Chapter 41: Chapter 41

Karen's POV

Mom chuckled refusing to believe me. "That's not your husband, you're not a professional liar." She remarked with a grin on her face.

Needed to put some distance between us, I moved towards the window. "Brody Taylor is my husband and that's the man you just met." I told her this time with seriousness on my face.

"Then, what's wrong?" She quickly asked.

I shrugged, feeling both awful and stable. "I don't know. I'm deeply in love with him but I don't know if he feels that way."

Turning to look at her, she arched an eyebrow in surprise. "What?"

"I don't know if he loves me."

"He won't be here in Los Angeles if he doesn't love you." She reminded me.

"And what if he's just here to cancel the expired contract and finally divorce me."

She stood looking aghast. "I don't think he wants to do so. If you're in love with him, you'll tell him the truth."

I narrowed my eyes at her. Brody would get angry for lying to him if I told him the truth. "It's already too late." I conceded reluctantly.

"Yeah, you might be right." She said and walked into the kitchen. I walked towards the door and made sure it was locked. I met Brody in the parlor watching a television program. "It's rude to switch on the television when you're not asked to." I told him.

He laughed, fiddling with the remote. "It's also rude to hate people you don't know."

I wished he knew that I loved him. "I don't hate you."

He laughed and gave me a crooked smile. "You're not being friendly to me and that's the problem, I'm not a bad person."

"Are you in love with your wife?" I asked and immediately regretted my question. I didn't want him to suspect me but that question meant a lot to me. Was he truly in love with me?

"Believe me, my wife is my everything and she's the reason I'm in Los Angeles. I'm sure my parents would be worried because they don't know that I'm here right now."

I decided to hear him out and sat down, pretending to be uninterested in him. "That's huh, bad." I murmured.

His brow furrowed in consternation. "How?"

I looked at him in shock. "I mean, your parents should always know your location."

"I'm not leaving Los Angeles without Karen."

Wow! He did seem serious.

I nodded and picked the remote from the table and flipped through the channels, I finally left it on a romance film. It was an erotic scene and the couple were making out. I didn't want him to feel that I was too young for that and I also didn't want him to think that I was cheap.

The man in the film removed her clothes and kissed her body passionately. I stole a glance at Brody, his eyes, fixed on the television. "I wished I had done this with my wife on our wedding night." He suddenly said and my heart skipped a beat.

OMG! I really wanted that too but I couldn't tell him that night and we slept angrily. The lady responded to the man's kiss with a soft moan. "That's a crazy moan." He muttered.

"The type that turns a woman on." I added and we laughed.

Our eyes met each other and I began to feel my insides get wet. No, this wasn't the time to do this. I wanted to control myself but as long as I sat near him, I couldn't control myself.

No, I won't do this. As I picked up the remote and tried to switch off the TV, he stopped me. "Are you feeling insecure?" His deep voice asked and my eyes widened.

"No, I'm not." I replied and dropped the remote gently on the table.

"I'm in the mood right now, it's really sad that Karen's not here."

I nodded and stood up, he pulled me back into his arms and I could feel his eyes on my breasts. Even though I wanted him right now, that was not the right thing to do. He gently tossed me aside and stood up. "I'll never cheat on my wife."

"I didn't ask you to kiss me or touch me." I defended myself immediately.

"It's getting late already, you should sleep. I'm off to bed right now." He replied and walked into the guest room.

Frowning, I almost slapped myself.

"Foolish!" I murmured under my breath.

I switched off the TV and walked into the kitchen. Removing the leftover pancake from the oven, I placed it on a plate and took a glass of water from the shelf.

After eating, I slowly washed the plate and went into my room.

Brody's POV

I couldn't sleep, Lisa was definitely hiding something from me and how is it possible that she looks so much like Karen. This was not possible.

Was she disguising as Karen?

I didn't want to get hurt in the future. I wanted to know the truth but staying with them would be the only option. The way Lisa looks at me, her voice and everything about her looks just like Karen.

Laying down on the bed, I suddenly heard a loud scream and I quickly jumped down from the bed. I ran out of my room and stood in the parlor.

I hesitated at first because of her rudeness and pride but the best option was to help her if she was in danger.

Lisa screamed again and I pushed the door of her room open and walked in. "There's a cockroach on my bed." She screamed and ran towards me. Without waiting for a second, she pulled me in for a tight hug and I hugged her back.

This was something Karen would do, she had done it before when we pretended to be dating. Karen was afraid of cockroaches, could it also be a coincidence? Lisa tightened her grip on my body and I hugged her back.