Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica) novel Chapter 116

As soon as Jessica returned to GrandVille Apartments, the painting desk she had bought was sent over.

Jessica's study was next to Oliver's.

Now that the furniture in the room had all been arranged, she only needed to do was buy some pens, ink, paper, and ink stone.

She was a little worried that she couldn't draw anything valuable and ruin this painting desk made of yellow rosewood which was worth millions of dollars.

"Oliver, have you seen me drawing before?" She asked.

Oliver hadn't seen her drawing with his own eyes, but he had seen the photos in which she was doing it. It was taken when he had someone follow Jessica and Lambert secretly, who were drawing together in Hayden's studio.

The two of them in the photo looked like a married couple, which made him very angry.

Oliver replied honestly, "No, I haven't."

Jessica couldn't figure out why had she chosen to study a major that was completely unrelated to painting and found a job as a secretary in the Williams Group after graduation. Her dream had always been to become a painter.

"I haven't painted for a long time. It could be terrible. You can’t laugh at me."

Oliver turned up one corner of his mouth and chuckled. "I won't."

The two of them were chatting and laughing in the study when the servant came up and said, "Young master, Mr. Deerman and Miss Saletta are here."

"Let them come straight up," Oliver said.

Jessica asked, "Who's here?"

"My friend and your friend."

Jessica looked excited. "My friend. What's her name?"

"Sally."

"That's a nice name."

Martin and Sally came up. Seeing Oliver and Jessica talking and laughing in the study, they looked at each other and smiled.

"Hi, Sally." Jessica walked forward and said with a smile, "And this must be Mr. Deerman."

"Just call him Martin."

Martin glanced at Oliver, who seemed to have changed into a totally different person over the past few days. He would never talk so much before.

"Miss White, I've wanted to see you for a long time, but I was afraid to disturb you."

Jessica didn't expect her friend to be so strangely polite to her. Why did she call her Miss?

"Just call me by my name," Jessica said.

Then she added, "Oliver, why not ask Winnie to bring some tea?"

Oliver nodded and went downstairs.

Sally and Martin looked at each other curiously.

'What is going on?'

Sally saw the large painting desk in the room. She could tell from a single glance that it was made of yellow rosewood.

"Jessica, is this new?"

Jessica nodded. "I heard from Oliver that you are a successful curator and have organized many influential exhibitions."

"Mr. Williams really knows how to brag for me."

"It seems that we became friends because we had the same hobby," Jessica said.

Her words reminded Sally that Jessica had lost her memory.

"Well, are you going to draw? When you finish your works, I can help you organize an exhibition."

"I'm afraid that my paintings will be too ugly to be exhibited."

"I've seen your paintings of flowers and birds. They're exquisite. I like them very much."

"You really are my friend. Even Oliver said he hasn't seen my paintings."

Sally didn't expect Jessica to mention Oliver so frequently. She and Oliver looked like a newlywed couple who were so close to each other. "He can see your paintings very often in the future," Sally said.

Sally turned around to look for Martin, but he wasn't there.

Just as the two women were chatting, Martin had already gone downstairs to look for Oliver.

The two men stood in the yard smoking. Martin asked, "What if she regains her memory?"

Oliver said calmly, "I don't know. One step at a time. Everything's fine as long as she's happy."

"Have you fallen in love with her?"

"I'm not sure. Maybe it's the guilt I feel that makes me want to make up for what I did to her in the past."

"What about her sister? What are you going to do with your relationship?"

"I won't let them meet."

They returned to the study on the second floor after they finished smoking.

Sally teased Oliver and said, "Mr. Williams, it's so generous of you to buy such a painting desk."

"Because she likes it."

Hearing Sally mentions the drawing desk, Martin ran to look at it himself.

Then he said to Sally, "Isn't it just made of wood? I thought it would be some kind of high-tech."

"Don't make comments if you don't understand it. Why don't you say it is also a high molecular organic compound?" Sally didn't want to waste her time explaining it to him.

In the eyes of doctors, only the emergence of new technology and heart medicine would be probably regarded as high-tech. Everything else was nothing surprising to them.

Seeing the two of them bickering, Jessica whispered to Oliver, "Is Martin Sally's boyfriend?"

"I don't know," Oliver said.

Jessica smiled and said, "Why don't you know? Isn't he a friend of yours?"

"Martin, my wife wanted to know if you are Sally's boyfriend."

Jessica pinched his back secretly. "Why don't you ask him directly? How embarrassing."

Martin replied, "Yes."

Sally also replied at the same time, "No."

"Do you get it?" Oliver turned to Jessica.

"Sure."

Sally and Martin stayed in GrandVille Apartments for a while and then left.

As soon as they got in the car, Martin asked, "Why did you say I'm not your boyfriend?"

"Are you my boyfriend? Have I ever admitted that?"

"Then what am I? Your f*ck buddy?"

"Whatever you say." Sally started the car. She didn't want to talk to him.

"If you met me first, Scott wouldn't have had any chance."

Sally slammed on the brakes.

"Get off the car."

"What?"

"I can't drive with you making noise around all the time."

"I met Scott a few days ago."

"So what?"

"He told me that he had decided to stay in Birmingham and develop his career here." Martin stared at Sally.

"He can stay anywhere he wants to be. It's none of others' business."

"I think he's here for you."

"Are you jealous?"

"No really. But I want to settle down with you earlier."

"You jerks always act based on impulse. I won't be fooled by you. Listen, I don't need a steady relationship, nor do I need any restrictions like marriage. Staying away from marriage and kids offers a woman a happy and safe life. Haven't you ever heard of it?"

"Who said that? Didn't you see Oliver and his wife just now? Don't you envy them?"

"Oliver was burying a grenade for himself in the future. Why didn't he treat her well earlier? If he had been nice to her like he was now, the two of them wouldn't have come into this situation."

The topic was changed to Oliver before the two of them could solve their own problem.

Jessica was happy to have a friend visit her. She stayed at home every day and felt like she was going to be moldy.

Oliver disagreed with her proposal to continue working at the Williams Group.

She didn't insist because the baby grew bigger day by day. She was afraid of causing trouble for Oliver.

That was why she decided to paint at home just to kill time.