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~

phone vibrated. She glanced at the phone lightly; her gaze lingered for a tidbit before she slid her thumb across the

"Hello," she said softly.

day, ma’am," came the voice of one of

asked, straightening a little as she prepared to listen

given Vera two months to secure the leadership mandate of the Allen Group," he

echoed, her voice tinged with

"Yes, ma’am."

while he

her eyes narrowing

so there is no need to bother about

what the Louis family wants

the Louis family is the problem, then it’s

made herself a pawn in

Vera is the

wouldn’t be giving her the chance

she can only be a pawn, then definitely leaving

breath, "I’d handle

she can actually keep her place in

be done about them, ma’am?" the subordinate

then reclined

a comprehensive report of all the information you’ve gathered on the Louis family’s business holdings. Once I review it, I’ll decide which of their assets they’ll lose

that,

out of the window, a slow, amused smile spreading

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

she had let the Louis family interfere in

did I keep letting

I that cheap?" she whispered to

was Davis

the tool

Old feelings? Past grudges?

her tongue. "Tsk, tsk.

and get this straight." She muttered to herself and closed her eyes briefly, and after a

sharpened as she dialed

picked at the first ring. "I think there is a need to change the plans," she said,

the phone, his voice already dreading what the

was the financial conditions of the Louis family as at