Sophia repeatedly blinked as the sunlight accidentally hit her face. Gathering all consciousness, he slowly tried to straighten his body and leaned against the mattress’s headboard.
Carrying her hand, Sophia seemed to be rubbing her still sticky eyes. As soon as she turned to her left, she found Tristan, who had just entered the room and immediately reprimanded her.
“Morning, Mrs Quartararo. How did you sleep last night?” Tristan’s voice was muffled in the throes of the dizziness still gripped, Sophia. Walking closer, the man then handed something to his wife. “Drink this lemon water. I asked the hotel maid to bring it so that your hangover would subside soon.”
Sophia complied. She grabbed the glass Tristan had given her and drank the lemon juice until it was gone. Returning her glass, Sophia threw a question at his husband.
“Was my hangover really bad last night?”
Tristan seemed to laugh for a moment. Then Sophia could see how her husband was grinning. There was a mischievous look in the pair of blue eyes.
“It’s troublesome. It even made me dizzy all night. That’s why I forbade you to drink in the first place.”
Sophia’s brows furrowed deeply. She was curious about what she acted like to make her husband feel dizzy.
“Troublesome, what do you mean?” “Sometimes, you sound grumpy. Then it’s soon hysterical. Even gibberish.”
“What’s the example like?”
“Like this…” Tristan then gave an example of what Sophia said last night when the woman was drunk. “Tristan, I don’t want to lose you. You’re the only man I want to have in this world.”
“Impossible!” Sophia immediately shook her head several times. “You must be lying.” Tristan laughed. He was deliberately boasting of seeing Sophia’s face, which immediately turned annoyed.
“I mean it, Sophia.”
Sophia rolled her eyes and chuckled softly. She was lazy to heed what her husband said. Prefer to get ready to take a shower. She removed the blanket that wrapped her body when she intended to inch down from the bed.
However, immediately Sophia was taken aback. She immediately realized that the clothes attached to her body were not the dress he wore last night. Simultaneously, the beautiful woman immediately threw a questioning look at her husband. Also thought for a moment whether Tristan had previously done various things.
“Tristan! What did you do to me?”
“Me? Doing what, you mean?” Tristan asked with a confused expression.
“These aren’t the clothes I wore last night. Why did they turn into pyjamas? Who changed them?”
Tristan nodded. He immediately understood after hearing the series of questions that his wife sent.
“Ah, i see. I changed it last night.”
“You!” Sophia immediately exclaimed disapprovingly. Prepared to take a deep breath before nagging at her husband. “So you took my dress off? That means you saw everything?”
Instead of feeling afraid or feeling guilty, Tristan casually nodded his head. The expression that the man showed was clear that he had no burden after successfully changing his wife’s clothes.
“Yeah, Sophia. How am I supposed to change your clothes when you’re blindfolded? Of course, I saw it all. I know there’s a long red mark between your chest and shoulders. It looks like it’s scuffed from the straps of the dress being too tight.”
Sophia glared even more. Hearing Tristan’s answer, which seemed normal, excited him even more. Why can the white man open and change the clothes he is wearing? They are husband and wife. But wasn’t there an agreement from the beginning not to do things outside the limits?
“You’re being presumptuous, Tristan. You’re taking my clothes off without my permission!”
Tristan sighed softly as Sophia protested yet again. He was sure this debate would be long and endless. Here he is not at fault.
“How can I excuse myself when you’re drunk?” Tristan’s question made Sophia pause again. That man was right. Even if she asked for permission, Sophia didn’t necessarily remember because she was very drunk. “Besides…” Tristan continued. “I did have to change your dress because it got wet with spilt champagne. It’s your fault you didn’t drink carefully. Even if I let it, you could catch a cold and get sick.”
Not satisfied with Tristan’s explanation, Sophia’s eyes narrowed even more sharply this time.
“But, you must have messed with me, right? When you’re awake, you dare to tease me. Especially when you’re unconscious!” accused the woman openly.
“For God’s sake, Sophia.” Tristan tried to defend himself. “I didn’t do anything to you. Wasn’t last night you pulled me over and asked me to kiss you?”
“What? Kissing?”
Tristan nodded. “You don’t remember at all?” Seeing the expression on Sophia’s face that turned stiff, Tristan was sure that now she must not remember anything. That’s why he spoke again.
“Seriously Sophia! Last night you kept pushing me. Asking so badly to be kissed. Even though, I’ve been trying to keep rejecting you.”
“Forcing you to kiss me?” Suddenly Sophia’s head throbbed with pain. At first, I couldn’t believe I could act like that. But, a few moments later, he slowly appeared in his brain fragments of some of the scenes he did last night.
“Nicholas, do you know who the woman was with Tristan?”
“Tristan! I hate to see you hugging and even kissing other women. I don’t like it. You’re selfish!”
“Don’t you want to kiss me on the lips?”
“Ah, maybe you didn’t really love me from the start.”
“Okay, forget about my request earlier. I’m sure you don’t love me.”
Arghhh!
Sophia immediately screamed hysterically when she remembered what had happened last night. Sometimes she acts stupid and even asks to be kissed.
“You are a disgrace, Sophia! You’ve been acting like a bitch.”
“This must be a misunderstanding,” the woman said, trying to defend herself. “I wasn’t really in a conscious state last night.”
“Oh yes?” Tristan came closer and narrowed his eyes. “But speaking of your behavior last night. You said you were angry because I was hugged and kissed by another woman. Does that mean you’re jealous of me?”
Sophia looked at Tristan with disgust. It’s okay to be jealous. Tristan, who should she be jealous of to this extent.
“Jealous? You’re a nobody. Why should I be jealous of you.”
Tristan chuckled. Seeing Sophia’s face struggling to dodge made him even more furious. “Don’t be shy, Sophia. Just admit that you really don’t want me to be around other women. You keep repeating those words all night long.”
“Jesus, Tristan,” the woman squeaked. “You know for yourself that I’m drunk. All the words and actions I do must be beyond my control and awareness.”
This time Sophia’s face was completely red with embarrassment. Last night’s incident had lowered self-esteem, and even managed to become the subject of ridicule by the man in front of her.
“Ah, so that’s how it looks?”
Tristan nodded. Before long, a mischievous smile returned to the handsome face of the well-built man.
“Then, next time we can just repeat last night’s events conscious and ready, how about it?” “What did you say? On repeat?” surprised Sophia. “What needs to be repeated?”
“Of course last night’s kiss. It would be better if you were both conscious and ready, wouldn’t it?”
Sophia immediately grabbed the pillow beside her after hearing Tristan’s tantalizing words. Without hesitation threw the object right into the husband’s face. Not only that, but she also grabbed Tristan’s waist until the man groaned in pain. I was very upset because she was constantly being bullied and teased.
“My goodness, Sophia,” Tristan squeaked with a look of pity on his face. “No! You do need to be punished for what you did.”
Tristan raised his hands. A sign that he gave up on what Sophia was doing.
“That’s it. Just do what makes you happy,” the man said, smiling after Sophia stopped torturing him. “I won’t get angry or retaliate. Just do it while you can. Because when you get back to London you probably won’t be able to do this to me again.”
After saying that, Tristan turned around. Take light steps towards the walk-in closet. Choose a suit and tie and watch he will wear today.
“When you feel good, hurry up and take a shower. Alabbar and Helena are taking us to breakfast at the restaurant down there.”
Sophia nodded without saying anything. His mind seemed left far behind, remembering what Tristan had said earlier. The man was right. Maybe when he arrived in London later, this moment of togetherness would be lost, or it might just be forgotten.
***
Edward : [Contact me as soon as you read this message]
Sophia looked confused when she was in the hotel restaurant, suddenly Edward sent her a short message. She wanted to reply immediately, but the situation was not conducive because, at this time, Tristan, Alabbar and Helena were around her.
Moreover, they were all engaged in serious discussions discussing business matters. By the way, it had been two days since he had contacted Edward, who was in London. Sophia knew that the man must have been waiting for news from her daily.
But it can’t be helped that while in Dubai, he is indeed busy with all the events that must be attended and attended. When he tried to ignore it, his cell phone suddenly started ringing. Edward could not wait to hear the news directly from her.
The man kept repeating the call when Sophia deliberately didn’t pick up. Tristan, who was also listening, turned his head in surprise. The man rebuked Sophia with a confused face.
“Why wasn’t it picked up?”
Sophia shook her head nervously. “It’s okay. It’s rude to pick up the phone when you have guests like this.”
Alabbar, who heard Sophia’s words, immediately smiled.
“Who knows if the call is important. Please accept Mrs Quartararo. Besides, your husband and I are still discussing a big tender we will be working on soon. So, it doesn’t matter if Mrs Quartararo wants to take the call before we eat breakfast.”
Sophia nodded in relief. The woman immediately stood up. At that time, he took quick steps to step away a little to receive the calls that Edward kept sending on his cell phone.
“Yeah, what’s up, Ed?” Sophia said as casually as possible. He certainly didn’t want to sound like a nervous person.
“Jesus, Sophia. Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you for two days,” complained the man on the other end. But soon, there was a sigh as if relieved that the calls he had made many times were finally accepted.
“I’m sorry, Ed. It’s not that I didn’t call you on purpose. But there’s a lot of activity here. I didn’t even think that Alabbar’s wife liked me and asked for help to accompany her on various occasions. I also met Nicholas here.”
“Yes,” said Edward. “I learned from Jacob that Nicholas left for Dubai in his stead. I’m also glad that you’re doing well.”
“No need to worry,” Sophia replied. “I’m okay. What you were afraid of didn’t happen at all.”
“So Tristan treats you well? But you two don’t sleep in the same room there, do they?” Sophia knew Edward would ask this. Before leaving, the man had repeatedly warned Sophia not to go too far, which would be detrimental to her.
“I told you, I’m fine.” Sophia carefully tried to come up with an explanation. As much as possible, look for the right words to avoid offending Edward. “While we were in Dubai, we did share a room. But you don’t have to worry. We don’t sleep in the same bed. Tristan doesn’t dare do anything to me either.”
“Sophia —-”
“Edward… Please don’t overdo it,” Sophia interrupted. Once again, he understood what the man on the other side would argue about. “There’s no need to think like that. After all, I’m back in London the day after tomorrow.”
“And you two are getting divorced soon, right?” Sophia fell silent. Why did his tongue feel so numb to confirm what Edward asked now?
“Sophia …” called the man when he found Sophia, who didn’t answer. “Sophia? You heard my voice, right?”
“Sebastian Edwardo, can you not bother my wife this week?”
Tristan, who turned out to have finished talking with Alabbar, came over to Sophia. He, who slightly heard what his wife was talking about with the man on the other side, immediately grabbed the cellphone stuck to Sophia’s ear without permission. He was not the least concerned and immediately reprimanded Edward, who was waiting for an answer from his wife.
“Tristan, give this phone to Sophia. You have no right, and you don’t even have any business here,” Edward replied disapprovingly.
Tristan chuckled softly. He was intrigued by what he heard from his best friend’s lips.
“Are you pretending to forget, or are you stupid? Until now, Sophia’s status is still officially my wife. If you ask who has the right, I have more rights in the eyes of the law and the state. You’re not the one who doesn’t have any relationship, Edward.”
Edward immediately fell silent hearing Tristan’s sarcasm which was so severe. Wanted to reply but what his friend said was true. How could he forbid Tristan when he was a man who had more rights than him. That’s also why he wants to help Sophia take care of her divorce immediately. So that in the future, he can immediately marry and seize Sophia from Tristan’s side.
“Stop your bullshit, Tristan. Give this phone back to Sophia. I’m not done talking to him yet. So please, don’t even nod.”
Tristan laughed again. The man casually replied to what Edward had said.
“You look like you really are deaf. I told you before, while in Dubai, never disturb Sophia. How hard is it to wait a few more days? When you come home, won’t my wife be yours? I was kind enough to sign the divorce papers as you asked, right?”
“You —” Tristan didn’t give Edward a chance to continue his sentence. Unexpectedly, the man blocked Edward’s number in front of Sophia immediately. the wife’s cell phone while speaking with an expression that is hard to decipher.
“I beg for your cooperation, Sophia. Once we get back to London, you can be free to have a relationship with Edward again. But again, I ask you for help. While in Dubai, focus on our initial plans. I myself have never even once paid attention to let alone received a call from Aurora because I appreciate your existence. So I hope you do the same as what I did.”
Sophia was speechless. On the one hand, she felt bad for Edward over what had just happened. But on the other hand, she also felt guilty after hearing what happened. Tristan just said.
Sophia’s position is completely wrong now. She can hear the disappointment in the words Tristan had just said to her.
“Come on, Sophia. Let’s forget about this unimportant matter first,” Tristan said again after realizing that his wife kept quiet and didn’t answer.
“Now, we’re back with Alabbar and Helena. They must be waiting and wondering why we’re both standing here for so long.”
“Tristan, I—” Tristan shook his head, signalling that Sophia would end their previous discussion. The man chose to grab Sophia’s wrist. walked over to Alabbar and Helena, who was waiting to eat the breakfast that had just been served.