Bed of Nails

Chapter 138

My first day as the wife of the devil, Erick Villain begins.

I immediately tried to get up from the bed, but he held me tightly, not letting me put off his embrace. He pulled me more to his naked chest, and his warmth sipped through his nacked warm chest. My heart was still beating so fast. I can't stay in bed when he is awake like this and holding me so tightly. Last night flashed in front of my eyes. I remember how I cried in his arms. How I kept holding him as if he was my only hope. My only person whom I can lean on and cry my heart out. The man who I hate the most. The man whom I never wanted to show my vulnerability to. The man who I thought would laugh when he saw my tears. But he kept holding me tightly as I braked if he lost his hold on me. I will shatter and break into a million pieces like glass. He was holding me so delicately like I was a flower, and let me shed my sorrows on his hard chest. I had never expected him to do such things for me. 

I didn't even expect him to stay with me and comfort my family. Care for my little sister like his. Give my stepmom hope as he would have given his mother. I thought he would drop me off at the hospital, knowing how much he hated my father. He despised him more than I did, but last night he did all the things I would never imagine he would do for me. He was there last night, standing behind us like a pillar. Giving his full support and his warm shoulder to lean on. All those things had done something to my heart. It makes my heart flutter even after hearing his morning voice. It's not a good sign. I shouldn't be feeling like that. One night shouldn't change so much. I have to get a grip on myself and my stupid heart. It has not felt warm for so long, and that's the reason it crumbled when he showed kindness to me and my family. He must have felt pity after finding out how devastated we were. Yes, it's the only reason why he showed so much care towards us. Yes, it could be the only reason because his cold heart doesn't have those other emotions. Stop thinking too much, Grace, and get out of bed. I put my hand on his wrist and tried to move it when he gripped my waist tightly. Not letting me put off his hold once. 

“Wifey, Where are you trying to run away from me first thing in the morning?” he asked huskily in his morning voice while burying his face in my neck. He took a deep breath in my scent. His warm breath tickled my bare neck and shoulder, making goosebumps form on my skin. A big lump formed in the base of my throat when he asked me that. He had called me his wife twice, five minutes apart. It once again made my heart flutter again. It's going to take me long to get used to it. 

“I want to check on Dad's health. I need to call Lily,” I said in my small, timid voice. I hope he will let go of me after I tell him. 

“Lily was awake all night, and your father must be sleeping due to heavy medicine. Let them rest because it's still too early. Call them afterwards,” he said while pressing a kiss on my bare neck. My breath hitched when he did that. 

“Then I will check on Sabrina. She needs to go to school on time,” I said in the same voice once again, giving another excuse. He chuckled when I said that and tickled down my spin. 

“Don't worry about her. Your dad's house butler must have woken her up and sent her to school on time?” he said, discarding that idea too. I am running out of ideas now. What should I do now? I bit on my lower lip in distress. What excuse do I bring up now to get off his hold? I put a little pressure on my brain. It was still too early for me to think too much. My brain practically didn't work this morning, not before I had my morning coffee, but I had still managed to come up with all those excuses. What should I tell him next so he will let me out of the hold? I bit more on my lower. My eyes widened when I remembered the most important event of the day. I had forgotten it because of all the stress and tension. 

“We both need to get out of bed then. Have you forgotten Xanthus and Sages' are getting married today? We need to get ready now and reach Villain Mansion soon,” I told him, this time with a more cheerful voice. I know he won't be able to say anything now. My reason was valid, and he can't discard it whatsoever. There is so much work to do at Villains Mansion, and even Sage needs assistance from her bridesmaid. I need to be there soon to help her with everything. He loses his hold around me, and a small smile forms on the corner of my lips. I knew it would work. I was about to get out when suddenly he changed our position, and now he was hoovering me. My eyes widened when he did that. His lips were only an inch away from mine, making his warm breath fanned on it. A big lump formed on the base of my throat at our proximity. We have been this close before too. We have done what not before, but today everything seemed different. It was making my heart flutter differently with a rush of new emotions in it. As I was a teenager again with my first love. I shouldn't be feeling like this. Not for Erick Villain. 

“There are lots of people to look around the arrangements. And if Sage needs any assistance, then Isabella and Sophia are there to look after her. I think they will handle the situation without any difficulty, and there is lots of time for the marriage ceremony. We have ample time in our hands before that,” he said huskily, looking straight into my wife's green eyes. His cold blue eyes were glinting with mischief and amusement when he said all those things to me. 

“Now tell me, my sweet wife. What more excuse do you have for running away from your husband?'' he asked while resting his chin on his palm. Telling me he has all day to listen to them. Amusement still glinted in his cold blue eyes, as if he were enjoying my distress to the fullest. My heart thumped loudly. This man went crazy as soon as he opened his eyes. 

Thrice! He called me his fucking wife three times. 

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