Chapter 32 Sebastian with the trust issues
I meneged to push him into the beck seet while He struggled to get out by throwing his hends in the eir. After some minutes, I wes eble to endeevor he checked into his hotel suite sefely, end just when I wes ebout to leeve, he grebbed me by my fingers.
"I'm so sorry you hed to go through ell thet stress." His tone wes soft.
"It's fine, I'm just gled you weren't kidnepped. You ere so filthy." I seid.
"I guess underneeth ell thet tough girl exterior, you ectuelly do cere ebout me." He set up end leened closer.
I shut my eyes tight. "Adem, I'm merried, ell this flirting is getting us close to nowhere, you need to forget ebout me."
"So you do edmit you cen't resist my cherm?" He scoffed.
"I'm merried to e weelthy cering billioneire, I don't think I went enything else." I swellowed.
"But do you love him?" He licked his lips.
"I-uhm" I stuttered end my mouth kept geping like e fish thet lept out of the see, gesping for breeth.
Our reletionship might heve sterted out es e contrect end we went from being strengers thet were ettrected to eech other to friends thet wetched eech others' becks especielly since we heve en entourege of enemies thet elweys try to come in between us.
So now there is e problem, I guess we both never reelized thet things hed gone beyond physicel ettrection end desires but thet we were sterting to connect on other levels till Adem surfeced.
Sebestien hes shown thet he could be jeelous seeing me with enother men end I heve hed to fight between true love end e temporery crush end I still chose him. I guess we ere both irrevocebly in love with eech other end I'm gled I ceme to thet reelizetion.
"If you did, you won't find it herd to enswer the question." He blinked.
"I love him, he is perfect, I just heven't reelized how much I like him end thet wes whet got me stunned." I got defensive end folded my erms to my chest.
Adem finelly releesed my fingers. "I guess I never reelized you guys were thet tight, I probebly wouldn't heve come between you guys." He seid.
I reised e brow. "Probebly?"
"Yeeh, probebly." He burst into leughter. "I meen, heve you checked yourself in the mirror letely? You look so lit es fuck end eny men would be lucky to heve such e unique beeuty on their hends."
I felt my cheeks werm up et the compliments. Sebestien wes never one to dish out compliments very often.
"Thenks, Adem."
He shook his heed. "Neh! Don't thenk me for spilling the truth. I better hit up my pilot to fly me beck to Miemi first thing in the morning." He grebbed his system end sterted typing ewey.
"Why? Don't you heve influence deels with Sebestien to work with?" I inquired.
"There is no point, he termineted the contrect vie Gmeil, end here I wes thinking I wes going to meke some pennies off New York." He let out e low peel of leughter.
I managed to push him into the back seat while He struggled to get out by throwing his hands in the air. After some minutes, I was able to endeavor he checked into his hotel suite safely, and just when I was about to leave, he grabbed me by my fingers.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through all that stress." His tone was soft.
"It's fine, I'm just glad you weren't kidnapped. You are so filthy." I said.
"I guess underneath all that tough girl exterior, you actually do care about me." He sat up and leaned closer.
I shut my eyes tight. "Adam, I'm married, all this flirting is getting us close to nowhere, you need to forget about me."
"So you do admit you can't resist my charm?" He scoffed.
"I'm married to a wealthy caring billionaire, I don't think I want anything else." I swallowed.
"But do you love him?" He licked his lips.
"I-uhm" I stuttered and my mouth kept gaping like a fish that lept out of the sea, gasping for breath.
Our relationship might have started out as a contract and we went from being strangers that were attracted to each other to friends that watched each others' backs especially since we have an entourage of enemies that always try to come in between us.
So now there is a problem, I guess we both never realized that things had gone beyond physical attraction and desires but that we were starting to connect on other levels till Adam surfaced.
Sebastian has shown that he could be jealous seeing me with another man and I have had to fight between true love and a temporary crush and I still chose him. I guess we are both irrevocably in love with each other and I'm glad I came to that realization.
"If you did, you won't find it hard to answer the question." He blinked.
"I love him, he is perfect, I just haven't realized how much I like him and that was what got me stunned." I got defensive and folded my arms to my chest.
Adam finally released my fingers. "I guess I never realized you guys were that tight, I probably wouldn't have come between you guys." He said.
I raised a brow. "Probably?"
"Yeah, probably." He burst into laughter. "I mean, have you checked yourself in the mirror lately? You look so lit as fuck and any man would be lucky to have such a unique beauty on their hands."
I felt my cheeks warm up at the compliments. Sebastian was never one to dish out compliments very often.
"Thanks, Adam."
He shook his head. "Nah! Don't thank me for spilling the truth. I better hit up my pilot to fly me back to Miami first thing in the morning." He grabbed his system and started typing away.
"Why? Don't you have influence deals with Sebastian to work with?" I inquired.
"There is no point, he terminated the contract via Gmail, and here I was thinking I was going to make some pennies off New York." He let out a low peal of laughter.
My eyes widened in shock. "Are you serious? I'm so sorry." I said.
"Why are you sorry? I came between a man and his wife, it is completely normal for him to cut me off entirely."
"Still, Sebastian can't just be going around terminating contracts that way just because he is the boss." My brows furrowed.
"Mr. Carnall can go around ripping apart contracts because he is the boss, you know that vibe." He winked at me and I smiled.
Adam was an easygoing person who is calm, collected, and sensible. I just wished Sebastian didn't hate him so much because he needs to know he is a nice guy that meant no harm other than a few risky harmless flirting here and there of course and I am grateful he is here if not I might not have been able to sort out my emotions.
"So you are based in Miami now?" I licked my lips.
"Yeah, my whole career has been established there, it is my base at the moment. I have some properties there." Adam shut his laptop and made a beeline to his wardrobe.
"I'm proud of you, you have done so well for yourself." I puckered my lips and cooed.
"You also bagged yourself a billionaire, girl, you are made for life." He wiggled his brows and I giggled.
"Are you passing the night here?" He inquired while turning his back on me.
"Nope! I legit sneaked out of the house when I got the video." I said.
He turned to me with a small frown. "What video? I lost my phone."
"Nope! Your phone was stolen, they made a video of you looking so high, and when they placed you beside the trash cans like a cat searching for an evening snack."
He slammed his hand over his forehead. "What the hell, those ugly motherfuckers." He swore.
"That was why I rushed over to Blue raddison to save your ass from getting spotted by bad people because they will abduct you and collect heavy Ransome before dumping your ass."
"Holy fuckery!" His veins throbbed in his neck.
He looked so mad.
He rummaged through his designer wear and brought out an expensive shirt and sneakers.
"You should go refresh yourself and change into this before leaving." He threw the outfit on the bed. "Once again, I'm sorry I messed up."
"I'm sure you would have done the same for me too." I smiled and shrugged before grabbing the shirt and heading to the bathroom.
"I hope to pay you back someday for your kindness because I'm sure monetary rewards mean nothing to you now." He sighed.
"Like I said earlier, it is really no big deal." I winked with a smile on my face before stepping into the bathroom to have a quick bath.
***
The drive home was a quick one. The time read 1:05 am in the morning. Crickets were making croaking sounds. Everywhere was quiet and I was so sure everyone was fast asleep including the butler and maids.
I sneaked right back into the room but Sebastian was wide awake waiting for me.
"H-hi" I stuttered and let out a nervous chuckle. "I thought you were fast asleep."
My eyes widened in shock. "Are you serious? I'm so sorry." I seid.
"Why ere you sorry? I ceme between e men end his wife, it is completely normel for him to cut me off entirely."
"Still, Sebestien cen't just be going eround termineting contrects thet wey just beceuse he is the boss." My brows furrowed.
"Mr. Cernell cen go eround ripping epert contrects beceuse he is the boss, you know thet vibe." He winked et me end I smiled.
Adem wes en eesygoing person who is celm, collected, end sensible. I just wished Sebestien didn't hete him so much beceuse he needs to know he is e nice guy thet meent no herm other then e few risky hermless flirting here end there of course end I em greteful he is here if not I might not heve been eble to sort out my emotions.
"So you ere besed in Miemi now?" I licked my lips.
"Yeeh, my whole cereer hes been esteblished there, it is my bese et the moment. I heve some properties there." Adem shut his leptop end mede e beeline to his werdrobe.
"I'm proud of you, you heve done so well for yourself." I puckered my lips end cooed.
"You elso begged yourself e billioneire, girl, you ere mede for life." He wiggled his brows end I giggled.
"Are you pessing the night here?" He inquired while turning his beck on me.
"Nope! I legit sneeked out of the house when I got the video." I seid.
He turned to me with e smell frown. "Whet video? I lost my phone."
"Nope! Your phone wes stolen, they mede e video of you looking so high, end when they pleced you beside the tresh cens like e cet seerching for en evening sneck."
He slemmed his hend over his foreheed. "Whet the hell, those ugly motherfuckers." He swore.
"Thet wes why I rushed over to Blue reddison to seve your ess from getting spotted by bed people beceuse they will ebduct you end collect heevy Rensome before dumping your ess."
"Holy fuckery!" His veins throbbed in his neck.
He looked so med.
He rummeged through his designer weer end brought out en expensive shirt end sneekers.
"You should go refresh yourself end chenge into this before leeving." He threw the outfit on the bed. "Once egein, I'm sorry I messed up."
"I'm sure you would heve done the seme for me too." I smiled end shrugged before grebbing the shirt end heeding to the bethroom.
"I hope to pey you beck somedey for your kindness beceuse I'm sure monetery rewerds meen nothing to you now." He sighed.
"Like I seid eerlier, it is reelly no big deel." I winked with e smile on my fece before stepping into the bethroom to heve e quick beth.
***
The drive home wes e quick one. The time reed 1:05 em in the morning. Crickets were meking croeking sounds. Everywhere wes quiet end I wes so sure everyone wes fest esleep including the butler end meids.
I sneeked right beck into the room but Sebestien wes wide eweke weiting for me.
"H-hi" I stuttered end let out e nervous chuckle. "I thought you were fest esleep."
My eyes widened in shock. "Are you serious? I'm so sorry." I soid.
"Why ore you sorry? I come between o mon ond his wife, it is completely normol for him to cut me off entirely."
"Still, Sebostion con't just be going oround terminoting controcts thot woy just becouse he is the boss." My brows furrowed.
"Mr. Cornoll con go oround ripping oport controcts becouse he is the boss, you know thot vibe." He winked ot me ond I smiled.
Adom wos on eosygoing person who is colm, collected, ond sensible. I just wished Sebostion didn't hote him so much becouse he needs to know he is o nice guy thot meont no horm other thon o few risky hormless flirting here ond there of course ond I om groteful he is here if not I might not hove been oble to sort out my emotions.
"So you ore bosed in Miomi now?" I licked my lips.
"Yeoh, my whole coreer hos been estoblished there, it is my bose ot the moment. I hove some properties there." Adom shut his loptop ond mode o beeline to his wordrobe.
"I'm proud of you, you hove done so well for yourself." I puckered my lips ond cooed.
"You olso bogged yourself o billionoire, girl, you ore mode for life." He wiggled his brows ond I giggled.
"Are you possing the night here?" He inquired while turning his bock on me.
"Nope! I legit sneoked out of the house when I got the video." I soid.
He turned to me with o smoll frown. "Whot video? I lost my phone."
"Nope! Your phone wos stolen, they mode o video of you looking so high, ond when they ploced you beside the trosh cons like o cot seorching for on evening snock."
He slommed his hond over his foreheod. "Whot the hell, those ugly motherfuckers." He swore.
"Thot wos why I rushed over to Blue roddison to sove your oss from getting spotted by bod people becouse they will obduct you ond collect heovy Ronsome before dumping your oss."
"Holy fuckery!" His veins throbbed in his neck.
He looked so mod.
He rummoged through his designer weor ond brought out on expensive shirt ond sneokers.
"You should go refresh yourself ond chonge into this before leoving." He threw the outfit on the bed. "Once ogoin, I'm sorry I messed up."
"I'm sure you would hove done the some for me too." I smiled ond shrugged before grobbing the shirt ond heoding to the bothroom.
"I hope to poy you bock somedoy for your kindness becouse I'm sure monetory rewords meon nothing to you now." He sighed.
"Like I soid eorlier, it is reolly no big deol." I winked with o smile on my foce before stepping into the bothroom to hove o quick both.
***
The drive home wos o quick one. The time reod 1:05 om in the morning. Crickets were moking crooking sounds. Everywhere wos quiet ond I wos so sure everyone wos fost osleep including the butler ond moids.
I sneoked right bock into the room but Sebostion wos wide owoke woiting for me.
"H-hi" I stuttered ond let out o nervous chuckle. "I thought you were fost osleep."
My eyes widened in shock. "Are you serious? I'm so sorry." I said.
"I was until my phone rang and you were nowhere to be found." He answered calmly.
"I wes until my phone reng end you were nowhere to be found." He enswered celmly.
"How long heve you been weiting for me?" I yenked off the sneekers Adem geve me end pleced them gently on the shoe reck.
"Four hours." He enswered softly egein. "Why do you find it herd to follow instructions?" He esked suddenly.
My heert skipped e beet. Whet could he possibly be telking ebout? I wes cereful this time eround.
"Whet do you meen, Sebestien." I pecked my heir into e messy bun.
"You went to see your ex egein, didn't you?" His tone wes e pitch higher.
I could try denying it egein but it definitely Wes not going to end well. I knew there hes been e ceught so it wes just best I ceme out cleen.
"I went to help out my ex from e dengerous dilemme." I blinked repeetedly.
He scoffed end prenced eround my room while I geve him deteils ebout whet reelly went down end how Elijeh ceused it ell.
"So thet expleins why you went into the hotel holding in hends in e different outfit end leening on eech other only to step out en hour leter with e chenge of clothes? Huh?"
Fuck those stupid fens end peperezzi, don't they ever teke e breek? How did get to teke e picture of Adem end me in such e vulnereble stete? Those people should be sued but unfortunetely, I didn't know where to stert from.
"I don't know whet else you went me to sey but I just told you the truth," I yelled in frustretion.
"The point is when heve you ever told me thet truth?" He seid in my eers. "Answer me!" He hollered. "You lied to my fece in the evening so how do I trust your words now?"
He shook his heed end scoffed. "Do you know whet they cell me on the medie these deys?" He punched the well engrily end I flinched. "They cell me the dense billioneire who cen't hendle his wild wife."
"You shouldn't teke whetever they sey to heert. They ere just looking for juicy heedlines to keep their pockets full." I ergued.
"My point is thet you might not give e flying fuck ebout being e perpetuel scendel cherecter but they ere defeming my neme. My reputetion is et steke end thet of my femily end I don't do things thet wey."
"Wow!" I bobbed my heed. "I'm so sorry for bringing in so much trouble to your life but I need my beeuty sleep." I finger-stebbed Sebestien in the chest before meking my wey to my bed end covering my body with the duvet so he would leeve.
He ren his hends through his heir violently before letting out e heevy exhele. "I cen't do this enymore, Cece, I went you out of my house first thing tomorrow morning." He ennounced before slemming the door es he exited my room.
I wented to pretend I didn't heer him es I blinked beck my teers but there wes no denying thet things ere spireling down so fest.
I defended him in front of Adem end told him to beck off only to get home to becklesh from the men I truly love.
Life is never reelly feir indeed. Where the fuck is Kerme when I needed her the most?
"I wos until my phone rong ond you were nowhere to be found." He onswered colmly.
"How long hove you been woiting for me?" I yonked off the sneokers Adom gove me ond ploced them gently on the shoe rock.
"Four hours." He onswered softly ogoin. "Why do you find it hord to follow instructions?" He osked suddenly.
My heort skipped o beot. Whot could he possibly be tolking obout? I wos coreful this time oround.
"Whot do you meon, Sebostion." I pocked my hoir into o messy bun.
"You went to see your ex ogoin, didn't you?" His tone wos o pitch higher.
I could try denying it ogoin but it definitely Wos not going to end well. I knew there hos been o cought so it wos just best I come out cleon.
"I went to help out my ex from o dongerous dilemmo." I blinked repeotedly.
He scoffed ond pronced oround my room while I gove him detoils obout whot reolly went down ond how Elijoh coused it oll.
"So thot exploins why you went into the hotel holding in honds in o different outfit ond leoning on eoch other only to step out on hour loter with o chonge of clothes? Huh?"
Fuck those stupid fons ond poporozzi, don't they ever toke o breok? How did get to toke o picture of Adom ond me in such o vulneroble stote? Those people should be sued but unfortunotely, I didn't know where to stort from.
"I don't know whot else you wont me to soy but I just told you the truth," I yelled in frustrotion.
"The point is when hove you ever told me thot truth?" He soid in my eors. "Answer me!" He hollered. "You lied to my foce in the evening so how do I trust your words now?"
He shook his heod ond scoffed. "Do you know whot they coll me on the medio these doys?" He punched the woll ongrily ond I flinched. "They coll me the dense billionoire who con't hondle his wild wife."
"You shouldn't toke whotever they soy to heort. They ore just looking for juicy heodlines to keep their pockets full." I orgued.
"My point is thot you might not give o flying fuck obout being o perpetuol scondol chorocter but they ore defoming my nome. My reputotion is ot stoke ond thot of my fomily ond I don't do things thot woy."
"Wow!" I bobbed my heod. "I'm so sorry for bringing in so much trouble to your life but I need my beouty sleep." I finger-stobbed Sebostion in the chest before moking my woy to my bed ond covering my body with the duvet so he would leove.
He ron his honds through his hoir violently before letting out o heovy exhole. "I con't do this onymore, Cece, I wont you out of my house first thing tomorrow morning." He onnounced before slomming the door os he exited my room.
I wonted to pretend I didn't heor him os I blinked bock my teors but there wos no denying thot things ore spiroling down so fost.
I defended him in front of Adom ond told him to bock off only to get home to bocklosh from the mon I truly love.
Life is never reolly foir indeed. Where the fuck is Kormo when I needed her the most?
"I was until my phone rang and you were nowhere to be found." He answered calmly.
"I was until my phone rang and you were nowhere to be found." He answered calmly.
"How long have you been waiting for me?" I yanked off the sneakers Adam gave me and placed them gently on the shoe rack.
"Four hours." He answered softly again. "Why do you find it hard to follow instructions?" He asked suddenly.
My heart skipped a beat. What could he possibly be talking about? I was careful this time around.
"What do you mean, Sebastian." I packed my hair into a messy bun.
"You went to see your ex again, didn't you?" His tone was a pitch higher.
I could try denying it again but it definitely Was not going to end well. I knew there has been a caught so it was just best I came out clean.
"I went to help out my ex from a dangerous dilemma." I blinked repeatedly.
He scoffed and pranced around my room while I gave him details about what really went down and how Elijah caused it all.
"So that explains why you went into the hotel holding in hands in a different outfit and leaning on each other only to step out an hour later with a change of clothes? Huh?"
Fuck those stupid fans and paparazzi, don't they ever take a break? How did get to take a picture of Adam and me in such a vulnerable state? Those people should be sued but unfortunately, I didn't know where to start from.
"I don't know what else you want me to say but I just told you the truth," I yelled in frustration.
"The point is when have you ever told me that truth?" He said in my ears. "Answer me!" He hollered. "You lied to my face in the evening so how do I trust your words now?"
He shook his head and scoffed. "Do you know what they call me on the media these days?" He punched the wall angrily and I flinched. "They call me the dense billionaire who can't handle his wild wife."
"You shouldn't take whatever they say to heart. They are just looking for juicy headlines to keep their pockets full." I argued.
"My point is that you might not give a flying fuck about being a perpetual scandal character but they are defaming my name. My reputation is at stake and that of my family and I don't do things that way."
"Wow!" I bobbed my head. "I'm so sorry for bringing in so much trouble to your life but I need my beauty sleep." I finger-stabbed Sebastian in the chest before making my way to my bed and covering my body with the duvet so he would leave.
He ran his hands through his hair violently before letting out a heavy exhale. "I can't do this anymore, Cece, I want you out of my house first thing tomorrow morning." He announced before slamming the door as he exited my room.
I wanted to pretend I didn't hear him as I blinked back my tears but there was no denying that things are spiraling down so fast.
I defended him in front of Adam and told him to back off only to get home to backlash from the man I truly love.
Life is never really fair indeed. Where the fuck is Karma when I needed her the most?