PETTY JEALOUSY

SIMON’S POV

I woke up with a pounding headache.

It was like someone had placed a sack over my head and was hitting me with a pan over and over again until my head felt like it would just split open at this point.

It was not a good idea that I drank so much, but Bree just did not want to drink alone and I could not be a party pooper and so I just had to indulge her…. I regret it now that’s for sure.

I sat up when my nose picked up on the scent of faint vanilla perfume, and these pillows-

I managed to open my eyes and that’s when I realized that this was not my room. So if I was sleeping in Anika’s room, then where the hell was she?

And also where was my lime shot.

In the four years that we were married, whenever I was drunk, Anika always made sure that I had lime shot every time I woke up after a night out so that I did not have to go the entire day with a hangover, but this time she wasn’t here.

My brows furrowed in confusion.

 “Anika!” I called out but there was no reply.

Fuck’s sakes don’t tell me this was another one of her tantrums.

I forced myself out of her bed, I had a feeling that something was missing from her room, but I just couldn’t place my hand on it. Anyways that was not important, there were more pressing matters to attend to. I dragged myself to the living room and that’s when I saw her sleeping on the long couch in the living room, covered in a blanket that had slipped halfway off her body, the blanket did little to nothing to stop her from shivering like a leaf.

I walked slowly to her and moved the blanket further up her body.

Her eyes shot open immediately and she jerked away from me so fast like I burned her. I frowned immediately.

Anika stood up and wrapped the blanket tightly around herself putting as much distance between the both of us like we were practically practicing social distancing.

I hissed “what sort of drama is it this morning Anika?” I asked.

She shook her head “nothing” and then she moved to walk past me.

I held her arms and she snatched her hands away “don’t you dare touch me!” she looked literally scared of me.

“What the hell is your problem Anika?” I asked.

She laughed harshly “my problem is you Simon... I just want you to leave me alone” she said.

I glared at her “you are my wife Anika”

She shrugged “I don’t want you anymore Simon not after everything that you have done to me” she said.

I furrowed my brows “this isn’t you” I said.

It was true, the Anika I married would never even think of speaking to me in this manner, not after she practically begged me to marry her. That was one of the reasons I ever even agreed, she was soft spoken, submissive and she always did everything to please me.

Sure she was a little basic and some may even say she was boring, but I’d take that any day over this her new behaviors.

She folded her arms “This is the real me Simon, I lost myself trying to please you and I’d be damned if I let that ever happen again” she said.

I laughed “you are joking, right?” I asked.

“I am dead serious Simon” she said.

I rolled my eyes, honestly, this was just a waste of my precious time.

“I need you to make that lemon shot for me, my head is killing me” I said.

She scoffed “you don’t get it do you… that’s not my job anymore especially not after you hurt me” she said.

“Damn it woman what did I even do to you this time-”

The memory hit me like a whiplash and I got pale instantly.

I had kissed her forcefully and pushed her against the bed even when she told me to stop, my god ii was so wasted that I almost hurt her.

“I did not try to-”

My eyes were wide and my hands were shaking as I moved closer to her “I am sorry I’ll make it up to you I promise-”

“Leave me alone!” she swatted my hand away as it reached towards her.

My face morphed into a frown, here I was apologizing and she was over here throwing a freaking tantrum for days.

“Nothing happened Anika, besides we are still married, what’s the big deal in just sleeping with my wife?” I asked.

She glared at me, her eyes shooting a blazing fire “you are a vile human being Simon” she said.

Anika had never talked to me like that and I just lost my temper.

“You…!” I raised my hand and she flinched like I was going to hit her.

At this point I was not even sure what I wanted to do.

“Why are you so fucking stubborn, huh?” I asked.

She turned away from me “I don’t want to talk to you anymore” she said.

I sighted “Look I already apologized-”

I was cut off by the loud ring of my phone. I took it out and looked at it, Bree.

Anika scoffed and muttered what seemed like “of course” under her breath. There she went again with her petty jealousy. I picked up the phone.

“Hello?”

She sniffed and my eyes widened thinking she was in trouble “talk to me Bree are you alright”

“I’m sorry for bothering you so early in the morning Simon, but my tummy hurts from all the beer last night” she said.

I became worried instantly.

Bree had always been sickly, and if she had problems with her heart because I indulged her drinking then the guilt would weigh heavily on me. The problem with Anika would just have to wait.

I was sure that there would be a way to appease her later.

“I’ll be there in a minute” I said and hung up.

I looked at Anika “tell me what you want so I can make it up to you” I said and she glared at me.

“Just go”