Chapter 9

I stormed out of his office, my frustrations and anger for my unrestricted desires boiling over. Why do I always give in to him? It feels almost as if I can't control myself with him.

ONE TOUCH! All it takes is one touch from him and all my rationality and resolve goes down the drain.

God, I need some air.

Taking a deep breath, to compose myself, I started walking down the hallway where an open terrace was, to take some much-needed fresh air. On my way over, i saw a woman coming out of an office at the end, she stood outside and adjusted her clothes before looking at her phone and arranging her hair. Her appearance looked disheveled.

I had no business in what she was up to but as I neared her and she brought her phone down, my eyes recognized her face.

She was the same woman I saw in the pictures earlier, the same woman Luke was having an affair with.

I felt a mix of emotions clouding my senses. I met her eyes for a brief moment, a flicker of surprise flashed on her face before recognition settled and a smirk painted her mouth.

She knew who I was. She had to if she was acting so proud instead of feeling embarrassed or even ashamed.

I saw her open her mouth to say something but I passed by without sparing a glance at her.

She might have thought she would have fun rubbing in my face that she was sleeping with my husband. What a fool!

Even if she did that, I wouldn't have felt anything, considering the dynamic I and Luke were in.

So I walked past her without a word, she wasn’t worth my attention anyway.

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After getting my much-needed break which helped me in clearing my head, I resumed my work. This was my first day and I couldn't slack off. I didn't want to always be an assistant, I needed to learn and enhance my skills quickly so I would start doing what I was meant to.

Releasing a tired sigh, I got up from my seat and stretched my wrists. I've been sitting in one position and typing on the computer continuously for over two hours.

A few steps and a cup of coffee would surely help. On my way to the pantry, I thought of using the restroom.

While I was washing my hands in the sink, two ladies walked in.

“Did you see how his arms flexed when he rolled his sleeves up to show the presentation?!” one of them gushed while the other one replied by biting her bottom lip and nodding her head.

“I did! God, isn't he so dreamy? like I could stare at him all day without getting bored!” she fawned and I wondered who was this man they seemed so mad about.

“Exactly! Mr. Harvey has got it all. The looks, the family, the skills, the humor, everything! I still wonder why he is single though?” the first one continued as they both rested their backs on the counter.

It seemed like they were just here to gossip. When I first heard her words I thought she was talking about Luke but then I remembered Luke wasn't single anymore.

I rolled my eyes as they gushed about Jason in the background. Giggling and talking like schoolgirls who just got their first crush.

Throwing the tissue I used in the bin, I gave them a stink eye before leaving the bathroom and purposely closing the door loudly.

When I got a few feet ahead only then did my actions register in my brain.

As soon as I entered the empty pantry, I groaned in disbelief.

“What is wrong with me?” I muttered softly and started brewing coffee.

I can't let these emotions get to me!

When the machine dinged I looked around for a coffee mug but found none. Opening the cupboard above I saw them there but it was at the very back and I couldn't reach it.

While I was trying to reach the mug, I felt something warm behind my back before a hand snaked its way over mine and easily reached for the cup before placing it on the countertop.

I didn't even need to turn around to know who it was. His smell was engraved in my senses.

Sighing, I took the cup and started pouring out the coffee. I didn't turn around to look at him and weirdly enough he didn't bother me.

From my peripheral vision, I saw him getting a can of Coke from the fridge. When he turned back around, I expected him to come to me and do what he usually did.

But he did nothing of what I expected he just took his can and walked out of the pantry just like that.

I looked at his back and rested my back on the countertop. I felt weird inside me. Frowning, at my thoughts, I left the pantry.

The rest of the day, I only saw him getting out of his office, a total of three times.

Every time, he required me to do something, he would pass me the message through his secretary.

So by the end of my first day working, I was frustrated.

When it was time to leave, surprisingly Luke sent his secretary to call me.

I was still upset over the stunt he pulled on me this morning so I didn't talk a word to him.

When I was about to sit in the car, a car passed by me.

It was Jason's Range Rover. For a fleeting second, I felt guilty but I brushed it away and got in the car.

I stayed silent and paid my attention outside the window as the car swept past the streets and towards the Mansion.

“Who did you come with this morning?” I heard Luke ask.

Without straying my eyes away from the scenery outside the window, I replied, “Why do you want to know? Perhaps to warn that person to not give me a lift again?”

I heard him grunt, “Don't try to act so savagely in front of me, Amara. Your little acts of indifference won't make me like you,” he said.

Turning my head back in his direction, I chuckled.

“And where did you get that idea from? Probably from your tiny narcissist brain?”

Seriously how am I married to this man?

If his grandfather wanted to marry me in his family his other grandson– No, stop!

I huffed and turned my head back towards the window.

“Oh please! Now don't try and act in front of me. I know behind all this mask of this indifference of yours, you wish I had accepted you. But guess what? I won't,” he replied.

“Yes, Luke. I know you are fucking another woman and you won't accept me. But guess what? I won't either. In fact, I have this really great idea in my head why don't I go and have an affair with a man as well? I mean, a woman has needs and that includes someone who can worship her body. You know what I think, it's a pretty great idea—”

The car halted on the side when he suddenly hit the brakes.

My body jerked forward a little from the sudden action and I glared at him.

“You wouldn't dare,” he hissed on my face.

Ah… so he is affected.

He can have an affair outside his marriage but can't bear for his wife to have one.

I smirked and leaned my face closer to his, “Test me”


We stayed in that position for a few moments. When I saw his eyes looking down at my lips.

I pulled my head back and cleared my throat.

He must have snapped back into reality because soon we were on the road again.

We both stayed quiet throughout the ride.