Happily Married To An Asshole

Chapter 17: Aren't I worth the happiness.

My face heated up a thousand degrees as I saw him casually leaning against the doorframe.

I thought he left already.

"How long have you been standing there?!" I asked, trying (and failing) to cover my embarrassment with a glare. "Don't you know it's bad manners to eavesdrop on people's personal conversations?"

"Don't you know how to lower your  voice while on a call?" he fired back, completely unbothered.

"I didn't know i was that loud." I tried to defend myself still glaring at him

"And how is that my fault"  His lips twitched into a smirk, eyes gleaming with mischief.

"You could have left to give me privacy," I huffed, crossing my arms.

"But I didn't," he said, leaning in slightly. 

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggghhhh

This. Man. Is. Impossible.

Ground just swallow me. i can't believe he heard everything EVERYTHING.

The realization that he heard everything hit me like a truck. I needed to leave before I died of secondhand embarrassment. But as I tried to slip past him, he grabbed my wrist.

"Wait. We need to talk."

His touch sent an odd, unfamiliar sensation through me, and I instinctively jerked my hand away.

"Huh... me?" I asked dumbly.

"No, I was talking to the air," he deadpanned. "Yes, you, Mira."

 what does he want to talk about, does he want to talk about what he heard or our weeding night, I don't want to sleep with him........................... not yet.

what are you saying

"We need to talk about this marriage."
               

                What about the marriage

"We are already on it there's nothing we can do" I said trying not to sound nervous about it.

"Look I don't know why my parent were so hellbent on me marrying you but now it done and there is nothing i can do to change that even of I badly wanted to."

A sharp pang of guilt twisted in my chest. I know why. And the fact that my situation messed up his life... it made me feel uneasy.

I know the reason and I feel bad for someone else's life being affect just to save mine. But he's making me feel .........guilty

"My deepest condolences," I said with a tight-lipped smile. "Trust me, I'm not exactly thrilled either."

"Glad we're on the same page,"

"But here's the deal—if you ever feel suffocated here and you feel you can't take it anymore just let me know. The easier, the better, we would file for a divorce and we'll just tell our parent it didn't work out."

I was about to say something but he cut me off

"But until then," his voice sharpened, "NOBODY can know about this marriage. I have a reputation to maintain. I'm not about to explain why I suddenly have a wife, and I sure as hell won't be acting all lovey-dovey in public." He said talking as if he's talking to one of his employee.

" I very much get it you don't have to wor-"

"One more thing don't meddle with my business, what I eat, what I do, when I arrive, is non of your business. I don't need another mom. " He said in a calm voice this time