Chapter 17: Where is my wife?

When I got to my room, I was breathing like I just ran a marathon race. I took a deep breath several times but I was still breathing fast. I went to the bathroom and took a long shower, all I could think about was her, I was feeling a very strong urge to hold her in my arm. Her eyes were so captivating, and her lips... " What the hell is wrong with me?" I muttered angrily.

I came out of the bathroom, dried my hair and went to bed. I couldn't sleep, I kept tossing around the bed angrily. I wanted to go to her, I thought about the day she took milk and hugged me, how soft and warm she felt. I was completely frustrated, I stood up and went to the living and the wine rack.

' I wish I could take this, probably I would have felt better ' I thought but I can't drink, just like she has lactose intolerance I have alcohol intolerance. I stared at it for a while before walking to the kitchen. Nancy was back in the kitchen now, and they all went to their rooms when I was walking close to Melissa probably to give us space.

" Hello sir, do you need anything?" She was mixing something but she left it as soon as she saw me and came to me. " Hey Nancy, shouldn't you be getting some sleep? I would have thought you were a ghost if it was dark in here" I was moving towards the refrigerator. " I wasn't sleepy so I came to bake something instead. Am sorry if it bothers you, sir." She was gathering up her stuff as she said this.

" It's fine, go on" I had gotten soda from the refrigerator and was opening it. Nancy was like a sister to me or more like a daughter, I had helped her leave a brothel.

" Are you okay sir?" I heard her ask with a little voice. I could tell she was scared as she asked. Nancy and I were good but we never really talk much, the most we ever talk about is when I come back from work and she serves me dinner and ask about work. But she talked a lot when Tom was around, I could tell she liked him a lot.

" Am okay Nancy. " I smiled at her as I left the kitchen. I went back to my room and tried to distract myself by working on my document but I couldn't concentrate still. All I wanted to do was feel her warmth, these desires were new to me.

" If keeping your identity safe is important to you then you need to stay away" It was more like I was reprimanding myself.

I woke up early the next morning with a nasty headache, I barely had 3 hours of sleep. I hissed as I got up from my bed and showered, I just wanted to leave the house before she woke up, I didn't want to see her because it would only increase my yearning for her. I wanted to avoid her because the more I saw her the more I yearned for her. ' Was I falling in love with her?' I shook my head repeatedly at the thought. I suddenly smiled, why was I behaving like her? She always shook her head whenever she had an unpleasant thought. Everything about her amused me. It was Saturday so I just decided to go to the penthouse because knowing she was just two rooms from mine wasn't helping. I stayed there all day and didn't go home that night so I just spent the night in the penthouse, but staying away wasn't helping either. The next next day I called Gabriel and he told me everything was okay and she had gone to church with Nancy and then went shopping afterwards. ' Obviously, she's happy when am away. Really? I get to feel this way and she's happy? Oh yeah? enjoy it will it last' I scoffed angrily.

I decided to go home, I wouldn't allow her to be rejoicing I wasn't coming home. I had an appointment with one of the old man's girls so I took her home with the hope that I would annoy her but I didn't. She was happy instead. I was so annoyed.

" Mr Kelvin! Mr Kelvin!!" I snapped out of my thought and turned to him. " Yes Jason"

" Mr Thompson called, the deal with Bright Enterprises is going well."I nodded as he said this. " Sir, you're so lost in thought these days, does it have to do with Mrs Kelvin, sir? You were never like this before you married her" Jason continued.

" Tsk, leave me alone Jason," I told him but Jason was talkative.

" Your mood is always changing too, you easily get upset."

" Jason?" I called with my eyes closed, he was annoying the hell out of me. " Yes, Mr Kelvin" He answered quietly.

" Help me get a new secretary first thing tomorrow morning."

" Am so sorry Mr Kelvin, I was saying we could develop another plan that could ruin Bright Enterprises faster," I smirked.

I got home an hour later. It's been several hours since I'd been waiting for her still she wasn't back. Gab told me she closed up the cafe by 8 pm and it was 10:30 pm still she wasn't back.

' Did she go out with that guy?' It was driving me nuts thinking she might have gone out with him. I decided to call Gab, he answered on the second ring " Hello Mr Kelvin"I heard him say over the phone. " Where is my wife?" Even though I knew she would be with that guy I was still wishing she was the other girl instead.

" She's hanging out with her friends' sir"

I stood up and went to my room angrily and came back to the sitting room again after lying restless for 30 minutes.

She walked in some minutes later, I was sitting down holding some documents as she walked in but of course, I wasn't working on them, I couldn't even focus on anything.

" Hello Mr Kelvin, am so sorry am back late." She apologized as she bowed her head slightly. 'Why did she have to apologise before I could complain?' I just watched her without saying anything. She waited for me to say something but I didn't say anything, I just kept looking at her.

" It wasn't intentional, I lost track of time while hanging out with my friends." She tried again. I could feel she was anxious.

" Welcome back wife, I thought you weren't coming back today"