A Husband

Eve's eyes kept staring at the road. As if she was waiting for someone to appear out of thin air. Her throat felt itchy and it was hard to breathe. 

The young boy keeps stealing glances at her. She was dressed in a professional white shirt and black skirt with high heels, a perfect chignon. This was something he wanted to achieve. A high-level job so that his father did not need to work as a guard. But..his hands on the steering wheel tightened and he felt cold suddenly.

"Miss, you look sick. Do you want me to take you to the hospital first?" Eve shook her head. She closed her eyes and drew a deep breath. 

When she opened them again, her face was normal and all the stuffing feelings were gone. As if she was taking a nap and had just woken up.

"No, I am fine. Uncle Marvin always worries a lot." a flash of surprise passed his eyes. He was not expecting her to know his father's name. Most of them only call his father by strange names, and his position and a few do not even call them, they signal him as if he wasn't a human. "So, are you studying at the university? I have studied there too. If you ever want any help, come to me. I still know many people there."

Her voice was sweet now and she was smiling at him. Eve had a beautiful face and when she smiled there was a dimple on her face. He felt heat rising to his skin and he looked away with the excuse of driving.

The car did not feel stuffy anymore as he told her about his experience of universities. Since he was a scholarship student, he was often mocked, and he tried to hide those points. But Eve sensed it the way his voice changed a few times.

"You know I used to be a scholarship student too. My father and more both work in a small company. So they did not have enough money to support the education of two kids. But when you grow up, they slowly realize your value. I still have many friends, I am sure you will make good friends too." She felt like he was like a little brother with that shy look on his face.

So she unconsciously patted his shoulders. The car had stopped on the signal and Kelvin turned to look at her at that moment. His face was flushed and he looked sweet.

"Thank you." he slowly retreated his hand and she laughed. Yes, a sweet little embarrassed brother. Her laughter took him by surprise but a flash of guilt passed his eyes too.

He was going to hurt such a sweet woman. Though he did not understand how it would have hurt this woman, he was not naive to believe that it was just a prank.

When his father had run to help this woman. A young woman had approached him and introduced herself as Eve's friend. She had told him that hey we're planning a prank on Eve to lighten her mood since she was sick.

They told him to act as Eve's boyfriend and behave intimately with her. So that the spectators would think that he was her boyfriend. That way, other men would not disturb her and accidents like parking lots would not be repeated.

When he did not reply, the woman offered him five hundred dollars. They were still sitting in his pocket, making a hole in it. He had thought it was a good offer at that time. He was only helping these women but now, he felt guilty.

He should not do something inappropriate. Above that, how could there be spectators in the closed car? But he did not have the heart to confirm it. What if the woman thought he was a creep trying to woo her with strange words?

His father cherishes this girl. He would be disappointed.

The car started again and he looked at her, she was checking her phone but her face was not as pale as before.

"If men like him worry you a lot, why don't you have a boyfriend? Or a rented boyfriend. If they see you with a man, they will not irk you again." he asked in a low voice. His body stiffened as the words left his mouth and his heart beat faster.

If she accepted that it was a good idea, he was going to offer himself as his pretending boyfriend. He would not ask for money either. She is a sweet and kind woman. He would only learn from her. It had nothing to do with his sweet eyes and alluring face.

"They will only disturb me more if I will have a boyfriend." she could not recall Cedric's face from last night but she knew that he was raging seeing a man in her room.

Was he jealous or was it because his authority was challenged? Or he was raging because the guests would see it and gossip? How she wanted to know the truth but did not dare to ask for it.

He had shouted at her yet he went to sleep with another woman so easily. But.. that woman was his first love, his only love while she had been a replacement.

It was not like she did not know about it. She had… but she had closed her eyes for two long years. She had never thought that Elene would return! 

"Why would that be?" he did not understand, "you can call your boyfriend and act lovey dovey with him when they approach you. Would it not save you from creeps?" looking at the confusion on his face, she laughed.

Her eyes falling on the simple platinum band with diamonds on it. It had created a lot of gossip in the office yet she had never taken it off. Her eyes finally softened, 

"Because I am already married and my husband is the jealous type."