Payton bit her lower lips gently as she raised her head to look at the wall clock for the umpteenth time. The previous day, while she had waited for King to arrive from work, she had slept off.Well… waking up to hear that he did not even come home made her more angry.She had arrived from work quite late as she was busy with the exhibition that was taking place the next day and after she had dinner, she sat in her room, waiting to hear the sound of King’s car driving in.“Is he not coming home again?!” She hollered in frustration and stood from where she sat.It was almost ten pm, should a responsible husband not be in the house already?Responsible husband, my ass.She hissed again.“Why are you waiting for him?” Tiana finally asked her boss.She had chosen to ignore since the previous day but now she could not help but wonder what she had to discuss with him that was making her cranky.“I have something important to tell him, of course,” she exhaled and rested her hands on her wai

Payton pressed her lips together and exhaled. Of course, he would not agree to help her that easily.What an arrogant bastard.She pressed her lips together, blinked her eyes, and played with the tip of her fingers. “You saw the painting, right? And you asked about the theme.”“So?” King tilted his head.“Its theme is family. The painting illustrates ‘Family’ and I will be talking about it there too. It will seem weird if you are not in attendance… don’t you think?” She raised her brows, hoping he would see meaning in her words.“I don’t think so. I mean, I asked you about the theme two weeks ago which you also just mentioned now, but… what did you tell me? I think you said something like I should mind my business, yeah? So, now, how is your exhibition anywhere near my business?”Payton gnashed her teeth together before she hurriedly gave him a short smile and shook her head.“I didn’t mean it that way, you know? You have probably taken it the wrong way and…”“How would I know how you

King kept staring at his wristwatch impatiently while he shook his legs in the car.“How long before we reach there?!” He snapped at the driver.“We are almost there, sir,” the man said.“Hurry up! Even a snail is faster than you, damn it,” he hissed and look out of the window.“And don’t drive me to my death too,” he snorted when the man suddenly increased the pace of the car.As soon as the car stopped in front of the art gallery, he did not even wait for the driver to pull properly before he jumped down and then hurried to the building. He moved over to the exhibition hall that was just behind the main gallery, and when he got to the entrance, he breathed out, maintained his composure, and then walked in.The hall was silent as everyone was engrossed by the paintings they were looking at but when some of them noticed him, they bowed and he reciprocated.He looked around for Payton for a while before his eyes settled on the woman who wore a white dress and then moved over to her wi

“I don’t understand what you are still doing here,” Payton shook her head as she entered her office.The event had ended, and everyone had left already, except her staff who were taking care of the hall they had used.While she had entered her office, King had followed, looking around like he had lost something.Kind did not answer, instead, he chuckled and said, “Your office looks just as I imagined it to be.”The several little paintings on the wall, the flowers in her office. The office, clean, and tidy.“Why have you not left yet?” She asked.King did not answer and stood in front of a painting. It was a withered flower that was drawn there. Even though it was withered, it looked so lonely that he wondered how she had drawn it.“T… this painting,” he twitched his mouth upward.Payton sighed and looked away. She began to arrange her table as she took glances at the man who seemed engrossed in the paintingsEarlier, before her mother-in-law had left, she had met with her father and

King drove his car inside the compound with a frown on his face and as he pulled the car to the garage, he looked around for things to pick before he heard a knock on his window and he turned to look at the woman.She had a wide smile on her face, giggling like a high schooler before he exhaled and dropped his head on the headrest.He used to love this sight.He loved to come to this woman's house just to see the smile on her face.But… why does it already seem like it would bother him?Maybe he should have gone home and then ignored his wife just like he always had, instead of coming to Sasha’s place.He finally rolled the window down and then turned his head to look at her.“Sasha.”“Are you not coming down?” She asked, reaching her hand to touch the back of his head.“I’m coming,” he moved his head away and then opened the door, which made her move back.Two and half years ago, he had met Sasha when he had gone on a business trip to Bali, and there, he had found her attractive.He