Taming The Wild CEO novel Chapter 102

C H A P T E R 3 1 : B R E A K F A S T A N D E N G A G E M E N T R I N G

J A V I E R S U M M E R S

Javier woke up with a painful backache. The couch was too small for his large body but still, he persevered throughout the night, knowing that Ella was safe and sound in her bedroom only a few meters away from him. After stretching his tired body, he rose to his feet and went into the bathroom. In less than half an hour, he was already showered and was wearing one big towel around his waist when he realized that he needed his new change of clothes and most of his clothes were already inside the suitcase in his car in the basement. He had left about five pairs of clothing in the cupboard but the tricky part was that the cupboard was located inside the bedroom.

Thus, in the end, he had no other choice but to wait until Ella woke up before he could grab his fresh pair of clothes. After all, sneaking into the bedroom while she was sleeping definitely would not earn her trust. He found his bathrobe still hung in the bathroom and decided to wear it for the time being while he waited.

A few minutes later, he was keeping himself busy by preparing some waffles and coffee for breakfast when his phone rang. It was none other than his brother, Draven. “Yes?” he greeted once he accepted the call.

“No ‘good morning, my favorite and most awesome brother’, huh?”

Javier bit a smile. “What do you need, Brother?”

“There. Once again you are being extremely rude.” Draven let out an exaggerated heavy sigh, pretending that his older brother had hurt him with his assumption notwithstanding the fact that Draven truly needed his brother’s suggestion and opinion on this occasion. “Why do you always assume that I need something from you?”

“I think you miss your calling. Should I interview you for a role in an upcoming movie?” He rolled his eyes at his brother’s hyperbole expression.

“Hmm, depends,” said Draven, sounding like he truly gave it a thought about it. “Does it pay well?”

“Never mind.” Javier decided to ignore his question and focused on the purpose of this call instead. “I know you need something from me because otherwise, you would not be awake at this hour, Brother.”

“Fine,” said his brother, dropping the act and his nonsensical self defense argument. “Do you remember that girl who always followed Dex around?”

Javier took a moment to think. A small frown was forming on his forehead as he recalled their childhood. He did vaguely remember a girl who had always been with their brother, Declan. “Yes, although I could not call to mind her name.”

“It is Hélène d’aureville.”

“Okay,” he drawled, trying to figure out where this conversation was heading towards. “What about her?”

“Remember how we always teased Dex about it and told him that she was madly in love with him?”

“Yes.” Javier lifted the coffee pot and poured himself a cup of coffee then took a small sip of his coffee before saying, “Again, what about her?”

There was one minute of quietness that he was almost convinced the connection had been lost. Yet when he checked his phone screen, it showed that the call was still connected. “Draven?”

“We ran into each other and she said she has one wish she would like to fulfill then when I asked what it was, she suddenly jumped up and kissed me. Then, well, you know me, I am not about to disappoint a lady,” his brother finally answered.

“In other words, you slept with her,” Javier concluded.

“In short and impertinent tone, yes,” his brother confirmed.

With one raised brow, Javier curiously asked, “Do I need to offer you some sort of congratulation or chastise you by reminding you that she is the daughter of father’s oldest friend?”

“Do not be so crass, Brother.” His brother, who had just shared too much information about his sex life, had the nerve to feel offended.

“I am not. It is just a mere curiosity.” Javier shrugged even though evidently, Draven could not see it. “I know we are close, Brother, and you have shared many things with me but your sleeping arrangement is not one of them. Neither is mine. Hence my curiosity. What changed?”

This time, Draven’s heavy sigh sounded somewhat genuine. “This time, it is different.”

Javier tried to think of the possibilities and finally came up with one, “Was it a bad sex?”

“No. It was goddamn good.” Again, his younger brother let out another heavy sigh.

“Then why do you sound so troubled?” He grabbed his cup and lifted it to his lip.

“Because I do not know what I am supposed to do. I think she thought I was Declan.”

Javier nearly choked at his coffee. “What?”

Another exasperated sigh from the other end of the call. “Well, halfway through the night, she suddenly called me Declan when I was already inside of her.”