EPISODE 18: The Annoying Husband

Veronica decided to head back to bed when Sebastian entered and was surprised to see his wife awake. "Did I wake you up?" he worriedly asked. "Sorry."

Upon hearing it, Veronica came up with something and pretended to be yawning as she faced him. "I just peed and I found you're not there." She made an alibi and Sebastian nodded before kissing her head.

"Sorry. Something came up in one of my businesses and needed me in person that's why I didn't wake you up." Sebastian apologized and half lied. "But it seems to me that you miss me that much, huh?" he teased her and his wife blushed but sent a hard slap to his arm.

"Ouch, wifey." He pouted. "You love to hurt my body," he commented making Veronica smirk evilly and Sebastian gulp.

She leaned closer almost like attempting to kiss him. "What if I say yes?" She teased but Sebastian quickly carried his wife in his arms causing Veronica to squeal. "HUBBY! PUT ME DOWN!"

"I will and we'll be doing that." Sebastian wiggled his eyebrows and put down Veronica gently on their bed.

Veronica's whole body started to heat up upon hearing it and she became speechless until Sebastian began laughing at her. She pouted. "It's not funny."

"You're thinking of doing it with me, aren't you, Wifey?" he teased and Veronica glared at him.

"So what if I do?" she challenged as she confidently admitted that it suddenly crossed his mind. "Got a problem with that?"

"No, I don't." Sebastian smiled gently while he was still on her top looking deeply into her eyes. "In fact, I love that you're thinking that." he kissed her temple. "But don't worry, we won't rush it."

"Are you sure you won't take advantage of this moment since you're on my top?" she directly asked with a slightly challenging tone on her but Sebastian chuckled.

He looked lovingly at her. "I will be honest with you, in one year of our marriage, I have grown to love you more." He suddenly confessed. "And I won't just be offering a contract with you if I am not attracted to you ever since I saw you at that masquerade event."

"That's obvious since you have been calling me enchantress since day one." She smiled and cupped Sebastian's face. "But I can't tell if I love you already, can you wait for more?"

"My love for you is patient and I can surely wait for your love." He assured her. Then place a lingering kiss on her temple before her lips. "Good night, wifey." 

Veronica returned the kiss and whispered. "Good night, hubby." 

As they retired for the night, deep inside they were relieved that nobody found out their secret in their closet just yet. They just sleep and hope for a bright morning the next day. Yet, it was too early to say as soon as the morning began knocking on their household.

"Hubby?" Veronica woke up again without her husband beside her. "He is always not around when I wake up." she sighed and decided to lie down again when Sebastian's giggling voice caught her attention.

"Miss me that much, huh." He teased but Veronica glared at him.

"Annoying." She sighed and went to sleep again.

"You love it." Sebastian giggled and kissed her head before reminding her about their CEO job at their company. "Anyway, I just prepared our breakfast so, hurry up or we're going to be late for our work." 

Veronica groaned before covering herself with a pillow. "Argh, don't remind me about it," she whined making her husband laugh at her cute grumpiness.

"You're lovely but hurry." He patted her head gently before kissing her temple. "I know you don't want to be late so, hurry up, wifey." Then he headed back to the kitchen. Veronica sighed and hurried to freshen up herself before having breakfast with her husband.

At work, both were having their usual routine but Veronica had a very serious meeting with the Sakurai Threshold Corp. She had to speak with them regarding the funds that she put into their company.

Yuna entered after knocking on her door. "Mr. Sakurai and his daughter have arrived and are ready to meet you."

Veronica nodded. "Let them in." She stopped doing her paperwork and prepared the file that she asked Yuna for earlier. "Have a seat." She told them as soon as they entered. "I heard my account suddenly dropped from your company, can you tell me what just happened?"

Mr. Sakurai took a deep breath before speaking. "My daughter was handling your account and apologized on her behalf." 

Veronica cut him off. "I'm not asking who's holding it. I'm asking what happened to it."

"We still don't have any leads who stole it under our security. We're still tracking it down." Mr. Sakurai answered firmly and Veronica understood it. "But my daughter and I suspected only one, the Victoria Insurance Company."

Veronica sighed. "That's a serious accusation, Mr. Sakurai." 

He sighed as he nodded. "I know but he's been pursuing my daughter for two months straight." He glanced to his daughter who was listening attentively to their conversation.

"I don't entertain anyone that much that's why my suspect was only him." Mr. Sakurai's daughter Ruka cleared. "Even my friends were wary of him whenever they met him with me."

Veronica studied them particularly the young Sakurai before speaking. "You still don't have the proof that it was their doing. Plus, you haven't checked thoroughly their background for being scammers or fraud."

"We know that it's our fault that's why we came here to apologize and do whatever it takes to get your money back." Mr. Sakurai seriously apologized to Veronica.

"Apology won't bring it back, Mr. Sakurai," Veronica said making him nervous.

Mr. Sakurai gulped but still asked. "What do you want us to do then?"

"Ruka Sakurai must withdraw from being your successor at the moment." Veronica bluntly told them.

"But…" Mr. Sakurai was about to reason when Veronica arched her eyebrow at him.

She reminded him about not letting her finish. "Kyoshiro, I'm not done speaking. Let me finish first before you react, okay?"

"Sorry, please, continue." he ushered the big boss.

"Alright, as I was saying, Ruka needed to withdraw from being Sakurai's successor at the moment. Through it, she won't be a big fish in the business market but it doesn't mean that she won't be your heiress anymore." Veronica continued what she was saying to them. "You'll be working in my company to be trained and to keep your say from them again. Plus, I know you love the arts so I'm pleased to have you in my entertainment company. So what do you say?" she offered which surprised them both.

Ruka looked at her father before smiling. "I would love to be training in your company, Lady Veronica." She quickly decided for herself without asking her father's opinion.

"Ruka, are you sure about it?" her father worriedly asked.

She nodded. "I am. I want to see for myself how far my hobby and passion will take me before I can handle our company, Dad."

"Alright, but also serve it as your training to be the boss of your own company." Mr. Sakurai reminded her daughter who embraced her father in gratefulness.

Veronica smiled as she showed the contract. "Then, there's the contract and you can start working today or tomorrow if you're ready." It made Mr. Sakurai shake his head at how prepared his lady boss was.

"Very prepared as always." Mr. Sakurai sighed while smiling.

Veronica smirked as she watched the young Sakurai fill up the contract. "Well, it's an opportunity for both of us."

"Are you planning on using my daughter?" he guessed upon hearing her words.

"Either, Kyoshiro," she answered. "I indeed want to train and protect her but at the same time, she'll be watching a young lone Pendelton."

"Are you serious?!" Ruka groaned upon hearing it. "Please, I don't want to be stuck with a Pendelton again."

Veronica chuckled at Ruka's reaction. "Don't worry. You're safe with him. He grew up with his mother." 

"How can you be so sure?" Mr. Sakurai asked.

"I've been watching them." She winked sinisterly before she got up from the couch. "And about the account I had in your company is already cleared as I sent one of my security ITs to do some upgrades in your security system. Then open a new account." She decided what she had done to her old account on their company and reminded him. "Also, you have to check the others since you don't want it to happen to the other accounts in your company." 

Mr. Sakurai was very grateful for the big boss's help and understanding. "Thank you, my lady, and I will take note of that."

"Okay, if there's nothing else, you're both free to leave…" Veronica smiled genuinely at them making Mr. Sakurai a bit surprised in that reaction. "...and Ruka, his name is Evan Banks. He was not using his father's family name ever since he was born." Ruka just nodded with a smile before they left her office.

When the Sakurai finally left, Veronica was about to stepped out when Yuna appeared with another file in her hands. She just gave Yuna a stern look and shrugged on Yuna's side. It seems to her that she won't be having any nice rest for a couple more hours.

Just another two more hours before her shift was done when another annoyance came into her office without giving any signal to her. "Still preoccupied, my dear wife?" 

Veronica sighed but didn't look to Sebastian's way. "Stop it. We're alone. No need to act." she coldly said.

Sebastian acted like he was hurt by it. "I am not acting." he grinned causing another sigh to escape from Veronica. "But what made you in the foul mood? Is it because we're not getting laid?" he curiously asked making Veronica stop working.

She sternly looked at him for a couple of seconds. The feeling of strangling her husband on the spot and killing him regardless of the blossoming feelings that she was having for him already, still annoys her big time. But Sebastian's words and presence were warming her chest as she tried her best to keep things neutral whenever she was in her company.

She sighed. "It was not about that. There's a problem occurring in my account at the Sakurai Threshold Corp." She rested her back on her seat making Sebastian massage her shoulders. It was helping her relax. "Guess the one who stole it from them."

"V.I.C." Sebastian guessed and Veronica nodded in confirmation.