A Deal With The Billionaire

EPISODE HUNDRED AND SEVEN

THEME: Secrets unveiling

CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

BENJAMIN WILLIAMS APARTMENT

“This had better be worth my time Ben.” Christopher muffled as he entered his friends house.

The message he had read on his phone was from Benjamin. He had said for him to hurry down to his house without informing anyone of his whereabout, emphasizing on having news as regards Raven.

“Have a seat. You look like shit!” Benjamin said after checking Christopher out. “Should I make you some eggs and toast?”

“Nah, I don’t want. Just tell me what you have got. How is she, is she okay? What about Rowan?”

Benjamin sighed. “I don’t have any news on Raven’s whereabout. But what I do have is about Jessica. I knew if I told you it was about her, you might feel a bit reluctant. Still I need you to eat to your fill before we start on this discussion.”

Christopher was feeling anxious at what Benjamin had to share. He couldn’t argue the food part though, he was feeling hungry already. The coffee had evoked his appetite. Benjamin and Christopher headed to the kitchen to whisk something up.

“This suspense won’t do Ben. Can you just spit it out already?” Christopher muttered as chewed on a toast.

Benjamin sat in front of him with his arms folded in front of him. “What I am about to tell you might sound unbelievable but it’s the exact truth.”

“What?” Christopher asked impatiently.

Benjamin swallowed hard. “Jessica isn’t back to be with you for love. She is here for her own good.”

Christopher chuckled. “Really Ben? I know you are a fan of Raven and you don’t like Jessica but you really don’t need to stoop so low man.”

“I knew you would argue that. Why are you so blind to the facts?” Benjamin took a deep breath. “You know what this argument won’t do.” He said, standing up to leave the kitchen.

“Where are you going? Are we done talking?” Christopher trailed behind him immediately.

Benjamin took out a file from a bag he had left on his couch. He handed it over to Christopher and waited patiently for him to get the file content out.

Christopher’s face morphed into different strings of emotions as he kept looking through the photographs in his hand and a doctor’s report. His hands shook. “What? Wait… wait… a second… how did you get all of this?” He stammered.

“Is that what matters or you want me to tell you what all of those pictures means?” Benjamin asked.

Gulping hard, Christopher inhaled and exhaled as he stared at the pictures that showed Jessica and some men in an intimate position. He looked up at Benjamin. “So tell me, what’s this all about?” He questioned.

“Those men you see right were the men Jessica cheated on you with while you were together. The most annoying one is her affair with Antonio-”

“Antonio? That’s her boss.” Christopher cuts in sharply.

Benjamin nodded. “Yes it’s her boss. Remember I told you one time that I had come across Jessica with different men before you both broke up? I wasn’t wrong after all but you were just blinded by love.”

“So?”

“So, I was suspicious of her sudden return and couldn’t get rid of the nagging thoughts. And it made me take the step to have her background checked when she was in Idaho.” Benjamin paused, trying to make his words sink in. Seeing no revolt from Christopher he continued. “My informant decided to go to Antonio’s office instead to get some information. Everyone told of how spiteful she was because she was fucking the boss. Someone made a peculiar statement of the boss’s wife hating her and must be the reason she left. Being good at his job he got Antonio’s wife whose name is Dolores to give him a detailed reason on what led to her job termination. Turns out Jessica was pregnant and tried to force the child on Antonio.”

“Pregnant?!” Christopher eyes widened in shock.

“Yes, she is pregnant. Turns out Jessica isn’t so smart with covering her tracks. She had used the same hospital Antonio uses to check herself. It was easy to enter their database. The test result in your hand is her result which affirms she was six weeks gone as at when she did the test. And judging by the date she should be around seven weeks and some days if my calculations sit right.” Benjamin explained carefully.

“What exactly are you trying to say?” Christopher sniffed. He could hardly believe what his friend was saying but the evidences were clear enough.

“I really don’t care about the rest of her sexapades. What really concerns us is the fact that Jessica is carrying another man’s baby and intends to make you the father. I am sure you must have had series of sex with her.”

Christopher held his head in shame. He closed his eyes tightly and then he huffed. “How the hell did I get fooled twice by the same woman?”

“You can’t blame yourself for loving her. All you did was to be truthful to her. But I blame you for choosing her over Raven.”

Squeezing the result in his hands Christopher gritted his teeth. “I am so going to skin her alive!” He stood up in rage and made an attempt to barge out of the house.

Benjamin stood in front of him immediately to block his pathway. “Hey buddy, where do you think you are going?”

“To have some nice lunch with her, isn’t that what this seems like!” He retorted in sarcasm.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Benjamin held him by his shoulder. “Listen, if you must catch a sneaky person you have to act like you are foolish till the end. Wait till it’s past noon before going back home and don’t try to become violent.”

“I am so going to rip her head off!” Christopher threatened as he tightened his hold on the document.

Pulling out the paper from his hands gently, Benjamin said. “You would do no such thing. I don’t have the time to come visit you in jail. So instead we would have some fun playing her around. How about that?”

Christopher wasn’t listening. His ears released anger fumes and all he wanted was to see Jessica and hit her so bad. All his life he had never had any intention of being violent with anyone not even a woman. Then again he thought of how disappointed his family and staffs would be when they see him act in such irrational matter. He sat down eventually and took in series of deep breaths to calm himself down. Letting Benjamin’s suggestion sink in, he decided that would be the best option.

Christopher finally smirked and looked up at his friend. “Fine we do it your way. It seem you love trouble don’t you?”

“I live by it.” Benjamin chuckled and he thought for a moment. “Even though this seems hard to say, how about we invite Tiana? That lady has some plans for Jessica.”

“Trust me to call her.” Christopher said as he rested his head on the couch. He felt somewhat relieved that he didn’t have to be in a tight situation to get Raven back.

However, he felt hate swell inside of him as he thought of how deceitful Jessica was. Benjamin had been right from the very beginning but he loved her too much to notice her flaw. How could he be so gullible? A man of his status, controlling hundreds of people couldn’t even notice he was being fooled.

“She must have seen how emotionally weak I am.” Christopher muttered.

Benjamin patted him on the shoulder. “Don’t be like this.” He consoled.

“I feel so terrible, Ben. I had treated Raven in a bad manner all because of Jessica. And now I am about to lose the woman whom I love and who truly loves me. That is even if I haven’t lost her already. I hate Jessica so much, I hate myself more for being so stupid!” He lamented.

Benjamin sat next to him. “We should be thankful all of this came to light eventually. You don’t need to brood on the past, man. It’s all gone now.”

“Yeah, it is.” Christopher agreed as he closed his eyes. As he thought of so many things he could do but won’t actually do to hurt Jessica.