Chapter 24: Telling you I don't need

Emma dropped her hands, walking back over to the side of the desk. She knew as soon as Jessica realized that she was in Jay's office, Jessica's mouth would open and never close.

Indeed, that was true. Jessica came in, automatically sending a look Emma's way. Rolling his eyes, Jay took another bite of his food. He did not want to deal with this today.

"Why are you in here?" Jessica folded her arms across her chest, standing like a typical girl.

Without trying to sound annoyed or sarcastic, Emma answered with, "I brought Jay some food." Jay looked over at Emma, a little surprised at how calm and sweet her voice sounded.

"Well he has it, now you can leave," Jessica ordered, but Emma ignored her.

She had had enough of Jessica's rich, snobby attitude. "Jay, do you need anything else?" Emma asked, keeping her voice simple and sweet.

Jay knew this was going to fuel Jessica's anger, but he said it anyway, "Yeah, if you could finish that neck massage, that'd be great."

He was right, Jessica's eyes almost popped out of her head, but Emma was still ignoring her, not even looking her way. Emma went back to massaging Jay's. When his eyes closed and he licked his bottom lip, Jessica had had enough.

"This is what you two do with each other when I'm not home?" Jessica asked, her voice rising higher.

Emma didn't answer; she just continued moving her fingers around Jay's neck muscles. "At least we aren't in bed together," Emma finally said, hiding her smirk and the sarcasm in her voice.

"You have no right to talk to me like that." Jessica glared at Emma, trying to show her authority.

"Actually, Jay is the one that signs my check, so I don't technically have to listen to you, unless he tells me to." Once again, Emma was calm, containing her composure, unlike Jessica who was ready to blow a gasket.

"Jay," Jessica was one step below screeching his name.

"Jess, I am not getting in the middle of this anymore." Jay said, not even bothering to open his eyes. Emma's hands were really relaxing him, and that brought his mind someplace else.

"I cannot believe you!" She yelled towards Jay, "I do not want her with you! What does she have anyway? She's just a minimum wage maid." Jessica's insult caused Emma to remove her hands from Jay's shoulders.

Closing her eyes, Emma mentally calmed herself down before speaking, "Excuse you, but I am an online advertiser, and am probably making more than you, especially because I don't blow my money on the latest trends and spending weekends with someone other than my boyfriend."

Emma took a breath. Her voice remained normal, only because she did not want to stoop down to Jessica's level, but she decided Jessica did deserve this, "Why don't you tell Jay, your boyfriend, what you did while he was gone. I'm sure he would love to know," This got Jay's attention. "I can see how much Jay has… matured over the years, and I'm actually surprised that he's with someone like you. Let's pretend we are back in grade school, I dare you to tell Jay what you did for those four days he was gone." Emma was still unruffled, standing up straight, watching Jessica's shocked face.

"What did you do Jess?" Jay asked, sitting up in his chair, looking at her intently.

"Jay, hun, don't listen to her, she's just making stuff up," Jessica began to ramble.

Emma just rolled her eyes, "You are pathetic." Emma said to Jessica, and then turned her attention to Jay. "I'm sorry, but I did bring this up before. I cannot work here anymore. I was never meant to be a maid, and this will be my first and last time as one."