Chapter six: A question without an answer

ADRIANS POV

"How do you know Sebastian cole?" I broke the silence with my question.

Her lips parted but no words came out.

"Are you just going to sit there and act like I am talking to the air?"

She continued staring at me with no response. We arrived at the mansion and walked in to the living room.

Everyone was in thier rooms, that gave us time to have a better conversation.

"Amelia?" I called her attention.

"How do you know Sebastian cole and why did you feel uncomfortable seeing him?" I asked her again

"I knew him before we got married"

"From?"

"Why are you so bothered about who I know and where?" She replied.

"This is a contract marriage not a real marriage, I can meet anyone I want and do what so ever thing I want to do"

"Yes it is a contract marriage, but you are my wife in public and whatsoever thing you do can ruin my reputation, I am not asking how you knew him because I care I am asking because I don't want anything to tarnish my image"

My jaw tightens.

She moved towards the stairs and was about to start moving up to her room.

"Amelia our conversation isn't over"

Amelia presses her lips together before answering.

"I have had a very long day, and I really want to rest now"

Her voice became more gentle, I could hear how tired she felt through her words.

But I didn't care, she must tell me how a poor girl like her knows a man like Sebastian cole.

After calling her attention towards the whole conversation again, I received a notification from my phone.

It was from Sebastian cole.

"Ask your wife what happened the night we met" Sebastian said in his text.

I held my phone towards Amelia demanding an explanation.

Amelia glances at the screen before looking away.

She folds her hand defensively.

I took a step closer, but Amelia refuses to move backwards.

"What does this text mean?"

"What happened the night you and Sebastian met?"

"Was he one of the men you had an affair with before we got married?"

Her fingers tighten around the edge of her sleeve anytime I mentioned his name.

I could tell her something had happened between the both of them but I am not aware what exactly it is.

She kept me in suspense, refusing to explain, leaving the room quiet.

"Amelia if you don't tell me what happened between you and Sebastian I would be forced to ask him by my self"

"Sebastian is a manipulator he likes manipulating people to fall for his tricks"

"I promise there was nothing between the both of us" her voice was shaky.

"Then why did you feel uncomfortable meeting him?"

"Why didn't you say this for a long while?"

"Why did you keep it?"

"Why?"

"It's very obvious you are lying"

I said while I stared at her from her heads to her toe

I heard her words but they didn't make any sense. I looked at the message and then at her, she kept shaking like I was about to murder her.

"Amelia listen to me" I kept my left hand in my pocket while I walked round the room to ease the tension.

"I don't care what so ever thing you got your hand into back then but you can't spoil my reputation"

"Am I clear?"

"I built this brick by brick"

She walked upstairs toward her room. Each step she took made her breathe loudly.

I walked towards the kitchen to grab something to eat, while I kept on staring at the message Sebastian sent me.

I kept on wondering what transpired between Amelia and Sebastian.

My investigator already showed me what I need to know about her but what can be between both of them that I am not aware of.

I picked up an apple and held it for some minutes without eating it.

"What happened between you and my wife?"

I replied Sebastian cole. My level of curiosity to know what happened was high and I couldn't hold it anymore.

I hated the fact that i was kept in the dark and no one was willing to tell me the truth.

I started at my phone with an apple in my hand waiting for his response.

I checked every minute.

While I was waiting for him to get back to me I questioned my self.

"Why am I so bothered about a stranger?"

"Why does her past life bother me?"

This deal is meant to be only for a year. I doubt if I was curious because of the deal or because of my hatreth for her.

I couldn't help my self anymore I felt disgusted. I picked up my car key and walked outside to the garage.

Driving out of the mansion without telling anyone where I was headed. All I knew was that I just wanted to forget the fact that Amelia has a secret that can spoil my chances of getting my inheritance.

I stopped by when I saw a lady standing on the road wearing a pink dress.

The pink dress was tight at the top and loose at the bottom off-shoulder, showing her collarbones. Every step made the fabric move.

She wore no jewelry, she didn't need it.

I whined the window of my car down.

"Come in?"

She didn't say no. She got in anyway

I didn't take her home. I tool her to a hotel quiet private.

In the room, she stood by the window shaking, Not from cold.

I came closer, slow enough for her not to stop me, "if you want me to leave tell me" I said with my hands in my pocket.

She didn't say anything.

I tucked her wet hair behind her ear. That smal touch broke everything

She nodded Just once.

I kissed her and we both hard a warm night.