10 Chapter 10: Went out to Party

She looked at the time on her phone and it was a quarter past six. Time flies and she hadn't even done anything productive. She groaned into her pillow and turned. She was drifting in and out of sleep for the past hour. Just as sleep was about to nab, her phone vibrated beside her. It was an unknown number.

"Jiaye here," she muttered groggily as she placed the phone on her ear.

She heard the other person clearing their throat, "Um... Mrs. Ji?"

She slowly sat up trying to remember where she heard that voice before.

"Yes?" she got her voice into a formal mode to sound more professional.

"It's Mr. Jones, from the HR department."

"Yes?" she pressed for him to go further.

"Um, actually, we've just gone through your documents Mrs. Ji, and I gotta say, it's pretty amazing. You are actually better than the best applicants. So, Mrs. Ji, seeing as you meet all our requirements, and," he chuckled a bit nervously, "Well, you're the boss's wife, you got the job."

"Great. When can I start?" she smiled victoriously to herself. Her plan was a huge success.

"Can you start tomorrow?" he asked

"Yes, my good man, yes I can," she said

She had finally settled into her office after she'd been shown all her ropes and introduced to her secretary when her office telephone rang.

"Yes, Lucia?" Lucia was her secretary. She seemed nice enough. Maybe, hopefully, they get along with each other.

"There's a gentleman here waiting for you, he says to tell you he's the party bot, that you'll understand." she sounded speculative but was probably still calling coz Jayden had insisted.

She chuckled a bit, "Just let that doofus in."

"Hey, bitch," Jayden said in a false high pitch voice as he came into her office dramatically holding his arms out.

She went around and eagerly pounced on him.

"I've missed you so much!!!" she said into his ear not wanting to let go.

"Bitch, please. You couldn't even invite me to your wedding. You're lucky I'm still talking to you." He broke free from the hug and made himself comfy on the sofas.

"But damn, girl, I gotta say. Being the boss's wife does pay off. Does any other employee have an office like this one?" Jayden exaggeratedly asks

"Ummm, is any other employee married to the boss?" They both laughed at that one. "I don't really know though. I haven't been to nearly half of the offices in this place."

"How've you been though? It feels like forever since we last hang out!" By then she already sat by him and taken his hands into her.

"How have I been?" He withdrew his hands and pointed at himself dramatically. "I'm sorry, but I'm not the one who got married to the tycoon. I want you to spill every single bit of information. I want all the juice to leave nothing to my imagination."

He looked expectantly at her, holding his hands together with a mischievous glint in his eye.

She contemplated for a while then made up her mind. She stood up, went back to her desk and sat.

"There's just too much information." She saw him open his mouth to object but she quickly held her finger up silencing him. "How about we go talk about it over a drink? For old times sake right?" She wagged her eyebrows at him and watched pleased as he began nodding his head in approval of the plan.

"Okay then. Lemme go run a couple of errands then, then I'll be all yours until it's time for me to go back."

She squealed in delight and clapped her hands. "That's the best thing I've heard a whole week!!!"

"Cool. It's a date. See you later, pretty." He said behind his back as he left. She waved at him excitedly as she began the countdown to the end of the workday.

She sipped her drink and grimaced at the bitter taste that hit her taste buds.

"Are you trying to poison me, you sick piece of shit!" She yelled accusingly at Jayden, "what the fuck is this?!"

He laughed loudly beside her and clinked his glass with hers and drank.

"It's a secret. It does wonders. We'll all be crazy lose up in this bitch in no time." he started dancing along to the beat in his seat.

They've come to one of the bars they used to frequent before and was pleased to see that they still had their best table free. Actually, she guesses Jayden deserved all the credits since she found him here. She sipped a bit more of the toxic drink but she was slowly getting used to it and enjoying the afterburner that traveled down her throat.

"Before we get all crazy, tell me how marriage life is? How's your hunk of a husband in bed?" He wiggled his eyebrows suggestive lay nudging her in the ribs.

She rolled her eyes at his excitement wondering how she burst his bubble. She chugged the rest of her drink took a deep breath and told him the whole story.

When she was done, he looked at her as if contemplating what to say, took his drink in one gulp, signaled the waiter to bring one more round and pulled her to him and gave her the biggest hug she has gotten since forever. The tears were really threatening to pour but she had to stay strong. She wouldn't lose her cool like this and she wasn't even drunk yet. She's a strong girl.

"Don't worry sweetie. We'll figure something out." He pulled away from her and looked her straight in the eyes. "For now, let's drink the night away!"

As if on cue the drinks arrived and a bottle of whiskey.

"Whiskey?? Since when?" She looked over at Jayden peculiarly. He shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and put ice in his glass.

"Bottoms up?" He handed her a glass with a questioning gaze. She sighed giving up on whatever he'd already planned for and grabbed the glass.

"To us." He shouted a toast and they both took ours.

"Lemon, lemon, lemon, salt salt, ah, says," Her face looked ridiculous as she finally found what she wants.

"You are going to kill me. I won't even be surprised though. People did warn me about you. Oh, I should have listened."

He laughed heartily as he poured himself some whiskey.

She already felt herself getting a bit woozy. This drink was turning out to be everything Jayden said and more.

" Whatever this shit man!! If it's already making me feel like this... You've upped your game since we last met, my good man."

"I never once doubted it." He replied with a smug tone in his voice. "Babe, 10 o'clock. Isn't he cute?" She turned and saw the goofy redhead guy he was talking about. She had to say, though he was cute. Bright red hair, freckles spattered across his cheeks and light blue eyes. About 6 feet tall.

"That's a tall drink of adorable right there. You'd better shoot your shot before I try my luck."

He rolled his eyes dramatically. "You wish, bitch." She watched him carefully as he dropped that one and continued sweeping over the joint taking in everyone.

"Okay, there's something you're not telling me." She grabbed the bottle of coke and poured some, leaving a dramatic pause. "Spill, every single detail. You made me wrench my heart open and I was sober."

He scoffed and shrugged his shoulder.

"Nothing's up."

"Aha nice try, I know your tell-tale, you pat your thigh nervously."

"I'm serious, Jaiye. It's nothing," he said

"So help me Lord, Lennox. If you ask me again I'm going to make you chug down that bottle of whiskey at one go. And you know I will." She added quickly when she saw he was ready to object. He swallowed nervously then sighed.

"Fine," He rolled his eyes again, "I'll tell you."

Minutes were slowly ticking away but she was determined not to break it. Though she was getting tipsier by the second.

He groaned loudly, "You're a tough nut as always, fine I'll tell you for real this time."

"See, when we went our separate ways when your dad told you you're getting married? Remember?" She nodded her head impatiently urging him to continue, "Well, since I had nothing better to do, I went back to my parents in Paris and that's when they dropped the bombshell on me. They were retiring, for me to take over, they wanted me to get a wife, or they'd hand the company over to my stupid cousin, Brad. Of course, that's not what I wanted, but at that moment I didn't care. I felt so betrayed, my parents, my mother had accepted me with open arms when they learned I was gay and now they wanted me to get married?? It didn't make any sense at all. I pleaded and pleaded with them, but well, I guess society had already gotten to them. So they gave me a year to get a wife. If they ever find out I've reverted back to my old ways it's bye-bye inheritance, bye-bye ever having parents, since, oh, did I forget to say? They said they'll disown me if I don't follow through with their demands. Honestly, Jiaye... I don't know what to do. I'm so confused. So until I figure myself out I swore I would stay away from all temptation or all sources of temptation. But then you came along, from how you looked in your office, I knew you were also going through shit and decided we needed a night out. Let our hair down you know. We deserved a break. " He finished and took a sip of his drink.

" Oh honey," She pulled him into one of her tight hugs."We'll pull through somehow."

She won't lie... She zoned off more than once in his story, and she felt Hella guilty for that. But she caught the essentials and that was all that matters right?

She poured herself some whiskey and drank up.

"Since we're letting loose and shit, why don't we call for some shots."

"Wait, routine check, did you come with your car?"

She looked at him like he'd said the most stupid thing on the planet.

"This isn't my first rodeo son," She said in a fake accent. "And yes, I've set my cab fare aside. I've turned off my phone until we're ready to go too. Anything I'm forgetting?"

"I see a tiger doesn't lose its stripes no matter what." He said approvingly.

"Let's get this party started then!!! She struggled and stood up on our table." Round of shots for everyone!!! Bills on me!!!" She shouted sluggishly getting a round of cheers and applause from everyone.

"Technically my husband though," She whispers shouted to Jayden as she waved the card in front of him. We both laughed and took our shots.

"MORE!!!" She roared loudly. She was surprised at how much she could project her voice considering the music was already blasting.

"Are we going somewhere else, later?" She shouted in Jayden's ear.

"It's a surprise!"

He stood up and dragged her to the dance floor. She was pleased feeling her body relax bit by bit. She was getting higher and higher and she still wanted to go further up.

"How about we spice things up a bit?" Some random girl came up to us and shouted over the music. We looked at her puzzled and watched as she grinned mischievously and pulled us out with her.

This ought to be fun.