I AM NOT NAIVE

Lifting her voice to let him know she is serious and is quite aware of his tricks, "I am not naive and stupid as you may think Brent.

"Also, I am not Johanna, it is I, Jessy, her cousin. You do remember Johanna right, the one you proposed to, the one you came begging not to marry Keaston, declaring your undivided love. Did you marry me thinking you would get back to her for marrying Keaston? Oh, I remember every word, only, I didn't know who it was until I visited Johanna recently."

Watching her wipe the tears away, her eyes were red and swollen. Brent reaches out to touch her face wanting to comfort her but she pushes away my hand.

When she said, "I can't believe I could be so stupid, nobody does anything for someone for free unless they have a motive behind it. You could not get to Johanna, so her cousin will pay the price, right."

Feeling numb inside, when she stood up, 'All this time I thought she had no idea of my relationship with Johanna but she was fully aware of our friendship, yet not one day she revealed or whispered a word, what sort of dimwit I am?'

Raising his head hearing the pounding on the wall, only to see her bouncing her head against the wall, "Jessy stop that?" 

Rushing to her aid seeing her head bleeding, "Oh God, what have you done Jessy?" Wiping the blood seeing the wound, "Sweetie you have got this all wrong, yes, I must admit, that night I did confess my love to Johanna, but when I kissed you on the bed, I thought the few months we were separated had brought a spark then when I went downstairs, I met Johanna, I was confused at first, so I kissed her wanting to know who I kiss.

"It was then I realized if I had confessed my love to her, I would have made the biggest mistake in my life. Sweetheart, I returned the next day to see who I kissed, only to find the house locked up. You won't believe this but that day I had lied so much just to see who was the person I kissed. Yet all I had awaiting me was only disappointment on every side."

Hugging her, "Oh, honey when we met at the burger outlet and I heard you talking, it was only when you said you could not eat and had your tonsil removed, my thoughts ran back to you but I was looking for someone with a bandage under her chin, so you see I was still not sure it was you, but then you disappeared and I didn't know where to begin looking for you.

"Sweetheart, desperation and frustration had been my portion that entire week. I had looked for you that entire week then I saw your face in the newspaper at the soup kitchen. That night when we kissed I knew then, so please, I never meant to hurt you."

Lifting her, her face had blood and her eyes were closed, "Jessy honey," getting no response "Sweetheart open your eyes, please don't faint on me."

Resting her on the couch Brent noticed how the blood was still seeping out. Her face was pale and she seemed unconscious, he gently cleaned the wound and put a plaster, he then rested his head next to her and closed his eyes, whispering to her, "I love you, sweetheart,"

Lystra was sitting by her desk when she noticed Boss's parents coming out of the elevator, Whispering, "Goodness, gracious, she looks in a foul mood. As always, I should have grown accustomed to her by now, but her tongue seemed very sharp and vicious"

While her thoughts were still clicking they had already reached his door so quickly. looking up from her desk only to see they were both looking at her, "Don't just sit there and look at us, open his door?" Lystra could see her viciousness as her tongue wagged.

Her heart skipped a beat, but she tried to sound professional, "I am sorry Ma'am, but Boss has changed his lock and no one has a key." 

"Where is he?" Just from the way she asked, Lystra could see she was blue vex.

"Ma'am, he hasn't come in for the day yet?"

"Was he here yesterday?"Senior Larson asked.

"Yes, Sir! Sir, I called you at your home because the contractor called saying it is important for someone to come to the site."