Alluring Temptation (Familiá Altamirano #1)

【11 YEARS AFTER】

ZURIEL REEVE ROSCHEFORT
POINT OF VIEW

  "ZURIEL Reeve Roschefort. . . Your husband," I whispered with a devilish smirk on my face.

I didn't expect that this was how our first encounter to be. I have been existing in the world for 32 years, ngayon 'ko lang ginustong maging roba. Fuck. She's only wearing a robe, and God knows how much I'm holding myself back from pulling the string of the robe to find out what's inside.

She indeed tempted the sleeping beast in me.

Pasimple 'ko siyang sinuyod ng tingin. She became more mature in a good way. Her hair shortened, and it only reaches up to her chest. She smells like milk and roses, yet her breath smells like wine. She loves drinking, I see.

"I'm not your wife!" she snapped and shut the door in front of me with force.

I couldn't help but smirk as I shook my head in mischief. I didn't know she had that side. I like that side of her, palaban.

So, the next day, I went to her workplace. I bought a bouquet of flowers just like what I have always done since she started working at Areno Medical Center a year ago. I even did a little stunt thereby bringing three food trucks in front of the hospital.

I wanted to impress her.

However, she didn't appreciate it. She defamed me and even kicked me out of the hospital premises.

I can have anything I want in life, except her. She doesn't want me. She doesn't acknowledge me as her husband. Damn.

"Don't send me flowers anymore. I hate them!" she snapped.

My jaw clenched as I felt the pang in my chest.

"You hate them?" I licked my lips as pain crossed my eyes. "Maybe you don't like red roses? What do you like, then? White roses? Sunflowers? Maybe Tulips?" I asked, trying to hold the strain in my voice.

"I'm allergic to flowers," she says, making my eyes widen.

I'm fuck up. Isang taon 'ko siyang pinapadalhan ng bulaklak simula nang umuwi siya galing States, tapos malalaman 'kong allergic pala siya sa bulaklak. Shit! Minus pogi points na naman! Fuck!

That encounter didn't stop me. . . I kept on stalking and pursuing her. Paulit-ulit. Halos araw-araw. Kulang na nga lang lagyan ng leash ang leeg 'ko at magmumukha na akong aso niya. Although, I'm willing to be a fucking dog for her.

I punched the air with delight when she accepted my request to meet me a day after she visited her parents. I wore clothes that would make me stand out in her sight. Gusto 'kong nasa akin lang ang paningin at atensyon niya. I sprayed my favorite perfume on me, Tom Ford, to impress her to the highest level.

"We should file an annulment," she says in a trembling voice the moment she saw the legal document that we were really married.

I just stared at her. I wasn't surprised anymore since I was already expecting those words to come from her. My lips rose, and in a second, my manly laugh ascended.

"Why are you laughing? Walang nakakatawa sa sitwasyon natin! We should file an annulment, Mr. Roschefort," she complained which made my lips lifted in amusement.

My last name sounds so sexy from her mouth.

"As far as I remember, We can't file an annulment or divorce," I stated and snatched the folder from her before I flipped it to the next page. "Read, wife."

I watched her read the paper, how her eyes grew wider, and how her face paled as she continue reading it.

"H-How. . ." she muffled.