Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 248: Watts family 2

Davis and Jessica slept in that morning. Despite the warm shafts of sunlight flickering into the room, neither of them stirred. Since their arrival to Noveria, this was one of the rare mornings that offered complete peace—no itinerary, no obligations. Just the quietness of the morning.

For Jessica, the peace was more than welcome, her pregnancy symptoms coupled with the medication she took the previous night made it even harder to wake. The phone buzzed continuously on the bedside table with a persistent reminder.

Davis stirred first. Still groggy, his hand reached toward the table, blindly groping until it found the device. As he prepared to silence the alarm, his half-lidded eyes caught a glimpse of the reminder notification: "Watt’s Family Launch." His hand froze mid-air, and his eyes opened fully.

A heavy breath left his chest as he stared at the message, torn between waking Jessica or letting her rest. It was surprising how something so simple as deciding whether or not to wake someone—could suddenly feel monumental and weighty.

While still deliberating, the phone buzzed again with a new notification—an unread email. Davis hovered his hand over the screen, tempted to unlock it, but in the end, he dropped it back on the table.

Just then, a new email notification appeared. His hand hovered over the screen, hesitating to unlock it.

After a moment’s pause, he placed the phone back on the table with a conclusion "there is no need to be troubled with the affairs of the Watts family..

He turned to her and gave a gentle nudge.

"Babe, wake up," he whispered, his tone warm and tender.

Jessica groaned lightly and burrowed deeper into the duvet. "Can I sleep a little longer?" she mumbled.

"Of course," Davis smiled. "But wake up first, take your medication and eat something. Then you can go right back to sleep."

She didn’t respond.

Jessica stirred slightly, burrowing deeper into the duvet, her eyes shut tight.

"Can I sleep a little longer?" she mumbled.

"Of course," he said. "But wake up, take your breakfast and medication, then sleep again."

It was the best compromise he could offer. He didn’t want her stressing over people who didn’t matter.

After several attempts and no real response, Davis gave up. Slowly, he disentangled himself from her, got ready for the day, and mentally prepared to handle her unfinished business.

But first, he needed clarity—he needed the truth behind recent events and a clear picture of the situation surrounding the Watts family.

where Ethan, having received his message

and greeted him with

"Good morning, sir."

Davis returned the nod.

body after all that work yesterday?" he asked casually with an

ensure he was the only one in the room. His boss never asked questions like that. Was he joking? Or had his wife’s pregnancy hormones somehow rubbed off on

chuckled at the

"Surprised by my question?"

honest

said with a soft sigh. "You’ve worked hard for this cause,

ears were playing tricks on him. Davis had never been one for verbal appreciation. His way of saying "thank you" usually came in the form of money—more work, more money. But

work and results—he found himself loving this

help himself,

reason to appreciate Madam," he thought. "She’s making him

paycheck will reflect those

gratitude clear on his

Davis grew serious.

family?" he asked,

Ethan’s expression darkened slightly.

Noveria’s elite—though the family situation is

involvement in the scandal that riddled the launch last night, I did

blow. She had gone that far—to sabotage him so

discovered that she approached Madam.

did she meet her?" Davis cut

no one could uncover the content of the

launch?" Davis smirked coldly. "She must’ve tried to poach her—completely unaware of

on with more intel. With

so eager to teach her a lesson,"

eyes were stormy

the right to dictate what my wife should do? Who does she think she is—to

voice turned ice

need you to do something for

beat. He knew—this wouldn’t be anything mild. He felt for