THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 31 – 40
BY SIR ZACH
The sales ladies immediately understood that she was intending to go to three sections. Meaning, more bonus for them!
Two girls immediately stepped out of the line with their hands on their bellies. They stood erect like straight trees. Their flawless skin glowed against the sparkling light.
Jeslyn would have been jealous if her skin wasn’t better.
“Ma’am, we’ll tour you around.” One of them said with a smile.
Jeslyn nodded and started to follow the girls around the sections while picking out what she liked.
She lost count of time as she shopped, forgetting that Valen would be throwing a tantrum at home.
After she was done, that was when she realized she had spent more than 5 hours in the store.
“Oh my God! Valen!” She panicked when she saw the time on her watch. “Pack those. I’m done for today.” She announced.
The ladies, with their smiles almost reaching the back of their heads, packaged the clothes and headed towards the counter.
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Meanwhile, Toria and her two friends were also at the counter paying for their products.
The moment that the two friends saw Jeslyn, one of them immediately tapped Toria and raised her jaw in Jeslyn’s direction. “It’s her,” she said.
Toria’s mind flashed back to the pictures she saw on their phone the other day. She stared attentively at the approaching Jeslyn before she turned to face the cashier. “Mind your business.” She cautioned her friends.
The two friends were stunned. What did she mean by that?
“Toria, how could you let her go?! She’s–”
“One more word from you and our friendship will suffer the consequences.” Toria frowned at her friends who immediately shut up.
Jeslyn had no idea what just happened. She approached the counter and the sales ladies started to unpack her items. The more Toria’s friends saw what Jeslyn bought, the more their intestines twisted.
Toria wasn’t seeing anything other than the male clothes and children’s clothes that were added to the items on the table. Watching how those clothes got stacked on the fest and couldn’t help but do a double-check on Jeslyn.
Jeslyn felt a stare and turned her head to the left. Her eyes and Toria’s eyes met. Both ladies studied each other for a couple of seconds before Jeslyn turned away.
She knows this lady. She’s the leading star in fearless entertainment. She’s like a god that cannot be reached no matter what other artists did. Her fans love her like crazy and she has one of the most aggressive fans in the industry. Her fame is greater than Piper’s and one of the reasons was that she allegedly raised fearless entertainment from nothing to something, which was why she’s called the Queen of fearless. She has good reviews too. People say she’s very talented in acting. Jeslyn can’t be sure about her acting skills because she hadn’t watched her movies.
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Toria Tang, the A-list actress who rose to fame in less than 6 months and had been able to uphold her good name because she’s indeed a talent. She’s a loving mother who shields other artists from ‘Fearless entertainment’ and helps them against injustices. Her heart is so big that she never gets angry. Although she doesn’t smile much, but each year, she wins the ‘kindest soul’ award along with some other big awards. She is one person Piper is desperate to get ahead of, yet she fails every time.
The moment Jeslyn brought out her black card and handed it to the cashier, she almost dropped it like a burning coal was handed to her. In all her life, she had never seen or held an unlimited black card from ‘World Elites and Royal bank’ before. The owners of such cards who comes here to shop prefered to see the manager and let him/her handle their transaction. Some don’t even bother to show up in centers like these. They’ll rather get the designers of the brand they want to make them something and directly buy from them.
Even so, there’s a benefit for the holders of these cards. They only pay 50% of what they pay and the remaining 50% is the discount for the cardholders.
The cashier looked up at Jeslyn with fearful eyes. She thought Jeslyn would be angry. However, she seemed to be in haste to leave as she was glancing at her expensive looking watch.
The cashier sighed in relief and immediately carried out the transaction before handing the card back to Jeslyn with both hands.
Jeslyn accepted the card, turned and staryed leaving while her guards took the things she bought and hurried to catch up with her.
Toria’s eyes escorted Jeslyn out of the store before she turned to look at the place Jeslyn was standing a while ago.
“Toria, that was a BLACK CARD!!!” One of her friends screamed, drawing attention to them.
Toria took a fleeting glance at her platinum card with a calm mind. She looked at her friends who were still shocked and sighed. “She’s just one level higher than me. Can you stop making a fool of yourselves? You are embarrassing me.”
However, her friends refused to let her have her way this time, so one of them walked to the cashier that took care of Jeslyn’s transaction. She saw the cashier having a difficult time breathing when she almost dropped the card, so it strengthened her resolve that the card wasn’t just a black card from a substandard bank.
“Miss, please, can you help me with something?”
The cashier readily agreed to help, after all, the Lady in front of her was Toria’s friend and almost everyone in the Country knows Toria as a kind person and they all liked her. “What may I help you with?”
“I’m confused. I saw that sister holding a black card just now and it got me curious. I haven’t seen that type of card before. What bank owns it? Is it a new bank?”
The cashier hurriedly shook her head. “It’s not an old bank at all. It’s ‘World Elites and Royal bank card’…”
Toria’s friends gasped. Th–that…what?! They couldn’t believe it.
Toria was taken aback for a while when she heard the name of the bank. However, when she remembered there are two black cards for that back, she sighed. Her friends are just too much.
‘World Elites and Royal bank’ has two black cards. The unlimited which is owned by only the superior Elites in the world and an ordinary black card which is a tier higher than black cards from other banks. Platinum cards from ‘World Elites and Royal bank’ are on the same level as black cards from other banks and those cardholders get special treatment from wherever they used those cards.
Toria uses a platinum card from a very well-known bank, which means, an ordinary black card from ‘World Elites and Royal bank’ is two tiers higher than her platinum card.
She wasn’t upset though, that Lady was just a tier higher than hers. Besides, she’s still growing and would soon get a black card too. So, there’s no reason to compare. She thought.
Just as she was about to walk away from her friends, the foolish girl decided to ask: “Was it the standard black card?”
The cashier shook her head. “Unlimited!”
Collective gasps escaped their lips and they widened their eyes in disbelief. A moment later, Toria collected herself and thought. ‘It must be Rex’s card.’ Not only her. Her friends also believed it was Rex’s card, so their jumpy hearts calmed a little.
Toria paid for her things and left with her friends who wouldn’t stop bugging her.
“Toria, it’s high time you set things on another level with Young Master Rex! That lady is doing way more than any lady has done. Imagine, Rex gave her his unlimited black card! What the f*ck does that mean?!” One of them said when they got into the car.
“Toria, I agree. Don’t be a pushover and silently watch Rex throw your goodwill away. I mean, you are kind and have been patient with him even though he has broken your heart times without number.” She sighed. “Stop behaving like a good wife and speak up!” The other lady added.
Toria massaged her temple. “You two,” she hesitated, then sighed and continued. “Since when have you started getting jealous over other people’s things?” She turned to look at them. “So what if she has Rex’s black card? Haven’t I been given more than enough?” She signed again and turned her face to look outside the window. A few moments later, she continued with her eyes still looking outside. “Count your blessings and not what you can’t control.”
Toria loves Rex so much that she was ready to hide her feelings for him for years. The day she started to love him was the day she had a traumatizing breakup with her ex-boyfriend and went to a bar.
As she was drinking, someone approached her and wanted her for the night. She bluntly refused but it didn’t sit well with the person, so he called his minions to take her away. As she was being dragged away, Rex got involved and rescued her.
She’s an orphan who had her inheritance stolen by her relatives and was left with just a little to last her for a few days. She had already gone for auditions at different agencies before her parents passed away, however, she was rejected due to her relatives getting involved.
Rex found her a second time when she went to a bar again to drink away her sorrow. She was the last person in the bar and was really drunk. The bar men were lost on what to do, so when Rex came down from the floor he was on and saw her again, he took her to a hotel and booked a room for her. In her drunken state, she almost ruined their reputation, but Rex being a good guy, took her to the bathroom and left her under the shower to sober up instead of taking advantage of her.
Even though she almost crossed the line with Rex, he didn’t leave her alone after that, he approached her a few times and they started dating. She had thought he wanted to ask for her body like he usually did to girls he fancies. (They thought he sleeps with girls) but instead, he gave her the fame and the riches she needed. They only dated for a month and some days before he stopped coming. That was three years ago.
She couldn’t say they dated for three years because he only stayed with her, made her feel like they were dating for a month and 5 days before they became strangers. When she called him, he asked her to stop calling him but didn’t withdraw the privilege of presenting herself as his girlfriend in public, nor did he stop funding her account.
To this day, Toria couldn’t wrap her head around why he was still being kind to her when they’d indirectly broken up three years ago.
Even though she feels that they aren’t dating anymore, her best friends refuse to believe it. They kept insisting that she was still in a relationship with Rex, provided he hadn’t said the break-up line.
Although she could also be blamed for her friends’ illusion because she didn’t tell them the whole thing that transpired between her and Rex, which was why her friends keep making these things up in their minds.
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Jeslyn entered the house to see Valen by the entrance, probably waiting for her.
“Child,” she called but he turned his face away and pressed the button on his wheelchair, and started to move to the dining room.
“Are you mad at me, honey?” Jeslyn asked as she followed him but he didn’t respond.
She smiled and got in front of the moving wheelchair. She thought he would stop it but instead, he turned to the side, avoiding her.
“Little Valen, mummy is sorry for coming late. I know I promised you three hours. However, there was so much good stuff that I lost the knowledge of time.”
Hearing that, Valen’s face turned unsightly. He was mad at her for breaking her promise and instead of apologizing, she was telling him that ‘good stuff’ was more important than him. Bad parenting! He screamed in his mind.
“I’m very certain you’ll like the good stuff. They are prettier than the ones we bought in Rose City.” Jeslyn smiled.
Valen turned his head to the side to take a proper look at her. She was all smiles. ‘Why is she smiling and saying he would like the good stuff she bought for herself? Do I look like her husband who would admire everything she wears?’ he scoffed.
“There are beach wears too. They’ll look good on you. That I promise.”
Valen whipped his head up suddenly. “You got some for me?”
Jeslyn paused for a moment. “Of course, I bought things for you! How could I go shopping and not buy things for you?”
A smile found its way to Valen’s lips. “Ok, I’ll see the clothes later. I asked the kitchen to make something for you as you might be hungry. The food turned cold and…” he sighed.
“Aww… my child is so considerate.” She pressed the button on his wheelchair and carried him in her arms.
Valen blushed, feeling embarrassed.
“You are more considerate than your papa… don’t tell him.” She chuckled.
Valen smiled and for the first time, he kissed Jeslyn on the cheeks. “You are better than him.” He confessed.
Jeslyn froze when she got a kiss after his confession came, she smiled brightly and returned the kiss. “My child is the most handsome!”
Valen wrapped his hands around her neck and rested his head on her shoulder. It feels like heaven being in his mother’s arms. No wonder his shameless father wouldn’t stop looking for ways to glue himself to her. She smells nice and her skin is soft. Good thing his father is not home. He’ll have quality time with his mother and steal her heart before his father returns so they won’t make another baby.
After concluding on the scheme that would be best to stop his parents from having another child, Valen smiled evilly.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 31 – 40
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