Her frame grew rigid in his arms. She may come off as brave, but the last time she had a close call with rape, the incident was still very recent in her memory.
“Preston…” she called out, her voice carrying a low hint of warning.
He, of course, pretended not to hear it. He instead, kiss her cheeks and made his way to the bathroom. Once he’s gone, Lenora let out a long sigh. This is going to be a long night, isn’t it?
She assumed Preston was taking a bath when the bathroom shower went off. Immediately, she hurried to the bed, picked the toys and stuffed them into a drawer, her face burning with embarrassment as she did so. She quickly cleared the roses from the bed, and then without bothering to take off her clothes, she hid inside the duvet cover and pretended to sleep.
Meanwhile, inside the bathroom, Preston pulled off the hyper-realistic mask feeling like its too much of a hassle to put it on.
Soon, a chilly, sophisticated, and charming face stared back at him instead of the ugly face. He wondered what his little bride will do if she sees him like this, will she go crazy like every other girl?
Though he was curious about the answer, he feels it wasn’t time yet. There are many other important things he has to take care of. Like a child! He was running out of time.
Glancing down at his hands, he found them shaking visibly. Shit. He was having a reoccurrence again. Stumbling to the door, he made sure they were locked before diving towards the cabinet in the bathroom. He needed the injections, now!
But because of how violently he shook, he ended up knocking over everything in his path, including the bottles, causing them to break on the ground.
Bang bang bang!
His now-reddened blue eyes shot toward the door with nothing but pure, undiluted menace dancing inside them.
“Preston? Are you alright?”
“Yes.” he grits out forcefully.
She needs to leave now before he hurts her. He could feel his subconscious slipping away slowly. It wasn’t the first time such is happening and when it happens, he hurts anyone in his path. He gains pleasure from pain and that side of him is not what he wants Lenora to see.
Fortunately, he was able to locate the injection just in time. After injecting himself with it, he took a few deep, soothing breaths before collapsing to the ground.
Only then did he realize that the glass shards on the ground had given him a few cuts. Instead of letting the agony affect him, he entered the shower and let the hot water rain on him.
Thirty minutes later, he donned the hyperrealistic masks and emerged from the restroom with little more than his boxers.
He smiled as he walked over to the bedside and noticed Lenora tightly closing her eyes while acting as though she was sleeping. Huh, looks like I scared her off.
Did she actually believe he was going to make a move on her?
Although he was badly in need of a child, he had to make her fall for him first.
Speaking of which, he got on the other side of the bed pulled out his phone and created a Twitter account. He then posted…
How to make my billionaire wife fall for me? Anyone?
He logged out afterwards, hid his phone in the drawer beside him and lay down. All while wrapping his arms around Lenora’s waist.
Lenora who has been sleeping pretending tensed when she felt his hand on her. She remain that way for a long but he never made a move.
Seemingly, she felt drained after the day’s drama and soon fell asked in his arms.
Meanwhile, people began noticing the post. At first, no one paid heed to it until someone figured it out.
Wait! Guys, I think I know who this is, it’s Preston! Our Lenora’s new fiancee!
Oh my goodness, it’s true! Is he seriously asking for our advice?
Preston and Lenora already garnered some fans in the past week. And because many people were interested in the idea of the impoverished courting the wealthy, Preston quickly gained backing from the public. Some people offered him advice out of sympathy while others gave him direct advice to give up.
Preston earned over ten thousand followers after his tweet started trending on the internet.