CONTRACTED TO A BILLIONAIRE

Chapter 12

Even if the trumpet sounded twice in a row, Jessica was sure that Andy would not have heard anything. He seen to be glued to where he was standing beside his father as he gazed with disbelief in his eyes.

Her normal bold personality instantly became self conscious.

The dress she had on was totally modest and good for the occasion which was nothing but spectacular other than meet her father-in-law whom she should have met a long time ago.She was putting on a short gown for the first time in a very long time.

The gown was slightly above her knees, though it was not the clinging type, it was sleeveless which left her shoulders and hands bare. She suddenly felt exposed as Andy's eyes bore into her.

She noticed that they have been staring at each other for a while, she moved forward and noticed the old man looking at them with amused curiosity. That Andy got his height from his father was not to be denied. The man was still looking good at his age. Andy looked a bit different from him facially and wondered what his mum looked like.

"Sir" she moved forward quickly not knowing how to greet her father-in-law. "Good evening Dad" she bent to kneel but the man held her back.

"C'mon give me a hug" he pulled her into his arms and Jessica remembered her father.

"I am so sorry sir" she said as she pulled away "I told Andy severally that we should wait for some time until you are back from your trip before we got married but he refused" Andy was still lost in thought and it bothered Jessica as she tried to cover up.

"Do i blame him? he is a William, we grab opportunities when we see them. Frankly if I were in his shoes I would want to take you off market as soon as possible cause you are a rare commodity" Mr William was making her look like a product for sale but the funny thing is that she didn't feel insulted instead she felt flattered.

"I always wondered where Andy got his good looks from now I know" she smiled.

The man adjusted slightly "Well he is a combination of his mum and I. He is one selfish boy right?

Referring to Andy as a 'boy' was strange to Jessica's ears.Andy was not doing anything to help her and she didn't know if they would ve able to pull this through tonight if he kept mute. The possibilities was becoming increasingly hard "Yes sir he can be so selfish" she said and nudged Andy with her leg.

"Yes tell him, he seems to be lost in cloud nine" his father said.

Jessica hadn't thought that her father-in-law saw her.

She smiled nervously "He is always like this when I put on this gown, I don't know why" the man laughed

"Then make sure you put it on when there is a quarrel, it might save you the stress of apologizing" Jessica laughed and was relieved when Andy seemed to be back in their midst.

"Come daughter" Andy's dad put his hand on Jessica's shoulders as he walked inside leaving Andy to tag along. "Tell me about yourself"

Andy had never been so shocked in his entire life but Jessica landed him a heavy blow which threw away his senses. When the door had opened he was expecting a lady in a long oversized gown with long hands, never in his wildest imagination did he think she would appear the way she did. It had taken a few seconds to fully accept the fact that he was staring at Jessica. Her skin glowed under the evening light and everything about her was different. Her hair was not packed the way she used to, she packed half of the hair at the front leaving the ones at the back to fall of their own accord.

The length of the hair was more pronounced and the rich black hair called him to have a touch. Her hands and shoulders were opened before his bare eyes and it glowed like she had just moisturized them.

The smoothness was so obvious and it took so much effort to take his eyes off them. He shuddered when he stared at her body, he wondered how she could effectively hide all she had beneath those Godforsaken clothes. Her waist was even slimmer than he had been imagining for weeks, he was sure that his two big hands would wrap around her waist perfectly. He swallowed hard blocking his mind to the battle that was going on with him. His eyes caught her long legs till it got to her feet and he almost groaned. It was too much to take in, he always knew she had a very beautiful face but now it was striking even though she was not wearing makeup or jewelry.

As she talked with his father, he heard nothing as he gazed at her with amazement. She was smiling and he couldn't remember when she ever smiled that way apart from the time he saw her with a slim guy at the beach. He was angry that she was not smiling at him and that he was not the cause of the laughter. He struggled to listen to what they were saying because his mind was occupied with her body. He started hearing what was been said towards the end and he received another round of torture as he walked behind them into the house.

~ RA✍️