Chap 16
SELFISH
At noon after finishing work and meeting with an investor from Singapore, Arsene came to the hospital. As his the plan, he would bring Jessica with dr. Sham.
The man got out of the elevator and immediately walked to Mr. Lexi’s room.
(sound of the door opened)
Arsene opened the door and looked across the room.
“Where is Jessica?” Arsene asked, there was no one there except the boss.
“Jessica is out, wait a minute. She is buying cold drinks at canteen. Why are you looking for her instead of asking my condition?” Lexi protested.
“As planned, I will take Jessica to the doctor Sham, ” Arsene said, sitting on the sofa beside Lexi’s bed.
“Good, I called the doctor Sham. I’ve asked her to persuade Jessica to help me get rid of the disease,” Lexi wanted to recover from his trauma about that night, recover from the disease, then he would open his heart and fall in love again.
“Sir, doesn’t that mean you are very selfish?” Arsene shook his head. Lexi’s decision was biased and only thought about him. “You married Miss Jessica without any love and with no intention of making her a real wife. You could say Miss Jessica is just a place to vent your lust, and experiment. Are you really healed or not, isn’t that cruel, Sir?” Arsene looked firmly at Lexi. He looked at his boss with a look of dislike.
“Then, do I have to fuck her every night without any marital status? Mom and Dad, also you are obviously going to marry Jessica to another man if I don’t marry her, right?” Lexi said angrily. He was always in the wrong position, when talking to his parents, or even when talking to Arsene .
“Let’s talk about all before taking rash actions. I don’t think you want this to cause any great problems in the future,” Arsene said. He knew who else would solve Lexi’s problems. Only him could solve that.
“I don’t know what you mean,” Lexi, who had been suffering the most, couldn’t be sensitive or couldn’t think about Jessica’s feelings even for a moment.
“How will long is your marriage contract with Miss Jessica?” Arsene asked, it was necessary to know everything, the details.
“Two years,”Lexi said looking down and remembering all the plans he had prepared.
“You’re just going to sleep with her or are you also make baby, giving grandchildren to both your parents?” As a husband, Arsene knew exactly how mother and daughter are connected. The contract marriage between Jessica and Lexi would obviously very detrimental to Jessica’s side.
“I think I just need a break. When I get well I will fall in love and marry a woman I love,” Lexi answered, he thought that everything would go as smoothly as he wanted.
“You don’t intend to have children with Jessica?”Arsene asked with not convinced. All he knowed, Mrs. Anna and Mr. Ricardo told Lexi to marry one of them because they wanted to get grandchildren soon.
“No,” Lexi insisted without hesitation. “After two years, I will divorce Jessica,” Lexi swallowed and nodded for sure.
“What did Jessica get?” until this moment Arsene had not seen a positive benefit on Jessica’s side.
“I’ll give her whatever money she wants! After getting divorced from me she will able to go to school and achieve what her dreams, “Lexi answered.
“You sure you won’t fall in love and won’t dissuade Miss Jessica from leaving? Two years, you two will live under the same roof. Even sleeping in the same bed, it is not impossible that you will not fall in love and will get used to her leaving,” Arsene looked down, remembered how hard the days Lexi went through when he lost his late wife used to be.
(sound of the door opened)
Jessica entered the room. She brought the cold drink she had bought.
“Secretary Arsene, is it been a while since you arrived?” Jessica greeted as she sat on the couch and enjoyed the cold drinking water she just bought.
“I’m here to take you to see Doctor Sham,” he answered. Jessica’s innocent face made her even more pity. Yes, Arsene was pity that the girl seemed so easily fooled by Lexi.
“Did Mr. Lexi allow me to meet with his personal doctor?” she looked at Arsene and Lexi alternately.
“Mr. Lee called Doctor Sham and told me that we wanted to meet him. So, I guess Mr. Lexi didn’t tell you that we have to meet him, Miss,” Arsene glanced at Lexi. The man put on a smile, feeling victorious for having managed to make Jessica submit to him.
Lexi nodded, confirming Arsene’s statement .
“Okay, let’s go to the Doctor Sham’s office right now,” Arsene invited cause at two o’clock later he had a meeting with his colleague.
Jessica put down her bottle, and then she combed her hair. “Okay,” she said.
Arsene walked first and Jessica followed him from behind.
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In Doctor Sam’s office.
“Good afternoon, doctor,” Arsene said as he opened the door wide for Jessica to come in with him.
“Good afternoon, Secretary Arsene. We haven’t seen each other for a long time, how are you?” He asked. The two special guests sat down. It wasn’t uncommon for him to receive guests during the afternoon break.
“I am well. Doctor Sham, next to me this is Miss Jessica, maybe Mr. Lexi had told you about her,” Arsene looked at the figure next to him and refocused with doctor Sham.
“Jessica, it’s good to see you, doctor.
“Hello,” the doctor held out her hand.
And then Jessica picked it up. “Jessica,” she said.
“So I came here, because Miss Jessica wanted to know more details about Mr. Lexi’s illness,” Arsene said obviously.
Doctor Sham nodded in understanding.
“Mr. Lexi is suffering from Aversion Sexual Disorder, a disorder of losing sexual desire towards the opposite sex. Mr. Lexi is not interested in having intercourse with any woman,” Doctor Sham said obviously.
Jessica listened intently.
“There are many causes that make a patient suffer from this disorder, for the case of Mr. Lexi, it seems that he has traumatized by a bad incident on the first night of his marriage. Since then, Mr. Lexi has never been desire,” He continued to observe Jessica and noticed a change in her face’s expression.
“There are three ways: medical care, psychological care and integrative care. However, for Mr. Lexi’s problem, it seems that you are the cure. You are the solution to Mr. Lexi’s pain,” dr. Sham said.
“That means you have to accept Mr. Lexi’s offer to marry her. Miss Jessica, only you can heal Mr. Lexi,” Arsene said firmly. He had to make Jessica willing to enter into a marriage contract.
“Is it true what Secretary Arsene said?” Jessica wanted to make sure it from dr. Sham.
dr. Sam nodded slowly.
Jessica was silent. Half of her heart wanted Lexi to heal. However, until this second, she was still not ready to marry Lexi. Although only contractual marriage, it would has a time limit. No! Marriage it is enough once, with a loved one. Not out of pity, much less in exchange for money.
Arsene said goodbye from the room then left out with Jessica .
“Do I have to marry Mr. Lexi?”Jessica asked. Together with Arsene, she walked through every hallway of the hospital back to Lexi’s room.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.
“It doesn’t have to be, but it’s not easy for Miss Jessica to runaway,” Arsene said. Here he tried to be neutral towards Jessica and Lexi. After all, Jessica’s safety was the first. “As always Mr. Lexi always find you!”. His throat felt dry, thinking about Jessica’s fate.
“Why does it feel unfair?” Jessica sighed. She promised not to cry anymore.
“Miss, I don’t force you, all decisions are yours, but Mr. Lexi will definitely negotiate so that you will still be willing to make contract marriage with him,” Arsene answered.
“What is my benefit in contracting marriage with him? That means I’m willing to be with him for two years. That will be a long time,” Jessica stopped as she closed her eyes. It would be really bad situation if she had to be a wife of that crazy man.
“At least, you will get as much money as you want, then you can find for your parents, go to school, and manage life abroad,” Arsene proposed, trying to cheer Jessica up. He knew Jessica was a good girl, meeting Lexi was a disaster for her.
Jessica opened her eyes. She looked into Secretary Arsene. He was as cruel as Lexi, how could money and marriage be equal.
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