Chapter 20: Chapter 20

Jace sat in his office, his eyes gawking at the laptop in front of him but in actual sense he's not seeing anything being displayed on the screen of the laptop… his mind is far fetched from the laptop.

He groaned in frustration and closed the laptop as his long slender fingers ran haphazardly through his soft silky black hair.

Staring out through the large glass window in his office, he noticed that the sky is slowly turning dark and the night slowly drawing forward making the weather cool and mild.

Jace thought that if he stuck himself up with work, he would be able to forget what has occupied his mind all day and refuse to leave.

His secretary is even surprised to see him work from morning till this moment without taking a break. She noticed he's not working out of duty but he's trying to keep himself busy for a reason. He even took some of her work which is something he has never done before. The only thing she could say is that her grumpy boss is acting strange today. Her boss, who could scare you with just his dominating presence, looked tense today.

Yes, Jace knew he was acting strange throughout today. Even he himself is asking why he's this way, why can't his head work properly since this morning after seeing his naked wife. He has not been able to think straight since morning without the clear picture of his naked wife popping in his mind, making him go crazy.

He thought that stocking himself with work would help but it did nothing. He was working but his mind was never in the work, it kept running wild.

He remembered how his legs got numb and he couldn't move from his position. His eyes got stuck on her and it looked as if he was enchanted by her. It really took him all he got not to move forward and devour that temptation that stood in front of her. Still yet, he couldn't even turn and walk away, he was hypnotized by her beauty. Seeing that milky, pale, delicate body, his mind stopped working for a moment.

When he got out of his trance, he tried speaking but lost his voice. He was shocked at his action, he's someone that never stutters or waver when speaking but he completely lost his words at the sight of his wife's naked body.

Jace was stunned, though he plays around with women he hardly gets aroused by them even if they stood in front of him completely naked. Why did his whole body react when he saw his naked wife?

He literally rushed out from the bathroom because he knew he would go wild once he remained there for a second.

This was the same feeling he had in the morning after their wedding night. His body also reacted in a way he never thought it would just by seeing his wife in a short white towel which revealed almost every part of her delicate white skin. His mind went hazard and he couldn't think straight for the whole day.

This is a girl he was supposed to hate and fraustrate her life until she decides to leave this marriage but here he is, not getting her off from his head since morning.

He never wanted to get married to her, his grandfather forced him to do so. He couldn't say no to his grandfather because even though he's sometimes rude and grumpy towards his grandfather, he still loves him. He planned on making the marriage very uncomfortable for his wife, until she asks for a divorce. But he has been doing the opposite.

The first day he met her, he got lost in her beautiful enchanting brown eyes. He scolded himself, that wasn't the plan. He was surprised that a little girl of nineteen years could make his heart flutter just at their first meeting. He's a man that plays with ladies' hearts and cares less about it. He makes their heart flutter and not them making his flutter but his little wife made his heart beat faster than usual the day he first met her.

He was afraid that if he allowed this girl close to him, he might not stick to the plan of frustrating her until she gave up on the marriage; rather, he would end up breaking a promise he made to someone dear to his heart some years ago.

He knew that his heart might betray him, no woman has ever made him feel the way that girl did. He could feel his heart beat louder than usual whenever he's so close to her.

On their wedding night, he asked her to sleep on the couch because he was afraid that the more she's close to him, the more this strange feelings in him will grow… feelings that he couldn't understand.

He did the same when they went for their honeymoon, he made sure she didn't come close to him. He told the manager that she's his friend and Annabelle that she's his maid because he wanted to hurt her feelings, probably she will get hurt and leave the marriage but when he walked inside her suite that night and saw her swollen face, he realized that she cried herself to sleep.

Isn't this what he wants? Why the heck was he feeling hurt seeing her that way? Why did he regret his actions of calling her a maid?

Jace was really confused with what was going on with him. He left her room that night by tucking her into the duvet and putting off the lights. He never wanted to do that but in the end he found himself doing it.

He also did another thing that he never wanted to do, he told Annabelle that Constance is his wife after telling her that she was his maid, he did so when he left her room that night.

He got angry at Annabelle when she asked Constance to bring a bottle of whiskey to his suite.

He knew why Annabelle did that, she wanted to get his wife jealous. Annabelle came to his suite dressed sexily, of course he wouldn't reject a beautiful lady like Annabelle who made advances to him.

She was his friend and they have slept together in the past, he never wanted to sleep with Annabelle because she was his friend but she forced herself on him and he couldn't resist when she's beautiful and sexy.

Annabelle was the only woman that got lucky to warm his bed more than twice, maybe that was what gave her the insight that something could happen between them.

Annabelle is attractive and he knew that anything he felt for her was nothing but lust but that wasn't the case for Annabelle, she loves him.

And of course, he doesn't love her the same way she does love him, he only loves her as a friend and they have come a long way as good friends.

He cares a lot for her and doesn't want to hurt her but Annabelle said that she doesn't mind being a friend with benefits.

They got separated because Annabelle had to move out of the country but met again in London after some years, he thought that she must have gotten over him but it seems that she was still crazy for him. Of course the only thing he could give her was sex and nothing more, no woman is worthy of his heart. He could keep a friend and not a lover.

Annabelle came to his room that night and he never knew she had a plan. He was kissing her when a knock came on the door. He wondered who it was but Annabelle didn't tell him and just went and opened the door. He was curious and decided to check just to find his wife.

He didn't know why a flash of guilt washed over him like he was doing something bad. That was what he wanted, right? For her to get tired of him and leave the marriage but Jace couldn't understand what was wrong with him.

He found himself scolding Annabelle for asking his wife to bring a bottle of whiskey in his suite and that was how the night ended for him and Annabelle. He chased her out of the room and asked her never to come close to him again.

He was shocked with his action; Annabelle is his good friend and despite her attitude of trying to force him to love her more than a friend he never chased her away or broke their friendship.

He didn't know why he was so angry that Annabelle succeeded in making his wife jealous. Isn't that what he wants?

It took him all he got to stop himself from going to his wife that night.

The next day Annabelle left the hotel and he cared less.

He's not a man who gets jealous but he got jealous because of a woman he was supposed to hate. It was so surreal to Jace. He couldn't explain the feelings of jealousy which erupted in him when he saw his wife with another man… he cut short the honeymoon when he couldn't bear it any longer.

On the night when she sleepwalked to his bed, he was supposed to get angry at her but he didn't. He allowed her sleep in his arms all night and he couldn't stop staring at her pretty face.

He tried so hard to ignore the fact that he enjoyed the night having her in his arms but at the end instead of warning her to stay clear off his bed, he was the one that picked her from the floor —where she fell on from the couch— and brought her to his bed. And that wasn't all, he ended up telling her to start sleeping on the bed and instead of letting her sleep far away from him, he drew her close to himself and throughout that night, his heart wouldn't stop beating… that was unlike him.

No matter how hard he tried to hate her, the opposite is happening. He kept seeing himself being drawn to her.

He never wanted to care for her, he never wanted to ask her questions like how her day went but he always found himself doing it. He found himself caring for her.

He feels guilty, having these strange feelings for his little wife, he's betraying someone. Is not right… is not right to feel this way for his little wife.

He will try and fight this feeling no matter how hard it's going to be for him. He will never accept whatever he's feeling for her, no woman has the right to make him feel this way except one person.

He's never going to believe that whatever he's feeling for his little wife is love. Is not love but lust…. whether he wants to admit it or not, his little wife is beautiful and any man would be captivated by her beauty.

No matter what, he will try his best to stay away from his little wife. He needs to make her hate him and not do the opposite.