Her First Surprise
Henry suggested. "You will love it," he added with a smile, and Jason gave it some thought.
"You want me to have dinner with her in my limo inside the garage?" Jason asked, pausing in between words, making it sound like it was a horror movie with so many bizarre scenes.
"Mr Haward, with everything you have said right now, you don't have a problem standing close to her, unlike with other women. You want answers to why you feel the way you do around her, and why you think the way you do about her. You can only get those answers by getting closer to her. Give it a try, and if at any point you feel the need to get away from her, then you will know she doesn't have any impact on you," Henry explained.
Jason looked at Henry for a while but said nothing.
"Take it as an experiment. Let's see what results we get. Mr Haward. If this works, we will know that, gradually, you are healing from the trauma," Henry convinced Jason and he nodded.
A knock on the door interrupted their conversation.
"Sir, the representatives for the new project are here," announced the secretary.
"Is the meeting room ready?" asked Jason.
"Yes sir," replied the secretary.
"Okay, get the project coordinator, I will be there in five minutes," Jason said, and dismissed the secretary.
"I will be on my way. Let me know if you can carry out this test," Henry said, and headed for the door after Jason acknowledged.
The week gradually came to an end, as Jason kept thinking about the suggestion from Henry, his psychologist. In as much as Mrs Haward had still not backed down from making Julia feel uncomfortable in the house, Jason never stopped defending Julia and could not stop himself from zooming in on her on the monitor at work.
It was a Saturday morning and Jason decided he was going to give Henry's suggestion a try. After breakfast, which, as usual, didn't go so well, he stayed in his study planning for the night. Mrs Haward went out to meet a friend and James, who had just returned home that morning, was sleeping. Julia, tired of staying in her room, decided to sit on the balcony for a while. Mirenda walked into the living room and saw her. Mirenda decided to join Julia there on the balcony.
"Hi," Mirenda said upon entering.
"Hi," replied Julia.
"Beautiful view," commented Mirenda.
"Yeah," replied Julia.
"Do you mind if I join you?" asked Mirenda.
"No, I am fine," replied Julia, and Mirenda sat on the seat next to Julia with a smile.
"Thank you," replied Mirenda, and Julia smiled.
"I am sorry about how our mother treats you in this house. She has always wanted the very best for her children and hence will want to test anyone who comes close. It's just that her methods are extreme, but believe me, she doesn't hate you," explained Mirenda.
"Okay," replied Julia, even though she didn't believe a word of what Mirenda said.
"So, tell me, how did you and my brother meet? What is the love story there? Trust me, I am very curious because my brother has a problem and, for that reason, he can't get close to women. It appears you are an exception," Mirenda said.
"I didn't know that," replied Julia.
"The evidence is all around you. The house is full of male servants," Mirenda pointed out. "So, how did you get him to get close to you?" she asked again with a smile.
"I don't know. I didn't do anything," Julia replied, sounding almost like a servant talking to her master.
"So how did you two end up getting married?" Mirenda asked, trying to understand if their marriage was a contracted one.
Julia wondered why Mirenda was suddenly interested in her story with Mr Haward, since none of them had accepted her. Well, it was just that one-time Mirenda came over. With her question now, Julia wondered if that act of consoling her was genuine.
"Come on, there must be some interesting love story there," Mirenda asked again, since Julia was silent.
"Not much to be said. I ....I..." Julia began as she thought of what to say, as she didn't want to tell Mirenda, she woke up in Jaosn's bed married to him.
"I accidentally crossed his car and thinking I was injured, one of his guards sent me to the hospital. I got a call from him the next day, checking on me. Afterwards, he calls me once in a while. I was like a secret friend, and he asked me to marry him and I said yes, and we did," Julia said, and Mirenda forced a smile which Julia noticed.
"Nice story. Let me check on my mum, I will be back," Mirenda made an excuse and left the balcony, but Julia had already seen through her.
What she didn't understand was what she wanted. She decided it was time to go back to her room before Mrs Haward found her. While Julia was in her room, Jason had already sent instructions for dinner for two in the limo. There was a gentle knock on Julia's door. She answered it to see Peter.
"Please come with me, it's important," Peter said with a smile, and Julia followed him out, wondering what was so important.
Peter took Julia out of the apartment and ended up driving out of the compound.
"Where are we going?" Julia asked.
"It's a surprise," Peter replied with a smile.
Julia smiled when they arrived at the spa. Her hands flew to cover her mouth.
"Company treat," Peter said and Julia smiled.
Peter touched Julia's upper back, beckoning her to go inside, but what he didn't know was someone took a picture of that moment.
At the spa, Julia was given a full body massage and got her nails and toes done. She was moved to another section where she had her hair and make-up done. She had never been to a place like that before, so she was quite excited. However, she got a little confused when a line of clothes together with shoes and accessories were brought in.
The beautician looked at Julia's body figure and chose a dress for her. She could not tell how expensive the clothes were as all the price tags were taken off. The dress was a small hand close-fitting with an overlap at the waist level which exposed her right leg up to the thigh with a step. Her neck was adorned with a small silver necklace together with matching earrings. Her long black hair was held up in a French twist with some strands left dangling. Her dressing was completed with a high-heel ankle strap stiletto
Julia looked like a goddess. Her beauty was breathtaking. The beautician couldn't help but admire her. Even Julia could not recognize herself in the mirror. Peter walked in to pick up Julia, to the venue for the next surprise, and he was lost for words when he saw her.
"Wow!" was all Peter could say, and his eyes widened like a bright light.