Cold Showers — Chapter 12

Four weeks later.

These past days had been the busiest Jayda had ever been. There was a whole lot to do now that she was promoted. She had several court cases to handle, consultations to give and contracts to review.

She was glad she had so much to do because it kept her mind off the person she gave her most precious thing, Sebastian.

By the time she got home every night, she was usually exhausted so she went to bed straight and too tired to think about him.

But there were times when she couldn't help but think about him, and whenever she does, she got mad at herself for going to bed with him.

At least, once every three days, she replayed the passionate night they had together. It wasn't done intentionally but she couldn't help herself. Sometimes, she could still feel him in her and in as much as she would not want to admit, she missed the feel of his body against hers, how he wrapped his arms around her possessively the night after they made love.

What surprised Jayda was that she never felt that way about Zach. Not even half of what she felt for Sebastian in one night.

She was also considering going for therapy sessions because the thought of Sebastian and what they had was making her go crazy.

Halfway through reviewing a contract, Jayda brought a mug of coffee to her lips and took a sip. She scrunched up her face.

"This tastes bad." She said to her intern, Debbie who was somewhere in her office, going over some file on Jayda's instruction.

"But I made it just the way you like your coffee," Debbie responded.

Jayda brought the mug to her lips again and took another sip. It tasted more bitter than the first sip.

"I don't like the taste." She placed the mug of coffee on the table and poured herself a glass of water before going back to the contract she was reviewing.

Debbie looked at Jayda strangely and wondered if she was okay. She said the same thing about her favourite cheeseburger yesterday.

Debbie made her way towards Jayda and took a seat opposite her desk.

"Are you okay, Jayda?" She asked.

Debbie was Jayda's cousin who was currently interning in Saunders and Co. She looked up to Jayda very much because Jayda was a brilliant lawyer.

She was overjoyed when she got a call that she had been accepted to intern in her cousin's firm. Sanders and Co was a very reputable law firm and every law student/graduate's dream is to intern here.

Jayda refused to give Debbie an upper hand despite the fact that she was a partner and could use her position to automatically give Debbie a slot.

She told Debbie to make sure she got good grades and apply just like the others, if she was good enough she would be picked. Jayda didn't give room for favouritism.

Debbie did all that and fortunately, she got accepted. She was happy to learn from the best firm and from her cousin who was one of the best lawyers in the city.

"What do you mean?" Jayda asked, confused.

"You said the same thing about your cheeseburger yesterday and two days ago, you left the cafeteria because you couldn't stand the smell of meat. Mind you, I ate the burger you refused to eat and it tasted perfectly fine, same with this coffee."

"So you're suggesting something is wrong with me?" Jayda concluded.

Debbie shrugged, "I don't know, I'm just concerned."

Jayda shook her head in disbelief and changed the topic, "Hurry up with what I asked you to do. We should be in court in two hours."

Debbie wanted to say something else but Jayda glared at her which made Debbie swallow her words. She went back to what Jayda asked her to do.

Soon enough, a call came in for Jayda. She looked at the caller ID and smiled when she saw it was Lilian, her best friend.