Chapter 04

But regardless of that, I just nodded my head while I'm still dazed.

 I went to the kitchen first while he followed me. When I was about to get rice and dishes, he did it first.

 I swallowed when our eyes met. But he himself was the first to look away. He immediately put the food and rice on my plate.

 He served me...

 I blinked a few times, and I couldn't believe what just happened.

 When he was about to take a bite, I asked, "What did you eat?"

 He raised an eyebrow at me and then frowned. "What do you mean by that?"

 I swallowed twice before answering, "Ahm... Last week, you hardly paid attention to me. We didn't eat together and you didn't even call my attention and now, you made me eat with you, and you even put the food on my plate yourself. I..."

 I'm just like air around him, he feels my presence, yes, but he doesn't seem to see me.

His eyes narrowed as if he was examining me. "Then? What's your point?"

 My throat went dry at his question.

 "W-What, I-I'm just. I uhhh," I stuttered and looked away. I can't say it properly! "I'm just surprised the way you treat me right n-now..."

 He laughed and frowned at me. What's so funny about that?

 "Silly girl," he smirked.

 I was speechless and just looked down at the food. I cut the beefsteak into small pieces before putting it in my mouth.

 Oh, god. This piece of meat is so delicious!

 He watches me. I looked away again, I was confused and anxious.

 Why is he staring at me now when he barely looked at me before?

 "You can tell me if you want us to eat together," he said while my eyes widened in shock. "And I'm sorry, my wife for being a reckless husband. I'm just busy working for our future. "

 I dropped the spoon and fork so the sound echoed throughout the kitchen, instead of picking it up I looked at Lexus who was staring at me.

 "What did you just say?"

 He frowned at my question. "I said I'm sorry, okay? I'm just -"

 "No, that's not what I want to hear- you called me what?" I was looking desperately at him with hope glistening in my eyes. I'm hoping that I hear it right, that my mind isn't just playing tricks on me.

 He stopped for a moment then smiled mischievously at me. "My wife... Hmmm, why? Do you have any problem with that?" he laughed softly and winked at me. "I'm your husband after all."

 My eyes widened. "W-What-" He covered my mouth with his hand. I simply smelled it and closed my eyes.

 The smell of his hand...

 It smells good and addicting!

 He told me to keep quiet. "Don't complain, okay? I'm your husband. You are mine, I'm yours and you are my wife." He even emphasized the word 'my wife'.

 I slowly nodded. I don't know but something wandered inside my stomach. I'm really changing.

 After we ate, he himself offered to wash the plates, which was surprising to me. I don't even know if he knows how to do that.

 "I'm the woman in this household. You're tired so I'm doing it," I insisted. I'm just concerned about the breakable plates and glasses. It might slip in his hand and break into pieces.

 "No, I insist. Go upstairs and wait for me there. We will talk," he said in a tired voice as he looked at me.

 "But-" I looked at the plates and then at his face.

 "But, what? Are you whining again? I'm your husband, so if I say I'll do the washing, you'll obey, okay?" his voice was gentle, he even kissed me on my forehead.

 In the end, I just agreed and went up to my room.

 We don't sleep next to each other, we are separated and he has his own room and I have my own too. I don't even know why but he suggested that we should share the same room and the same bed.

 When I asked him why... "No, there's a chance that the three of us can go out. And I don't want that YET to happen. It's too early for that and I don't want to surprise you," that was the only answer that he gave me and I did not understand. 

 The three of us are going out? How's that? Is there one of us that can be split in two? Sounds stupid.

 But if we are going to talk, what are we going to talk about?

 And where are we going to talk? Here in my room? But he said that we are not allowed to be alone in the same room. I'm getting confused.

 I just changed into a white shirt and a cream colored pajama with a spongebob design.

 I lay down on my bed and turned on the flatscreen TV in front of me.

 If I'm not mistaken there is a TV here in every room including the guest rooms, what else can I expect? My husband is a billionaire so I should get used to it. He can even buy the world if he wants to.

 I moved it to a Cartoon Network and I was so happy when the show was Phineas and Ferb. It's not because I'm already 26, I shouldn't be watching shows like this.

 There is no age limit for watching cartoons.

 A few moments later, the door opened and Lexus stepped his foot inside. I wondered, what is he doing here?

 I watched him, he was only wearing a white shirt and khaki shorts.

 Why the hell is he still handsome? Even if he is only wearing torn clothes and dirty pants, he will still be able to look pleasing on people's eyes.

 I also noticed that he had just taken a shower because his hair was wet.

He walked closer to me and his smell hit my nose. I secretly inhaled it. He smells good.

 Even though he doesn't take a bath and sweat often, he still smells good. He also looks clean even though he has a little beard on his face. He only became more handsome and sexier because of that.

 "What are you watching?" he asked when he turned to watch what I was watching and I smiled when Vanessa and Ferb's face appeared together.

 "Phineas and Ferb," ​​I answered simply.

 "You're already twenty-six yet you're still watching that?" he asked me with raised eyebrows.

 I was in trouble.

 "Why do you care? It was me who's watching, not you so *tooott* (fuck) off."

 He laughed but I ignored him, I focused my eyes on what I was watching because I was distracted by his presence.

 "Tooott?" he asked laughing as if I had said something ridiculous.

 I looked at him before speaking, "my mommy said if I want to say bad words, I should replace it with tooott* instead of saying the word. She also said that cursing is bad, that's why," I explained innocently.

 That's what mommy told me when I was a child and I still believe it to this day. She's right because you know, cursing is bad but sometimes when I'm angry, I can't help but to cuss, or sometimes I slip up.

 "Yeah?" That was his only answer and he stopped laughing but now he was smiling.

 When he was about to sit on my bed, I stopped him. "S-Stop!"

 "What?" His forehead was creased together.

 "You said that we shouldn't sleep in the same room, so what are you doing here in my room? You have your own, why are you here?" I said while still holding up my palm.

 He was stunned. "What? Fuck it, Celeste. We will talk so go ahead."

 I didn't do anything but move, he sat next to me while I continued watching.

 I saw his glance at me from the corner of my eyes but I just ignored it. My heart is beating so fast, it's annoying!

 "I thought we were going to talk?" I couldn't stop asking. He said that we were going to talk but why isn't he talking? I want to talk to him too about his silent and cold treatment of me because I'm going to lose my mind if he'll continue doing that.

 I'm distracted by my thoughts and I know the air conditioner is on but I'm getting hot.

 When I turned around, our eyes met again.

 My lips parted when I accidentally dropped my gaze on his lips. I swallowed when it formed into a taunting grin. I felt even hotter. It's like there's something on his lips that I wanted to taste.

 I want to look away but I can't. I don't want to do it.

 A few moments later, he held my waist and cradled it in front of him. I didn't object and let him do what he wanted to do with me and my body.

 He placed a kiss on my lips before pulling away and looking into my eyes.

 "W-What are we going to do?" I asked nervously while shyly looking at him.

 He grinned. "Our honeymoon."

 Honeymoon? Isn't that what couples do after they get married?

 But nothing happened to us before because he's ignoring me.

 So now, we're going on a honeymoon? After a week, we're only doing our honeymoon just now?

 My lips softened even more when I thought about that. I looked at Lexus and stopped when I saw that his eyes were slowly burning with desire.

 I slowly swallowed and bent down to capture his lips.

 "Celeste…"