The Actress' Husband

Episode 2: Playing the Fool

If you haven't noticed, the chapters are called 'episodes' to match with the entire theme of the book. It makes it easier to think of it as real as well, like it could be a movie.

Episode 2: Playing the Fool

Emily had done it.

She had performed the most unthinkable of actions.

The woman was married!

Married to a man that she barely even knew at that!

It appeared she had seriously lost it after finding out about Jake's infidelity.

Maybe the woman needed to schedule an appointment with her old therapist because she really was going off the rails, no. She was travelling on a first class flight to Looneyville. Scratch that - she had Lindsay Lohan the heck out of this situation!

Right at the moment, she was sweating bullets as the marriage certificate in her hands seemed to burn her skin while she dragged her feet behind the broad back of the man before her.

From now on, he was going to be her husband.

Un-be-liev-able.

"We need to go over the details of this marriage because I'm honestly starting to get cold feet."

"Isn't that something you get before getting married?"

"Apparently, I have a knack for not doing things in the right order."

She nodded at his sarcasm. "Okay, let's do so. Where do you wanna talk?"

"There's a café nearby. We can go there."

She was hesitant.

Noticing her not following him, the man spared a glance behind him. "Is there a problem? Why aren't you coming?"

Emily wondered if bringing up the fact that she was scared to get recognized would make her sound big-headed.

Luckily, David came to the rescue. "I think it would be better for Miss Pinault to not be seen in public with you as yet."

It was only then Nicholas caught on.

"Okay then. Let's do it in the car."

The man headed straight for his white Cadillac Escalade. Emily looked at him as they sat face to face with each other. Her gaze told him all he needed to know of her eagerness for him to spill whatever he wanted to say.

In fact, she looked like she was late for some kind of appointment and couldn't wait to get this over with.

It actually got on his nerves to think of himself as a nuisance to someone else.

It made matters even worse when she beat him to it.

"I want to say thank you for marrying me. I don't know exactly how you'll benefit from this entire ordeal. I just overheard a few business concepts. But because of your sacrifice if you need anything, please let me know."

"You're telling me to ask you for favors?"

She nodded.

His hands folded themselves, taken by what was going down between them.

"Shouldn't that be the other way around?"

Emily looked at him intently. "Why should it?"

Neither of them moved after that, watching the other's reaction like a hawk.

Nicholas broke the tension with a light chuckle.

"You're an interesting one." He said.

"I don't know if that's a compliment or not."