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 a tidbit before she slid her thumb across the screen of the

"Hello," she said softly.

came the voice

as she prepared to listen to

secure the leadership mandate of

arched. "Two months?" she echoed, her voice tinged with

"Yes, ma’am."

subordinate responded while he

exhaled slowly, her eyes narrowing as she leaned into the

just a bluff. The Louis family is already on the verge of insanity, so there is no need to bother about their instructions or claim." She smirked, a

what the Louis family wants to

is the problem, then it’s time for the

pawn in their reckless game was hardly

Vera is the least

time, she wouldn’t be giving her the chance

only be a pawn, then

"I’d handle the upcoming

the end of the meeting, let me see if she can actually

about them,

repeated thoughtfully, then reclined

the Louis family’s business holdings. Once

that,

a slow, amused smile

Allen Group after all these years was laughable. They had failed to grasp the opportunity

had let the Louis family interfere in her matters over and

keep letting

cheap?" she whispered

Davis

always the

Old feelings? Past grudges?

tongue. "Tsk,

She muttered to herself and closed her eyes briefly, and after a few seconds, she

as

first ring. "I think there is a need to change the plans," she said, without

voice already dreading what

the financial conditions of the Louis family as at