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Josh’s Pov
Despite my father’s best efforts to ruin my night, everything was going ording to n. The party he
threw for me was going without a hitch, and Jessica was by my side all night. All of the crucial people
that needed to be there were there.
I’d made certain to rece all of Thalia’s father’s royal snitches with mine. There was nothing to be
concerned about, and I had no sabotage to worry about.
I utilized the party to rename thepany, as we were about to embark on a new chapter in a new
biotech.
The public despised the one-man show, but more than half of the shares belonged to me and my future
children, and they were protected by uses that only I could amend. At the very least, myte father-
inw taught me one thing. The idea made meugh.
I felt a hand on my back and turned to see a gorgeous face dressed in a Luis Vuitton gown, her hair
wrapped behind her back. Every male at the party was lusting after her.
I was the guy on top of the world; I let them watch but not touch; she was mine, and at the end of at
long night. I nned to bathe in between her legs while they all returned home to their freezing beds,
imagining what it was like.
“Are things going as nned at the party?” Her voice was soothing to my ears as she inquired.
“More than I hoped.” I said while I ced a kiss on her cheeks. “To be honest, I was expecting a public
protest, but it appears that everyone is on board.”
They all knew the Harvard nutcase was going to wreck thepany. You are the right man for the job,
they all knew it was going to be you.”
I burst outughing at her response. “You gave them hope,” she added and kissed me passionately.
I liked how she always continuously emphasized the importance of branding Thalia with Harvard; I
suppose it was a subtle jab, but it worked. Harvard was a haven for brilliant minds, and the fact that
Thalia had graduated from there was a p in the face.
“Anyway,” she replied solemnly, “we need to talk.”
“About what?” I inquired, confused.
She said, “Sharon, your mother.”
I turned around to see my father staring at us from the opposite side of the room, my face clenched up.
I immediately realized he had spoken to Jessica behind my back. As I loosened my ball tie, anger
welled up within me, and the room grew hot all of a sudden.
Jessica had always made it in that she disliked my mother, which was why my father turned to her,
hoping for her to change my mind. I had a good idea of what she was going to say next.
“You should put her in a facility,” without a care in the world, she dered simply. She was a no-
nonsense individual who didn’t like to mince words, she was always direct.
I gritted my teeth and said, “Can we talk about thister, now isn’t the best time.”
“However, you opted to make your decision without informing me,” she replied, as she folded her arms
in annoyance.
“I haven’t made any decisions because mom is already staying with my father.” I responded in a stern
voice. I was giving her all the signs that I didn’t want to talk about the topic but she seemed like she
was ready to wage war.
We’re getting married this weekend, Josh, and your father will most likely take one of his girlfriends to a
resort or country, leaving your mother alone. Please don’t tell me you’re bringing her in to live. with us.”
She inquired further.
I gazed at her, irritated, as thoughts of Thalia asking me to bring my mother in with us after we married
shed through my mind. Before I beganparing the two women, I hastily shoved the thoughts
aside.
I couldn’t figure out why Thalia always appeared whenever I had a disagreement with Jessica. Maybe it
was because she never disagreed with me, never fought me, talked back, or made me angry. She was
a cardboard box that I couldmand to stop breathing if liked to, I guess I missed that.
I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I didn’t notice Jessica shouting my name. She finally caught.
my attention by snapping her fingers over my face.
“Please don’t ruin a perfect night, Jessica.” I said as I walked away. “Josh, Josh, Josh!” she called out,
but I ignored her. People started staring at her; she was simply garnering unwanted attention and
giving the guests something to talk about. I guess I would be sleeping in a frigid bed tonight, just like
most men, instead of the warm thighs I had envisioned.
I noticed one of my board members standing in a corner, so I went over to him and we started talking
about growth, anything to keep my mind from wandering. My father and Jessica had the intention of
sabotaging my beautiful evening but I was not going to allow them.
I was certain she was going to run crying to him; their obnoxious friendship was grating, to say the
least. They always found a way to group up on me on anything I opposed. Before I could finish my
contribution, I observed my father and a furious Jessica approaching me.
“Great,” I thought to myself as I excused myself from the party; they couldn’t even wait for the party to
end. They both trailed behind me as I marched directly to Dad’s office, enraged.
“What the heck are you two up to?” I yelled at them. My veins were about to rupture out of my head. as
my face turned red “You couldn’t wait for this lovely celebration to end!”
“Calm down, son,” Dad said.
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“No, you have no right to say that; it’s entirely your fault.
“Before you and Jessica tie the knot, we need to make a decision,” he said andmanded me to take
a seat with a high voice.
I was enraged as I strode around the room, chucking my ball tie from my neck and tossing it to the
floor.
“Believe me when I say that all I want for you is the best. I don’t want you and Jessica fighting in the
first week of your marriage,” he exined.
“Then keep múm in your house; after all, you’re not the one who does everything. The nurses are in
charge of everything,” I responded.
He signed and put his hands in his pockets, saying,” She has been in that condition for five years. I’ve
been with her through those five years. I stood by her and held on, but it’s time to call it quits and get
my own life.” he replied shamelessly.
I turned to face Jessica after staring at him, puzzled. She shifted her gaze away from me. My father
was the most shameless man I’d ever met; the entire five years he had cheated on my mother over and
over that I lost count of how many times I caught and confronted him.
“You may leave her if you want,” I replied, not wanting to debate.
“I’m not abandoning her, Josh; I’ll pay for the institution and visit her every day even if she does not
recognize me.”
“Yes, Josh, we’ll be going to see her every day,” Jessica finally responded.
“Would you want me to abandon you after only five years if this was our situation?” I asked her.
“Josh, that isn’t the point; you’ll be too preupied with setting up thepany as a result of this
takeover. It won’t matter if she lives in a home or lives with us. You will not have time to look after her.”
she said as she walked over to me. “All I want is a conducive home for my children to grow up.” she
added.
I was taken aback as I looked in my father’s direction. “I thought you said we should wait a year before
starting a family.” I asked.
“I’ve changed my mind; we can start making one right now; you’re right; we should have one sooner
rather thanter.”
I had no idea if she was bluffing or not, giving me confused feelings. As she drew closer to me in a
seductive manner. I watched my father walk out of the room. “This isn’t a joke, Josh,” she said. “We
can try right now.”
“But you just signed a modeling contract?” I stammered.
She unzipped me and pushed me onto the chair, saying, “F**k it, Gentex needs heirs and not photos.”
“Jessica, the visitors?”
As she knelt and roughly began stroking me, she whispered, “We’ll be very quiet.”
I thought I was sleeping in a cold bed but that was not to be. What she stated was jumbling in my mind.
I had always wished for children, I loved children but she had previously advised me to wait because
her career was just beginning to take off.
I’m not sure if the prospect of moving in with my mother swayed her opinion, but I didn’t care. Maybe
she and my father were right, putting mom in an institution was not a bad idea. I’d be paying. her visits
and sending her flowers every day. As a wave of indescribable pleasure washed over me, I thought to
myself.