THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 41 – 50
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 49
Pink, who was pacing around, stopped to look behind her and saw Jeslyn running towards her. “Take it easy, mad girl!” Pink chastised playfully.
“I– I’m fine,” Jeslyn waved her hand, almost out of breath.
“What is it?”
“I need some money, lend me and I will pay you back in a while.” Jeslyn flashed her poopy eyes and smiled like a cute bunny.
Seeing this, Pink couldn’t resist but still played hard to get. “I don’t have any money to spare, you came too late.”
“Ah! Older sister, stop lying!” Jeslyn pouted.
Pink couldn’t help but smile. The face Jeslyn was making made Pink burst into a fit of laughter. “Stop making that face. Fine, I will lend you, but how much?”
Jeslyn beamed, “come closer,” she waved her forward.
Pink understood that she’ll be needing a huge amount of money and immediately waved her away. “Don’t come closer. I’ll give you my credit card. Spend as much as you can pay. Yes, you heard me… as much as you can pay. Don’t be a golddigger.” Jeslyn only nodded and said nothing.
Pink dug a hand into her suit and pulled out a card.
“Jeez! Did you have to yell? I never said I won’t pay!” Jeslyn lamented after the card had gotten into her palm.
“Return it,” Pink opened her palm.
Impossible!” Jeslyn refused and ran back to the house.
Pink chuckled and shook her head. “Naughty,” she murmured.
“Boss, aren’t we going with her? I think she’s going out.” Blue’s voice came from behind Pink.
“She’s taking a car, isn’t it?” Pink answered sarcastically with a raised brow.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 41 – 50
A while later, Jeslyn returned with Valen and got into the black low-key car prepared for them.
While they were leaving the compound, Pink sent a message to Maverick before keeping her phone away.
“Valen, where would you like to go after we are done shopping?”
“Anywhere,” the child replied.
“Okay… we would go shopping, from there, we would go to the amusement park and then go to a restaurant and… hmmm… where else?…” Jeslyn couldn’t think of anywhere else a child like Valen would like to go.
“A haunted house?… Ice skating?… Watching skiing?… A cinema?… There are lots of places you could go, but one day is not enough,” Blue chimed in.
“What an excellent idea! Where would you choose from the options?” Jeslyn said excitedly.
“A haunted house and watching skiing,” Valen said, a little excited.
“Okay!” Jeslyn did her fingers in an ok gesture. “Whatever the child wants!” She laughed.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 41 – 50
The car stopped at the largest shopping center. Entering the elevator, Jeslyn came face to face with one of her nemeses. She froze in her tracks, staring eyeball to eyeball at the elegantly dressed woman in front of her, except that the woman couldn’t see beyond Jeslyn’s shades.
She walked in to stand beside the woman, holding Jeskyj closer to her.
“Mummy, this kid is sooo handsome!” A cute-looking girl of about Valen’s age exclaimed. The child’s words pulled her mother’s attention away from the sexy-looking Jeslyn and shifted her gaze to Valen.
The woman’s lips parted slightly, she almost attested to Valen’s cuteness until she realized the child was someone else’s and that her own daughter might feel bad.
“You are prettier,” she told her daughter.
“Mother, I want to have him. I need him to be around me. Whenever my older sister is not home, I can go to him.” The child looked at her mother with expectations in her eyes. ‘Her mother would say, yes,’ she thought.
“Ehm… Chi Chi, they are…” the woman turned to look at Valen. She felt Jeslyn was the mother of the cute boy because the other two women stood like guards and their black and white official dress code affirmed it.
She knew what her child wanted. Chi chi took the cute boy for a toy, however, there was no way she would tell the mother that.
“Miss,”
Jeslyn turned her head to look over her shoulder without responding.
“Your child looks cut–”
“It’s obvious,” Jeslyn’s cold voice interrupted the woman.
The woman was taken aback. The voice sounded familiar, at the same time, unfamiliar. She cleared her throat awkwardly and smiled, yet her mind was cussing.
‘Why was this arrogant slut acting ignorant about her identity? Who doesn’t know that she is Christine’s new ‘adopted’ mother? The MOTHER of the celebrity making waves right now. Who doesn’t know that she used to be the stepmother of that worthless Jeslyn? Who in this country doesn’t know that she is now the legitimate madam of the Chen family? Who is so blind that doesn’t know that their family would soon be the top richest in the whole country?!’
Wild dreams!
Madam Wales was about to blow up but calmed herself down. Although Jeslyn looked classy and smelled of money, the woman didn’t acknowledge that Jeslyn was as wealthy as her.
“My daughter would love to have your child as her playmate. I’ll pay you handsomely if you agree to allow your son to visit us often. I have never told my daughter ‘no’ ever since she was born, so I don’t want to shatter her dreams now. What do you say?” Madam Chen didn’t sound like she was asking for a favor but rather, it felt like she was the one doing Jeslyn a favor.
Blue and Pink gazed from the woman to Jeslyn, waiting for an order to blow her brain out.
Jeslyn took off her shades and examined her stepmother for a while. ‘Good thing that you didn’t allow me to wait for too long. you brought yourself right in front of me, begging for death. Why should I refuse?’ she thought in her head while her lips curved into a smile.
She lowered her gaze to the child that was almost drooling while staring at Valen with her eyes sparkling. She squatted in front of the child and asked while still smiling: “You want my Valen for a slave, don’t you?”
Chi Chi nodded.
Jeslyn’s face suddenly turned wicked and she enunciated: “You are… not good enough.”
She stood up and turned to look at her stepmother who was still stunned for whatever reason.
“My son…” she paused to make sure her stepmother was digesting her words. “Does not need ‘playmates’. Even though he needed one, your ugly and disgusting daughter doesn’t stand a chance.” With that, she snorted and gave the mother and child a nasty look.
“How dare you!” Madam Chen couldn’t take the disrespect anymore. “Do you not know who I am? You should ask your worthless husband or whatever waste gave birth to you, who the Chen family is! You dared to call my daughter names just because I wanted to do you a favor, you shame–”
“I used to think this world could be manageable until I met you. A person like you should be stripped naked and showcased around the city, but because it would be a humiliation to respectable women, it would be better if you partially live in this world. You will curse this day for the rest of your soon–to–be miserable life… that I assure you.” Jeslyn made a strong vow.
“Ding!”
The elevator door opened and Jeslyn stepped out together with Valen.
“Hey! Stop right there! Security, stop that wench!!” Madam Chen grew mad. She didn’t care about the threat because she didn’t believe Jeslyn could do anything to her. She came here with her guards but had them take another elevator because she hates seeing them around her. “They make things inconvenient for me.” She says.
Pink turned and stood in front of Madam Chen, blocking her from going after Jeslyn. She was exuding a dangerous aura that little Chi Chi burst into a loud wail due to fear.
“Don’t court death right now, save your shitty life for your future nightmares.” Pink threatened before she walked away.
The security men that were running over were sent back by Blue who showed them an ID card.
Madam Chen was flabbergasted. She didn’t understand what just happened. She was threatened! She, a woman whom everybody in the Country wanted to befriend, a woman who was getting so much respect and recognition ever since she ‘adopted’ Christine, was disrespected and the security men did nothing!
“Ok, let’s see who gets to shed blood after I’m done with you.” She got down from the elevator with her daughter who was still wailing and searching everywhere with eyes, looking for her ‘prince charming’.
Jeslyn took Valen to the children’s clothing store. Before entering the store, she told Blue: “Watch that woman, do not let her leave your sight.”
“Yes, ma’am,” blue didn’t bother to think otherwise before accepting her mission to watch the woman who just walked into the same store as Jeslyn.
Madam Chen wasn’t meant to shop there but just to cause trouble for Jeslyn, she called her friend, the Manager of the store when she saw Jeslyn entering there.
“Madam Chen, welcome to our store. We got new goods that your daughter might love.” A middle–aged woman walked to Madam Chen and they both hugged each other before she made her and Chi Chi sit on one of the seats, especially for their VIP customers.
The manager then turned to give Jeslyn a once–over look before she smiled at her. “Miss, how may we be of service to you?”
“I’m here to get my son some affordable casual wear,” Jeslyn replied, still standing. She wasn’t offered a seat, so she didn’t bother to sit.
Hearing the word ‘casual’, Manager’s smile stiffened but remembering they have expensive casual wear for kids, she relaxed a little and asked further: “Miss, what type are you looking for? I can ask the salesperson to take you to the section for the most expensive casuals, imported from Country M,” she forced a smile.
“Oh no, clothes from Country M are unnecessarily expensive. I don’t need to waste too much money on that. Direct me to the section with around $50 to $100 wea–”
“Hahahahaha…” Madam Chen laughed so hard that she held her stomach. “Friend, when did your store start to sell such low-quality goods?”
By now, Manager’s face had turned unsightly. The fake smile could no longer be found anywhere near her face. Without care for protocol, she berated Jeslyn.
“Miss, please, if you can’t afford what we sell here, you shouldn’t come here to waste my time and stop my business from moving forward. Please take your fake self to another store, this store doesn’t sell cheap things. Our goods are being sent from Country M which makes them very expensive. If you need to buy anything from this store, you better hold nothing less than $500!”
Jeslyn’s lips fell apart. She couldn’t believe her ears. She stylishly cleaned her ear to ready herself to hear more. “What did you just say? Please, come again.”
“Are you deaf or something? Leave!” Madam Chen yelled in Manager’s place.
Her daughter was still looking at Valen and it was starting to embarrass her. Instead of taking it out on her daughter, she made Jeslyn her anger–disposer.
“When would a shameless woman like you learn to mind her manners? Now I see where your disgrace of a child learned hers from. Others wouldn’t be different either.” Jeslyn sneered. She was referring to Christine and Emilee.
“You dare!” Madam Chen stood up from her seat. Her loud voice pulled a large crowd to gather at the place, making the Manager a little annoyed but because Madam Chen was one of their biggest customers and friend, plus she has a share in the company, the Manager couldn’t chastise her.
“You know this lady?” The Manager asked her.
“Of course, she’s a gold-digging bitch who runs after men with enough money to take care of that bastard child she’s holding!”
Pink was about to take a step forward when Jeslyn grabbed her hand and shook her head.
Valen finally glanced at the woman who just spewed rubbish about Jeslyn and suddenly felt his blood boiling. The woman’s daughter was still looking at him with watering eyes. So he smirked at her and mouthed ‘ugly’.
“Waaaah!”
Everywhere was silent after Madam Chen made that declaration. Chi Chi suddenly crying out of nowhere startled everyone which made them look down to see the cute Valen.
“Oh, my God! He is so cute!”
“Whose child is that?”
“If it’s for a child like this, I’d do worse than being a mistress to take care of him.”
“Me too!”
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 41 – 50
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