A Naive Bride for the Sophisticated CEO

Chapter 49: Desire and Lust

James walked out of the spotlight and headed to where Amelia stood. Her eyes were glued on him like she had never seen him before.

He got closer to her and slowed down. He swallowed hard and stood in front of her.

“Can you give me another chance?” James asked with his face so close to hers.

Amelia gulped and looked around to see that people had shifted their attention to the next person that was giving his speech.

“Why were you kissing her?” Amelia responded, and James smiled feebly.

‘At least she wants to talk to me now.’ He thought.

“Before I answer that question, please let me ask you another question. Can I?” He further asked.

Amelia exhaled softly and bounced her head. “What?”

“Do you still love me at all? Any little feelings? I promise to manage it.” He uttered, and Amelia lowered her head.

James’ eyes widened in fear as he stared at her. ‘What is taking her so long to respond? She doesn’t love me anyhow? Is this because of Elena or Fred? Is that how quick feelings die?’

James’ head became heavy with thoughts.

Soon, his phone began to vibrate in his pockets, and it jolted him out of his thoughts.

“Excuse me, please.” He said to her and answered the call.

Amelia looked to her right and saw Helen staring at them. She could tell what she was trying to say with her eyes.

‘She wants me to act cool with him? But I don’t know what went wrong, he has yet to explain to me.’ Amelia thought, and she looked away.

“Thank you.” James answered and hung up the call.

“You want to know what happened between Elena and I, right?”

“I asked you, didn’t I?” Elena replied.

“Fine. Then come with me. We have to leave now. It’s better you see for yourself.”

Amelia furrowed her brows and looked at his face. “See? What are you talking about?” She sounded confused.

“You’ll understand when we get there.”

He reached for her hand and held it in his. Luckily for him, she didn’t hide her hand from his this time.

Her hand felt so soft and smooth, just like a baby's own. It made James miss her even more.

They walked out of the mansion and headed to the car. While they walked, Freddie ran out to catch up with Amelia.

“Amelia! Amelia!…” He called, making Amelia halt.

“Uncle!” She called and ran back to where he was in excitement. She threw her arms around him and embraced him tightly.

“I didn’t know you were around.” She added.

“Well, you seemed too busy to notice your father. What should I do?”

“Of course, not, uncle. Don’t say it like that. I planned on paying you a visit on Saturday. I missed you so much.”

She broke the hug and moved back to see his face.

“I missed you too. I thought you totally forgot about me because of your husband.”

He looked at James above her shoulder, and James smiled and gave a slight bow to show his greetings.

“I will never forget you, Uncle. I just got pretty busy at the office. But I promise to show up this Saturday, okay? I’ll spend almost the whole day with you!” Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

“I can’t wait, Amelia! Lest I forget, I must say this…” He moved closer to her and whispered in her ear.

“You are looking super hot.” He said, and Amelia chuckled shyly.

“Thank you, Uncle. Your suit isn’t bad either.”

“Of course, it isn’t. You should get going now. Your husband seems to be in a hurry.”

Amelia turned to look at James who was waiting at the car door already. She nodded and waved at Freddie.

“See you on Saturday!” She said and kept waving at him until she sat in the car. It was much easier because James helped her get the door.

They drove away from the compound in no time.

*

James pulled up in front of Amelia’s further apartment, making her crease her brows.

“Why are we here?” She asked and turned to look at James.

“I’m here to give you the honest answers you seek, Amelia. We are here to see Elena, not just Elena, but the man that tried to sleep with you after she drugged you.”

“What?” Her eyes popped wide open. “Why? What does that have to do with this?!”

“Everything, Amelia. Can you please trust me and ask less questions.” He said, and Amelia swallowed hard and reluctantly bobbed.

They headed to the top floor where Elena’s room was. Getting to her apartment, the door was wide open. James knew it was the work of his men.

Amelia looked at the door in terror and confusion. ‘Why is her door wide open?’

James walked majestically into the apartment, and right there in the living room was Elena and her partner, sitting on the couch. In front of them were two of James’ men.

Amelia walked into the apartment too and got more lost after seeing how they all looked at each other.

The face of Elena’s partner was all swollen due to the beating James’ men gave him. They had to do that to him before he showed all the places he hid the clip.

“Here we are, Amelia.” James uttered.

“Boss. We have successfully deleted all evidence of the clip as I informed you earlier. She doesn’t have any either. They are harmless now.” One of his workers said, and Amelia knitted her brows.

“Clip? What are you talking about? What is going on here, James?!” Amelia asked again, and Elena turned to look at her.

“Are you that dumb?” Elena asked in anger.

“I never asked you to speak, so shut the f**k up!” James smacked and her mouth went shut automatically.

“There was a clip, Amelia. The night Elena drugged you and set you up with this man. She asked him to make a video which she will use against you later. She used it against me instead and tried to sleep with me because of it. She said if I didn’t do what she wanted, she would release it to the world.”

“So you did it?”

“I didn’t! I knew if I slept with her, she would have still gone ahead with her plan. I’m not as stupid as she thinks I am. That night, she came to me and tried to make me do what she wanted, but I refused. That was when she kissed me and you saw us. I never kissed her back, nor did I sleep with her. I sent her out of the house almost immediately.”

After James explained to Amelia, her eyes were filled with tears already. ‘So he didn’t cheat on me. He was just trying to defend me.’ She thought, feeling guilty of how badly she had treated him.

“But there’s nothing to worry about now. The clip has been deleted. She wouldn’t bother us anymore.”

Amelia stormed to where Elena was, and before anyone could do or say something, she threw a big slap on her face.

“How dare you!” She cried.

Elena got heated up in anger, she stood up to retaliate but James’ men stopped her and made her sit again.

“Why do you hate me so much?! I never did anything wrong to you!” Amelia yelled.

Elena scoffed and let out a hysterical laugh. “Oh please! You know what you did! You took what belongs to me!”

“I don’t belong to you!” James answered immediately.

“I’ll say this once, Elena. Stay away from me and my husband! The next time I see you anywhere close to him, I promise to feed your skinny skull to the dogs on the street!”

Amelia grabbed James hand and pulled him out of Elena’s apartment.

“Take care of them.” James said to his men as Amelia kept dragging him out.

They hit the hallway and James stared at her as she held his hand firmly and pulled him with her.

Her angry face, walking in high heels so fast, breathing hard due to rage was so hot for James to handle. He wanted them to do more than holding hands.

She wasn’t the only one to fantasize about their first night. James couldn’t stop thinking about it too. Not after the gorgeous body of hers he saw at the club that night.

***

James finished taking a shower too and headed out of the bathroom, cleaning his hair with a towel. Another large white towel was tied around his waist.

He looked at the bed and saw Amelia laying on it as usual.

She still didn’t remove the pillows she had arranged in between them to make sure their bodies didn’t touch while sleeping.

James exhaled sadly and walked to his closet. ‘Only heaven knows what she is thinking? She hasn’t said a word since we left Elena’s apartment.’

Amelia slowly opened her eyes after hearing James’ footsteps in the room. She stared at him as he wore his boxers in front of his closet.

‘What do I say to him now? I feel so guilty to even look at him in the face. Why didn’t I listen to him the first day!’ She reminisced sadly.

James turned back and caught her staring at him. He smiled and walked to the bed wearing his singlet and boxers.

“Are you okay?” James asked, and she bounced her head.

“And you? Are you okay?”

“I’ve never been better. I’m happy I finally got to explain what happened to you.” He answered, and she heaved a sigh.

She turned to lay on her back and stared at the ceiling. “What are you going to do to them?” She asked.

“Elena and her partner?” He asked, and she nodded.

“Nothing. They will part ways I guess. Elena is the proud type, she wouldn’t want to stay here after what happened. She is going to leave.”

“Hmm… sounds good to me.”

“Yes… very good.” He responded with a chuckle.

“I’m sorry, Mr. James. I’m sorry for judging you so fast.”

James smiled and shook his head. “No. You had every right to be pissed. I’m not mad at you. I would have reacted worse if I were in your shoes.” He said.

An awkward silence set in again, and they both stared at the ceiling. James’ hands were at his side, while Amelia’s hands were on her belly.

She slowly moved her right hand off her belly and moved it towards James’ left hand. Her heart was beating very fast and loud as she did this.

She got to where the pillow divided the bed into two halves and her hand stopped moving.

“Errmm…” She muttered, and James turned to look at her.

“What’s wrong?” He asked in a calm tone.

“Errm… the pillows… they… they are not making me sleep comfortably. I think I’ll remove them.”

“Oh… okay.”

James picked one of the pillows, while Amelia picked the other. They both threw the pillows to the other side of the room.

She laid on her back again and didn’t hesitate to continue trying to touch his hand with hers. Fortunately, James’ hands were still at his sides.

After the pillow was out of the way, James started moving his left hand towards Amelia too. ‘I just need one more feel of her hand.’ He said to himself.

Soon, their thumbs slightly brushed each other and they both inhaled heavily. They turned their heads to look at each other and they saw something in their eyes.

It was desire and lust.