My Ex Is My Boss and He Wants Me Back Chapter 11

My Ex Is My Boss and He Wants Me Back Chapter 11

Jasper moved fast. The next day, Lily and I were brought to a Vanderbilt property-not the old Vanderbilt family manor, but a newly purchased villa of his own.

At first, Lily didn’t adjust well. She refused to speak to him.

Jasper had never been patient. After a couple of awkward attempts that she ignored, he stopped trying.

Eleanor came by several times to make a scene, but Jasper never let her past the door.

The last time she visited, their argument was loud and heated.

She was against our marriage, but Jasper stood firm.

Enraged, she smashed a tea set and yelled at him.

“I warned you back in college-girls like her are just for fun. All pretense. They don’t belong in this family.”

“But you not only brought her home, you had a child with her. Now you want to marry her? Are you trying to

kill me?”

Jasper lit a cigarette, his expression cold.

“I listened to you then. I ended it.”

“Now I regret it.”

“If you can’t accept her, don’t come back.”

The argument ended when she slapped him.

At dinner, I noticed the red mark on his cheek but pretended not to see.

Jasper glanced at me, his tongue pressing against his cheek before he scoffed.

“You’ve become pretty heartless.”

I smiled. “My heart was fed to the dogs long ago.”

He caught the implication but didn’t react. Instead, he handed me a document.

It was Lily’s completed school transfer paperwork. The school was exclusive, filled with children from wealthy, influential families. She would have a far better future there.

I nodded, sincere. “Thank you.”

Thank you for stepping up and taking responsibility for her future. That, at least, gave me some peace.

After dinner, Jasper handed me a list of wedding planners.

I frowned. “You’re really planning a wedding?”

He shrugged off his suit jacket, sat down on the sofa, and corrected my wording calmly.

“Not me. Us.”

I flipped through the list casually and pointed to one at random.

“This one is fine.”

I said nothing more. Was a wedding even necessary?

Jasper’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at my choice, his gaze turning cool.

But the coldness faded as quickly as it came.

Never mind, he seemed to think. There’s plenty of time for that later.