey parking. She was about to get out of the car when her phone started ringing. Chad was calling. She finally agreed to pretend to be his woman but she had been wanting to back out when he started to act like he wasn’t pretending at all. It wasn’t that he touched or kissed her but she felt a bit uncomfortable when he deemed to be taking everything seriously. Andy and Dale were at the party so for sure Jett knew about her and Chad already and she wished that he would finally get the picture and wouldn’t have to come back to the country. She sighed. Chad had a lot of good qualities and if she would probably fall for him too but not yet.
"Hello." she answered.
"Babe…”
"Chad it’s just you and me so just call me Ashley. “
“Are you at the mall yet?" He deliberately ignored what she said.
She shook her head. “I am parked already. Kat is on her way.”
“Okay Babe. I will call you again later. My job interview is about to begin.”
He decided to try working in the country to be with her instead of going back to Macau..
She was about to reply but he added, “I love you." Then he hung up.
She rolled her eyes and turned off the engine. When she stepped out of her car, she shivered. There was no one around and it was a bit dark near some areas where there were no cars parked. The elevator was a few meters away. Heaving a sigh, she walked to it. She yelped when she heard a strange sound from somewhere. She walked faster when she heard footsteps behind her. She was almost running now. She slowed down a bit to look back when a loud sound echoed. She shrieked when she bumped into something solid. She slowly turned. She covered her mouth with her hand. Her eyes widened.
"Hello Love. I'm back. Did you miss me? Jett asked in a spine-chilling voice as he looked at her.
His eyes were spitting fire and he had an ugly smile on his lips.