He scooped the sleeping woman in his arms!
Marcus doesn't have a choice but to carry the drunk woman to their room. He should have left her sleep with her dress on but looking at her messy state, he decided to wipe her face and body using a towel with warm water. She's been sweating profusely since they were in the car and Marcus doesn't want his room to smell like alcohol.
He also took a pair of pajamas in her closet and change her.
He was hesitating to remove the woman's dress but he breathed out an amount of air before he slowly undresses her.
"Marcus, calm down. You're not doing an illegal thing since she is your wife. Yes, she is your wife. your wife… wife…" he kept reminding himself while undressing the woman.
He shifted his gaze from the woman's body while pulling her dress upwards but when he accidentally touches the woman's breast, he froze and held his breath for a few seconds.
"Dang it!" He cursed a loud when the woman moved a little on the side.
"Ehmm…" she groaned a little. She must be shivering due to the room's cold temperature.
Marcus stopped his hands for a while and stared at the woman sleeping soundly. Then his eyes involuntarily gawked at her body. Her round perky breasts were seemingly trying to find their way out from her black push up bra. He smirked a little.
Those will definitely fit in his palms perfectly.
She has nice curves and long slender legs. The softness and fairness of her skin was seemingly taunting the man to caress her body but he held it in.
"Don't give in Marcus! You don't like her! She's not the woman for you so don't taint her innocence." He scolded himself.
He heaved a sigh as he totally removed the woman's dress then took the clean pajamas and put it on her. As soon as he was done, he pulled the blanket and placed it on top of her. Once again, she moved a little facing the ceiling.
Marcus on the other hand, stared at the woman's beautiful face and unknowingly caresses the woman's cheek. Then his finger traces her plump rosy lips.
"You are definitely a beauty and you can make any man fall for you. Unfortunately, I don't deserve you. I'm sorry." He gently brushes the few hair covering the woman's face before standing up.
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Waking up at 7am is not a part of Marcus' daily activity. Even during his weekend off. Sunday in particular is his schedule to go out to the park for his extra-curricular jogging exercise but since he woke up late, he decided to have a little workout at the training room.
He could have eaten breakfast by now but he seemed to be waiting for the woman to wake up and make him one since he got used to eating the dishes she always prepared. He spent an hour and thirty at the training room and after another thirty minutes of rest, he went back to the room for a quick shower.
To his surprise, the woman isn't awake yet. Is she still alive? he hissed upon checking his time.
After a few minutes in the shower room, he took the white towel and wrapped it around his waist, covering only his lower extremities. He made sure to shave his beard clean before getting out to the shower room.
"Marcus!?" He suddenly stopped his tracks upon seeing the startled woman who just woke up and was about to enter the shower room.
He could see the woman's gaze roaming his body back and fro. "Loving the view?" he smirked sarcastically.
"Yeah, it's beautiful." She unknowingly mumbled softly but Marcus was able to catch it so he laughed unbelievingly. Jade realized what she just said. Her eyes widened in embarrassment. "I-I mean… I…" she made an embarrassed face.
"Stop drooling and go wash your face. Don't cook breakfast with your current state." he walked pass her and went to his closet. As for Jade, she quickly run to the shower room and locked herself inside.
"Fudge Jade! Why do you keep on embarrassing yourself in front of him?" she hit her head lightly as she paves her way to the sink. She was about to wash her face when her eyes landed on the pajama she was wearing.
"Wait… when did I change my dre---'' she halted when she remembered what happened last night. Although she was drunk she still remember some bits of memory about yesterday's event.
"Omo Jade! Wait… Zion didn't drive you home last night, it was actually Marcus!" she bellowed when she remembered how she cling tightly at Marcus arms and even leaned on his shoulder. She felt ecstatic at that very moment but she fell asleep! Marcus had surely carried her to their room and he must be the one who undressed her!
Unconsciously, she opened the shower room and saw Marcus who just put on a plain white shirt.
"What is it now?" The man creased his brow when the woman suddenly opened the door. Her face was flustered with who knows why.
"M-Marcus… D-did you..." She hesitantly gazes at her dress in hope that he'll get what she was trying to say.
Marcus twitched his lips seeing how she blushed greatly. So she had noticed it then. Good, he thought.
"Ah, yeah. I remember changing your dress last night. You have a problem with it?"
Fudge! She cursed beneath her breath and bang the door to the shower room. Dang it! Now she's completely mortified at herself. How could she face the man now? She should have not asked him!
After spending twenty minutes inside the shower room, she headed to the kitchen. Marcus must have been waiting for her downstairs.
The man was sitting comfortably at the dining table while drinking his coffee. He was reading the morning newspaper when Jade came to the kitchen. She then opened the fridge and looked inside.
"Do you want any specific dish this morning?" She asked.
"Anything will do." he nonchalantly replied.
"Omelet?" She glanced at the busy man who only nodded in response.
"I think it's time to buy some rations at the grocery market today."
"Did you say something?" Marcus laid the newspaper on the table and peeped at the woman who was now standing in front of the stove.
The woman sighed. looking at her cute feat, Marcus unknowingly smiled. She looks pretty with her hair tied exposing her soft neckline.
"Do you have any work today?"
"Nothing in particular." He sipped his coffee. "Why'd you asked?"
"Can you accompany me at the grocery store today?" She grinned sheepishly. "We don't have enough supplies for the next coming days."
"Why don't you asked Susan to do it?"
"I want to do it myself. Besides, I am going to prepare our breakfast moving forward." She smiled at him meaningfully.
"Tsk, what do you need me for?" he averted his gaze back to the newspaper he was reading.
"I'll be buying supply for the whole week." She grinned. "I'll be back to work tomorrow so I might not have time to visit the grocery since I will surely be rendering overtime for the works piled up while I was on vacation."
Marcus once again looked at the woman who was beaming while cooking.
"Why don't you just drive the car?"
"I… I told you I can't drive." Her face suddenly glowered for a second. "I might wreck all your cars if I drive them!" she chuckled mocking her incapability. "I'm prone to accident after all."
"Oho! It's good to know your aware of your own carelessness." He scoffed.
Jade paused for a second. Not that she's a careless driver though. She wanted to drive her own car to work since she's been having a hard time rushing to catch the busses every morning, however, seeing blurry and scary visions always lead her to accident.
Sometimes, she's having some doubts whether those visions are memories of the past but no matter how she wrecks her brain, she couldn't get any answer at all.
Jasmine advised her once to see a psychiatrist but she's afraid. She had considered it once as well but when she heard that someone totally lost her mind because of the hypnosis gone wrong, she completely disregarded the idea.
Anyhow, what's there to discover anyway? She chortled as she mocks herself. Hypnosis my ass. Tsk!