Married A Stranger

CHAPTER 6

The fever was already a memory and Gulf felt it was time to return home, he texted his parents saying he slept at his friend's house but they weren't happy he told them so late, he was defintely going to be scolded.
He closed the door of Mew's house with the keys he left for him on the table and suddenly realised he didn't ask him the most important thing. What the hell was he doing in New York, and precisely in the company his dad worked for?

-So, I have a question. Didn't you say you live in Los Angeles?

Hubby:
-Yep.

-Then what are you doing here?

Hubby:
-My family lives here

That explained something, but not everything

-And what were you doing in the building we met?

Hubby:
-My father works there, what about you?

"Oh, so are our fathers collegues?" Gulf thought out loud while walking out of the building. He raised his gaze from the phone and realized he was in Manhattan "My husband lives in Los Angeles but has a house in Manhattan? What the hell?" a woman passing by got startled by his scream and run away from him while he rushed to text Mew again

-Why do you own a place in Mahnattan if you live in LA?

Hubby:
-If you like it you can stay there
-We're married after all so it's also yours

Gulf nearly tripped when he read the message

-Are you a sugar daddy?
-Do you perhaps have a car to lend me too?

Gulf wrote it to joke around, although he did needed a car

Hubby:
- What do you like more? Audi or BMW?

Now he seriously tripped and bumped into someone walking to the opposite direction, he apologized and responded quickly

-What?!

Hubby:
- I was joking 😂😂
- The only car I own is the one I drive

"You say it like you drive a truck from last decade" Gulf sighed and entered the metro station. When he got home his mother scolded him for disappearing like that and questioned him about the friend he spent the night at, he invented it was an old friend from high school and luckily she bought it. When he was finally lying down in his bed his phone started ringing. "Hello?" he answered the unknown number calling, "Gulf Kanawut?" a hight pitched woman's voice called his name "I'm Liza, the assistant you talked to yesterday. For the job as physiotherapist" she called to ask him if he was free to meet the patient and start working two days after. Gulf was excited to start so he agreed and closed the call waiting to receive place and date of the meeting by message. When he looked back at his phone he found some messages from 3 different people.

RunAround:
- Gulf the newly bottom, want to go out tonight for a chat?
-Can you convince Boat on being a bottom too?

Run was more enthusiastic about this whole thing that he was himself. He loved that now he could share his sex stories with someone who could  understand him, although Gulf didn't really remember much from his first time.

Row-a-Boat:
-Can you please tell Run you were joking about being a bottom? He's pestering me to become one too
- I'm not even gay

Gulf loved his friends' bickering, but he loved a little bit more the last messages

Hubby:
-Did you arrive home?
- You didn't just left me on read and didn't answer my question before, you also didn't tell me you arrived home.
-You sure are terrible.
-It saves you you're cute.

Gulf chuckled, he was cute too with this messages he kept sending him. He read their chat again to find the question he missed and replied

-Sorry, I arrived only 10 minutes ago but I was immediately imprisoned by my mother's scolding
-I was there because my dad also works in that company, what a coincidence!

The reply didn't take long to arrive

Hubby:
- Need a lawyer to get out of prison? I know a really good one...

He was about to write him back when his phone rang.
"Hello?" Gulf answered confused, not sure if he pressed wrong or he willingly called him, since this was the first time he called "Hey" Mew's sweet voice came from the other side "I just wanted to check you were fine. I have a pause from the meeting and was a little bit worried" Gulf never had someone worrying so much about him and it was making him float above the clouds "I'm totally recovered, thanks to your care" he felt dumb after saying the last sentence "Yeah you sound fine. I'm glad, I was really worried when you fainted in front of me and shivered like crazy in my arms" this memories that made Mew worried evocated a different feeling in Gulf, something that made his heart beat faster and fluttering.  "Thank you" he answered shyly "Sorry but I need to go now. See you" he said rushing back to the conference room. Mew was glad to hear his voice and proving he was fine, while Gulf was feeling a bit sad, he had said 'See you' but how? Gulf wanted to see him again, he wanted to remember something more, to know him more, but the guy was kind of mysterious. "He said he's in a meeting.. Does it mean he's working here?" Gulf talked to himself while fidgeting with the phone, he was thinking of a way to meet him again and he needed a good excuse when suddenly he realised something

-I still have your apartment keys, when are you free? So I can give them back to you

He then decided to videocall his friends "Run can you stop asking Boat to be a bottom? Please behave" was the first thing he said when both picked up the call
- "Tell him Gulf! I'm not even gay how the hell do I become one. And even if I were I'd top for sure. I like being in control"
- "Boat we really don't care about your sexual preferences and kinks thanks"
-"I care!"
-"Run shut up! Are you all free tonight? But I warn you, I'm not drinking"
- "Of course, but I want the details of your wild night"
-"I already told you I don't remember"
-"You don't remember?"

After the revelation surprised Boat, the videocall ended after Gulf told them about his interview and new job, he avoided telling them about Mew and the fever and they agreed on meeting that night at a pub near Boat's house.