Chapter 20
Elena’s POV
I stood in front of Damien, dumbstruck by his choice of words. I felt my entire body freeze and my heart fluttered as his words continually replayed in my head. Damien was as surprised as I was, he placed his hands over his mouth and muttered words under his breath.
“I–I….” He stuttered, blinking twice as he stared at me in utter confusion. I could tell he was unsure of the right words to use and so was I. As a matter of fact, I was still finding it extremely difficult to process all of what he had just said.
I cleared my throat and chose to pretend like he had not just said anything of such.
“Look, I am only doing this to help our revenge plan move smoothly. You want revenge against Charlotte and Adrian, I just want my freedom.” I pointed out with a slight shrug.
“Do whatever you want.”
Damien suddenly said, I gazed at him with my eyes wide open in shock. I was allowed to do whatever I want now? Was this some kind of joke or was Damien actually being serious with me right. He started to slowly walk away from him but I immediately yelled.
“Wait, wait, wait!”
Damien halted in his steps and turned to gaze at me with his brows arched at my direction. His face was expressionless so I could not actually tell if he meant it or not.
“What do you mean by do whatever you want?” I asked, air quoting my words.
Damien sighed in frustration. He rubbed his temple and spoke in a low tone.
“What other meaning does do whatever you want have?” He questioned.
I shrugged. “I do not know, I just want to confirm if you meant it as sarcasm or better still as a warning?” I asked.
Damien gulped a lump down his throat and made hand gestures.
“You are allowed to go ahead with whatever plan you have in mind. Feel free to go out too but try to act well because the public is looking at my wife, you need to be careful about your movements so that you do not get the media talking about the most random things or spreading invalid rumors.”
Damien’s words were clear to me but the most important part was that I was free to leave the house whenever I wanted.
I felt excitement surge in me, it was a like a dream, my wishes had finally come to pass. “Really?” My eyes widened in disbelief.
If this was some sort of joke to him then I would suggest that he stop now before I get too overwhelmed with excitement.
“Elena, I really do not have the time and strength for this back and forth, I have given you the freedom to do whatever you want so can you just let me be?” Damien snapped at me.
Although I could care less about the rude tone he used on me, I was too happy to care about irrelevant stuffs.
“Thank you so much, I will not let you down, I promise.” I said placing my hand on my chest and flashing him a sincere smile.
Damien ignored me, he turned around and began to make his way up the stairs, once he was halfway up the stairs, I called his name out because I suddenly remembered to ask him one last thing.
“What about the money to buy the shares and also can I have my phone back?” yelled with a cheeky smile plastered on my lips.
I could see the frustrated look on his face the last thing I wanted to do was piss him off so instead I just cleared my throat and chuckled nervously.
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Chapter 20
“Or, we can talk about tomorrow. Enjoy your sleep and have a goodnight rest.” I yelled.
Damien just scoffed at me and made his way up to his room. Once Damien was out of sight, I giggled excitedly and throw my hands in the air this s amazing! Too amazing yet for some weird reason, my happiness slowly began to fade as Damien’s words carefully replayed in my head.
I just found it really hard to understand. Damien was a complex person. He just usually said things without having any expressions to explain it. What had he meant by saying he did not want to share me with anyone else? All of that was strange.
I found it difficult to go upstairs and share a room with him so instead I just passed the night on the couch. The next morning, I was woken up by the beeping noise of my alarm. The time was 6am.
I knew I had to go upstairs for a quick shower which meant I had to see Damien again. I felt my heart race extremely fast as I made my way up the stairs. I halted in front of the door to Damien’s room, I was surprised to see Vanessa already standing there.
I gulped a lump down my throat as she stared at me with a raised brow.
“You guys fight over something last night?” She asked.
“Why would you even think that?” I asked in a défensive tone.
Damien and I were to remain as a perfect couple so I could not afford letting Vanessa think outside or figure out our secret, the real reason behind our marriage.
“Then why did you not sleep with him last night? Last I checked, couples sleep in the same room but you slept on the couch last night.” Vanessa pointed
out.
I muttered a cuss under my breath and rolled my eyes at her.
“I had work to do.” I lied with a straight face.
“Work?” Vanessa choked out a bitter laughter. She scoffed at me.
“Are you sure about that? I hope I do not pose as some kind of threat to you?” Vanessa asked.
My goodness! This girl was pissing me off!
“Or is there more to you and Damien’s marriage?” She asked.
Wait, what? More? What did she mean by that?
