Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica) novel Chapter 41

Jessica had been in a good mood recently. Since Oliver had accepted the fact that she was pregnant, she didn't need to hide it anymore. Especially Nanny Daisy, when she learned the good news, she began to plan the pregnant women's diet for her.

Nanny Daisy made different kinds of delicious food for her every day, which made Jessica get plump.

Oliver also asked the chauffeur to drive Jessica to work every day, and she was very grateful to him for that. She gradually began to think that Oliver was not a bad person. But...

One day, Jessica was strolling in the backyard after dinner.

In addition to the main house where she and Oliver lived, there were two wing houses in the backyard. Since there were workers bustling about the west wing, Jessica went over curiously to see what was going on, and it turned out the west wing was being decorated.

Jessica wondered if there would be someone else moving in. Apart from the people from the old Williams' mansion, she knew none of the other relatives of the Williams Family, nor had she ever heard Daisy mention anyone.

Jessica looked at the furnishings inside, which were to women's liking.

Oliver had been excessively kind to her recently.

'Is he going to have a mistress at home?'

In fact, that woman was not much of "a mistress", because her marriage with Oliver was a deal, to begin with, and it could be ended at any time.

'This is good anyway.'

Jessica hoped that Oliver and that woman would end up being together so that she could leave with ease.

When Jessica came back, she happened to meet Nanny Daisy.

"Daisy, is someone going to move in the west wing?"

Nanny Daisy looked a little flustered and stammered, "Madam, I... I don't know much about this."

"Alright, it's okay."

It seemed that the fact was pretty much as she expected.

Jessica planned to wait for Oliver to bring it up himself, while she acted as if she knew nothing of it.

After having dinner at home, Jessica was strolling about, which was a new habit she developed. Unconsciously, she walked to the west wing in the backyard.

This time, Jessica heard a woman talking inside. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she heard a familiar voice coming from behind.

"Sister, why are you leaving?"

Jessica turned around and saw Tina, stunned. "Why are you here?"

"Why can't I be here? This was supposed to be my home. It's you who took my place." Tina turned to the servant and said, "Go get some tea and snacks. I want to chat with my sister."

At this moment, Jessica saw that it was Nanny Daisy whom Tina was talking to.

Nanny Daisy was also embarrassed. "Madam, the young master asked me to come over to help."

Jessica's face turned pale all of a sudden.

'What happened? Why is Tina moving in GrandVille Apartments, while the others seemed to have known it long ago?'

When Nanny Daisy came out with the tea, Jessica had already left the backyard and back to the bedroom.

Jessica recalled the encounter between Tina and Oliver, and the one she knew was when they were in Fox Mountain Residence. At that time, Tina took Oliver's room card, claiming that she would get him back. Seemingly, Tina had put her words into practice.

Then Jessica thought of the other day when she met Marina and Tina in the mall. Apparently, there was more to it than what they said then. It seemed that they had long made a plan to move in.

Jessica paced back and forth in the room, thinking about this messy relationship.

'Then what about Vincent? Did Tina really dump him? Highly likely. Vincent deserves it.'

Tina was indeed good with men, which was different from Jessica.

'Perhaps I should leave Oliver early, which would be good for everyone.'

Jessica didn't want to see Tina when she got home at all.

Oliver came back very late at night and went straight to the study.

Jessica wanted to talk about that thing with Oliver. She went to the study and knocked on the door gently.

"Come in." The man's cold voice came from inside the room.

The moment Jessica opened the door, she caught a strong smell of cigar. Jason had used to smoke them at home often, and she was quite familiar with the smell.

The man was lolling in the chair in front of the desk. The top buttons on his white shirt were naturally unbuttoned, while his sleeves were raised above the elbow, his strong arms shown. His handsome face was shrouded in the smoke. This was the first time Jessica had seen him so decadent.

"Am I here at a bad time?" Jessica wanted to turn around and go back.

"What's the matter?" Oliver put out the cigar in his hand, walked to the window, and opened it wide so that the smell in the study could go away as soon as possible.

"I saw my sister Tina in the backyard today. I want to know what's going on."

The man's cold voice was a little hoarse. "It has nothing to do with you. You don't have to care about it."

"I know Tina was supposed to marry you, but I ended up marrying you by accident. If you two were in love with each other, we could end our relationship early."

"I told you it had nothing to do with you. You may leave now."

Jessica could tell there was a tinge of anger in the man's tone and knew it was not the right time to talk about this issue today, so she left.

Oliver went on smoking in the study, not knowing how things had got to this point either.

Oliver's first reaction when he learned that Tina was pregnant was to have Simon take her to the hospital to have an abortion. Not any random woman could just give birth to his baby, especially Tina. And the most important thing was that he still doubted whether the woman that night was Tina or not.

When Oliver almost had a car accident, or when he knew he could die at any time, the baby might be his only hope, but Oliver could still accept Jessica pregnant with some other man's baby. If he killed his own flesh and blood, what was the difference between him and his father, Daniel? He hated his father, and he couldn't forgive himself for becoming the person he hated.

Since Tina was pregnant, Oliver just took her as the woman carrying the baby for him, so he lodged her at home temporarily.

He had already asked Mr. Talty to have Tina sign the agreement. When the baby was born, he would give her a one-off big settlement fee.

Although Jessica had made an oral agreement with Oliver that she would not stop him from seeing someone else, he didn't feel at ease at all. This issue had worn him out recently.

Oliver calmed down in the study before returning to the bedroom.

Jessica was not asleep yet. Recently, she had been reading some parenting books. She put the book down behind her upon hearing the door opening.

She pursed her lips and said, "Do you think... I need to move into the guest room now? It seems good for all of us."

'All of us? Including Tina?'

"Didn't you hear what I just said? If you don't remember, I'll remind you again. This has nothing to do with you. Everything is cool."

Jessica shut up, walked to the bed, lifted the corner of the quilt, and lay down.

She was waiting for Oliver to return so that she could tell him about her intention to move into the guest room. Since he didn't agree, she would sleep in the master bedroom in peace for now. During that time, She had already dozed off earlier.

Jessica fell asleep in a moment. In a daze, a cold touch drifted around her body. She felt the man with the scent of moisture and mint clinging to her back.

She suddenly sat up. "What do you want?"

"Fuck you." Actually, Oliver wanted to hug this little asleep woman, but he didn't expect that he woke her up. So he made up a random ridiculous reason. And he really wanted to see the woman's reaction.

"You... You're shameless."

"Are you done talking? I'll continue when you're done."