His eyebrows crinkled when he realised that his declaration of love wasn't affecting me the way it should. I was sad for him. He looked very desperate. I would have married him in a heartbeat if Matt was not in the picture. I was very much indebted to him. He helped me get out of my shell and be the Meredith I am today."I want you to forget me and move on like I did", I said finally."Matt? You still believe that he cares for you. I didn't want to tell you this initially. But you left me with no choice. Here is it come on read it", he said giving me a small magazine. He rolled his eyes when I looked at it absurdly. Did he want me to read Business Times now? He quickly took it from my hands turned several pages and shoved it to me. I saw there was a small news article about Matt. It was about a vineyard and a takeover. I watched it confused."Your husband wants to buy this vineyard. It is in France. He is going to extend his business into hospitality as well. Pierre the owner of this
I was stuck outside and felt the frost biting into my skin. I cried in protest when I felt a cold rush of chilly air pass through my body. Then suddenly I was getting warm. I realised that I was being kissed my eyes opened swiftly to find Matt kissing my neck. My nightgown was open to my waist. My fingers curled on his hair while his lips crushed to mine. He pulled back when he was breathless."I need to tell you something", I said almost panting. His eyes met mine. He wasn't annoyed at me for stopping him in the middle of having hot sex."Tell me princess", he said.I paused I almost told him how I met Parker. I wanted to shed the weight on my shoulders admitting that my ex told me something scary. Even though I knew he was wrong I wanted to hear it from him. Will Matt accept that our meeting was innocent? Will he get angry? I didn't know but I knew I must tell him the truth. It will suffocate me."I love you so much", I said. He should know this before I tell him anything. This was
"Father you wanted to see me?", I said to him letting those words hang in the air as a question. Nothing resembling love between a father and a daughter was in the air all that was left was coldness and bitterness."Come and sit", he said looking tensed. I have never seen him like this before even when our company was incurring heavy losses back to back. Even when he had a heart attack. He looked frail now and no more the intimidating man he once was. I almost felt pity for him."I hope you are not overworking yourself", I said the only concern that was eating me. I didn't want him to die in the office no matter what evil deeds he might have done he was still my father."I can't not work. I don't have a rich husband like you", he said. I watched him stupified. Was he serious? He thinks I was being lazy because of my rich husband. Does he even remember the insults that I got for helping him? Did he forget the threat he made to me and to the extent of almost firing me because I question
"You look happy working suits you", he said. I was immersed in my laptop unaware of him standing by the door in the bedroom. A mischievous smile lurks at the corner of his mouth. Did he already know that I was blocking him from taking over my company? He doesn't look annoyed only amused. I could have ended this and simply asked him why he was going against his words. He promised me that he wouldn't sell off my company those clauses are there to protect his interests and they are present in every contract he makes. He could have just waited six months and then do something about it. Why was he hurrying up the process? He could take my company if we don't pay him back. It was only a matter of months and the way we are going there is no way we could pay him back. Was this really about the deal? The vineyard in France is where his interest is caught up. "You are zoning out on me again?", he asked me pushing me back from my thoughts. "Sorry, I tend to do that with everyone. I guess I'm j
The calls kept on coming. I had to attend every one of them while Matt lay beside me smirking. He occasionally tweaked my nipples which made me squeak. I ended the call immediately after he did it for the third time."What are you doing?", I asked him flushing. "What?", he asked innocently."Don't disturb me these calls are important", I said as if I was speaking to a child. "But you are not working now", he pointed out. "I'm always working thanks to the asshole who is behind this", I said to him. "Maybe that asshole is trying to lower your burden", he said. "How so?", I asked him. "Because he knows those fuckers are using you for their merit. Hell, they made you quit before that", he said. "Well that was a mutual decision", I said. He didn't say anything but looked me in the eyes deeply as though he was asking me to be sincere to myself. "They won't take it until I'm working there", I said to him. "Ok. If you don't want I will back off", he said. "So you are the asshole",
"So you stopped him from buying the fucking company as a gift for you?", she asked completely shocked."Yes", I answered with a smile."You are fucking crazy", she declared."You know it is not the gift but the thought behind", I said to her unhappy face."You could have owned this shit but here you are staying as an employee like me. You are worse than me. You don't even get paid", she said with a sigh."I will get paid once the company turns profitable", I said."That will probably happen in your dreams", she said. I felt a pang on my chest Lisa is probably right. We are still fighting for our survival. He backed off from buying the company but still, it would belong to him if we didn't pay his loan back. I haven't openly asked him. But I knew he would let it go since he cared about me and didn't want to hurt me anyway. I want to pay back his debt. That is only fair since he spends this many dollars. I won't fully feel comfortable in this relationship unless we pay every penny back.
"You don't have to stick up there. I'm not going to go back against my word", he said to me."I trust you, Matt. But I should stay there otherwise I don't think they will be able to pay up the amount due to you" I said with a sigh."I don't expect anything from them princess. I tried to buy the company but that is only for you. I wanted to give it to you as a gift but you didn't seem to want that. So I'm going to forget that I have paid them anything", he said disinterestedly."I know you are doing it for me and I'm feeling extra guilty", I confessed to him."Why would you feel guilty?", he asked me."I don't know I'm feeling bad that you have paid money to make me your wife. I don't want that to define our marriage anymore. We have come long past that. We have deep feelings for each other", I said to him."You think paying back money is going to fix everything?", he asked confused."I think so", I admitted to him."I spent that money so that you give me a chance to prove that our rela
I was so much shocked that I could hardly believe his words. Parker gay? When did that happen? Is that the reason for his unable to keep girlfriends for more than three months? I was his only girlfriend who held on to him even after the expiry period. He could have told me he was attracted to men. I wouldn't have objected. I would have helped him to come to terms with his sexuality. I knew he was ashamed of himself that might be the reason he wanted to marry me and secure a future with me. So that he can live his life far away from the prying eyes of people."You look so sad", he noticed."You are right. You have helped me by stopping my marriage and I didn't know. You were doing me a favour", I admitted."I would have done anything for you", he said tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. "You became a villain in the process", I said to him wincing at the memory of being annoyed at him. I have accused him of many things and he stood there silently accepting every blame while it shou