The Billionaire's Revenge

Distance

Mark led Jade around the house he wanted to buy, an excited look in his eyes. The real estate agent looked excited as well, but for different reasons. The house was big, but not gigantic. It had five bedrooms and three bathrooms. A nice garden and a deck. It was the perfect family house, she imagined sitting on the deck with Mark while watching their future children play. She couldn't quite picture their faces because she didn't know what they would look like. She flickered her eyes to her husband. She wanted them to have his dark hair and bright eyes. It was gorgeous. She wasn't sure about his character though, maybe it was for the best if they were more like her personality wise. She might explode from time to time, but at least she didn't justify murder.
Mark felt her looking at him and met her gaze. A smile spread across his face as he stepped to her, grabbing onto her hands while he gave her an expectant look.

"What do you think?"

She flickered her eyes back to the house, "It's gorgeous."

His grip on her hands tightened, "Yeah?"

She looked back at him, "Yeah." She confirmed, "I like this one better than the previous ones you showed me."

"It's a long drive to the city." He reminded her, "You might need to consider quitting your job."

"Why?" She asked, "Are you quitting your job?"

He chuckled, "No, but I owe the company. I can make my own schedule. You think you can handle waking up at an indecent hour, driving an hour or so to the store and back home?"

She glanced at the real estate agent who kept his distance from them. He pretended to be engrossed in his phone. Jade looked back at her husband and smiled.

"We'll discuss this later."

They left the property and headed back to the apartment. During the ride home Jade argued with Mark about her job. She knew he was right, she'd hate the house when she had to travel for hours to get to the store and back for the rest of her life. She wouldn't be able to spend time with their future children, only in the weekends. It would be the same for Mark, but he reminded her, he owned his company. He could work from home if he didn't have any meetings. It was no big deal to him. When they reached the apartment she agreed with Mark, she'd quit her job when they were going to move to the family house out of the city.
Mark parked his car in the underground parking lot and walked with her to the elevator. He wasn't going up to the apartment with her, he had to go to the office and finish a few things up before the weekend. He wanted to spend the entire weekend with her, doing nothing. She loved the idea, just the two of them hanging around the apartment. Mark reached for her hand and gently held it in his, leaning in to kiss her cheek.

"See you tonight."

Smiling she leaned back in and kissed his lips instead, "See you tonight."

He smiled and released her hand, turning around to head back to his car. She watched him drive away and then went up to their apartment. Betty greeted her, asking tons of questions about the house. Betty knew that she'd be without a job when they moved to the family house, she didn't complain though. She told Jade it was the most logical step in their relationship, she and Mark needed to move forward and have no regrets. She wasn't sure if there were no regrets, but she knew she'd always be beside him. He was her flaw.

***

That weekend Jade was seated on the couch together with Mark, watching a movie together. He pressed his lips against her neck, letting his hand wander under her shirt. Giggling she slapped his shoulder and pulled away from him.

"Focus!" She told him, "I actually want to see this movie."

He moved closer to her, wanting to kiss her again. She moved her head though, making his lips land against her cheek instead.