Chapter 8
This is the first time that Olivia suffered a loss. It was she who bullied Jessica all the time.
Today Jessica actually slapped, so she ran to Justin as soon as she returned to the Thomas family's villa to complain.
But Olivia was slapped by Jessica this time. So, as soon as Olivia returned to Thomas villa, she ran to Justin and complained.
When Justin heard that Jessica had come back to LA, he was filled with fury again.
Justin immediately called Lucas and asked him to bring Jessica over the next day so that she could kneel and apologize.
"Grandpa, we are divorced." Lucas said calmly.
"So what? She released the video. If we call the police, she will be thrown into prison!" Justin coughed as he spoke.
"The police won't arrest her, because what she posted was exactly what had happened." Lucas was a little impatient.
Justin froze for a moment. When Justin came to his senses, Lucas had already hung up.
Lucas threw his phone on the sofa and lit a cigar.
Three months after Jessica vanished, she came back as a formidable woman rather than Lucas' obedient wife she used to be.
Just as Lucas took a puff of his cigar, his phone rang again. Feeling annoyed, he picked it up.
It was his friend, Hari. The music on the other end of the line was deafening. Lucas frowned and almost wanted to hang up.
"We are at LURE. You coming?" Hari sounded very excited.
"No."
"Really? Lucas, but Jessica is here too. Oh, and her new lover, quite a hot guy." Hari said.
Jessica was dragged to LURE by Hannah, because Hannah, the nightclub queen, planned to celebrate her birthday there.
As soon as Jessica sat down, Hannah brought over a man. As they approached, Jessica recognized the man. It was the guy she and Hannah knew from school, Caesar Kim.
It had been a few years since Jessica last saw Caesar. He looked more handsome.
"When did you come back?" Jessica looked at the tall man and raised her eyebrows.
"Yesterday." Caesar sat down next to Jessica. He took two drinks and handed one to her.
While they were recalling their old days in school, the staff of LURE moved the musical instruments and equipment to the stage. Hannah nudged Jessica and said excitedly, "Let's go and have some fun! Don't tell me you forgot how to sing!"
"How could that be!" Jessica took the mic and spun them around a few times before following Caesar and Hannah onto the stage.
Lucas had already heard the deafening noise inside before he even entered LURE.
He likes quiet places. To him, music like this was just noise.
Lucas located Hari, who was watching the performance, and asked with a frown, "Where's Jessica?"
Hari pointed at the stage and said, "There. The one singing at the center of the stage. Lucas, did you really divorce Jessica?"
"Sure did." Lucas rolled his eyes at Hari.
"Then you'll probably regret it!"
Lucas' gaze fell on Jessica, who was singing. Under the spotlight, Lucas could tell that Jessica was no longer the dull girl she used to be.
Lucas, who was always cool and aloof, was dumbfounded. He had never seen Jessica like that before.
Jessica's voice rises and falls with the rhythm of the music, and all the people in the nightclub were fascinated.
The performance was over. Jessica was talking to her friends when Hari suddenly appeared. "Jessica, you are a great singer!"
Seeing Hari, Jessica's smile became fainter. "Hari, it's been a long time."
"Indeed. It is." Hari was immersed in Jessica's performance, completely forgetting how much he had looked down on her.
Hari was lost in his own world. He went on, "You know what? Lucas is here, too. He is right over..."
As Hari spoke, he turned around to look for Lucas, only to see Lucas walking out of the door. Lucas was, after all, Hari's childhood buddy. Hari hesitate a bit but then decided to follow Lucas.
However, before leaving, he said to Jessica, "Jessica, I'm into rock'n'roll, too. Perhaps we may talk about it someday."
Hannah rolled her eyes and said, "We don't live in the same world. We can't talk."
That sounded familiar, and Hari quickly recalled that this was what the young ladies said when they mocked Jessica in their gatherings before.
Although Hari didn't say anything back then, he didn't help Jessica, either. Thus, Hari said somewhat embarrassedly, "I'm heading out."
Before leaving, Hari couldn't help but look back. Jessica was still chatting with her friends. Jessica was still talking to those friends, and the smile on her face was so real, nothing like the one he had seen her with before.
Could this be the benefit of divorce?
Hari tore his eyes away from Jessica and quickly caught up with Lucas.