Chapter 31

She saw Luke through the glass door. He was walking towards the café looking furious.
"R-Reed, it’s Luke, " she murmured and got her arm back.
She almost ran to her husband’s direction to at least stop him from doing anything drastic. She swallowed when she saw him fuming.
She forced a smile. "Babe!"
She came in front of him and touched his arm. His is eyes were on Reed who was poker-face.
"Babe it’s not what you think. Let’s go home please," she pleaded.
They were already attracting attention but Luke seemed unaware or he just didn’t care. He was glaring at his cousin. He was slightly shaking from controlling his anger.
"Babe he just said hi."
"Luke,” came Reed’s cold voice.
She tightened her hands on his arm. She might not stop him physically but she would beg if she had to. "Babe please not here. We didn’t do anything wrong. Please believe me.”
"Let's talk outside! " he said to Reed and removed her hand on his arm then turned.
She sighed in relief. At least he didn’t smack Reed. She quickly followed him. She didn't even bother to look at his cousin to check if he was behind them. They were now a bit far from the café.
“Did you agree to meet or was it just a coincidence?" he asked Reed but his eyes were on her.
How can he ask such a question? She thought with a frown.
Reed laughed bitterly so they both looked at him.
"You haven’t changed. Being insecure doesn’t suit Luke Contrero,” he said sarcastically.
Luke clenched his fists. If she was worried about his anger awhile ago, now she felt differently. She had too much of this. Until now he was doubting her and Reed.
"I was about to go out when he came. How could you think of such a thing? Am I that kind of woman? Do you think I would sneak off to meet another man?!" she asked him with narrowed eyes. "I want to go home! If you don’t want me to take a taxi then open the car!" she demanded before turning to Reed to say, "We’ll go ahead."
Luke unlocked the car with his key and she got in without looking at any of them. She no longer cared if he would hit Reed. He still didn’t trust her and his own cousin. He was as usual paranoid which was really annoying. What was adding to her angry feeling was the fact that he was hiding something about Victoria but he could easily give a bad judgement about her and Reed. From her peripheral vision she saw that he said something to Reed so she turned to see clearly. His back looked stiff while his cousin on the other hand was again poker-faced. After several moments, with a grim face, Luke got into the car. She just nodded at Reed who did the same. Her husband saw the exchange and cursed but she just ignored him. They didn't talk during the drive home. She sulkily got off when the car entered the garage. She saw Tina.
"Tina please prepare dinner for my husband. I have a headache so I am going up to our room. Thank you,” she told her and walked to the house.
Luke heard what she said and he sighed after locking the car. He knew that it was going to be a long night so he had to be ready.
***
Isabelle got out of the bathroom wrapped in a white towel. Luke was standing near the window and was looking down at the pool. He was only in jeans. She frowned when she saw him drinking a can of beer.
"You are drinking again,” she commented but he didn't say anything.
She went to the closet to get an oversized shirt. She put it on then slid into a white bikini. Luke turned to watch her. He remembered her rules. He only broke one of them so far which was to stop being too possessive and jealous. But Isabelle didn’t know the reason why he allowed her to go out was because he hired a snoop. He knew his mother would reprimand him once she found what he did but he didn't care. And now he would break another rule which was not having a say about her clothes. He didn’t like what she had on at the café.
"Why the f*ck were you wearing such skimpy clothes this afternoon?!" he asked stonily and she turned to look at him.
Isabelle couldn’t help raising one brow .
"Are you forgetting rule number one babe?" she asked in a calm voice.
She went to the dresser to brush her hair then apply some body cream. She didn't want to stare at her husband's body. She felt hot though she just had a bath.
"To hell with those rules!" he hissed.
She just sighed. Since she felt that he wasn’t going to have an extreme reaction, maybe it's time to discuss about his relationship with his cousin. She decided to just do her best to understand him and help him fix things with Reed instead of getting mad with what he did and say at the café.
"You should stop being jealous of Reed babe. I really hope you can mend your relationship,” she said while slathering cream on her arms and legs but he didn’t reply.
She also thought of discussing Victoria too. She caught her breath when she stood up from the stool and saw what he was doing. He had his eyes closed and his fly was open. His right hand was inside his briefs. He was leaning on the big window and had his eyes on her.
"What are you doing?!" she asked.
Her voice sounded a little shrill because he looked so damn hot. Her body was on fire and her husband was seducing her! Luke was angry but his wife's sexy body was really making him feel horny. He knew that she didn’t like his reaction when he saw her a the café with his cousin. But they could have their talk later. He missed her the whole day. She might call him a pervert but he didn’t care. He wanted her badly. He was looking at her with desire in his eyes. He smiled when he noticed that she seemed to be sexually affected with what he was doing.
Good because that's what I am hoping for. He thought.
"Will you stop that!" she demanded trying to sound pissed . Her cunning pervert of a husband just smiled naughtily at her.
"Stop what babe?" he asked her hoarsely as he kept on stroking his bulge. His eyes were looking at her nipples which were visible through her thin sleepwear. They were standing proudly. Isabelle felt her cl*t made a small movement too.
"I used to do this while I imagine your soft, beautiful tits with their rosy tips and your pink and sweet p*ssy," he said huskily while staring at her breasts down her most private part.
He bit his bottom lip and his eyes turned molten. She couldn’t help but to swallow. He was doing a good job of making her feel frisky.
She forgot about Victoria. All she wanted to do now was to be in his arms.
"Come here babe. Touch me. Feel how much I crave you. I want to kiss and lick your delicious body...every inch of it,” he murmured huskily.
She felt sexually excited with his words. She started walking to his direction as if in trance.
"Sir! ” They heard Beth’s voice outside the door after she knocked twice.
Luke frowned while she sighed heavily.
That was close! She thought as she halted.
She was at the middle of the room close to him . She didn’t know whether she would feel frustrated or relieved. He zipped up his pants and moved closer to her. He took hold of her nape and pushed his tongue inside her mouth for a short but wild kiss. She knew that they would definitely make love later. She secretly smiled but her smile faded and her eyes turned into slits when she heard what Beth said.
"Sir, Miss Victoria is downstairs.”
Luke looked at her with a worried face before he released her and walked to the door. He opened it.
“Tell her I will go down in a minute,” he said to Beth before closing the door again.
He rubbed his nape. He knew Isabelle was jealous of Victoria and by the way she was looking at him, he might be sleeping in the other room tonight. That thought almost made him groan. They made love several times every night and he didn't know if he could bear not having her later. Victoria's reason for being here had better be good. Her surprise visit would put his sex life in jeopardy.
"Babe..." he began to say something but Isabelle interrupted him.
"Well that’s good because at last I can meet your normal looking childhood friend. Actually I wanted to ask you about her so put your shirt on and zip your pants babe. I will change my sleepwear too. We shouldn't keep her waiting, " she said with a saccharine tone.
She was smiling but Luke knew it was just superficial. He sighed heavily. He descended the stairs while she was behind him.
"Luke!"
Isabelle heard Victoria's husky voice as she called her husband.
Wow she feels at home like Eunice! she thought.
She was expecting the woman to be waiting in the living room just like what guests do. She was having difficulty breathing as she controlled herself from reacting violently to Victoria's unexpected arrival. However angry she was, she didn’t yet show herself to her. She wanted to hear more of their conversation. She couldn’t be seen because there was a wall separating the dining room from the stairs.
"What are you doing here?" Luke sounded puzzled.
“Is it true that your ex-wife is back” the woman asked which made her grit her teeth.
Now she knew how Luke felt when he heard her dad which he thought at first was her lover, called him her ex-husband on the phone.
“For Pete’s sake Vic!” Luke’s voice had a hint of irritation.
But before Victoria could say anything more, she showed herself to her. She was dying to slap the woman. She raised her left brow and looked at her husband’s childhood friend.
"So she is really back,” Victoria said as she looked at her with an arched eyebrow too.
It seems that the feeling was mutual. They hated each other on sight. But sadly, Victoria’s boobs were bigger in person. The other woman was wearing a tight-fitting top and skinny jeans. She wondered if she could breath with such tight clothes on. She almost looked at her own body. She took off her sleepwear and now had a sleeveless top and denim shorts on. But tough the woman had bigger boobs, she was curvier than her and she had smoother skin. Like her, Victoria’s face was bare of make-up but she had some freckles and looked pale compared to her rosy clear skin. She was pretty but her eyes had a certain hardness in them which spoiled everything. She also looked snobbish.
"Yes my wife is back! Come here babe,” Luke turned to her and pulled her to his side. “She is my Mrs. Contrero, Isabelle. Babe, this is Victoria Evans,” he introduced them,
They just nodded at each other. Victoria broke the eye contact first to look at her husband.
"Luke, can I have a strong drink? One of your booze will do," she said huskily almost batting her eyelashes at him.
She balled her hands on her sides and almost gnashed her teeth. But what her husband said next made her squint her eyes.
"You can't drink if you are driving," he said disapprovingly to Victoria.
Wow! He is showing his concern to her as if she was me! She thought furiously.
Victoria pouted and Isabelle felt that if she weren’t present, the woman would have touched Luke’s arm. That thought fueled her anger.
"Just one shot please,” she requested and Luke sighed.
He looked at her," I will be back in a flash babe, " he said before going to the bar which was in the living room.
When he was out of earshot, Victoria spoke as she glared at her, "You hurt him. And now you’re back and you act like nothing happened? " she asked in an arctic tone.
" I beg your pardon?"
"How can you do that to him? How dare you leave him? Do you know how many women would want to be in your shoes?"
She gritted her teeth. This woman was thick-skinned after all.
"And who do you think you are to talk to me like that? I am Luke's wife in case you have forgotten! Who are you in his life anyway?" she rasped.
Victoria was stunned for a few seconds then calmly said, "I probably care about him more than you do."
This woman was really testing her control. It was her first time to see her but she had been at their resort with her husband a couple of times when she was gone. And she had the guts to say such a thing? Maybe she wanted to experience what she did to Aliyah. She was dying to scratch her face but she was still trying hard not to.
"Oh is that so?" she asked sarcastically. She glared at her and tilted her chin. Victoria was taller than her. Though she was slimmer, she knew that she could fight her physically.
When they saw Luke coming back, Victoria leaned a bit to her and said only for her ears, "Listen well! You may be back but I don’t think that matters a lot. Luke is Luke. I met him first and you know how yummy he is…”
That comment snapped all the self-control she had.
"Vic!" called Luke while raising a glass of wine he was bringing for her. His brows were knitted when his eyes went to Isabelle.
The other woman turned to him. And Isabelle felt that this was her big chance. She would show her the new Isabelle dela Vega Dury Contrero. When Victoria had her back on her, she pulled her hair.
"Ouch !!" the woman cried out.