Dark Revenge Of An Unwanted Wife The Twins Are Not Yours novel Chapter 353

Chapter 353: Sad Longing

"What’s your deal with Herbert? Why is he so... docile, around you?" Ewan asked Athena, immediately they entered the car which would convey them home.

Aiden had snagged another ride, not wanting to be caught at a cross-fire, with the couple’s unstable state. He cherished his peace of mind so much that he had chosen to unwind somewhere else, while passing up on the chance to mock Ewan.

Athena was amused by Ewan’s question meanwhile. She relaxed deeper into her seat, signaling Rodney with her eyes, to start the ride back home for a much needed rest. The new driver obeyed immediately.

She shut her eyes, inhaling deeply. She had successfully relegated her duties to her subordinates, and taken a few days off—Herbert had actually made it compulsory, not agreeing to let her come in the next day for work.

’You need to take your time, and rest. You might be smart, but you are still a human in a very mortal body. I can’t have my best doctor falling sick or developing an affinity for the Grey disease.’

It hadn’t mattered that she was nowhere near the Grey virus precursor; the old man just wanted her to rest.

"So, you are ignoring me now? That’s not fair. Is it some nationwide secret?" Ewan wouldn’t give up; and when he noticed that they had the attention of Rodney, he wound up the partition which separated the driver’s section from the passenger’s seat, successfully muting Rodney out.

He still wasn’t comfortable with the male who looked at Athena like she was more than his boss. Maybe he should tell the male that she had a husband and children to keep him off. Maybe enlist the help of the children.

A soft smile touched his lips. Surely that would work. He would just have to make sure Athena wasn’t aware of it.

With that plan instated, he relaxed into his seat, unaware that Athena’s eyes were now open, watching him smiling softly, while wondering what could be going through his mind.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked. She held back a snicker when he jerked as if being caught while stealing. She watched him shrug, and narrowed her eyes.

Whatever he was thinking was winding up her curiosity levels. But she knew, from the flitting emotion in his eyes, that he wouldn’t be talking about it.

"If you tell me what you were thinking about, I will tell you about my deal with Herbert..." she promised, sitting up.

But no way was Ewan going to reveal what he had been thinking. It was downright embarrassing for him. So, he shrugged his shoulders again.

"Not interested."

That only served to drive Athena’s curiosity to the wall.

What could he be thinking? She wondered for the umpteenth time. Something that could rival the secrets she had with Herbert. Maybe another woman?

The thought dropped a stone in her heart, and she turned away from Ewan to the window.

Even though, to the best of her knowledge, there was no woman in the picture, it didn’t help her body from reacting to the thought of there being a woman.

Her heart sizzled with an ache she couldn’t understand.

What to do then, when there arose a woman in the picture? She hoped not.

Tightening her fists, she berated herself the next second.

For months, she hadn’t cared much when he paraded with Fiona from one end of the city to the other, so why was she bothered now?

Was it because of the truth of their past? Was it because of the discovery that he had never loved Fiona, not even for one day?

Her heart skipped when she felt his presence closer. What now?

"What are you doing?!" she shrieked, unable to help the nervousness seeping into her voice, when she risked a turn and met his face closer to hers.

"Just checking if you were asleep..."

Asleep indeed! When he had just turned her promise down!

The effrontery! The audacity! The...

Her mind went blank when she realized she had been biting her lips, that Ewan was staring at her lips.

"You..."

A touch of his lips on hers, soft, undemanding, drove the words of premature anger away from her mind, together with any consciousness of her surroundings.

But he didn’t go further, as she imagined alongside the drifting. He rather withdrew, just a little, to meet her eyes clouded with a mix of want and confusion, frustration too.

"Don’t stay angry with me..."

"I am not..."

Another touch of his lips on hers, cutting off her words, making her more hot and bothered.

"For every lie, you get a kiss."

Athena’s eyes widened at such audacity. How did they arrive here?

"Ewan, you are encroaching into my space," she whispered through the haze of want threatening to consume her, oozing both within her and from Ewan.

"And is that not okay?" he trailed his index finger lightly across her cheek, stopping by her jaw.

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