AUTHOR’S POV.“I… I don’t drink alcohol,” Sapphire stuttered and shook her head as one of the team members handed a glass of drink to her while they were at the team dinner.“No, don’t be boring, please!” Tina exclaimed, snatched the drink from the man, and gave it to Sapphire who collected it unwillingly.“One shot…” Jay hit the table gently as he drawled and the rest joined him.“One shot! One shot! One shot!”Sapphire closed her eyes shut and gulped down the drink immediately. “Fuck, this tastes so horrible!” She snorted in irritation and everyone laughed.“Let’s spin the bottle, everyone!” Tina banged the table and Sapphire creased her brows.“Game of truth is the first game we play on team dinners. So, we spin the bottle and whoever it stops at is answering a question. Failure to do so is drinking two shots of drink,” Tina stated and Sapphire nodded her head.It was not like the game was foreign to her, but two shots of drink? She barely just drank that one and her throat still
DANIEL’S POV.I shut my laptop while my phone was still clutched to my ear and walked out of my office.It was almost nine in the evening and the company has closed since seven.I was actually staying back so that I would go home with the woman. I had told her to call me when she was done and when I saw her call, I thought she was ready to go home but… she was drunk?I had warned her to not drink and that was because I knew she could not drink and there was no way there would be team dinners without alcohol.“Bring the car to the front,” I said to my driver after Sapphire had already ended the call.__The car pulled in front of the local bar where the team was having dinner and before the driver could come down to get the door, I got out and dashed to the bar.As I entered gently, I looked around, trying to find where the people were, and when I caught sight of my wife who, from afar, sang with the bottle of alcohol in her hand used as a microphone.I shook my head as I covered the s
DANIEL’S POV.I lay there for a while and when I did not feel any movement from her again, I tapped her back.I moved my lips from hers and moved her gently on the bed beside me.I stood up and watched the woman who was already sleeping and snoring and shook my head. Apart from the fact that the sight of her drunken attitude was stressful, I still found it cute.I wonder how she would feel if she woke up tomorrow and the events of tonight flooded her memories.As a dramatic lady that she is, my wife would make the biggest deal out of it.I knelt on the bed beside her, and pulled off her shoe, and then trailed my eyes down her body.It would not be proper if she slept this way, would it?Whatever. I was her husband, was I not?I began to unbutton her shirt slowly and when I was down, I pulled it off her gently, leaving the tiny singlet on her.I proceeded to take off her skirt, leaving her with only her pants, and then got out of the bed.She did not even flinch while I did that. What
SAPPHIRE’S POV.My eyes broadened as my head suddenly got filled with familiar, yet unfamiliar memories and I turned to look at Daniel who had a small smile on his face.HE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON!“You all, my husband is so cute.”“You all, My hubby…”“My hubby…”I palmed my face and rushed after Daniel who walked away while I ignored the calls from Jay and Tina.“Wait!” I snapped as I entered the office with him.“What is going on?“What happened last night?” I asked him and he feigned a frown. And that was evident.“Last night?”“Yes, last night.”“Last night… oh, the hubby part of what?” He asked and then burst into laughter.When the memory of me kissing him hit me, I cringed in embarrassment and dropped my hands on my head.“You were like. “You all, my husband is so strong!” He burst into fresh laughter and I felt my facial muscles pulling tighter.“My husband, you all!” He mimicked amidst laughter and I bit my lower lips in anger.“Shut up, it is not funny!”“It is not? Come on,
DANIEL’S POV.I stepped out of my office as I adjusted my tie and then stopped abruptly when I heard the sound of a notification. I checked my phone and then looked around when I found out it was not from me.I walked to Sapphire’s table, and picked up the phone that was lying there, and pressed the home button.She had gotten a message.I was about to drop the phone when my eyes caught the message and I clicked on it immediately.“Is it just me or do you really seem to be taking me for a joke?”My brows pulled together as I read and thenI tilted my head. Thankfully, her phone was not password protected so I began to read through the messages from the person.The kind of air that hit me immediately made me feel so cold as goosebumps covered my body.Just when I thought that this person had not been saying anything lately, I found out that he had been doing the same to my wife.I curled my other fist tightly into a ball as I saw the pictures of her that they had sent to her and the thr
AUTHOR’S POV. Sapphire locked the bathroom door from behind and went to sit in the water closet. She buried her face in her palms and began to cry silently. All this while, she had been trying her best, acting strong and pretentiously believing that this person would ever get to her. Again, the reason she had not told Daniel was that she wanted to be sure if this person was her enemy or not. All he could have done was talk to her gently. How could he think she was having fun with it? She lived and stayed in fear each time, especially when she was still in her room. It was only recently when she started staying with Daniel that it reduced. She knew it was wrong to have kept it from him too, but she had no choice. She thought it was her battle! She did not want to pull him into his mess. She believed that he did not deserve it. Although he was not exactly nice to her, still, she did not want to burden him with her problems. Sapphire sniffed and stood from where she sat. She
AUTHOR’S POV.“What are you saying? Are you drunk?” Liam asked.“Just listen to me and never get married.”“You still have issues with your wife?” “Yes, and now I am getting to know her true side. Don’t get married to anyone, or you will die. Women are not nice people,” Daniel hissed.“This is one of the reasons I don’t like being friends with married people. What is my business with that by this time late at night? What if I was with a woman?”“You can fuck as many bitches as you want. Never marry any of them.”“Hey, Scram!” Liam hissed.“Will you come over tomorrow?” Daniel asked.“Get lost. I am busy.”~~~“What?”“I am telling you to never get married,” Sapphire replied to Hilda.“What are you saying?”“Men are scum and you should listen to me.”“Please. I don’t need problems like this in my life. If you have issues with your husband, sort it out in your house. Don’t call me.”“You are so crazy and I hate the day I met you!”Hilda laughed and shook her head. “You are so dramatic!
AUTHOR’S POV.Daniel and Sapphire creased their brows as they exchanged glances. They wondered where the two had met each other and believed it was practically impossible as Daniel had not even met the woman yet. He was just meeting her.“Woah! It is indeed you!” Liam half yelled and slammed his hand on the table.“What? Is it indeed me? Of course, it is! No one else looks like me,” Hilda rolled her eyes and tucked her hair behind her ear.“You should cover your face right now. You should bury it in your palms.”“Hold on, have you met before?” Daniel finally asked.“No!—”“Yes!—”Hilda and Liam chorused respectively.“Whose word am I taking?” Daniel frowned.“This is the toxic b… woman I told you about!” Liam snapped.“Toxic woman…? Ah! The one that ruined your tie?” Daniel asked, then twitched his mouth upward.“That is all you told him? Did you explain how rude you were?!” Hilda snapped.Liam snorted and then turned to face Hilda very well. He clapped his hands and shook his head in