Chapter Seventy-Nine: Jessica's P.O.V.
I woke up the next morning to Dave kissing my neck. I smiled as I opened my eyes.
"I could get used to waking up like this," I said looking at him.
"Don't worry, you will," he grinned. "Today's our day off. What do you want to do?"
"I have to call John before we do anything," I told him, knowing what his reaction would be.
"Why?" he asked, frowning slightly.
"I told him I would call him after I talked to you."
"Does he have to know everything that goes on in your life?"
"No, but I'm going to tell him this considering he was the one who convinced me to try and talk to you. So, if I were you, I wouldn't complain but just agree with what I'm doing," I smirked as he nodded and I picked up the phone. I dialed John's cell number and waited for him to answer.
"I'm gonna go take a shower," Dave said, throwing on the pair of gym shorts he was wearing the night before and walking into the bathroom.
The phone kept ringing without an answer and it soon went to John's voicemail.
"Hey, John, it's J. I just wanted to let you know that things went great with Dave but not so great with Adam. Give me a call when you get this. Talk to you later, bye."
I hung up the phone as something on the nightstand on Dave's side of the bed caught my eye. It was the ring that Adam had given me the previous night. I reached across the bed and took it off of the table. It was beautiful. A princess cut diamond probably around two and a half karats. I couldn't possibly keep this after he spent, what I would assume, was a lot of money on this engagement ring when we weren't even getting married. Or even going out anymore, for that matter.
I stared at the ring for who knows how long, wondering where our relationship was going and hoping that we could still be friends, just like he had said. My attention was diverted from the ring to the bathroom door as I heard it open. I quickly hid the ring under the pillow before Dave walked out.
"Did you get a hold of John?" he asked me and sat on the edge of the bed.
"No, I just got his voicemail so I left him a message."
"You know, Jess. While I was in the shower, I was thinking that maybe we should keep our relationship quiet. And before you say anything, I know you want to tell John and that's fine and obviously Adam knows, but we need to let them know that we want this to stay quiet. I don't want Paul and Ric finding out again until I'm out of Evolution."
I looked at him, eyes wide. "You want out of Evolution? You realize that is going to take a while. Randy isn't even out of Evolution yet."
"I know that his storyline comes before mine. And I've put up with H and Flair for this long, I could put up with them as long as you need me to. Especially when I know that you will be here when I get back from the shows."
"You realize that it is going to be really hard to keep this a secret for that long of a time," I told him.
"Jess, I will go to whatever lengths it takes to keep us from being torn apart again and that includes keeping it a secret forever if I have to."