XanderI walked into her room and she was already sound asleep. She looked so peaceful when her eyes were closed, the most beautiful creature I've ever seen. I wanted so badly to kiss her lips as passionately as I did the first night we shared. The same lips she had used to work her way over and around my hardness.I loved how she was so innocent to the rest of the world but I brought out the beast in her. Just staring at her gave me literal chills.She's tamed me and I loved it and hated it at the same time.I picked up the duvet from underneath her body and used it to cover her up. It was quite chilly tonight and I couldn't bear the thought of my little candy catching a cold. She moved a little, but not enough for her to realize my presence and completely wake up. I saw a book slightly open beside her and I picked it up to drop it on the bedside table but something caught my eye. I opened it and I saw that it was her diary. I know I shouldn't be prying in her private life, at l

Bella“Morning,” I whispered as I woke up, yawning with my mouth wide open.I didn't want to go back to work, especially after what happened between Mr. Rivera and I the previous day.“What if he fulfills his threat and appears today?” I thought to myself, terrified of the unknown. Nothing had prepared me for the trials I was going to face.I wanted to go and tell Xander that I wasn't cut out for it anymore and I wanted to back out but he'll probably scoff at me and call me weak!I braced myself as I stepped into the bathroom to have a bath, my body hurting from yesterday's encounter.I had shut my eyes tightly to let the water cool my body when…“You're still as beautiful as ever,” I heard a familiar voice say and my eyes flew open, not caring about the soap I had applied all over my face.I quickly placed my hands over my breasts to cover it as I saw the speaker, his eyes filled with the same kind of lust I had seen on our wedding day.“What the hell are you doing here?!” I shouted.

Bella He rolled his eyes as he grabbed a handkerchief from the bedside drawers to wipe his face. I know I should have apologized but I didn't have much of a shock absorber built in my system. “Is this going to be a regular thing?” He said spitefully and I could tell that he was upset. “I'm truly sorry. I didn't mean to— Wait, you knew?!” “You really do think I'm an idiot, don't you?” I placed my hands over my belly and looked at him, catching his intense stare. “How— how long have you known?” I managed. The way he looked at me made me a little uncomfortable and I stood up from beside him. “Since day one,” he answered gently. I wondered why he was so casual about it. “Is that why he hasn't tried to touch me?” I came up with assumptions in my head, justifying his actions. “I hope you haven't been nursing thoughts of running away with my baby. I can't bear the thought of having my baby sleeping in the street. You're carrying a Rivera.” “Tsk! Drama queen.” He added. He

Bella “I don't want to see him, Mary,” I tried to sound as impolite as possible, just so she would understand how serious I was. “Tell him that I don't want to see him,” I added, maintaining a stern expression that I didn't even know I had. I needed to show him that I wasn't some piece of property he had bought at the dollar store. “Bu— but, ma'am,” Mary stammered. Her smile had disappeared for the first time. “You heard me, Mary! I'm not interested in whatever he has to say tonight. I'll see him tomorrow.” “Please…He said it's urgent.” “Mary! Do you still want your job? I'm not going to see him and that's final. Let him know that— he's not my master, nor am I his slave. I am his wife and I can choose not to come.” I had run out of breath as soon as I had finished my impromptu epistle. “Okay, ma'am. I'll go let him know now.” “Good. Ensure to shut the door behind you properly.” —Not like she's ever left it unclosed. I wondered how Xander was going to react when he got the

Bella My heart stopped for a moment and I didn't even turn to face him. The tone of his voice pissed me off, even more than his mean words.“Fucking? It was only a friendly date,” I tried to explain even though I didn't need to. We obviously weren't doing anything that serious. I wondered why he always blew things out of proportion.He didn't even care that the person he called, ‘Tom, Dick and Harry’ was standing right there!“I don't give a shit, Bella! It doesn't matter who you want to be with, you signed a contract and you can't be seeing other people while we're married but I'll cut you some slack. Since you're so horny, as soon as you deliver my baby, you can run off with whomever you please.”“Xander!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. “Stop it, alright?” I was starting to feel a thorn in my throat. “I've had it up to here with you. I'm not some object. I understand that all you want is the baby because you…have made it very clear.”“Good!” He said, turning around to leave.“X