Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 385

When Jessica realized something was wrong with the food and tried knocking on the door to get it changed, there was nothing but silence on the other side.

Eventually, she gave up and decided not to touch the remaining meals. Instead, she got hot water from the bathroom and drank it with her medicine before hiding under the blankets to sweat out the fever.

Her head felt constantly heavy, and the lack of food had left her looking even paler and more haggard. In an attempt to conserve what little energy she had left, all she did was lay in bed the whole day.

Thankfully, the fever went down after a few days, and Jessica slowly came out of her daze.

Now that she was feeling better, she decided to get out of bed and sit by the door.

When the housekeeper came to deliver the meal, she grabbed the unsuspecting woman’s hand and showed her the note she had written: Why are you giving me expired food? Are you trying to kill me?

Stunned, the housekeeper quickly denied it. “I’m only acting on Mr. Lopez’s orders! I’ve informed him about your fever, and he said you could either eat the food or leave it. In any case, you’re not allowed to step out of the bedroom.”

Of course, Gianna had coached the housekeeper on what to say, but Jessica was none the wiser.

Ah, I remember how Wyatt cut my food in half to stop me from escaping and even threatened to break my legs if I ran… Who knows? He might have given me these expired foods to punish and humiliate me further. That scenario doesn’t seem far-fetched at all.

Jessica’s gaze darkened as she picked up her pen and wrote: Can you lend me your phone for three minutes?

The housekeeper was clearly about to reject when Jessica pressed a diamond ring into her hand and scribbled another line of words: I’m worried about a friend and want to know how she’s doing. All I’m asking for is three minutes. I’ll delete the text after sending it. No one will find out you lent me your phone if you keep it a secret, and best of all, you’ll get to keep this diamond ring.

Seeing that it was at least a three-carat diamond ring, it didn’t take long before the housekeeper fell prey to temptation.

“Three minutes it is. Please hurry up, Ms. Marsh,” she said while sliding her phone over.

Jessica mouthed a simple “thank you” and quickly sent a text to Rayna: Nana, this is Jessica. I was busy before and didn’t manage to answer your calls. I’m so sorry. Anyway, I kept calling you that day because I wanted to tell you about Kristie. I think she might be going to Frosa to look for you.

later, Rayna

state to talk, so she had no choice but to decline the call and reply with another text: I’m really busy

matter? Is work at Lopez

company. By the way, why have you gone to Yartran with Jefferson? Did Kristie look

need to settle, so I’ll be in Yartran for a while. I’ll tell you more once

text, Jessica felt her eyes

over between Wyatt and me. Everything’s

worry about and didn’t want to bother her. After a while, she texted: I’ll dump him

able to put up with him when he starts whining to us about

barely typed a word out when the housekeeper suddenly snatched the phone

closed the

to beg, either. Now that she knew Rayna was safe and sound, she could

housekeeper promptly relayed Jessica’s words to Gianna but omitted the part where she lent

Wyatt might blame her if something untoward happened to Jessica, Gianna quickly instructed the housekeepers to prepare regular but bland meals for

home and scrolling through Instagram when she found out Wyatt had already returned

sent him a WhatsApp message to

her surprise, Wyatt replied her and even said he’d be dropping by at

man finally showing interest in her. “Listen up!” she said as she rounded up

she had assigned to watch over Jessica. “How is

but I think she might have lost her voice. She hasn’t spoken in a

to know. Keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn’t come out,” Gianna said before handing a wad of cash

Ms. Gianna!” the latter exclaimed as she gleefully

the money into her bag, a diamond ring accidentally fell out

ado, Gianna picked it up, only to gape at the

This