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Sandy's POVThe wave of fear that went through me made my body begin to shake and my heart pound hard. Before me was one of the group of people who had a problem with the company and did everything to attack, mob, or protest violently. The venom in the eyes of the woman standing before me and the way her body was poised as if she wanted to pull something out of her sweatshirt made me scared. When I looked at the driver, I saw that his face was red and I knew whatever she had wanted to pour on me was harmful.Hurried and rushed footsteps filled my ears and through the fear in my eyes, I watched as security stunned the woman with a stun gun until she fell to the ground, shaking and grunting. I pressed my back against the body of the car and kept my eyes on the woman, hoping that she wouldn't strike again."Sandy!"I felt warm hands on my cheeks and was forced to look sideways. I blinked and made eye contact with Anthony whose face was masked with concern. He pulled me into his arms and
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I smiled. "You? Cook?"Even though his words made me feel butterflies in my tummy, it was also funny. In the sense that, I have barely eaten what he has cooked or made before. "Don't tease me, Sandy. I can cook." He poked my forehead. "And I want you to feel comfortable tonight, seeing that you may still be in shock from what happened today."The memory of the attempted attack on me flashed in my head. I sighed and nodded in response."I'm kinda still in shock… a little. I mean, I'm used to this band of people making viral posts of how you're this and that, how the company is this and that but it's different when they come to us and attack us."Anthony cupped my cheeks and drew his body close to mine, making me feel the warmth of his skin through our clothes. He smiled softly at me and traced his gaze around my face."I'm going to make sure that she pays for trying to hurt you. I will deal with anyone who even thinks of hurting you." He kissed my forehead and stepped away, leaving me
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I woke up to the sound of my phone’s alarm ringing, making me groan and turn on the bed I was on. My body felt different only to remember that I was not in my house nor in my bed but at Anthony’s place. It wasn’t as if I wasn’t used to sleeping over but the fact that I was finally living with him. It made me feel different and nervous. I never sat down and thought of our living arrangements when we get married. Would we sleep in one room or stay separately? It made me self-conscious for some seconds before I shook my head and grabbed my phone. I turned off the alarm and laid on my back to stare at the ceiling.My thoughts began to drift back to what had happened last night. The way Anthony had teased me with the piece of chicken and how he had left my body feeling turned on and the spot between my legs throbbing. Things would be even harder now that I was living under the same roof with him.Just thinking about how enticing Anthony had looked and how he had stood between my legs, rubb
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Anthony’s POVAfter spending a good amount of time in the shower, enough to dispel the thoughts of best friend, I quickly wore my clothes and picked my work bag before rushing out of the room. I had an important meeting with some new investors, and I couldn’t afford to be late.I struggled with my tie in one hand and my bag in the other as I rushed through the hallway that as soon as I made a turn in the curve of the hallway, I almost bumped into Sandy. The first thing I noticed was that she was dressed in her usual work outfit; long pencil skirt and a top. I blinked at her and opened my mouth to protest, instead she wagged her finger at me.“Not now, Anthony. I really want to go to work. I won’t feel good idling around. Besides, people at work will most likely think I have too much privilege.” She smiled up at me and I rolled my eyes.“Sandy, they already know that you are my girlfriend. What will they say that I haven’t heard? I just don’t want anyone hurting you again,” I said with
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Sandy's POV It hurt. It hurt so much. I hated how I allowed myself to get hurt over the fact that I saw one of Anthony’s lovers. I was supposed to be used to the fact that they were always around him but as long as I still was in love with Anthony, I would always feel jealous and angry within me. The girl was everything Anthony wanted in a woman. She was beautiful, even I who barely felt insecure about myself, suddenly felt insecurities. Her long hair, toned body and nice smile was enough to make Anthony see me as someone not even an inch of who the woman was. I started to regret not arguing with Anthony about the second rule. I knew the day would come when he would bring his lover home or at least be with her somewhere away from home just to get a fill of his sexual needs. I knew that we would never sleep with each other when there are means of me getting pregnant without me sleeping with him. I bit my lip and shut my eyes tight against the pang in my heart. I bowed my head and cu
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Sandy’s POVAfter work, I rushed home with the thoughts of an hour ago in my head, how Anthony had been so close to kissing me. I was still feeling the sting of what happened and how he would never return my feelings. As far as he was clueless, I was only going to get hurt, especially seeing that I agreed to pretend to date and marry him just for the sake of his family business. It was foolish of me to accept this, but I was only helping him for just a few years and after that, I was going to move on. That is, if I don’t move on before the end of the marriage.I sighed as I walked into the house. I saw Gina flipping through a magazine in the living room and I smiled when she looked at me.“Your home early,” she said and dropped the magazine.I nodded and closed in on her before sitting beside her on the couch. I leaned against the couch and hummed.“Yes… and that is because I have a date tonight,” I said, and Gina sat up in surprise.“A date?” She smiled. “With Anthony?”I scoffed and
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Sandy’s POVI woke up the next morning with a gasp when I realized I may have slept in a bit. My heart was pounding so hard. I got up and snatched my phone from the side table and sighed in relief when I saw I still had some time left. I ran my fingers through my hair and scrolled through my phone for any message from Anthony… Weird. He always left me a morning message, even if it had to do with work. My eyebrows furrowed as I wondered why he had not sent me a message, or even an email.“Maybe there is nothing important today. Besides, I don’t think I’m in the mood to entertain him today. Pfft.”I got out of bed and went over to my closet. I took out my work clothes and every other thing I wanted. After I was done, I left the room and entered the bathroom in the hallway. I quickly took off my clothes and turned on the shower, then waited for the hot water to flow. As I crossed over to the sink to brush my teeth, the same ache hit my abdomen. I hissed and leaned against the sink then p
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Sandy’s POVThe wave of awareness dawned on me, and a weightless feeling made me confused as I opened my eyes, which I shut the moment a bright light flashed in my eyes. I waited for some seconds before I opened them again. I blinked and stared at the white ceiling with its ceiling fan, twirling slowly. The room was unfamiliar and to understand where I was, I looked to the side, and I saw a wide window showing me the daytime brightness and buildings close by and in the distance.I looked to the other side and realized from the IV pole and bag, the small wardrobe across the room, the leather couches close by and the large TV screen on the wall, that I was in a hospital. I looked down at my body and saw I was laying on a large hospital bed.I knew what hospital I was in just by the style of the room. This was Anthony’s family hospital, and I was in one of the VIP rooms. I heard a shuffle, and I glanced in the direction of the noise. Anthony was sitting up from a lounge-like couch, rubbi
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