Mafia Billionaire's Hated Love

Jessica Edwards hated Jason Jade with passion. What she did not know was the fact that the hatred was mutual as Jason saw her as nothing more than someone who was bent on making him the laughingstock in every endeavour that they happened to find themselves on opposite sides. The genesis of their bad blood could be traced to the time when they were in high school. Jessica's parents had migrated from Sleepy Hollow into New York City after buying a house and setting up their Law firm. They had then enrolled her in the only school that they had deemed feet for her. It was here that she had met Jason and earned his wrath. Jason had been born and raised in the City by his Mafia parents. From his young age, everything had pointed to his being tall with big, muscled chest. This imposing stature of his had earned him respect and fear from many students, something that he enjoyed with gusto. However, what earned him more respect from the teachers was the fact that he had been blessed with brilliant brains. He had been used to topping his class, untill Jessica joined . Jessica had proved to be no ordinary student. It was a matter of days before she dethroned Jason from his coveted first position in her first exams in the school. Subsequently, he had teamed up with some boys and waylaid her on her way from school. "Come here, village girl!" Jason had menacingly said, blocking her way as three other boys surrounded her . "You seduced the teacher to give you more marks," he had added, dragging her to a nearby building hidden from the street . "Let me go!" She had shouted, resisting. "I didn't do anything to the teacher." Her frail efforts to disentangle herself from their hold was no match for the muscular, towering Jason. "Yes, you did! Everyone has been seeing the way you smile at him," he had said gleefully, lifting her up against the wall. "It is even said that you kissed him in the office. Let me teach you how to kiss properly," he continued as the other boys cheered on, sneaking their hands beneath her skirt. "No! Let me down," she had continued shouting. "I beat you because you are nothing but a pathetic bully with big muscles and little brain!" "Lier! Everyone knows that I'm the academic giant around here. What I'm doing to you now proves that I'm endowed with more brains than you!" He had chuckled sardonically, forcing his lips onto hers. She had suddenly bit his lip which had made him to release his hold on her. In the process, her knee kicked between his thighs to connect with the balls. As he bent down groaning, she had dodged the other boys and took to her heels. " You little b*tch! I swear I will get you!" He had cursed, seething with pain. This bizarre incident had led to the development of bad blood between their families after Jason had been suspended from school. Her father had reported the matter and threatened to sue in court, something which the Jades did not take lightly. Daggers were drawn. The relationship between the two families worsened when Mr. Edward's firm was retained by the National Environment Management Authority to investigate claims of pollution and the manufacturing of noxious substances by the Jade brewing enterprise. Meanwhile, the competition for academic supremacy between Jessica and Jason never abated. After their final exams, Jessica excelled and was awarded a scholarship to study Law and Public Health in Harvard School of Public Health while Jason secured a place in Harvard Business School to pursue Law and Business. One would think that that was to be the end of their confrontations, but it seemed to be the beginning of a long tussle. Consequently, Jessica had graduated and joined her father's Law firm while Jason became the family brewing business's attorney. She hated the fact that their enterprise happened to be located just across the street from their firm . With several compensation cases against the Jades lying on her father's desk, Jessica knew that a legal tussle against Jason in court was inevitable. It was a win or die matter for the many families that had suffered irreparable damages due to the intentional or negligent acts of the defendants. Now sitting in her office, at twenty-four, a beautiful petite blonde Jessica was prepared to teach a twenty-seven year-old and presumptuous Jason the battle of wits. Her parents were on a business trip abroad and Sam, an associate in the firm, and her were due to present their witnesses in one of the cases against the the Jades. "Sam, it is time to go," she called out to Sam who was in an adjacent office. Four years her senior, she had first met Sam during his graduation from the same Law school she had attended . "Just a minute," Sam answered . "Are you sure you won't permit personal matters to cloud your articulation of issues? Jason might play on your emotions to his advantage, you know?" "You are beginning to sound like a broken record! How many times have I told you that I harbour nothing for that pompous bastard other than the fact that he is trying to defend a malpractice?" "Well, that remains to be seen," he responded cynically, standing by her door. "Shall we?