Chapter 8 - Someone Missed Her

When the bowl was nearly filled, Matthew put it down on top of the table. 

Kirsten stared at the bowl of soup before her. She wasn’t sure if the soup was really for her. 

She didn't touch the bowl of soup in front of her and observe Matthew. 

He took the empty bowl before her. Filled it with soup, then he placed it before him and started to eat. 

So it was really for her. He didn't accidentally place the bowl of soup before her. 

A smile broke through her face and she said, "Thank you." 

But her happiness was mixed with a bit of dejection that he didn't make as much of a grunt to respond. 

The meal was spent in a very uncomfortable note as Matthew just ate without glancing at her nor tried to make small chat with her. 

As a law student, Kirsten was used to talking with people. She was trained to have a good skill in communicating with people because she has to talk to clients and she'll need it during legal counsels and legal proceedings such as court hearings. 

But facing her husband, she felt like all her skills were useless.

If this goes on for a year, she was afraid that she would lose her eloquence in the future. His silence was also making her freak out. 

She would do everything to persuade him to let her go home during the weekends so the frequency she would be spending time with him would be lessened. And it would be decreased even more when school and internship begins. 

Good thing her internship will begin next week and school the following week. 

'I have to tell him lest I'll be breaking the terms and conditions of the construct.' she thought. 

Just after Matthew put down his cutlery and lifted the table napkin up to his mouth to wipe it, Kirsten broke the silence. 

"I will be starting my internship next week and school will begin the following week," she has to tell him because it was part of their contract to inform him of her whereabouts and activities. 

She didn't break the terms and conditions for going out. She informed Gemma that she was going out for a walk. She enjoyed the walk that she didn't realize that she walked away from the neighborhood. 

She only noticed that she walked miles away from the penthouse when it started to rain. She forgot to bring her phone with her and there was no way for her to inform him where she was.

And even if her phone was with her, she wouldn't have the courage to call him as he rejected her call when he called him this afternoon. 

She was more certain that Steven would come to look for her as he said for her to call him if she needed anything. 

It so happened that she memorized her husband's good assistant's number.

"Your driver will drive you to work and pick you up after work." His reply made Kirsten jerk her head to look at him. 

Matthew only gave her a 'You don't like it?' look. 

"I'm not used to it and I don't like attracting attention." Her boss and friend Anthony Dumont knew her financial status and that would raise a suspicion if she comes to the firm riding a car and having a personal driver at that. 

Kirsten observed that he disliked talking, so she stopped talking altogether when he got up on his feet and took the dishes to the sink. 

Silently she helped him clear the table and rinsed the dishes before stacking them in the dishwasher. 

'Is he really a silent type or he just doesn't want to talk to me?' Kirsten wondered. 

While Matthew went straight to his study after they were done tidying the dining room, Kirsten went to their bedroom. 

She went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth before going to the walk-in closet. 

She frowned looking at the nightgowns hanging in her wardrobe. All of them were a little revealing. 

She doesn't wear this type of nightgown. They were provocative and it wasn't her type. However, she could do nothing but wear them. 

She'll just buy a few sets of decent pajamas when Matthew gives her monthly allowance. 

According to their contract, Matthew will give her a twenty thousand dollars monthly allowance. 

Kirsten was elated that from the allowance Matthew gives and her salary from her internship, she could save money. 

In addition to her savings, Matthew will give her a five million dollars alimony after their divorce.

It will be enough for her to start her own law firm. 

She was smiling like an idiot, daydreaming while she laid on the bed facing the ceiling. She couldn't help but giggle. 

Matthew happened to see her smiling and giggling as she laid flat on the bed, frowned. 

'Why was she giggling as she was being tickled? 'Did she think of someone? Is she thinking about that man?' 

Bile of displeasure arose from the depth of his stomach, making his face turn sour, like he had drunk an apple cider vinegar. 

He closed the bathroom door with a bang, startling Kirsten and taking her out from her dreamworld. 

Kirsten rolled her eyes as she looked at the closed door of the bathroom. 

Deciding to drink milk before sleeping, she got up from the bed and at that time her phone rang. She picked her phone from the side table before heading to the kitchen.

Seeing the name of the caller, Kirsten could not keep her perfect white teeth from showing as she smiled. Swiftly, she swiped her phone screen to answer James' call.

"Hello James!" Her boisterous voice and wide smile were contagious. 

James Lincoln who was on the other end of the line replied with a chuckle and his face was shining like a bright sun. 

Kirsten opened the door and mosey on towards the kitchen to get milk.  

"Are you free tomorrow night?" James had just come back from a business trip and wanted to see her. 

"Don't tell me you missed me already?" Kirsten replied with a giggle. 

"Why would I miss you, huh?" James said with a soft chuckle. 

"Yeah, someone doesn't miss me that's why they were asking me to have dinner with them?" Kirsten said her comeback comically as she grinned. 

"I won't come," Kirsten said with a serious tone but her face was far from being serious. 

"Okay, I really missed you, let's have dinner tomorrow night at seven," James replied as he chuckled. 

"I know it, you missed me!" Kirsten giggled like a teenager. 

"Who are you talking to?" A cold voice came from behind her.