Chapter 64

Aiden became quiet.Suddenly, Amelie's feet couldn't touch the ground.He was really holding her like a toddler and putting her on the sofa.

Aiden put both his hands on the head of the sofa and leaned forward to her,blocking her any chance to get away.

His breath sprinkled on her face,with a fresh minty smell.His face was so close Amelie got distracted for a second,but soon recovered remembering the anger.She scoffed, crossed her arms,turned her face away from Aiden,refusing to look at him.

"Now, what do you want me to give for you to sign the papers?"His voice was hoarse and raspy,carrying a lot of different emotions,but the most visible one was anger.

"Again with this?Are you too stupid to understand the problems we'll get if we divorce now?"

"What do you want me to give for you to sign?"Aiden's voice became lower and more hoarse as he repeated the question but shorter.

"If we're planning on divorcing early we need a good enough reason,convincing for both our sides.If a 'happy' just married couple that had a very 'harmonious' relationship suddenly divorce and refuse to state the reason,the first thing they'll think of is either infidelity or something more major and problematic.Both of us don't want to-"

"What do you want?"His voice was lower,now practically like begging.

Amelie turned her head quickly.Her already worn out patience getting even thinner.

"Did you even listen to -"When she turned her head,their noses almost bumped.His face had gotten even closer and seemed a bit off.

Amelie's words paused mid-way and instinctively backed away,furrowing her eyebrows.

"Just tell me what you want,please."

Hearing that low and hoarse voice,Amelie's eyebrows relaxed,her face holding a slight sarcastic glint.

"What I want is very simple."

She opened and closed her eyes slowly, and then inched her face closer.Her voice was low in a whisper as she said with a smile.

"I will happily sign the divorce papers,"

Her eyes trailed down from his eyes, nose then landed on his lips for a few seconds before back on his eyes.Aiden's Adam apple moved up and down.

"If you tell everyone the truth of our marriage."

Aiden was quiet, staring at her face as his eyes got darker.

Amelie still continued saying in a whisper, provoking him, not realising the danger she was getting herself into.

"Is it too hard for you?If you can't do something so simple, then I guess we won't be-"

The rest of her words were blocked by a pair of hot lips.Aiden leaned over and held her face in place with one hand,the hat on Amelie's head falling behind the sofa.He then grabbed her waist and slowly lay her down.

Amelie's eyes widened at the sudden kiss.She tried to push him away at first,but soon, just like the man in front of her,she also fell prey of her physical desires,her body melting because of his kiss.

After a minute,Aiden broke their lips apart to take a breath,then leaned in, kissing her deeply again.

They were entangled with each other like that for a few minutes.When Aiden broke their lips apart after another deep kiss,he was planning to lean in again,but Amelie stopped him.Though her voice was weak in a way that made him crazy,he still paused listening to her.

"Let's never do this thing again.If I'm planning to do this thing with any man,it's with one who has a mutual feeling with me,not with someone who was basically begging me to divorce him just a minute ago.I have some respect for myself."

Aiden's body froze,staring at her,his pupils dilating. He lowered his head,he was finally reflecting on his actions.He had crossed the line in this case.Maybe it was because it wasn't the first time they had kissed like this,but now it felt so easy to cross that line again and again.He had forgotten her feelings in the midst of drowning himself in his.He had crossed the line alone,not with her.

Amelie fixed her disheveled self.For a moment, she had also caved in her own desires,but it didn't feel right.Maybe they wouldn't have crossed the biggest boundary today,just like they didn't during their wedding night,but if there was a chance that it happened, she was sure she'd hate herself after it.

She couldn't just do this with someone that hated her no matter the attraction she felt.She valued her feelings more than her physical desire, because Amelie knew she would be suffering because of the former for the rest of her life.

"I'm sorry for hurting you.I crossed a huge line today, and I'll make sure to never do it again...If I ever try to do this again,feel free to hit me."

"It's not my duty to stop you.That's something you should do yourself."Amelie stood up wearing her hat that had fallen on the ground before."Gather yourself together,you're not a child, neither an animal that can't control itself."She then left him behind,sitting on the sofa."I'll be waiting downstairs."were her last words as she closed the door.

*bam*

After the door closed,Aiden stood there in silence for a few seconds.Thinking of every word she said.Her rubbed his face with his palms and groaned.He was angry,but at no one but himself.

When he got downstairs,Amelie wouldn't even look at him.He didn't say anything.Maybe it was better for the both of them to be this way,with a clear boundary that none of them should cross.

While signing the documents for the house and after checking the place,none of them said anything to each other.