Wife Unwanted: A Marriage of Convenience Romance by Piper Knox

Author:Piper Knox [Knox, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Letter B Press
Published: 2024-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Thalia

A MONTH LATER and I was still baffled by the storeroom incident. That's what I had dubbed it after thinking about it for too long. He did not say anything when I got back home. He acted as though nothing happened between us. As though he didn't appear at my work, after months of pretending I don't exist, fuck me senseless, and then going back to pretend I don't exist.

A month later and I was still replaying the moment in my head whenever I went to sleep. He was like a tormentor who couldn't be kept at bay. Constantly invading my thoughts, even when he was not around. And when we were together, when we had to pretend to be a loving couple, I wanted the pretense to be real. I wanted to be with him and despised him at the same time.

It was days like today, days when I had to spend time with him, that were the hardest. Darcy was throwing a birthday party and had invited both of us. I only told him of the invite out of courtesy, thinking he would reject it, thinking I would be going alone, until I saw him dressed and ready to go.

Darcy's apartment was two blocks from Carey's and we could have literally walked over there if he didn't insist on taking the car. To his credit the traffic wasn't all that bad, but I was sure we could have arrived earlier if we walked. It was a Penthouse suite and the party was happening on the terrace of the building. Darcy beamed when she saw me arrive, then she frowned when she saw Carey walking in behind me. I shrugged.

Darcy and I exchanged an air hug and kisses. She her hand to Carey. "What a pleasant surprise. Isn't this the first time you've accepted an invitation to one of my parties? Looks like I have your wife to thank."

Carey shook her hand and nonchalantly replied, "Since you two are practically joined at the hip nowadays, I have to be there to make sure you aren't being an awful influence on her."

Darcy pouted. "You make it sound like I'm a villain in a teen movie. I've always been a nice person if you took the chance to get to know me Carey."

Carey shoved his hands into his pockets. "Really? That's not what the tabloids say."

Darcy chuckled. "You of all people should know never to trust the trades. Come darling," Darcy took my hand, "let's leave your sourpuss of a husband," he glare still on Carey, "I have some badness to influence you with."

After we were more than a few feet away from Carey, I asked, "What's the beef between you two?"

Darcy shook her head. "I used to bully Carey when he was a kid."

Oh. That was some brand new lore I didn't know about.

"We were in the same classes. I flunked several times and had to repeat courses. Anyway, I used to tease him in class, mainly because all the girls liked him and I didn't see anything special about him.

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