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“Sorry to wake you up, Ma’am, but you have been in here for a long time, so I was sent to check up on you. You missed lunch, so I brought a tray,” Natalie said.
“Oh, sorry. I guess I fell asleep. I was up late last night.”
“Mrs. Miller requested that you eat something, Ma’am.”
“Okay. That’s very kind of her. Are they back from their doctor’s appointment?” Jessica asked.
“Yes, they got back just before lunch and were tired, so they have turned into their rooms.”
“What about Matt?”
“I’m sorry, Ma’am, I got here after he had already left, so I don’t know where he went,” came Natalie’s apologetic reply.
“It’s okay, Natalie, thank you.” Jessica smiled and dismissed the servant.
She ate the sandwich on the tray and drank the orange juice. She had been hungry, but she didn’t realize that before eating. Finishing her food, she went out looking for Matt’s whereabouts. She asked the maids cleaning her room where he was, but they didn’t know. Finally, she asked Mr. Reynolds. He informed her that Matt had gone to his family office very early in the morning. He had lunch there because right after lunch, he had an important meeting. Jessica asked for the address of his office, which he provided her. She thanked the butler and went back to her room. She was done being in the house all day. She planned to visit Matt in his office and get the answers she wanted.
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Jessica noted the address on her phone. She hurried back to her room to grab her bag and throw on a jacket. The weather looked cloudy and seemed as if it would get cold. One of the maids came rushing to her room, “Ma’am, should I call Jacob? If you could wait for just ten minutes, he can be here and ready the car for you to—”
“No thanks. I have already called an Uber,” Jessica cut her off, already walking out the door.
“But, Ma’am, the car is idle, and Jacob will be here soon.”
“I’m fine. I want to have some time to myself anyway. I’ll head out now.”
Jessica got out of the mansion. The Uber app showed that the car was right outside the gate to the estate, so she started walking.
Damn, this estate is long. I hadn’t thought of this at all. Now, I have to walk a mile to get to the car, and it would take even more time than to have Jacob come over, but what’s done is done.
By the time she reached the car, she was out of breath and sweating. She climbed inside the car and gave the driver directions to go to Matt’s office downtown. As she had predicted, the weather was getting colder, and only a few minutes after getting into the car, it started to drizzle.
Jessica stared out the car window, letting herself immerse in thoughts. She was extremely confused about everything—Matt’s intentions and her own feelings toward him. She didn’t know what to call these emotions. Was she starting to develop feelings for her husband, someone to who she didn’t even know that well but was married under dire circumstances? Was it possible that Matt wasn’t the dark persona she had imagined him to be but was actually a good person from the inside? Even if that was the case, he didn’t want her, not right now anyway. She felt an unknown ache in her chest at the thought of last night, about how she had laid herself bare in front of him, the lustful looks he’d given her, the way they had drowned in each other’s lips, and the way he had touched her and woken her from a deep slumber after she had thought she could never feel that way again. It surprised her how strongly she had reacted to him, how her body had answered the calls of his. It surprised her how much pleasure she found when his need for her pressed into her body and made her react to him in the most carnal way possible.
She was thrilled and afraid of her feelings at the same time. She couldn’t run on assumptions about Matt any longer. She had to confront him about everything that was eating away at her. She needed to ask him about last night in specific, why he didn’t take her right then even when she had indicated that she was ready, but she also needed to ask him about this whole thing in general, why he had married her so hastily, and why he had been so adamant and so persistent about her. Was there something more at play here that she was clueless about? She needed to ask him the answers to all these questions right that instant. She had always been that way ever since she was a child. When she had her mind set on something, she didn’t rest until she had achieved it. It was the same with her nursing career, and it would be the same now with her husband. She needed answers immediately, and she would do what it takes to get them.
The Uber reached downtown without facing any traffic jams. That was because the mansion estate was situated some distance away from the city. Right after entering downtown, Jessica got stuck in traffic. The drizzle had turned into a steadier downpour, and the streets were jammed with cars. She checked the map to see how far Matt’s office was from her position and found that it was just around the corner. She debated whether to wait inside the car and trudge through this traffic or make a run for it. After five minutes of impatiently waiting, she decided to make a run for it. She regretted that she hadn’t thought to bring an umbrella. She thanked the driver, held her bag overhead, and sprinted towards the sidewalk. After turning the corner, she saw the building named “Millers Co.”. It was a tall skyscraper, and it loomed in front of her into the city skyline. Jessica hurried to the lobby, where the reception desk was located, and asked the receptionist to see Matt. The receptionist, a short-haired woman in glasses and perfect red lipstick, looked at her with some hesitation.
“You will have to wait for a bit, Ma’am. Mr. Miller is still in a meeting.”
“No problem, but could you let him know someone is here to see him?”
“I’ll have to make a call to his secretary, Ma’am. Sorry, but who would you be?” she asked cordially.
“I’m his wife. I need to see him as soon as possible,” Jessica replied.
The secretary seemed a little taken aback but otherwise kept her expression composed. Jessica guessed she had to remember that Matt recently got married. She didn’t blame the woman, though. Even Jessica herself would be surprised every once in a while someone called her “Mrs. Miller.”
“Sure, Ma’am. Please wait in the waiting room, and if you would like, should I make arrangements for you to uhh… dry up?” the receptionist asked hesitantly.
“Oh, yes, that would be amazing. Thank you! I had to walk the last block due to my car getting stuck in traffic, so I got drenched in the rain,” Jessica explained, a little embarrassed. She had completely forgotten her state of being. She must have looked like a crazy person—all wet and dripping, then coming into this multinational company’s building and claiming to be the wife of the boss. That must have been a whole scene from the point of view of the receptionist.
“No problem, Ma’am. Please make yourself comfortable in the waiting room. I will send in fresh towels immediately.” With a polite smile, the receptionist started making another call. Jessica turned towards the direction of the waiting room, which was across the hall. She started walking towards the room when suddenly a hand gripped her arm, stopping her in her tracks. She turned around, surprised, and felt the blood drain from her face.
It was Spencer.
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