Chapter 100

“Oh, god! Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!” I whispered loudly and then I slowly got out of bed so as not to wake the sleeping Jaxson.

I immediately ran to the cr to check my appearance in the mirror, and I was not mistaken. I look like a mess!

I even smelled my mouth that smelled of panis saliva, I winced at the smell of my morning breath.

"It's a good thing that I woke up earlier than Jaxson. Oh gosh! He can't see me looking like this-"

"See you looking like what?"

“AAAAAH!” I screamed loudly in my shrill voice as my hands flew to my face to cover it. "Get out of the room first!"

"What's wrong? What is going on with you now?” I heard him ask with a hint of surprise.

I just shook my head while still not removing the cover from my face.

It's impossible for him to see me as I look now. Even if I wanted to fix my hair I couldn't because I couldn't let go of my face. Even though I don't have lipstick, I didn't erase my make up last night because I am afraid that Jaxson will see my bare face, but it was still erased as we were sleeping. I feel really ugly right now in front of him and it's like I just want to be swallowed by the ground.

"Come on, what's wrong with you again?"

When I heard the sound of his footsteps, I quickly made a retreat to distance myself from him. When I felt the edge of the sink behind me, I lost hope of going any further, so I pressed harder on covering my face.

"Please, don't come any closer!" I beg him. I am afraid that Jaxson will see me ugly and regret marrying me.

I heard his soft laugh. "Why?"

"Please, Jackson. Just listen to me and get out the door. I have no make up right now and believe me, my face is a mess and I don't want you to see me looking like this!” I whined as I slightly thumped my feet.

But no matter what I begged to do, Jaxson's brain must have been really naughty because he didn't listen to what I said when I heard his steps again.

I felt his hand on my arm followed by his gentle pulling on it to remove the covering from my face.

When he completely removed my cover, I was left with a bare face, which is why I nod my head on purpose.

“Oh, please. That's what you're hiding?"

Because of my bowed head and my eyes staring at the floor, I saw Jaxson's hand go to my waist and then tie it.

I flinched when I felt my feet slowly lifting from the ground when Jaxson lifted my body and placed me on the edge of the sink.

I didn't do anything before our eyes met. I was about to jump down to run away but Jaxson put his arms on either side of me, locking my body on his arms.

I averted my gaze when I felt Jaxson examining my face.

"I'm quite disappointed. I expected more hideous things that I can laugh at but why am I seeing such beauty?”

"You know you don't mean that." I answered quickly. "Don't say nice things that you don't really mean just to make me feel better."

"Good morning."

I was surprised by how he diverted the conversation so I turned to him. Which I immediately regretted when Jaxson met me with a quick kiss on my lips.

I blink thrice to try to comprehend what he just did when I felt his hand at the back of my ears and owned my lips again, kissing me passionately as if this is a normal thing for us now without knowing that it still gives me butterflies every time .

I was left staring at his bottom lip after he let go of me, while our foreheads were still touching and leaning on each other.

"I love you..." Jaxson whispered and I felt his breath going directly into my mouth.

"I- I said... don't say words that you don't really mean."

"Do you think I will kiss you even if I know you haven't brushed your teeth yet if I don't really love you?"

My hands quickly went to my mouth to cover it with wide eyes.

Jaxson moved back with a grin on his lips. "You really thought you woke up earlier than me, huh?"

“Wheert?” I said as I am still clutching my mouth.

Jaxson just laughed at me as he held the door. "The room is all yours now, my lady."

Because of the crazy thing that Jaxson did to me earlier, my chest did not stop pounding while in the car back to the hotel.

My gaze turned back to the front we were passing and a glance at Jaxson.

"D-Do you really mean what you said to me earlier?" I'm asking again because I've been worried about whether what happened was real or just a hallucination.

When Jaxson moved forward and was about to bring his lips to mine, I quickly flinched and covered my mouth.

"Do you believe me?" Jaxson asked that drew my eyes to him again.

“I-I guess? It's just that, I feel like it's too impo- I BELIEVE YOU!” I exclaimed and was once again surprised that he was about to kiss me.

Jaxson let out a feeble cackle.

"But, why? Why do—" I stopped when I realized that we were not alone and that the Madrigals were with us in the car. I moved closer to Jaxson again to bring my mouth to his ear. "Why did you suddenly fall in love after our marriage? Or are you just playing with me?” I whispered, causing him to shiver.

It seems that he imitated my movements and brought his mouth close to my ear.

"Seems like I have to show my wife that I love her and I don't want to lose her any minute now." Jaxson whispered in my ear as he gently took my hand and locked it with his. "The only problem is that I have no idea how to please a woman. Especially, that you are so different from all the girls that I have ever met."

This time, I was the one who let out a chortle because of what he said.

“Oh, please. We both know that you spent almost your whole life with Daniella. Of course, you haven't met many women." I whispered back to him in the middle of laughing.

"Well, let's call this day a special date for us to get to know each other better." Jackson replied.

"Funny how we got married first before even learning things about each other. It's so ironic. Should we still call this a play date, by the way" I move both my brows up and down to tease him, giggling.

"This is a real deal. So, where do you wanna go for our date?" Jaxson asked in his normal voice and turned his face slightly away from me.

Our eyes slightly hit the driver who was looking at us in the rear view mirror.

"Didn't you say that we have to go back to the hotel to send out the guest?"

"Oh, that." Jaxson pointed his index finger at me as if remembering something. I nodded to him in response.

I watched Jaxson as he took his phone out of his suit pocket and dialed a number.

"Send the guests out for us and inform them that Cattleya and I are already leaving for our honeymoon."

I almost spit when I heard those words coming out of Jaxson's lips.

"So?" He asked as he slipped his phone back into the pocket of his suit.

I averted my gaze as I thought of a place where Jaxson and I can spend some time. I want the place where both of us can enjoy and not just one of us, because that is better for treasuring the memories. It's not possible to bring Jaxson to my mall because we can't move properly and comfortably because of the cameras following us.

"How about, I'll take you to the mall and let you go shopping for some new stuff? You can get new shoes, bags, or whatever you like."

I immediately shook my head to reject his offer.

Seriously, if Jaxson wasn't handsome, he wouldn't really have fans. In my opinion, he is so generous and always talking about spending money that's why he's missing out a lot. Just like having fun and just spending time together.

"I know a place." I said proudly with a smile on my lips. I quickly took out my phone and searched for the address of the place.

When I found it, I immediately handed it to the driver who was with us and deliberately did not show it to Jaxson.

"I know a place where Loren and I used to volunteer." I told Jaxson with a grin on my face. "I just know that you'll love it."

"Seriously? Isn't your job, your family, and the university enough to consume your time? You still really have some free time for volunteering?" He asked with an obvious hint of surprise.

I nodded to Jaxson and then tightened my grip on his hand that rested on his thigh.

"I used to volunteer there. But it was a long time ago when my father was still alive. I got a lot of free time back then and you can't imagine how many communities and organizations I already volunteered for. But this one that I am taking you into, I know for sure that you will love it as much as I do.” I wiggle my brows.

"Okay... I trust you then."

"As you should."

Jaxson shook his head with a smile on his lips.

****

After about half an hour we finally arrived at the place I wanted to go with Jaxson.

When we got off the car we were riding in, a car came that seemed familiar to my eyes.

While Jaxson was talking to the car driver, I waited to see who would get out of the car that had just arrived. The driver is familiar to me as well as the plate number.

When the door opened, I waited for its rider to come out, and when I finally saw him, my eyes formed into a doe seeing the most familiar person to me.

“Loren?” My call is weak because it has not yet been faced and it seems that someone is taking things from inside the car. “M-Manager Sol?” I was taken back when I saw our manager also come out of the car.