My Boss Is My Ex-Husband (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER 16

ALTHEA sighed as she sat at her desk. As soon as she arrived, she was immediately bombarded with a lot of work.

She was exhausted this morning. She even tried eating some of the papers to relieve her stress, but fuck! It wasn't enough. She had been working for almost six hours, which caused her eyes to water due to constant staring at her laptop.

She stopped for a second when her back suddenly ached. She gently massaged and moved her arm to ease the pain. She sighed. Ughh... She was already stressed. She leaned back in her chair. She needed to rest, even if just for a brief moment. She let out a soft groan when her back ached again while her eyes were closed and her lips were bitten.

"Fuck!"

She almost screamed when she heard that cold voice muttering a curse. Startled, she stood up abruptly, causing her to lose her balance. She waited for her chair to hit the floor, but to her surprise, an arm wrapped around her waist.

She slowly opened her eyes and almost lost her breath when Blake's face came into view.

They stared at each other. Every curve of his face seemed to be a reflection of her child. She shook her head inwardly. All the features of her son came from this man.

Realizing their position, she immediately pushed him away, but he only tightened his embrace around her waist.

"Let me go!" she hissed.

But the man seemed to have not heard her, as he stared at her more intensely. She scanned the room and realized there was no one around, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong, Blake? Let go of me!"

"Why did I end up losing you?"

She looked at him questioningly when she heard what he said.

Is he questioning me? Or himself?

"What are you talking about, Blake? Let go of me!"

"I'm always thinking, how to be yours again? How can I own you again?"

She tried to remove the arms holding her waist, but the man was stronger than her. She tried to avoid his cold gaze, but she couldn't. She sighed. She couldn't look into those eyes because whenever she did, the pain would come back.

Blake looked at her eyes, then down to her nose, and finally to her lips. Her heart raced. She averted her gaze, but he cupped her cheeks, forcing her to look at his lips again.

"Bl... Blake, what are you doing!?"

"I want to kiss you now... right away."

"Hey! Are you insane? Stop it, Blake!" she said with wide eyes.

She immediately became alert as the man's face slowly inched closer. She couldn't keep still.

"What's the meaning of this!"

She pushed Blake with all her might when she heard that voice, and she almost couldn't breathe when she realized who it was.

-YUMEKO ✓