“No, you should call him yourself. It is difficult enough to reach you as it is. I will text you his number the moment I hang up, so give him a call immediately, and save him the stress of trying unsuccessfully to reach you,” Benne said, making Jade sigh.
“Alright. I will be waiting. Love you, Benny,” Jade said, blowing him a kiss before hanging up.
Once she hung up she quickly rushed out of the company, making sure not to be seen by anyone. Once she was seated in her car, she checked her appearance through her rearview mirror and groaned when she noticed the dark circles under her eyes. It wasn’t like the circles haven’t been there for a while, but they stood out more on her pale face now, and she didn’t like it. She really needed to create time to rest, else she was going to break down.
Perhaps she should take the day off, and go to a beauty spa? Maybe get a good massage and a makeover. Makeovers always gave ladies the needed lift.
Just as she turned on her car’s ignition, her phone beeped with a message notification. She picked up the phone and clicked on it when she saw that the text was from Benne. He had sent her Harry’s number as promised.
Harry Jonas… She tried to remember what she could of him. She had seen him just once, and that was the same year after she just started her practice… Four years ago.
It had been during the Christmas holiday season, and Benne had invited Harry to meet his family, while her late boyfriend, Todd had been around to spend the holidays with her and her family as well.
She remembered getting into a fight with Todd because he had seen her seated at the Porch with Harry, late at night having a nightcap. Todd had accused her of flirting with Harry… Thinking of it now, Jade scoffed as she drove off.
It was funny how Todd had been the cheat in their relationship, yet he had been the most insecure between them both. He had accused her of cheating and flirting with other guys when he had been the one doing all of that. How could she have been so blind to all of that? Jade let out a sigh and shook her head to get rid of thoughts of Todd as she dialed Harry’s line. She turned on her car’s Bluetooth speaker so that she wouldn’t have to hold the phone to her ear.
She listened to it ring for a while until it disconnected since Harry didn’t take his call. Now, who was difficult to reach? Jade asked herself with an eye roll as she dialed his number again. It rang for a while again, and then disconnected, “At least, I called,” Jade said out loud as she focused on the road ahead of her.
She really hoped that Harry would be able to help her find her witness, as he was her only hope. She knew that there was no way Candace was going to agree to come out of her hiding and get involved in Jero’s case again, not after it almost cost her her son’s life.
Although Candace would have been the perfect bait to bring Jero out of hiding, Candace would freak out if she heard that Jero had escaped from the correctional facility where he had been locked up for the past two years.
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The first sight that greeted Bryan when he opened his eyes was Sonia’s face. They were both lying on his bed facing each other with a little space between them. He watched her face as she slept and a smile played around his lips when Sonia smiled in her sleep.
Instead of watching a movie as they had initially planned to do the previous night, they had settled for Kevin Hart’s ‘Irresponsible’ and had shared a good laugh at his humorous jokes. At some point, Sonia had offered to get them a night snack and had left the room only to return with two cups of hot chocolate drink and a bowl of chips. They had fought over the last chip in the bowl until Sonia had suggested that they play a game, where the winner gets to eat the last chip.
Thinking about the whole silliness of last night under the sanity of dawn, Bryan grinned as he took a closer look at Sonia’s face.
She looked so innocent and beautiful, that he could spend all day watching her and not even be bored. He grinned when Sonia giggled in her sleep. The sound of her laughter was like music to his ears, and he couldn’t help wondering what she was dreaming about. He was certain that whatever it was she was dreaming about was just as exciting as she was.
Yes. Sonia was very exciting. No matter what he did with her, it was always fun. Whether they were arguing, exchanging bants, playing games, watching a movie, making out, or even just sitting next to each other without saying a word, it was all exciting for him.
Oh, Bryan! Look how hard you have fallen! Bryan thought with a shake of his head, and a wide grin on his face.
Once he noticed that Sonia was beginning to stir in her sleep, he quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Sonia opened her eyes, and the first sight that greeted her was Bryan’s face. Her heart fluttered in her chest as she looked into his beautiful face, and a smile tugged on her lips when she remembered how she had fallen asleep while listening to him tell her some dry jokes.
Her fingers itched to touch him. His hair, his face, his lips… but she tried to stifle the urge. This wasn’t Sonia Smith. If she had not developed feelings for Bryan, touching him however she wanted wouldn’t have been such a big deal to her… But now she was being so careful, and she didn’t like it. She preferred her carefree self, Sonia thought with a sigh as she tentatively let her hand cover the distance between them.
She brought her hand to rest on his face and then grazed her thumb softly over his five o’clock shadow. She moved her thumb from his chin to his lips and let it brush his soft lower lip.
Bryan’s heart skipped a beat, and then his heartbeat quickened as Sonia’s hand moved over his face. Slowly he opened his eyes.
Seeing Bryan’s eyes flutter as though he was about to wake up, Sonia quickly snapped her eyes shut, pretending to be asleep, but Bryan’s soft chuckle as he reached out to pull her nose made her blink at him.
“You pervert!” Bryan said with a playful grin.
“What? You were awake?” Sonia asked, struggling not to look embarrassed as she slapped his hand off her nose and sat up on the bed.
“Were you hoping I wouldn’t be, so you can steal a kiss?” Bryan asked, seating up as well.
“Steal a kiss? Why would I want to steal a kiss?” Sonia asked with a scoff as she tried to get off the bed, but Bryan pulled her back.
“I don’t know, you tell me.”
Harry stepped out of the shower and picked a towel from the towel rail as he walked out of the bathroom. He dried his short mop of black hair using the towel, not minding the trail of water he left in his wake as he went to his bedside to pick up his phone which he had heard ringing immediately he stepped into the shower.
Seeing he had missed two calls from the same unknown number, he narrowed his eyes as he tried to figure out who it possibly was. Jade Delgado. She was the only one whose call he was expecting, so he dialed her number immediately.
Harry briefly wondered if she was still the same person she was when he had met her four years ago. She had been really cute and funny then, with her long brown hair and intelligent blue eyes. He remembered the irritation he had seen on her boyfriend’s face when he had seen them both discussing at the porch that night, and how he had later overheard them fighting because of him.
She had promised to show him around her neighborhood the next day, but after the argument with her boyfriend, she had begun to avoid him. She wouldn’t join the family for dinner, but would rather have hers alone in her bedroom with her boyfriend. And once she walked into the living room and saw him sitting there she would return to her bedroom. He had pretended not to notice, but nothing she did had gone past him unnoticed, so he had used work as an excuse to cut short his holiday with the family. He didn’t want her being uncomfortable in her home because of him.
Harry shook his head to get rid of those thoughts as he focused on drying his body while waiting for her to take the call.
Jade who had just walked into her bedroom and slumped on her bed, sat up when she heard the vibration of her phone in her handbag quickly took it out. She received the call when she saw that it was from Harry, “You are a difficult man to reach, Mr. Harry Jonas,” Jade greeted.
Harry’s lips twitched in amusement when he heard her voice, “Coming from someone I’ve been waiting to hear from since the last twenty-four hours, I’m flattered,” Harry retorted with humor in his voice, and Jade smiled.
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