Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 354: Taking the offensive...

The sun was already high and scorching in the sky as Jessica’s car rolled out of Bassai village.

The countryside slipped past the windows in a blur of dry grass and endless road, but her mind wasn’t on the view.

Throughout the trip, she had been consumed by her thoughts, carefully weighing the best course of action concerning the lingering issues that now demanded her attention.

She reached for her phone and tapped the screen. Notifications lit up instantly with missed calls, unread messages, updates all demanding her attention.

On arrival and all the while she was with her grandma, she hadn’t bothered to check on the phone. To put bluntly, she had purposefully ignored it.

Partly because of the emotional rollercoaster she’d been on.

And partly because she didn’t want to deal with anything when her composure wasn’t in place and her focus wasn’t steady.

Her fingers moved swiftly across the screen, and with a click, the device unlocked.

She skimmed through her inbox, her gaze softening when she reached Davis’s reply to her message from earlier that morning:

"Peaceful and calming."

A small, involuntary smile tugged at the corners of her lips. That had been the very thought in her mind when she captured that photo and sent out to him.

The view had really been peaceful and calming for her tensed and anxious nerves.

She wondered when they began to think so alike, to share similar sentiments over things that once would’ve passed unnoticed.

Maybe this was what it meant to be with someone who truly understood her deeply and wordlessly.

She opened her call log and discovered she had several missed calls glaring at her. With a quiet sigh, she turned her gaze to the window and spoke to the driver.

"On estimate, how long before we arrive at the estate?"

The driver kept his eyes fixed on the road. "Three hours and a few minutes, ma’am."

She groaned lightly and shook her head with a helpless sigh.. "That’s a long way. Which means I may not get into the city in time to pick out a befitting dress for the banquet," she murmured under her breath.

~Buzz~

~Buzz~

lightly; her gaze lingered for

"Hello," she said softly.

day, ma’am," came the voice

a little as she prepared to listen to

given Vera two months to secure the leadership mandate of

months?" she echoed, her voice tinged with disbelief and

"Yes, ma’am."

subordinate responded while he

exhaled slowly, her eyes narrowing as she leaned into the

there is no need to bother about

Louis family wants

then it’s time for the Louis family to understand their

made herself a pawn in their reckless

pressing matters, Vera is the least

time, she wouldn’t be giving her the chance and opportunity

a pawn, then definitely leaving the Group should

deep breath, "I’d handle

if she

be done about them, ma’am?" the

could be done?" she repeated thoughtfully, then reclined slightly to take in

family’s business holdings. Once I review

With that,

out of the window, a slow, amused smile spreading across

the Louis family still fantasized about controlling the Allen Group after all these years was laughable. They had failed to grasp the opportunity

she mused over the possible reason why she had let the Louis family interfere

keep letting them

I that cheap?" she

was Davis

always the tool

Old feelings? Past grudges?

clicked her tongue.

straight." She muttered to

sharpened as she dialed out

think there is a need to change the

phone, his voice

the financial conditions of the Louis