His Second Husband 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 21 - 챕터 30

Silas’s povDuring the board meeting, I sat and tapped my leg impatiently on the floor. I wanted this meeting to be over quickly because I had so many places to be with Julian that day. I just wanted to be out of here.When Matthias stood up to talk about more things, I scoffed and looked away.He looked at me. “Is anything the matter, Mr. Silas?”I laughed. “Nothing. Keep going. I mean, it’s not like we all have lives to get to.”A board member leaned forward. “This is our life.”I was about to counter when somebody said in the background, “Maybe it’s because he’s married to that gold digger, so our lives should pause.”I looked at the crowd. I could see all of them staring at me intently. I leaned back in my chair, folding my arms.“Is that how everybody here feels? That I’m married to some gold digger, so I don’t care about other people’s lives?”No one said anything as I got up.“Meeting is moved to another day because I have things to do.”I then walked out. Mr. Matthias followed

Julian’s povI looked at her as I could see her brows moving in a disapproving way. “Don’t judge me. Everything I did, I did for us. Without Silas, you’d probably be dead and I’d be in prison by now, or worse, dead. But none of us are gone. We’re still here, all thanks to Silas and his money. So how about I do what I can to keep my own end of the deal, and he has his own end of the deal too. He wants companionship, and I need money. It’s a win-win, don’t you think?”Of course, she couldn’t say anything. I felt like this was a stupid thing to continue. I went to sit on the couch as I thought of what that woman had said earlier today when she had come to visit Silas.I sighed. My life was going to take a huge toll if these people kept on popping in. If they kept on trying to change Silas’s mind, he might see me as nothing and end up divorcing me.I did not want that to happen. I did not want him to change. Now he was a nice person. I preferred him that way.I thought of yesterday. After

Silas’s pov“Well, you’d need loans, you’d need investments, you’d need a board that’s willing to share the risk with you. You’d need a lot. That way, when you win something, you all win together. But the bad news is, when you lose, you all lose together. It means you all share the risk, but at least you’re not the only one having a billion-dollar risk.”“That makes sense. So, I’ve planned a lot of dates and this one I think needs to be perfect.”“Julian, we haven’t even gone on the trip yet.”“Yes, but I planned an itinerary that we can use on our trips. Check it out.”He got out his phone and then showed me a couple of things on the list.“We’re going to a temple?” I have him a puzzled look.“What?” He chuckled. “For good luck?”“Julian…”“I mean, we have a family now and very soon we will want to adopt a kid. That would mean that we would have to get one that suits our needs. Do you want a boy or a girl?”I stared at him for a while. “You want to… adopt a kid?”“Yeah, don’t you?”I

Silas’s pov“I’m not going to have this argument with you. I’m going. It was nice meeting you, Tony. I prefer to think of our relationship as something that is just purely business. Because personal talks, it doesn’t bode us both well. I mean, you talked to me about why I didn't go for somebody that was a billionaire. When you’re over here with all these girls that we clearly know are hookers. And they are just here because of the yacht you have and the money you have.”He smiled. “I know. But that’s called being a playboy.”“Dude, you’re 45. Playboy shouldn’t be in your dictionary.”“Hey, being a playboy has no age limits, does it?”I shook my head. “Those girls look 18. You could get arrested.”“I’m a billionaire. I can do whatever the hell I want.”“No. I’m disgusted in you. But somehow you get to come up to me because of the man I married.”“I checked their ID. They are more than 18. But this is not about me. This is about you. And if I’m being honest, why would you go ahead to be

Silas’s povWe laid in bed naked, staring at the ceiling as we talked about different things, and to be honest, in all my time on this planet and with different people I had been with, including Emery, Julian was the only person who made me feel normal. He was the only one who made me feel loved.After the sex we had had earlier, my mind was blown by how everything had worked, and right now that we were laying down and he was being romantic towards me, the thing was that he never talked about my work. All he did was talk about more fun, how I should relax, how I should enjoy life. And then we talked about the true meaning of our existence on this planet and how we should love one another.I started to wonder… if Julian was like this, why wasn’t Emery like this? Emery claimed he loved me, but all he did was talk about business trips and more business meetings and conferences, not about us. And sometimes I wondered if he truly loved me. I remembered our last argument, our last fight, an