"Shhh...Don't scream, It's me." Grana whispered in a low voice.
Julian instantly stopped his tantrum.
"You?Granah! You scared me to death! How could you sneakily enter inside like a thief? I almost died on the spot." He snapped.
Grana rolled her eyes.
"Are you still a man?" She asked.
Julian gritted his teeth.
"I'm not afraid of anything except for ghosts and other stuff related to ghosts and creepy monsters."
Grana scoffed sarcastically.
"I wasn't scared of ghosts even when I was a little kid."
Julian didn't like this topic at all so he tried to change it.
"Now tell me... What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" He asked.
"Sleeping." Grana simply said.
Julian furrowed his eyebrows.
"Sleeping?Here?"
Did he just mishear it?
"Yeah," Grana confirmed he didn't.
"Didn't you hear me earlier? I said I won't share the same room with you. Can't you understand my words, ha?"
Grana shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly.
"You said that I can choose whatever room I want. So...I chose your room." She stated shamelessly.
Julian put his hand on his forehead.
"Okay, okay. You stay here. I'll go."
He sat up and got ready to leave the master bedroom. Grana smirked and said, "Yeah, you'd better go. But be careful. I saw a female ghost outside your room. No, no. It should be an illusion though."
Julian glared at her. However, he pulled back his leg.
"You can stay inside my room for today BUT with one condition. Use the couch." He finally suggested.
Grana stared at the tiny couch in the corner of the room. Her whole body won't completely fit on that small couch. Definitely not!
"No way! I heard that ghosts mostly hunt people who sleep in approachable places. I don't want to be a prey."
Julian gritted his teeth yet again. Sure enough, she was lifting his blood pressure. What a good wife!
"Grana! Grana! Granaa!"
"Are you practising my name?"
"Grana!!!"
"Yep, I'm Grana. What's wrong dear Jully?"
"...." 'Jully?' What was that? It sounded more like jelly. No, properly speaking, she pronounced it in that way. Jully=Jelly
Yuck! He hated sweet desserts.
"Aaaaah! Nevermind. Do whatever you want, hmph!" He turned his back to her while covering his whole body up to his neck using his blanket. Grana looked at his childish behaviour with a smile on her face before lying down.
That night Julian couldn't sleep for a long time. It was his first time sharing the same bed with someone else. Thus he felt weird and a bit nervous.
Julian could hear Grana's breathing rhythm. She was fast asleep like a dead dog. It was their wedding night but look! She was sleeping peacefully without caring about anything.
Strangely, unknowingly to himself, he was somehow upset. But her breathing rhythm was soothing to hear. He calmed down his messy thoughts and turned to look at the young girl beside him.
Honestly, his wife was a beauty. Truthfully, she was even more beautiful than his ex-girlfriend, Mia. Suddenly Julian recalled her words from earlier.
She asked him to give their relationship a try. Actually, it's good to try once, right?
'What am I thinking?'
Julian shook his head before closing his eyes and turning his backside to Grana again.
Julian was on the verge of sleeping when he felt a hand holding his waist out of nowhere.
Oh! This Grana was super annoying!!! Did she do it on purpose?
If she did, he wouldn't easily let it go.
Julian glanced at her attentively.
No, she wasn't deliberately provoking him as she was still sleeping soundly.
Julian carefully removed her hand without disturbing her sleep. He heaved a sigh of relief after doing so. Finally, he can sleep peacefully.
Apparently, luck seemed not to be on his side. Grana's leg found its way to his thigh and locked it tightly.
Julian: "..."
'Granaaaaa!!!'
The next day sun secretly took a peek at the two people who were hugging each other tightly through the curtains. Grana tried to go out of bed as usual but she couldn't.
Weird.
She opened her eyes only to become staggered. Julian was hugging her tightly between his arms. Was this the same ice cube guy from earlier? She wondered.
Because of her small moments, Julian also woke up. He had the same expression as her. It was super awkward.
Julian let out a "sorry" before releasing her quickly.
"It's okay," Grana said casually.
"Matter-of-factly, you also need to apologize to me." He claimed firmly.
Grana pouted her lips.
"Why?"
She did nothing wrong. He was the one who took advantage of her!
"Yesterday night you clung onto me like a Koala." Grana's face flushed and she immediately refused it.
"Nope, you must be lying."
"Why should I? I won't get anything beneficial from lying to you."
"But still...you want to make fun of me. That's why you're lying."
"No, no. I'm not lying. Not at all. I'm telling the truth."
"I know myself better than anyone else."
"Hmph! Really!!"
"Yeah, I won't believe you until you show the evidence."
"..."
"What a pain in the neck." He mumbled unhappily.
"Yep, you are actually a pain in the neck. I agree." Grana nodded and said.
Julian didn't speak further. It was useless to argue with her. Grana stood up and made her waist-length hair into a bun before reaching the door.
"Where are you going?" Julian asked.
It was still 6 a.m. She could sleep longer.
"To the kitchen," Grana answered while opening the door.
"You don't have to trouble with the food. Leave the kitchen work to the staff."
Grana shook her head.
"It's not troublesome at all. In fact, I love cooking. You can sleep till I'm done." She said before closing the door.
Julian didn't go back to sleep. Instead, he went to the bathroom to take a shower. He had to get ready for work.
The Monorich family...
They were wealthy. Properly speaking, they were multibillionaires and they owned a huge business company. Julian's grandfather started the company when he was young.
His father improved the company and Julian took it to another level when he became the CEO.
No one thought that he could make the company reach this level when he was only 23 years old. Now he's 26 years old and FLT corporation's glory continued to grow rise and shine as ever showing his capability to the whole world.
He was a winner of almost everything... apart from his love life.
Mia Glovi Seria... The love of his life...
Why did she leave such a capable multibillionaire for someone else?
Was she stupid or did she love the third party wholeheartedly so that she made up her mind to sacrifice her comfortable future filled with fortune, money and prosperity in the name of true love?