Wifely Duties

Emelia's POV

It must have been the guilt, the haunting truth that I had sex with another man in the same Company my husband owned. But I felt the need to make it up to Winter, though there's not much I can do to change my mistake. I kept telling myself that our marriage was merely a contract, we didn't know each other at all and were basically strangers. But I was only trying to make myself feel better by thinking this. When I got back from the Company, I took a long bath and dressed in comfortable clothes, then I came downstairs to dismiss the Cook so I could prepare a meal for Winter myself.

My cooking skills were in no way compared to that of Rosanne, who was a master chef, Molly had personally hired her after Winter's recovery, though Winter was barely interested in food, he merely ate because it was necessary. Nothing seemed to interest my husband except for work, and maybe me...., but that was the issue wasn't it? Winter's interest in me was one thing keeping us from getting a d