—JENNIFER—I Twirled in front of the full length mirror and smiled seeing myself in the wine coloured bodycon dress. With another twirl, satisfying myself with my choice, I pushed open the door of the try room and headed to ask Christian if he feels the same about it. But my feet stopped the moment I stepped out of the room, seeing him in his explosive mood, ready to blast anytime. And the person under the danger of this explosion was his own mother, Lauren. The vein in his forehead was throbbing wildly, making me remember all the previous times when it was for me. But unlike my sacred self in these usual moments with my angry husband, that woman seemed to have a death wish. God, She was smirking, clearly challenging him about something. I was at enough distance from them to be unable to hear what they were talking about. So I decided to go and invade their explosive interaction. But then remembered that Christian had clearly told me to just avoid her wherever she is, even when sh
—JENNIFER—Giving myself a last satisfied look, I smiled and blew a kiss towards the mirror before heading out of our room. With a big grin, excited to see Christian's reaction after seeing me, I entered the living area thinking that he must be back by now. It was almost 8:00 PM and the party would be starting in a few minutes. Christia had asked me to get ready and wait for him as he had something important to get done before leaving for the party, so after getting ready early, he left. With my disappearing grin, I pulled out my phone and called him. The phone rang two times before the line went busy. I frowned, knowing that he had disconnected the call. Never in any urgent meeting, he had ever avoided my call, then what could be so important that he did this today? Contemplating, I called him again and he disconnected the call again. My frown deepened with the stress and some stupid thoughts that I tried to avoid. I paced in the living area, waiting for his phone call which
—JENNIFER—Leaving the inconvenience my husband caused me behind, I headed with him to the party thinking that It will change my mood. What I didn't know was that it was going to spoil my mood further. The moment we exited the car, The paparazzi blocked our way, we hardly managed to avoid their questions or any kind of interaction with the camera and as soon as we entered inside the party hall, the most unwanted face appeared in front of me.“ Hello Christian!!” The grin on her bitchy face annoyed the hell out of me and I couldn't stop myself from saying. “ You are worse than a chewing gum.” I scrunch my nose, expressing my disdain. The way she clenched her teeth, told me that she was angry but she tried to not let it be seen and covered it with a cunning smile. “ Why are you so late? Is everything alright?” She asked, making the most fake concerning face. I scoffed at the way she totally ignored my presence. She gave me a stink eye. “ I don't have any mood to bear your presence
—CHRISTIAN—“ Yeah. See you at 8:00 PM. Be ready.” With a big smile on my face which was screaming that now I don't recognize any goddamn thing except for my wife, I disconnected the call with Jennifer. “ These big smiles make me think if you are actually Christian or some alien disguised as him.“ Alex sighed, acting shocked. “ Says the one who talks about Cally in his sleep.” I scoffed, rolling my eyes at him. “ Yeah. But it's nothing to be surprised for me to act like this since I don't go around scowling and glaring at people for no goddamn reason and just out of habit.” He shot back, flailing his hands in the air to exaggerate his comment. “ You know so much, right?” I asked, sitting up in my chair. “ Yup!” He shrugged, sassily. “ Then you should know that I won't shy away before shaving your head?” I gave him no nonsense look, shutting him up before my phone started ringing. The mere look at the caller I'D spoiled my mood and my forehead creased with annoyance. “ Who's th
—CHRISTIAN—Knowing that unfortunately, I don't have any other option than taking her threat seriously this time, I decided to go and see what she has planned against me now. “ I'll also come!” Alex stepped behind me, falling into my step. “ No. And I'm not going to argue over this for a one fucking second. So just stay back.” Pinning him with a pointed glare, which he obeyed with a sigh, I headed out of my office.Their office building was twenty minutes away from mine and ten minutes had already passed from the time she had given me. Getting into my car, I waited for about five minutes before igniting the engine and hitting the road. Driving in an usually slow sleep, It took me about thirty minutes to reach their office. I strolled up into the building at a slow, nonchalant pace so that it would delay the time a little more. The last time I visited this place was the day when Lauren leaked our project and I came here creating a scene. The office was almost empty by now and the f
—CHRISTIAN—The shock in their eyes was extremely soothing. I knew they would be unsure about whether I would fall for their threat or not. And now that I've come here, they'd think that I did.It took them only a few seconds to recover from their shock and share a look of victory. Their eyes were shining with pride to make me come here. “ Finally, we got something to get you on your knees, Christian.” Rafael said with a smirk as he stood up from the couch he was sitting on with his mother on the other end. I walked towards them at a slow nonchalant pace and much to their disdain, I pulled out a chair before them and made myself comfortable on it with my one leg resting on the other knee. “ Did you?” I cocked an arrogant brow in mock, leaning back into the chair. The smirk on his mouth dropped the instant, seeing me facing them with all the coolness which they were not expecting for sure. What they must have been expecting would be that either I wouldn't come here not taking them
—CHRISTIAN—On my way back to the penthouse, I ran my head to think of an idea to get this situation under control and my mind suggested to me only one name. I dialled the number and put it on the speaker. The call was answered at the first ring as if he was waiting for it. “ Are you back? What happened there? Should I come?” I was bombarded with all the questions at one. “ Alex! I'm alive and unfortunately they are too.” I said in a lazy tone. “ Ah!! What an inconvenience from both the sides.” He replied as the sarcasm dripped off his tone. “ Now, Can we talk about something sensible?” I said, rolling my eyes even though I knew he couldn't see me. “ No! Let's rant a little more.” His playfulness had me huffing. “ Alex!” I warned him. “ Christian!” He mimicked me. “ I want Catherine under our control before morning.” I said, ignoring his playfulness and getting on the point. A long silence prevailed on the other side of the call as I waited for the response. “ Are you out
—JENNIFER—I turned back and snuggled into Christian's naked chest as the morning sun peeked through the window, disturbing my sleep. “ If you keep on doing this, I don't think I would ever be able to leave this fucking bed.” Christian's heavy morning voice had me opening my eyes slowly. “ That's exactly the intention, Mr. Brown.” I grinned up at him through my blurry sight. “ I'd love to work on that intention of yours, Mrs. Brown but not today, not now.” He groaned, forcing himself to get up. “ What's so special today?” I asked, removing my hold and letting him get off the bed. “ I've an urgent meeting with a new client. If this goes well, he’s going to invest for six new restaurants in different countries.” He said, taking out his clothes from the closet. I watched him for a second then a sudden thought clicked me and jumped off the bed and reached the bathroom door before he could turn back. “ Hmmm! Okay, And if this goes successful, what will you get for me?” I asked, lean