Accidentally Married

Jessica reluctantly got dressed. With everything that had happened today, she was not supposed to be doing this. It felt like a date. She went downstairs and met him ready to leave. He led the way and they took one of the cars with them. It was a convertible BMW.

Jessica had thought Xavier too serious to be one who would take such a car out. She did not even know he owned one.

“Nice car” she commented.

“Are you just seeing it for the first time?” he asked shocked at her comment.

“Yes,” she said as she pulled her seat belt to fix it.

“Here let me,” he said as he went across her. Jessica froze in her seat as her hands were suspended in the air. ‘What was he doing?’

“There you go,” he said sitting back in his seat and not acting like anything was wrong.

‘Did he know how much he just made my heart beat? It was like my heart was ready to jump out of my chest just now. How would I be able to handle any situation like this again? It’s like my defenses are getting weaker and weaker’ Jessica had her thoughts ramble on.

“What are you thinking of?” he asked as he glanced at her before the car hummed to life.

“Nothing” her voice came out in a squeak as she tried her best to avoid his eyes.

“It seems something is up,” he said. She did not attempt to respond. What was she supposed to say? ‘I am falling in love with you because I have no self-control of my own?’ how could she say that?

“How was the meeting with the interior designer?” he asked.

She might be uncomfortable but at least this was a common ground that they could talk about very well.

“It was a smooth meeting. We agreed at once on the design and colors without any fuss over anything. I don’t think I will have any issues with the designer. She is such a sweetheart and she just brightens up the room. Afterward treated Genevieve and Lily. Oh, Lily is her name by the way. I treated both of them to lunch nearby. They have nice meals. I was even afraid that my meals might not be good enough to compete. After lunch, we came back to the house and before that, we dropped Lily off”

Jessica rambled on but stopped when she saw the amused expression on his face. “I talked a lot, didn’t I?”

“I never knew that you did,” he said smiling more.

“I only do so with those I’m comfortable with,” she said and immediately slapped her hands over her mouth. She had just slipped out for no reason.

“So you are comfortable with me?” he said teasing her.

“It’s not that. You asked for a breakdown and that was why I had to say it all” she told him looking down at her feet.

“I did not complain,” he said as he took a turn.

“Where are we going?” she asked.

“Ice cream,” he said in a tone that made the question seem like it was obvious she should know the answer.Têxt © NôvelDrama.Org.

“Ice cream?”

“Yes, Ice Cream”

Xavier drove to the ice cream place. It seemed like a hot spot for dates in Chiachester City because the tables scanned both inside and outside the big ice cream parlor and almost all tables had people on them who looked lovey-dovey. Even friend groups found their way to the place.

“Xavier this place is too popular. There are a lot of people here. Let’s just have the department store-bought ice cream and go home” she said.

Now that she knew that they were having ice cream she was very interested. It had been a while since she had ice cream and it was one of the things she loved the most. If she was going to have a chance to get ice cream then she would never pass it off.

“Why would we do that? I brought us here because I know the owner and he makes really good ice cream”

“Okay then let’s have ours in a to-go cup” she suggested.

“Why would we do that? We would have the ice cream here” he said turning off the ignition.

The parking lot of the ice cream place was across the road and they had sat in the car having this back-and-forth conversation about if they would come down or not.

“People would take pictures,” she said and his hands dropped from the door handle.

“Are you ashamed to be seen with me?”

“Of course not”

“Then I don’t see a problem. Let’s go” he said as she opened his door and turned around to open her.

She stepped out after much hesitation. “Am I to act like a loving wife?” she whispered to him.

“Just be yourself. It is just ice cream”

“Yes, just ice cream with the eyes of a couple of people watching our every move. Loving wife it is”

He takes her hands and leads her to the parlor. As they enter eyes turn to them and whispers begin to fly around. Jessica felt her toes curl up in her running shoes, she was glad she loomed decent at least.

She was least worried about Xavier, he had been in this kind of world his all life, and everything he wore looked good. She on the other could get dragged for no reason by those who believe she did not deserve her current position and those who believed that they had a chance before she came along.

“Shall we” he pulls her to the ice cream counter

They get their ice cream and navigate their way to a seat inside.

“Before I forget,” Jessica said clapping her hands together.

“What is it?” he asked startled.

“Sorry to startle you, but I heard from Genevieve today that she is ill. What did she call it again?” she asked thinking hard.

“A fatty liver?” he asked taking a spoonful of the ice cream.

“Yes, wait for you already know?” she asked shocked. “If you knew already why is she not already undergoing treatment?”

“Your ice cream will melt”

“Answer the question first”

“I just got to know. I asked someone to look into her. It was strange that she came home on her own after all this while and I found that just recently, do not worry I would make sure she gets adequate treatment”

“Okay then” Jessica sighed in relief. “Smile, everyone is watching, you can fake it too” she added as her eyes caught others who were watching them.

“I do not need to fake it, I’m having a good time already”

Jessica almost choked on her ice cream. “Why are you doing this to me?” she murmured with wide eyes.

“Doing what?” he shrugged