“Mrs Julia!”
Clara’s voice sounded, diverting Julia’s focus and gaze from tapping on Bella’s bedroom door.
Seeing her assistant approaching, Julia immediately threw a question, confident that if there was something important, her assistant would convey it to her.
“What’s up, Clara?”
“Sorry to disturb. But Mr. Aaron downstairs is calling for you. He says there’s something left behind and you need to pick it up yourself.”
Julia nodded, then hurriedly made her way downstairs to where Aaron was waiting.
Making sure Julia had left, Clara knocked on Bella’s bedroom door again.
“Miss… wake up quickly.”
Perhaps Julia’s earlier knocking had already woken Bella up, or maybe Bella had been awake all along.
Either way, not long after Clara knocked, the bedroom door opened. Bella appeared, wearing only a thin nightgown.
“Clara? What’s the matter?”
“Miss, Mrs. Julia has returned. She’s downstairs now.”
“W-what?”
Bella was startled. Her expression quickly turned confused and worried.
“Mrs. Julia has returned?”
“Yes,” Clara nodded. “Now, ask Mr. Edward to come out immediately. Before Mrs. Julia finds out that he actually slept in your room.”
Before Bella could shake off her surprise about Julia’s sudden return, she became even more puzzled when she realized that Clara knew and was aware that Edward had slept in her room last night. Or perhaps Clara had known all along but chose to remain silent?
“Miss Bella!” Clara called out when she noticed Bella lost in thought. “Quickly wake up Mr. Edward. Mrs. Julia has been looking for her husband since earlier. Let me delay her from rushing back to the second floor.”
While Clara went to follow Julia, Bella herself quickly entered the room and tried to wake up Edward, hoping Julia wouldn’t find out that they had just slept and even made love together.
“Edward, wake up quickly!”
Bella purposely shook Edward’s body, trying hard to rouse him from his deep sleep.
“What’s up, Darling?”
Bella was momentarily lost in Edward’s endearment. Her heart melted at being called “Darling” by Edward.
“Hurry up! Julia has returned and is looking for you.”
“What?” Edward immediately opened his eyes. “Julia has returned?”
“She’s even downstairs. Hurry up and move to another room before she sees you here!”
Edward hurriedly got up, preparing to leave the room. Unfortunately, he was still in a state of undress.
After finishing their lovemaking last night, he had decided to go to sleep immediately due to exhaustion. And now, in a panic, he gathered his scattered clothes from the floor.
Taking a moment to kiss Bella on the cheek, Edward rushed out half-naked. He quickly entered his room, then decided to head straight to the bathroom to clean himself up.
As expected, after about ten minutes of freshening up, Edward found Julia already inside the room. She approached him and immediately embraced him.
“Darling… I missed you.”
Edward didn’t resist. He let Julia tightly hug his bare chest.
“Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you everywhere.”
Edward had anticipated this question. He was sure Julia would ask about his whereabouts when he wasn’t in the room.
“I was sitting on the outer balcony, enjoying the morning breeze.”
“Oh my. No wonder I couldn’t find you in the room.”
“Then, why are you here?”
Julia smiled wryly. Could her husband ask such a question?
“Why do you ask? Don’t tell me you don’t like seeing me back?”
Edward shook his head immediately. Apparently, he had misspoken, eliciting a protest from Julia.
“Not like that. I mean, you yourself said earlier that you were going to Hawaii for seven days. Which means you should be back tomorrow afternoon or evening. And now? Why suddenly at home?”
Julia took a slow breath. She explained to her husband.
“Santiago had urgent matters. That’s why he sped up the qualification process.”
“So, how did your qualification go?”
Now, Julia’s face lit up with joy. She couldn’t hide the happiness reflected on her beautiful face.
“I passed, Darling. Finally, I can become the number one brand Ambassador exclusively contracted by Santiago Moralez for the next year.”
“Congratulations then,” Edward said sincerely. “Finally, your dream has come true.”
Julia nodded. She kept showing her joyful face. Taking both of her hands, she then wrapped them around Edward’s neck.
“This is also thanks to your permission and prayers. Finally, I can fulfill my dream of becoming a super top global model.”
Julia continued to smile. She pulled Edward to kiss him. However, when she tried to push Edward to lie down, her husband immediately withdrew as if avoiding.
“Julia…” Edward shook his head. “I just finished showering and was about to have breakfast.”
“But I miss you so much. Can’t you remember the last time we made love? It’s been so long.”
“I know. We can do it later.”
Since Julia was in a good mood, she didn’t get upset. She complied with Edward’s request not to make love this morning, even though she really wanted to.
“Okay. No problem. But tonight, you have to make it up double. Don’t give me too many excuses.”
Edward didn’t respond. He left Julia and walked towards the walk-in closet.
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