Hörny Boss

Chapter 25

JACKSON'S POV

Vera twirled around to leave in an attempt to escape what she just saw and ran into Tim who was right behind her. She covered Tim's eyes, took him outside, and banged the door shut without taking another glance at us.

I was glad the little boy didn't get to see the manwhore he has as a father. I hated myself at that moment and I didn't know why, but I needed to defend myself to Vera and tell her what she saw wasn't what it actually meant.

"Vera!" I pushed Monica away from me to run after her.

"Where the fûck are you going, Jack? I need to help you out of this bullshit and you want to run after some random girl I heard you picked from the streets!" Monica yelped.

I yanked her hands off me and closed the zipper of my pants which she had opened while seducing me. She knew that I couldn't control myself, and she used it against me.

"If you come an inch close to me, I will rip you apart!" I yelled at her and ran outside to meet Vera.

"Fûck you, Jack! She's only here for the money, can't you see?!!" Monica shouted.

I only sighed at her impudent outburst and walked out the door. I saw her trying to convince Tim that she was all right and there was a reason why he couldn't go inside the house.

"Vera?" I grumbled.

She slowly looked at me disgustingly, tears streaming down her cheeks even when she was trying to hold them back.

A frisson of surprise shot through him when she noticed her hands, which were on Tim's cheeks, were trembling greatly. Something bad must've happened and she was probably running to him for solace. Oh, fûck it!

I moved towards her, she sprang up and distanced herself from me.

"Dad…" Tim trailed off, looking at a red envelope clutched by Vera.

My heart sank. Yes, it's that warning letter again and she was coming to me. Monica just messed up an opportunity to get closer to her and make her trust me. I will never forgive her for doing that.

"Vera, it's not what you think," I said, going closer to her.

"Don't! Please, just stay away from me. You don't have to explain anything to me; there are just four days left to end all of this, and I will take care of my own problems." She said,

"You don't have to complete the days remaining, I'm here now, I'm sure no one needs your services anymore," Monica's voice came in.

We turned around to look at her. What the hell is she saying? I'm trying hard to control myself and she's pushing me! How can she appear from nowhere and think she has the right to call the shots in my life?!!

"Mom?" Tim called in surprise.

"Oh, my sweetheart! You must've missed me a lot!" Monica pretentiously exclaimed and went to hug Tim.

"You must be Vera? Oh, I wonder how you were able to get Jack's attention. He's a one-woman kind of man, and I know you understand what that means. Honey, we don't need you anymore, go," Monica said to Vera.

"Mom, she can't go, besides, I didn't miss you. It would have been better if you never come back again," Tim spat out.

"Tim, you don't talk to your mother like that!" Vera stepped in.

"I'm sorry, Miss Vera, I can't stand the sight of this horrible woman! She disgusts me! When my dad and I needed her the most, she left us and now she just wants to come into our lives again!" Tim shouted and got a slap from Monica.

"Is that what your father has been telling you? Did he also tell you that he's a beast and he almost fûcked me to death?!" Monica yelled at him angrily.

"Tim, go inside your room now!" I growled at him and he ran inside without hesitation.

"Monica, what the fûck do you want now? Money? Car? Come on, say it. Tell me what it is you want so you can get out of our lives and never come back!" I howled at my ex-wife.

"Oh, wow! Because of this trash? If you have forgotten so soon Jack, Timothy is my son. I have a right to him! I have come to be with my family and that's that! I'm never leaving this mansion again!" Monica retorted furiously.

I gripped her arm when she wanted to walk away. "Don't you ever in your miserable life call her trash again! If you like the mansion, we will leave it for you!"

"Jack, get your hand off me! Can't you see that you are hurting me?!" She cried.

I pushed her aside and went to Vera who was shocked by my reaction. She was watching us with mixed feelings. She didn't try to get away when I grabbed her hand and took her to the car.

"Where are the keys?!" I snapped at Max.

He threw the keys to me and stepped aside. He had been in the car and probably saw everything that happened but didn't want to intrude. He ran towards Monica to help her stand up.

As I angrily drove out of my compound, I saw him through the side mirror holding his cheek, and I knew Monica must've slapped him.

"Next time, you won't try to help an ungrateful bîtch!" I muttered under my breath.

"Where are you taking me to?" Vera asked after some silent minutes of driving North.

I matched the accelerator and pulled over by the roadside. She stared at me curiously.

"Vera, I'm really sorry. It's not what you think, she was… seducing me and…" I trailed off and ended up cursing myself.

I hated her silence. She sat down straight and stared at the windshield as if an explanation of what she saw was clearly written there.

"Please, say something…" I whispered to her.

"What exactly do you want me to say now?" She squared her shoulders and looked below my waist. "You should have stayed back and finished what you guys started. Look at the condition of your member,"

"She deliberately turned me on, and believe me, I wasn't enjoying it, but I couldn't…"

She jabbed her index finger into my mouth to shut me up. I was still looking at her in confusion when her other hand caught my erection in my pants.

"Don't touch me," She warned.