Chapter 253 - Void the agreement (2) (1/2)

Jeff felt like he is floating. It was surreal to have JoAnna by his side and to hear her say that she will not run away anymore from him... and from her feelings. Her feelings which she has for him…

He cupped her cheeks with his palms and kissed her gently on the lips. ”Come with me to my apartment.” He wanted to have her near him all the time.

JoAnna inched away and looked at him with a hint of panic in her eyes.

”I promise not to go any faster than you are comfortable with. I just want to have you by my side... because I think that some of these are starting to hurt badly.” He pointed at two bruises on his right arm and frowned.

”I never saw anyone fake pain worse than you.” JoAnna relaxed and laughed. ”I still want us to go to a hospital, so you get an x-ray for that hand. We can stop by on the way to your apartment.”

Jeff held his breath when he realized that JoAnna accepted to come with him. His smile reached his eyes. ”If I knew that getting beaten up by Sarah would get you to say out loud that you love me, and come with me to my place, I would ask her to hit me long time ago.”

”Don't joke about that...” JoAnna warned. ”I'm surprised you have only bruises. Usually the receiver of Sarah's anger is not so lucky.”

”She held back.” Aiden explained as he exited the bedroom and closed the door behind him. ”We are working on control... I'm happy to see that it's working.”

”This is control?” Jeff was confused. 'I don't want to know how she looks when she is not controlling… and how exactly are you two practicing control?' Jeff imagined Sarah beat up his brother. That might explain the ice packs. But Aiden looks fine. He never saw his brother bruised up. Jeff thought how he should go back to training.

”She didn't hit your vital spots... that was control.” Aiden was proud. After so many attempts, finally she managed to take some control of her actions when anger overwhelms her.

”Impressive. Dangerous, but impressive.” Jeff praised Sarah. ”It seems you did find a good match for yourself.” Jeff told Aiden. He knows that his brother also has skills and… anger issues.

Jeff decided to go back on topic: void the agreement. ”How is the call going?”

Aiden flashed a victorious smile and proudly announced: ”Isabella accepted Sarah's plan. They are working out details now. It will be up to you to reach out to Isabella and dad and to tell Lambert.”

”Wow... she is good.” Jeff was in awe that Sarah managed to solve this part of the problem. Earning money is something he is good at, he had multiple ideas ready within minutes. But this one, to find a replacement for Lambert… this is something he was clueless where to start with. And she found the solution.

”She is the best!” Aiden corrected him, obviously proud of Sarah. ”With this, you got the heir for Lambert and we have the solution for Oscar's money as well.” Aiden's expression turned serious as he continued. ”While on the topic of money… We will need to coordinate our final move. The two of us want to handle something ourselves while you deal with financial part.”

”What is it?”, JoAnna asked.

Aiden hesitated and glanced back to the door of the bedroom. He wanted to make sure Sarah does not hear him. ”Vivian is working with Philip.” He didn't want Sarah to be reminded of Vivian. Whenever Vivian came to her mind, Sarah's mood would drop, and he wanted to avoid that if possible.

”Oh, no... how is Sarah?” JoAnna knows that Sarah treated Vivian as one of best friends. Finding out that Vivian worked with Philip behind her back, must have been hard on Sarah.

Aiden shook his head with a troubled expression and didn't say anything else.