12: Shamelessness

Carla

For some weird reasons, I was breathing hard when I accepted the phone back from Zade. I temporarily chewed on my bottom lip before speaking.

“Why did you do that?” I asked and he scoffed as he finally stepped back a little, making me able to breathe properly.

“Do what? Wasn’t he disturbing you?” He demanded and my brows furrowed before I glanced away.

“He was… but the way you came into the call might imply something else.”

He snorted this time. “Imply what? And isn’t that what we’re working towards?? Because we’re literally getting married next week. Once we do get married, you’ll stop taking that fool’s calls.” He announced and my eyes widened, my mooth falling open.

“Next week?” I demanded and he hummed.

“Yes, next week. Then I’ll start working towards bringing Ella out of her shell, into our midst. The doctor suggested a married, domestic atmosphere and that’s exactly what she’ll get.”

I pursed my lips as I nodded. “But what has that got to do with Dave’s calls?”

His eyes narrowed. “It just makes no sense. Why should a wife be taking her ex’s call? The faster you start taking this arrangement as something real to an extent, you’ll be able to use your brains to do certain things. Unfortunately, I have to be the brains between us till then.”

I bristled as I stared up at him, already feeling the urge to strangle him right now.

“What was that out there anywhere?! When I returned from my shopping.” I demanded, referencing the sex I walked into.

Thinking about it right now was making me feel angry and irritated all over again and I let out a scoff, watching as he rolled his eyes.

“It’s exactly what you saw…”

I let out another scoff. “How shameless are you?? Having sex out there, knowing I could walk in anytime soon!” I snapped out as he folded his arms.

“I did think you’d try running away again.” He admitted easily and I let out a disbelieving scoff as I stared up at him.

“Well, I do love shocking you then!” I snapped before pointing a finger at him.

“How could you fuck someone out there knowing your neice is present in the house as well? What if she was the one who walked in on you two?? Didn’t you think that far ahead as soon as you got horny?”

He pursed his lips this time as he responded. “My niece doesn’t ever leave her room, else I’d have never done that there. I care about my niece very much; thank you very much. Her room is sound proof so she definitely didn’t overhear us.” He responded, starting to sound irritated but I still scoffed at him.

“That still doesn’t excuse your shameless actions! You should have waited till you were in your bedroom, after all, it’s just sex, surely you can be able to exercise some patience—”

“It’s more than sex. Sex with me is maddening. Every woman I bed can never wait till we get to the bedroom.” He drawled and I blushed when he arched a brow at me.

“I know you’re used to waiting from all that you’ve been saying. I doubt if you’ve felt actual passion before, the one that feels like you might lose your mind if you don’t have a certain person's hands on your body. Like you might die if you do not kiss that person at that moment.” This time after he paused, he leaned down till he was leveled with my face and I inched away, my heart hammering against my ribs as he continued. “Tell me, Carla, have you ever felt something like that before in your entire life?”

My cheeks reddened as I nodded, but he snorted as he rose to his full height, clearly not believing me.

“I’d advise you to try experiencing what real passion and desire feel like. Your life won’t remain the same after that.” He breathed out as he stepped away completely.

“Thanks for the suggestion but I’m okay,” I mumbled as he turned around and looked around the kitchen. When his eyes focused on the pot on the stove, I flushed because he gave me a sharp and unimpressed look at once and I instantly realized why- the water I put on the fire for the spaghetti was fully dried.

As I hurried past him to turn the stove off, he beat me to it and placed the hot pot into the sink before opening water in it, then he faced me, his lips in a thin line as he spoke. “If you burn my house down, keep it in your mind at all times that what you’d get as punishment would be worse than being locked up for ten years.”

I bit on my bottom lip, feeling embarrassed as I awkwardly apologized to him and promised him that won’t ever happen

“If you can’t cook, you can order food online.” He suggested off-handedly and I want to point out that I didn’t have any money before I remembered his black card which is still in my possession, and so I nodded while letting my eyes wander over me as he buttoned up a suit jacket. That’s the moment I noticed that he was fully dressed.

“I’ll be heading to the office right now.” He revealed before I could ask any questions.

“Lena would be here despite me leaving. She’ll be spending the night over as well, and I hope for your own sake that you can both get along because I really hate unnecessary fights.”

I squared my jaw and folded my hands as I responded. “Don’t worry, I have no reason to get into a fight with your girlfriend when what’s between us is clearly not real. I mean, I don’t like you at all in real life, so why would I fight her?”

He nodded once before turning around, and was about to leave the kitchen before something came into my mind and I asked him to wait.

“Will you meet Sebastian at work? I remember you saying he works for you… so does this mean you’ll see him?” I asked quietly. He didn’t fully turn around but regarded me from across his shoulder.

“What’s it to you?” He asked sharply and I bit at the insides of my cheeks for a few seconds before responding.

“Because of our encounter with him today… please don’t cause unnecessary trouble for him, okay?”

Zade didn’t bother responding, he just left the kitchen without a backward glance.

Bastard.

I was ordering food in the kitchen when Lena sauntered in and demanded that I include an order for her as well. Not wanting to be difficult, I wordlessly did just that, and after the call ended, she began to walk around the kitchen, adjusting every damn thing she could touch in here.

She was clad in a shirt that clearly belonged to Zade, and her hair was in a bun. She had a large hickey at the side of her throat, and weirdly, I couldn't stop thinking about it, because I knew who it was that gave her that mark.

“Carla, isn’t it?” Her voice pulled me out of my thoughts and I realized that she’s aware I’ve been staring at the mark.

I nodded awkwardly and cleared my throat.

“Yes, is it.”

The air was starting to grow tense and I just know it’s best I leave this kitchen. As I turned to leave, Lena’s voice stopped me in my tracks.

“Did you enjoy the show?”

I instantly stiffened, frowning in confusion as I turned to stare at her.

“Huh?”

“The show I gave you while riding my boyfriend.” She grinned a little as she spoke this time and I let out a scoff on and inside. She can’t be serious right now. So she still continued to ride Zade despite knowing when I walked in? So she really had no shame?

I shrugged a little as I pushed my hair out of my face. “I don’t know, I have no comment,” I pointed out and this time, she let out a small laugh.

“That’s okay. I can understand, you’re probably still speechless from awe. After all, not everyone can ride like a pro.”

This time as I let out a disbelieving chuckle, I almost didn’t manage to hold back my scoff.

“I wasn’t in awe or anything.” I pointed out and she hummed, not sounding like she believed me.

“Well, whatever. I just want to speak to you one on one about my relationship with Zade. I don’t joke around when it comes to him. I’m in love with him like he’s in love with me… so please always have that at the back of your mind no matter what. Do you understand?”

She took in a deep breath once she was done speaking and I quietly regarded her for a few moments before giving her a single nod.

“Yes, I understand.”

“Good.” She stated.

“Yes, good “ I repeated, then I held her gaze before turning away first.

As I exited the kitchen, I could just tell that the two of us were never gonna get along.