Chapter１８

The next morning when I woke up, I didn’t see my husband as usual. So I didn’t care about him anymore and carried out my daily schedule. But there was a change today. I had a beautiful bracelet in my wrist that sparkled under the light.

I kept staring at it while bathing, caressing it every now and then. After a while, a giggle escaped my lips seeing that. Before I received this gift yesterday from Vampire, I didn’t know that he was feeling the same thing for me. I had lost all my hopes back then, feeling immensely depressed.

But now, I wanted nothing but to stare at this bracelet all day and night. I flicked it with my hands. The bracelet was made out of white pearls reflecting light in my eyes. I had to squint my eyes to see it carefully.

After that, I made myself a breakfast and started eating while turning on the computer. Since I had a lot of motivation today, especially after meeting Vampire, I ate hurriedly and opened the document, writing the new chapter.

Words flowed out of my fingers just like that, and I could already imagine the scenes before my eyes about the protagonist without any effort. At this time in the story, The editor and his writer made up and went out on a date when the author’s husband wasn’t around.

When I wrote this scene, I frowned and paused for a second. Why did I feel like this scene was extremely familiar? I tilted my head and realized what I was doing. I was writing down whatever happened with me and Vampire in reality. A trace of blush crept up my cheeks.

But even after realizing this, I didn’t do anything about it. I kept writing the scene with a big grin on my face. Just then, I heard the mobile notification going off. Thinking it was probably Vampire, I paused and looked over only to find a new message from my husband.

I frowned and opened it.

Lewis: “I’ll be out for a few days for business.”

That meant he wouldn’t be home anytime soon. I kept staring at the message for a while before my heart started beating rapidly. Why was I feeling rather adventurous at this time after seeing that my husband wouldn’t be around anymore?

I pursed my lips and glanced at the name Vampire in my novel and instantly thought of something.

Without thinking twice, I opened the chatting app and messaged the editor something I never thought I would do. But ever since he gave me that bracelet, I felt like I was starting to become bolder.

“Are you there?”

He instantly texted back. “Yes. My princess need me for something?”

I blushed at that name and wrote back, “Yeah, thanks for the gift. It’s really beautiful. I keep getting motivated every time I glance at it!”

Vampire: “My pleasure. Should I continue to gift you things like that?”

“Well, it does motivate me.”

My indication was apparent. I wanted him to give me things like that so that I could feel blessed and loved like today. Even though this bracelet was cheaper, it didn’t matter. I only cared about the fact that he had given me this present.

He was silent for a long time, and I shrugged thinking he might be busy working. After all, I had just messaged him during his working hours.

But when I didn’t receive a reply for almost two hours, I started getting worried. What was this guy doing?! Didn’t he see my message? I pursed my lips and stopped writing again, glancing at the phone in my hand.

After thinking for a while, I sighed and texted him again. “My husband isn’t at home right now. He’s out for business. Can you come?” And then I gave him the address to my home.

And I waited. I only wrote something like this because I wanted him to come and spend some time with me while my husband still didn’t know about me and Vampire. But no matter how much I waited, Vampire didn’t message me back.

I tried to focus on my writing, trying to keep myself sane, but my eyes flickered over to the phone, especially opening the messaging app. Why wasn’t he texting back? What was up with this guy?!

I clicked open his profile only to find him online. My heart twisted in pain at that. Vampire was online, and he still didn’t message me. Was he regretting giving me this gift? Was he regretting confessing to me and calling me princess? Did I scare him off by saying that my husband wasn’t at home anymore?

While I was having second thoughts about mine and Vampire’s relationship, I got a call, but I was too busy thinking about Vampire and ignored it. I didn’t even glance at my phone, frowning while staring at the document in front of me.

Perhaps Vampire thought I was a nuisance, and that was why he didn’t text me back. I couldn’t help but feel depressed at this thought. If that was the case, then wasn’t I back to square one? All the motivation I got after meeting Vampire went down in the drain, and I felt empty in my heart all over again.

I couldn’t help but touch my chest, especially the place where my heart was located. I was feeling suffocated. Why was I so stupid to text him something like that? If I hadn’t, maybe he wouldn’t have run off and ignored me like that. It was all my fault! I couldn’t help but feel frustrated at this thought.

Just then, my phone rang again.

It was a call from my husband. I frowned and hesitated before picking up. Right now, my mood was already off, and my husband’s timing was terrible. I really didn’t want to talk to anyone, let alone hearing Lewis’s voice at this time.

I pursed my lips and tried to control the turbulent emotions in my heart. “What is it?”

What I didn’t know was that to my husband, my voice sounded dull, and even irritated. He couldn’t help but feel disappointed at other end of the phone. To him, I was irritated because Lewis called me. This kind of misunderstanding made things even more difficult.

But instead of cutting off the call, my husband decided to confront me.

“Why, are you disappointed that I called you?” Lewis’s voice was harsh.

I couldn’t help but get angry at this. I was already irritated at this time because Vampire wasn’t texting back, and it was perhaps me who had scared him off because of my message. And now, my husband was already making things worse for me. So in ager, I parted my lips and blurted out. “Yes!”

“Hah, finally you told me the truth.” My husband’s expressions were bitter, but since I couldn’t see him, I thought that he was mocking me.

So his words made me angrier and I snapped on him. “Why are you always cold to me?! Huh? You weren’t like this before! Do you know, you are the bigger reason why I’m irritated right now. So just f*ck off and let me breath for once!”

My breathing was fast at this moment, and chest heaved heavily. But as soon as words escaped my lips, I couldn’t help but feel guilty.

On the other side of the phone, Lewis was stunned after hearing those words, and he silently hung up without saying a word. But there was a touch of sadness flickering in his eyes. Maybe his wife was right. He was the reason why their marriage was suffering.