Episode 12
(Pranks time!!)
A day later,
~ Eva ~
“I wanna eat ice cream”, I said and he glanced at me once before concentrating back on road.
“I said, I wanna eat ice-cream, Liam!!”, I whined and he sighed.
“A minute, Precious. I am trying to find the shop”, he said and after five minutes car stopped before an ice-cream parlor.
I hopped out of passenger side and ran into shop, he followed me. “One Vanilla and one Chocolate chip”, I ordered and felt a hand wrapping around my waist. I rested my head on his shoulder till we get our order. Once we got it, he paid and we found a place to sit.
“Today was awesome, wasn’t it”, I gushed and he smiled.
“With you every day is awesome”, his words never fail to make me blush.
“I wanna meet your parents, Liam”, I said and he stilled. I know his parents are weak subject and he never likes to talk about them, but I see my future with this man, and whether they are not the in-laws I dreamt of, I still want to meet them.
“They will do nothing but insult you, and I can’t hear a word against you”, he said sternly.
I placed my palm on his fist and he released it before entwining our fingers. “I am ready to take their insults, Liam. I will not take it to heart, really”, I assured and he sighed.
“You can ignore it, but I can’t. You are my world and I don’t want to see anyone hurting my world”, he said and I fell for him again. He is a man any girl could ever ask for. A gentleman, polite, down to earth, handsome and caring. And I am the luckiest girl on this planet.
“Okay fine, let’s finish the ice-cream first, cause it’s melting”, I changed the subject and he gave me one of his charming smile. Once finished, I picked up our wrappers and throwed them in nearby dustbin.
“There’s some vanilla at the corner of your lips”, he pointed out and I licked the corner of my mouth by sticking my tongue out. His grey eyes darkened and he dragged me out of shop. We sat in his car and the next moment I know his lips were on mine.
He never k!ss me rough or hard. It was always gentle, soft but passionate and filled with love. These butterflies in the pit of my stomach never fail to amuse me. I still don’t know what he sees in me because he can get any girl, but he wants me. And that’s the most blissful feeling.
“You drive me cr@zy, you know that?”, He breathed out while panting hard.
I giggled and averted my gaze down. He lifted my chin up with his forefinger. A s*xy smirk plastered on his lips.
“Did I cracked a joke, Precious??”, He asked and I shooked my head. “You want to laugh, huh?”, He asked and I widened my eyes when realised his motive.
“No!”
“Yes”, he smiled and started tickling me. I laughed and laughed. He is my smile, my laugh, my everything.
|•|•|•|•|
“Liam, stop it!!”, I shrieked trying to pry his hands off. Why the hell is he shaking me out of nowhere??
“Sorry to disappoint you Wife, but I am not your Liam!!”, A cold and curt voice caused me to open my eyes and I saw Mr. King with clenched jaw and dark eyes.
Reality slapped me hard and I realised it was nothing but a dream, a beautiful memory which will never fade away.
“You can never be him!!”, I spat back and strode inside bathroom. Once I bathed myself and got ready for office, I walked downstairs and noticed Mr. King and a woman having breakfast while chatting animatedly.
Who is she??
“Eva dear, come, come on. I will get you breakfast. Have a seat”, Martha chirped and the two heads turned towards me.
She is beautiful!!
She have blonde hair, ocean blue eyes, fair complexion, but looks little bit tan. The knee length dress she is wearing screams attention. She looks like just have walked out of fashion magazine.
She seems familiar!!
“Hey”, she smiled and I reciprocated.
“Hi”, I replied back while glancing at Mr. King’s relaxed face.
He is comfortable around her???!! How the hell can he be comfortable?? She is sitting just beside him and that to too close!!
“You are?”, I raised my eyebrows.
“I am Riley, Adam’s younger sister and AK’s best friend”, she said last part while rubbing Mr. King’s arm while he smiled at her.
That’s why she looks familiar!! She is that joker’s sister.
One minute!!!
“Who’s AK?”, I asked.
“Ahh, you don’t know, sorry. Him”, she pointed at Mr. King and he gave me a curt nod.
He is toooooooo comfortable around her!!
AK my foot!!
“Hmm”, I hummed and started devouring my breakfast while the chatter box continued its chatting with my husband.
“I really can’t believe that you can do love marriage”, she said and he smiled at her. “I thought you will eventually fall for me, I guess luck was never on my side”, the moment she said those words, I choked on my food and started coughing rapidly.
“Eva!! Here drink this!!”, Mr. King rushed towards me and handed me glass of water while carassing my back.
I took glass of water from him and drank it. While keeping the glass back, I glanced at Riley and noticed a pained emotion in her eyes. Her stare was on Mr. King’s hand that was caressing my back.
Is she really in love with Mr. King??? I thought she was joking!!
“You okay?”, He asked while placing the strands of my hair behind my ear. I nodded and he sat back but still with worried face. “Eat slowly”, he suggested and I nodded.
“I am sorry I couldn’t attend your wedding. I had some important work in cape town, so I was out of country for almost a month”, she said smiling. Her eyes were more of sad and gloomy than regret or apologetic.
“That’s okay”, I said and she nodded. Soon she left after bidding me goodbye and him a hug and k!ss on cheek.
Mr. King waited till I finish my breakfast. All the while during breakfast, he didn’t even glanced at me once. Okay I know I was little bit rude in morning but still. Ignoring is not the solution.
I don’t know why, but I don’t like him ignoring me!!
We sat in his car and the drive till office was again fill with silence.
Once we entered the building, everyone showered us with greetings and praises. Placing a k!ss on my forehead he sauntered towards his private elevator and was gone.
“How was your first night??”, Lily smirked and I stopped myself from rolling my eyes.
“Stop it, Lily!! I am not gonna tell you”, I said and her face fell.
“Okay, answer in just one word. Best or Worse??”, This girl will not back out so easily. “I don’t know about you but you are definitely his first. So how was it? Was he good? Or inexperienced? Tell me, tell-”
“Shut up and bye!!”, I said and rushed towards public elevator ignoring her warnings to come back and answer her.
“Good morning, Ma’am”, the employees present inside greeted me.
“Morning, and please call me Eva. I am still an employee here”, I said smiling awkwardly and they gave me a polite smile.
“Hey Liz, how are you?”, I asked when answered her call.
“I am good, how are you?”, She asked and I replied same.
“Chloe sis wants to talk to you”, she said and I told her to hand over the phone to Chloe.
“Hey!!”, She exclaimed.
“Hi, how are you?”, I asked.
“I am fine, you?”
“Good. K, listen, I want something”, I said.
“And what is that?”, She asked and I told her what I want. At first she was hesitant but then gave in when I told her about my plan.
“Great Eva!! I will arrange it”, she agreed and then we bidded good bye.
Soon lunch time rolled in and Mr. King came. “Let’s go, I will be waiting near our car”, he said before going back towards elevator and I nodded.
“You are still having lunch in restuarant?”, Diana, a colleague working beside my cubicle asked me.
“Uhh, yeah”, I answered.
“Why?”, She asked. I narrowed my eyes.
“What do you mean by why?”, I asked and she smiled. What?????!!!
“I mean to say, why eat in restuarant? Don’t you prepare lunch box for you both? I too prepare it for my husband. And believe me, he loves it. You are his wife now, you should do it for your husband”, she ranted all the while smiling like a clown and I stopped myself from punching her on the face. Mind your own bloody business, girl!!
“Don’t you want to have lunch, Diana?”, Mrs. Rose’s voice interrupted and she nodded before walking off towards company’s cafe.
“What the hell does she think of herself”, I mumbled frustratingly.
“People notice, Eva”, Mrs. Rose said and I raised my eyebrows. “They don’t know the real reason behind your wedding so they will ask whatever they want. It’s your duty to never give them a chance of bugging into your life. I hope you understand”, she said patting on my shoulder and strolled out.
I picked my clutch and mobile phone before going towards elevator. Once elevator descended down and doors slided open, I spotted Mr. King leaning against his black Rolls Royce, wearing blue shades that matched his dark blue suit, his sole concentration on mobile screen.
Once he noticed me coming, he entered driving seat and I helped myself in passenger seat.
We were having lunch in silence when I decided to break it off.
“Mr. King?”, I called and he looked up at me, his arched eyebrows raised up, his green-blue orbs void of any emotion. “We will not have lunch in restuarant from tomorrow”, I said and his eyebrows relaxed but eyes narrowed.
“Why?”, He asked.
“I am your wife, and it’s my duty to prepare lunch for you. We will have our separate lunch boxes from tomorrow and will have lunch in your office”, I said and noticed his eyes softening. His green-blue orbs suddenly flooded with infinite nameless emotions.
“Okay”, he whispered and nodded before going back to have his food.
He didn’t protested? That’s new!!
We came back to office and he went towards his elevator after placing a lingering k!ss on my forehead.
What happened to him so suddenly??
I shrugged the thought away and waited for Chloe’s call. “You ignored me in morning, not now!!”, Lily said and I once again ignored her when saw Chloe’s Highlander infront of office building.
“I will talk to you later”, I said to Lily and ran outside. “You got it?”, I asked and Chloe handed me a small bag.
“It was really hard to get”, she commented with scrunched nose.
“Thanks”, I chuckled and rushed back inside after giving her a quick hug.
“By the way, the thing you asked for is delivered to your home”, she shouted and I passed another thanks over my shoulder.
I asked her to order a sofa-cum-bed online, cause sleeping on that couch is nothing but a nightmare.
The day passed with loads of work and soon office hours ended. Mr. King came to fetch me and we exited office, sat in car and headed to his mansion.
My phone rang and I answered. “Eva!! Why the hell are 50,000 dollars lying in my bank account!!!”, Chloe shouted, her voice enough to tear off my ear drums.
“I told my assistant to transfer the remaining half million in Miss. Jones account this morning”, Mr. King explained as he too heard her yelling.
I nodded and explained Chloe. She was persistent over not accepting the money. At last she agreed but vowed that will never touch them for her own sake or for luxury.
We reached his mansion in next 15 minutes. “What is this thing?”, He asked when saw his couch replaced with my sofa.
I squealed and rushed towards my sofa before jumping on it. “It came!!”, I chirped and he smiled.
“Sir, I tried to stopped them but the delivery men were persistent on the fact that it is told to deliver on this address”, Josh said while entering after a knock.
“My wife have ordered it, you may leave now Josh”, Mr. King said and Josh left after giving us last bow. “What is it, Mrs. King?”, He asked while removing his blazer before spreading it on bed.
“ITS SOFA-CUM-BED!!”, I effused loudly. Jerking off the plastic from sofa, I showed him the bed it can form by unfolding it.
Okay I know, my enthusiasm is overflowing but what can I do?? I didn’t got good sleep since I came here except the day he offered me his bed.
“How’s it?”, I asked smiling widely.
“Impressive, Mrs. King!!”, He exclaimed and I showed off a proud nod.
We both got changed and had dinner. This time dining room was not quite. Martha cracked many embarrassing childhood stories of Mr. King. Though I was not interested at first, I enjoyed it later. We, I mean me and Martha laughed our a$ses off and Mr. King’s face was a replica of beet root.
“Bad night, sweet nightmares, Mr. King”, I said after lying comfortably on my new bed.
“Same to you, Mrs. King”, he replied and I dozed off in deep slumber.
****____****
Next Morning 6:00 AM
I woke up with a yawn, shutting off my right now ringing alarm, I rolled off my bed. Folding the extended bed back in the form of sofa, I headed to bathroom and completed my morning business. He must be in his gym, I thought when found bed empty. Wearing formal attire, I came down in kitchen and saw Martha preparing breakfast.
“Good morning, Martha”, I greeted.
“Morning dear, so early?”, She asked.
“Yeah, needed to prepare lunch box for my darling husband and me”, I said in sarcasm but she it went unnoticed by her as smiled admiringly at me. I wore an apron and started preparing lunch.
“Morning, Mrs. King”, Mr. King’s voice snapped me out of my cooking marathon and I looked up only to find his intense gaze assessing my every move.
“Morning”, I mumbled and went back to cooking. I prepared two lunch boxes, blue for him and red for me.
I left kitchen and hurried towards bedroom to execute my plan. Once done, I waited for him. He came out of bathroom in bathrobe and immediately entered walk-in closet.
I was hell excited, so to calm my enthusiasm, I started preparing his bed. Once he came out, he noticed me and passed a smile, I reciprocated.
“I have a breakfast meeting today, so Mr. Moore will drop you off, okay?”, He asked while brushing his hair.
“Uhh, yeah sure”, I said trying to stop my smile.
He picked up his cologne, and sprayed it on his wrist, rubbed it together and then rubbed it again on the sides of his neck. Later, he sprayed little more on himself.
I turned when his eyes caught mine and they narrowed in suspicion.
Waiting for the bubble to burst!!
Soon I heard him sniffing. “Mrs. King, do you smell something”, he asked still sniffing loudly.
“NOOO”, I said clenching my jaw to prevent my laughter.
He is literally sniffing like a dog!! It’s hilarious!!
He then smelled his wrists and his whole face scrunched in disgust.
“Ohh my Jesus!!! It’s gross!! And it’s coming from me!!”, He shouted and I stiffled my laughter.
Now he started sniffing himself. Later, he picked up the bottle of his cologne and smelled it. “Fvck!! What the fvck is this!!???”, He screeched and shoved bottle off from himself.
“Mrs. Kin-“, he stopped when noticed me stifling my laughter. Okay, I am really bad at holding my laughter. Giving up, I burst out laughing and his eyes widen. “WHAT THE H£LL, EVA!!”, He yelled and I dashed out after getting my clutch and mobile phone.
I picked both lunch boxes and rushed out ignoring Martha’s pleading to have breakfast.
“Let’s go, Mr. Moore!!”, I ushered him after sitting in passenger seat.
“Ma’am, you should sit at back”, he said and I rolled my eyes.
“Wait right there, Eva!! Don’t you dare run away like a coward.!!”, I heard Mr. King’s yelling. Opening driver’s door, I pulled Mr. Moore inside and he gasped at my sudden action.
“Let’s go, Mr. Moore!!!”, I hurried him and he sighed before igniting engine.
“Mr. Moore, stop right there!!”, He yelled while descending down the stairs.
“Come on, come on!!”, I started bouncing on my seat, after giving last glance to my running and yelling husband, Mr. Moore started the car and we drove out of lion’s den.
“What happened? Why were Mr. King asking me stop?”, He asked and I again burst out laughing. “Ma’am?”, He called again.
“First of all, its Eva for you. You are the age of my dad so stop calling me ‘Ma’am’ “, I said and he smiled while nodding.
“Okay, Eva. What was happening back there?”, he asked again and I pressed my lips to prevent from laughing.
“I might have replaced his cologne with horse’s urine”, I smuggly replied and his eyes widened at my revelation.
“Oh my goodness!! Really?”, He gasped and I nodded. And then we both burst out laughing.
“Here we are”, he said as soon as we reached office.
“Thanks”, I said and stepped out when he opened door for me.
“Be careful, Eva. Mr. King might eat you alive when he find you”, he warned but while smiling.
“Ohh don’t worry, he loves me enough to resist that sin”, I said while snapping my hands.
“Well that’s true!!”, He said and I nodded before entering office.
This is just the beginning, Mr. King!!
Wait for more!!
Click 3 below to continue reading