He placed his hands on both sides of her and she had her hands around his neck then made her lean back till she had her back rested on the bed and he could hover over her properly.
He broke the kiss and kissed her cheeks before going back to her lips to deepen the kiss. He was enjoying the kiss more than he should and she was not at all complaining.
Then they broke the kiss to get some air since the room was already getting stuffy then rested both their foreheads against each other with eyes closed and feeling the warmth of their breath brush each other’s faces.
Then he asked in a hushed tone.
“Are they gone?” he opened his eyes but hers were still closed, fully mesmerized by their recent activities.
“Hmm…”
“Are they gone? Love?” he asked again and this time she opened her eyes to meet with a beautiful hazel gaze.
She took in a sharp breath and closed her eyes feeling light-headed.
“They’ve left?” he asked again, already losing his cool.
“Huh” still trying to process the question.
Audriana opened her eyes and considering how close they were she sunk further in the bed to give some space between them then looked at him with confusion on her face.
“They’ve left?” he asked for the nth time and she looked behind him to see the room was empty.
“Yes,” she croaked out.
Then immediately he leaned back and took his hands off her before standing from the bed and running his fingers through his hair and distanced himself from her like she had a rare kind of disease.
He watched the look of confusion still gracing her features. Her hair was all over and the hospital gown she wore rode up to her thigh distracting him a bit, he gulped and he looked away so that he could calm himself.
He adjusted his suit jacket and checked the time on his phone then looked back at his wife who was looking everywhere but his way.
He could feel his body go jelly at the little intimacy they shared but he wanted more and the way he was looking at her he knew he wouldn’t be able to control himself so instead, he looked away to gather enough strength for his next move.
He was going to leave but then remembered how she smiled at Earl earlier and the frown returned along with a wave of anger. He looked back at her and saw that she was staring down on her lap while trying to comb her hair with her fingers.
He was angry.
Could be because she disobeyed him and got herself in trouble, then had everyone in panic? He had told her countless times to stop taking public transport or cabs.
Or just because she smiled at Earl and invited him to hang out. Hang out! What married woman says that to a man she barely knows?
His palm formed a fist and his jaw tightened. He decided to address his first reason to be angry.
“You are a techie and is recognized to be one of the smartest and intelligent woman ever existed yet you are so dumb not to take simple orders” she raised her head up so fast he thought her neck would snap.
She had a look of confusion on her face before they turned to a frown and her lips pursed when she processed what he just said to her.
“What?”
“I told you many times not to take public transportation but you didn’t even listen to me. It’s not like I care or anything I just don’t want to go through this unnecessary stress your stupid choice made me go through”
She could feel like her heart was stabbed a million times by what he just told her. She knew from scratch all this was just for show, none of them are real and she should expect something like this once in a while, why then did it surprise her when it spilled out of his mouth? Why did it hurt her so much?
Her mouth hung open at his harsh words and her eyes began to water but she tried to keep them in. He shouldn’t see her tears, none of his words should hurt her. She is strong and is definitely more than this, she should just give it to him just as hard as he gives it to her.
She closed her mouth and gulped the lump that formed in her throat then blinked several times to make the tears go away. She cleared her throat to reply to him back.
“You would have just stayed wherever you were instead of coming here to go through all this stress ‘unnecessary’ you are going through” she single quote the ‘unnecessary’ and she was glad her voice didn’t sound as hoarse as she thought it would be.
“And be tagged a bad husband of 2021? Oh please,” he rolled his eyes and placed both hands on his hips.
“Since when did you become a husband?” she muttered under her breath and he glared at her.
He glared at her then shook his head and sighed.
“I dont want this stupid thing repeating itself again. Look woman” he spread his hands out then gestured to himself “Look at who you are married to” she raised both brows and gave him a once over.
“I am Dimitri Miguel Lorenzo” his Spanish accent could be heard when he said his name and that made her take a deep breath. She didn’t find the accent sexy until she met him.
“I am influential and since you are married to me, that makes you influential and prone to danger”
“Dont you ever call me woman, ever and why would I be prone to danger? Who would want to hurt me?” she asked and he rolled his eyes again “If only you could see a brain in there” she muttered and he looked away from her trying to keep his cool.
“As I have said earlier, no stupid thinking, no making everyone tensed or anything. I don’t want to have to leave important work to save your ass the next time, are we clear?”
“You are an idiot”
“Well thank you very much”
“You are welcome” she crossed her arms and shook her head at him trying to keep cool.
The news describes him to be the total opposite of what she is seeing. How can someone so handsome and well-mannered looking be such a big jerk? How?
He isn’t happy with the name-calling and has to tone it down. No woman ever insulted him… well except for the ones he slept with but aside from kissing and touching she still had no right to call him names. He hadn’t even seen her in a bra yet.
A mental image of her perfectly cup– stop that man, focus.
“Are we clear on this?” he asked her and she turned to look at him with a scowl on her face.
“Yes, grandpa,” she replied sarcastically.
He was going to reply but decided against it and turned to leave when he remembered the major reason he was upset earlier. He turned back to her and took some steps towards her.