The door at the far end of the room opened and Ambrose came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, but he had only a bath towel wrapped around his waist. His hair that was meticulous during the day was now wet and messy on the forehead.
Adriana swallowed her saliva subconsciously, her eyes trailed down the sexy outline of his dripping chest down to his arbs. Who would believe her if she told them that her husband hasn't touched her intimately for the past seven years? Even after their marriage, he had refused to have anything to do with her sexually but how come? She didn't understand the sudden change. When Arabella was still alive, he always had the urge to be intimate with her and was always attracted to her but after their marriage he suddenly became distant. She was even beginning to doubt if they were really married.
" Why are you still awake? " Ambrose asked as he walked towards the walk-in closet to pick a shirt to wear.
" Do you love me? " She suddenly asked, staring up at him with hope. Ambrose was taken aback by her question so he just scoffed and ignored it while he put on his shirt. " Don't ignore me, Ambrose! "
" Where is this coming from? " Ambrose lifted an eyebrow.
" I'm just curious. You never said it since the day we met and even after we got married. "
" Why are you suddenly asking? We've been married for seven years so why the sudden question? " He asked with exaggerated patience.
" We've been together for years yet I don't know your feelings for me. " She said to him with eyes filled with tears. " Do you find me attractive? "
" You're a beautiful woman, Adriana. " Ambrose plainly replied.
" Then just love me. " She mumbled, staring deeply into his eyes.
" I don't have time for this shit! I'm going to bed. " Ambrose told her in a serious tone, turning to walk to the other side of the bed but Adriana quickly grabbed his arm and hugged him from behind.
" I'm thinking and saying it would be great if we had a child, right? Maybe then you would love me. " She mumbled hopefully.
She kept on wondering if their child hadn't died during birth back then and their child was born would he have loved her?
" Why would you want a child with a man that has a broken soul and who wants nothing to do with you? " He said to her and her lips quivered at his words. He had a broken soul?
Where was the high school bad boy she used to know?
He pulled off her arms from his waist and walked to the other side of the king size bed and climbed over the edge.
He laid on the bed and pulled himself under the covers, turning to his side. While on the other hand, Adriana fumed in anger as she watched him close his eyes.
He closed his eyes and images of Nova biting her lip while her cold fingers traced from his chest down to his abdomen came to his mind. He couldn't help but think about her, her touch, her smell, her eyes...Her touch sent shiverings into his body and he started having goosebumps. He opened his eyes and closed them again, he did the same thing for a few minutes but anytime he'd close his eyes all he could see were those big brown eyes of Nova's. The brown eyes and her touch were all he could think about.
The way her slender fingers traced his chest, stroking them lightly, how they moved slowly down to his abdomen and back to his chest, how she smelled, so heavenly.
Nothing was right, but it all seemed to be perfect. He took in a deep breath and the scene replayed in his mind. Her smell. It was clouding his head. She was clouding his head. What exactly was she trying to do?
" It was just a touch and her smell. Why the hell am I so drowned in it? " He screamed in his head. " Why was it Nova's smell and touch he could only think about? And what did he see in her eyes just in a flash of light... sadness, pain and the rest was Mystery! Was it?
This isn't right. He can't think of her. She might look so much like Arabella but that doesn't mean he could think of her. He needs to get her out of his head that is what he told himself before finally closing his eyes again and everything was in a loop in his dream, while on the other hand, Adriana walked out of the bathroom after making a long call with a mysterious friend of hers.
She stared at Ambrose who was already asleep on the bed and sighed. She would never let him go. He was hers even if he doesn't accept it.
She was going to get some information about Nova Clifford and even about her deepest darkest secrets. Secrets like; How did she get pregnant? Or who is the father of her bastard child?
Her lips curved up into a sly smile.
***
The following day.
At Grey Enterprise.
Ambrose signed the last page of the file and sealed the deal with the Italian investors. " It's a great pleasure working with you! " The Italian investors shook hands with Ambrose and he smiled.
" This project will surely bring us great success! " Ambrose confidently stated.
" Yes, it will. By the way, you've an extremely beautiful wife. " The Italian investor complimented and Adriana's face reddened at the compliment.
Ambrose stood up with an expressionless face and buttoned his jacket. " Okay then, I'll see you all at dinner tonight. I've to excuse myself. " He smiled and left the boardroom and walked towards Nova's office but instead of entering her office, he passed through a hallway, stopped at a particular spot, and pressed a button on the wall behind an artwork. A door slid open that felt like part of the wall and he walked inside the door and it closed behind him.
It was his private room that was adjacent to Nova's area. It was a hidden room where the inside could not be seen but he could clearly see outside the room through a one way glass.
He had this place built in this part of the building and linked to one of the biggest and vacant offices in this company but now that Nova is a shareholder in his company with big shares. She had the right to choose an office out of the vacant ones for herself and it happened to be this one that is linked to his private room that she chose.
He just hoped that she didn't get to find out about the secret button in her office. No one is aware of this room, not even Adriana and he made sure no public surveillance camera was placed in this area of the building except from the one he placed outside the door of his private room to check if anyone is in the hallway before coming out of the room anytime he's inside.
Ambrose had a private bedroom in her office where he slept if he was tired of Adriana and getting frustrated by her. It was equipped with a fridge, a mini study, a big closet full of his clothes which is always locked, a bathroom and a restroom.
For some unknown reason, he turned sideways to look at Nova's office and was startled to see her standing in front of the glass and admiring her own reflection on every move. He was left speechless by her behaviour and kept looking at her with mouth agape, " She indeed has an attractive body… "
Nova stopped stretching, staring deeply into the glass as if she could see him, before bending down a little and grabbed the hem of her dress to expose her leg, "What the hell is she doing?" Ambrose yelled in his thoughts, he inwardly panicked seeing Nova pull her dress up to her cleavages as if looking at something on them.
His gaze locked on her long, slender legs that were shiny as if she wore honey on them. They were long and mostly gorgeous. So perfect and he couldn't help but think of how it would feel to have those legs locked around his waistline.
Ambrose gulped and quickly turned away. He heaved a frustrated sigh as he walked out of his private room after checking his phone to see if anyone was in the corridor.
He felt suffocated in the room while staring at her. He couldn't control himself. What was happening to him?
" Ambrose. " A voice called him while he was on his way to his office and he turned to see it was Nova. His name coming out from her mouth was such a melody in his ears. " I can call you that, right? " She asked, batting her long lashes.
" Yes, yes you can. " Ambrose suddenly replied.
" Okay, Ambrose. " She replied with a smile. " I'm sorry I couldn't come to the meeting. I got caught up with something. How was the meeting? "
She got caught up with something? He just saw her checking something on her cleavages a few moments ago. " The contract was sealed. "
" That's awesome! "
" We're having a dinner party tonight. The address of the place would be sent to you. " He replied.
" Okay. I wanted to ask you if you would like to join me out for lunch? "
Ambrose was surrounded with that enticing scent and was so lost in her smell that he almost didn't hear what she was saying because his heart was absorbed in enjoying her smell. She was standing way too close! " Yes, let's have lunch together! "
***
At Margaret's Cafe
Nova and Ambrose are seated opposite one another with a table in their middle as they were served their order by a waitress.
" Why do you keep on looking at me? " Nova asked, glancing up at him.
" So you noticed. " He smiled.
" Yeah, why?
" You're just similar in looks to a girl whom I have known in the past. " He simply replied.
" Me?" Nova repeated, pointing her finger to herself and Ambrose nodded. " Are we that similar? " She asked, feigning curiosity. She was finally getting him to open up to her.
" Despite the fact you are similar in appearance but among you many differences. Your beauty, eyes, smile and gaze differs from her. "
Her eyebrows raised with amazement when she heard the sound of the voice of which Ambrose used to talk about Arabella. It sounded so lonely, painful and...
She pushed all the thoughts of him ever loving her to the back of her head.
After a moment of silence…
A mischievous smile made it way to Nova's lips as she stared at the cup of coffee on the table in front of her and could feel Ambrose's gaze on her as she gently used her fingers to take the whipped cream off her coffee then slowly brought it to her lips and licked it off her fingers. Ambrose couldn't help but swallow down his saliva as he watched her do this and his cock twitched just watching her. What sort of temptation is this? He suddenly felt thirsty! Not a thirst for a drink but for something else entirely.
" I have to go. " He suddenly said and stood up.
" But you haven't had your coffee yet? " She asked, dropping her eyes to his still untouched coffee and brought them back up to stare at him, biting her lower lip in the process.
Ambrose clenched his shivering knuckles as his gaze went to her lips. " I..have a business meeting to attend. I will see you tonight at the dinner party. " He rushed his words and walked out of the cafe.
" Let's see how long you keep on resisting! " Nova mumbled as she watched him leave.
Unknown to her, just three tables away from hers, a woman in a red dress and putting on black glasses had been watching her.
This is just the beginning!
To be continued...