"Do you really have nothing to do with her? I remember that she is your first love!" Belinda said. Her tone was casual. But obviously, her words contained a kind of envy.
"First love? Perhaps even I don't know if what I had for her could be called love. There is no need for you to be worried about her," Duke answered. He admitted that he really liked Rachel for a certain amount of time in the past. But now when he recalled that time, he thought it was just a period of ignorance while he was young. It was not really love. Otherwise, how could he have no feeling when he thought about her now?
"Now you are telling me that you don't even know whether what you felt for her was love or not. You have not yet understood your own thoughts. How can you expect me to understand you? After all, in her eyes, even though you got married to me, the woman you love so dearly will always be her," Belinda said in a sarcastic tone. This was the first time for Belinda to fight with Duke. She just knew that she would be a traditional housewife who was so easy to believe in some idle reports about her husband. She always lived very free and easy. But today she realized that she was behaving strange and different from her usual behavior. This was really not her style.
"It's just her thoughts. This has nothing to do with me. I just need to remember who my wife is. I do not give a damn care about what other people think," Duke answered. He laughed wantonly. He was not a man who would ever return to his old flame; especially to a woman who was so arrogant. It would make him lose all the appetite.
"It is very easy for you to say it in front of me now. But have you ever thought that she will work with you every day in the future. And can you promise that you will never recall the things that happened before and will not get attracted to her ever?" All right! Belinda admitted that she was a little petty this time. But it was the character that every woman owned, wasn't it? She was not a saint. Duke was her husband now. Therefore, she could not tolerate a woman like Rachel getting closer to her husband.
"I'll go to the company and fire her tomorrow. Is that okay? You should believe me now!" Duke did not know why but he got a little excited. Did this woman's performance tonight indirectly showcase that she was very concerned about him? But he did not realize why he was secretly pleased when he found out that this woman cared about him.
"There is no need to fire her. Anyway, I could not be so unreasonable. I know that If you really belong to me, you will always belong to me. And if you do not belong to me, no matter how I force you, you will never be mine. In this case, it is better for me to gamble boldly, since the bet is not me."
As she said, her dull mood gradually faded away. Suddenly, she was interested in the challenge. She would not force Duke to fire that woman. She would like to see, how she could fail in the gamble? Anyway, she was such an excellent woman.
"Woman, do you mean I am the wager between you and Rachel? It's none of my business. I'm innocent." Duke said as his facial expressions became cold. He ruthlessly stared at Belinda. Was he really so unimportant to her that she could regard him as a reward without considering his feelings.
"Are you innocent? Don't forget, you're the cause of all this. Therefore, you are not innocent at all. On the contrary, you are the chief criminal here." Belinda was always aggressive in front of others. So there was no reason for her to be willing to yield. She was a little afraid of Duke when they first met. But after getting along with him for such a long time, she understood what kind of a person he was. Therefore, she was not afraid of him at all.
"Whatever you think. I am going to take a shower now. But you, don't secretly leave there. I'm sure you know my character. So I don't need to tell you what's going to happen if you run away. You should know it." Duke knew Belinda was a smart woman. She would never let herself be in a passive situation. This was the reason why she would never choose to leave in such a time. Otherwise, it would really give Rachel the opportunity to steal Duke from her. This was something that she really didn't want to see.
Just as Duke said, Belinda very well knew how to run a strategy. So she came back slowly. Even if she did not love this man, he was her husband now. So how could she let Rachel come closer to him?
Duke gently breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she reluctantly walked back to the bedroom. Finally, he felt relieved and went to take a shower. But he also knew that even if this woman did not act on impulse and go away, it did not mean that she had forgiven him. So it's a long way for him to coax his wife!
In fact, what always confused him was why she would be a very good friend of Daisy. Their personalities were so different. Belinda was vigorous and upright. No matter what she did, she would always be rash and in haste. Daisy on the other hand, was as cold as water. Most of the time, she did not even have any expressions. So, how come two people who had completely different personalities confided in each other so easily. It was really a strange thing.
Belinda helplessly put herself in the big bed again. After thinking for a while, she picked up the pillow and went to another room. Anyway, she could not let herself be calm and stay alone with this man tonight. Since she couldn't provoke him and leave the house, couldn't she just leave the room for now?
While in the bathroom, Duke turned on the shower. As the column of water mist surrounded him, his cold handsome face was suffused with malicious chilliness. He was wondering what Rachel wanted to do. She already knew that he was married. But she still secretly applied for a job in his company. Why did she do all this?
She was the one who left him without a second thought. To tell the truth, Duke indeed was heartbroken about it. However, it was not because he loved her so much. Every person would have such a state of mind. After all, they had been together for such a long time. He did have some feelings for her. But surely, it wasn't love.
And this woman was quite ridiculous. He did not know how she was confident and felt that he still loved her and even worse, only loved her? He had to say that she was really presumptuous and opinionated. Did she think that there was only one woman left in this world? But even if she was the last woman in the world right now, he would not like to have any kind of involvement with her.
He rubbed his face with water, and then turn off the switch. He reach out his hand and picked up the bath towel on the side. Duke then wipe the water drops from his hair and face. After that, without further drying up the rest of his body, he walked out of the bathroom. His sharp eyes glanced across the room and he found out that Belinda was no longer in the room. Such a perception made him feel sad. He hurriedly walked out of the room without even wearing the clothes. But all of a sudden, an idea flashed through his brain. He came back to the room quickly. When he saw the briefcase still lying on there, he finally calm down. As long as her briefcase was stiil there, it showed that she did not leave. He thus didn't need to get too nervous.