Oops! I Married A CEO By Mistake novel Chapter 4

She knocked on her apartment door. It was opened in an instant by Henry.

“Were you standing there waiting for me, Henry? Ha-ha.” She lunged at him tying her arms around his neck making him stiff.

He leaned forward, sniffing her mouth a little, and then his eyes went wide, “Are you drunk?”

But instead of replying she kept laughing, her head leaned on his chest, “Yeah. Just wanted to enjoy myself.”

Her speech was slurred. Wrapping his arm around her waist he helped her to the bedroom. Making her sit on the bed, he kneeled on the floor to take her sandals off.

“They have taken away everything, Henry.” She told him in a whisper, her lips forming a pout. Hunter raised his eyes and looked into her tear-filled eyes.

“They are taking it away one by one.” She leaned closer to him and brushed his hair with her fingers, “You should go to them too, Henry. I don’t have anything.” A lone tear escaped her eye. She opened her palms in front of his eyes, “See? Nothing. Don’t have anything to feed you.” Then she started laughing again like crazy.

Hunter did not know what to say. This morning while eating his breakfast he did not even think for a second if she ate anything or not. Most of the time he found her chewing gum and now he understood the reason. The poor girl was trying to control the hunger pangs.

After meeting her, he had hardly spoken to her. She was the one doing all the talking.

He wanted to change her dress first but she kept slapping away his hand. He gave up and tucked her in the bed. She was murmuring something in her sleep while he was looking at her face intently.

Very gently he moved a hair strand away from her forehead, “Everything will be fine. Things are about to change.” She could not hear his whisper, because she was fast asleep now clutching his hand tightly.

“I promise, little one.” On impulse, he leaned ahead and very lightly kissed the corner of her mouth.

His brows knitted a bit when he licked his lips to feel the taste. Did she taste like … Like?

He could not remember but the taste was familiar. He leaned again and kissed her again gently. The expressions on his face were unreadable. His eyes fell on the delicate hand holding his strong one. Taking a deep breath he placed his head on the pillow.

“Sweetheart.” He whispered, “You taste like sugar.”

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When her eyes opened, she kept looking at the ceiling. She could not recall much except that she was hurt and got drunk. Someone took pity and helped her in hiring a cab.

But she did not remember anything after that. She turned her head around and then sat up straight. She reached out for her phone which said eleven in the morning.

Shit! Oh, God! She had missed her nine o clock interview. Her dress looked wrinkled and stained. My! My! What had she done?

“Gosh!” She tried to sit up and ran towards the bathroom holding her head which felt heavy. The moment she barged in, she found Henry stepping out of the shower.

Her eyes went wide with embarrassment.

“Umm. I am … I didn’t know that… I mean I forgot that you were … there. I …” She was fumbling with her words while he came near her. He smelt divine. She realized and tried to get back resulting in bumping to the wall.

She swallowed her spit trying her best to avoid looking down which meant to look into his eyes. The urge to transform into an insect and crawl in a corner, intensified.

His face was still serious but his eyes. This was the first time she had seen mischief dancing in those blue orbs. Her heart accelerated when she realized he was leaning towards her. His palms planted on the wall on either side of her. Enveloping her body between him and the wall.

Is he going to kiss her? How would it feel like? Her head that was throbbing before stepping in the bathroom, was now at ease.

Such a magical impact! Oh!

His face was so close that she could feel his minty breath on her face. She realized that he was also staring into her eyes.

Her hands had this sudden urge to touch the muscles on his body, his flat abs.

For some reason she was getting breathless, when his face started moving closer, she closed her eyes waiting for his lips to land on her. She could feel the heat emitting from him.

She waited… and waited for so long. Why he was taking forever, dammit?

But then suddenly out of nowhere, he gave a quick kiss on the tip of her nose before taking the towel from the hook behind her.

“I just wanted the towel, sugar. Plus remember? I am gay.” Her eyes shot open.

“What?” She stood there dumbly when she heard him chuckle and left the bathroom tying the towel around him.

When the door got closed she stood there trying to inhale oxygen. The man was very much capable to make her breathless. She turned and her eyes fell on her image in the mirror. The lady in the mirror looked so messed up with swollen eyes and a flushed face.

After the shower, she got dressed and came out. He was there only in a pair of jeans. She avoided looking at the six-pack beauty and scurried to the kitchen. She needed to prepare breakfast for him.

In a few minutes, she had prepared pancakes for him with two cups of steaming coffee. While preparing it she munched two wheat biscuits herself and then popped a chewing gum. Right now coffee was enough for her.

She needed to see how much grocery was left and how she could do tight-budget shopping. She was placing it on the small table when Hunter entered the room.

Damn. Why he was still shirtless, man?