CEO's Secret Husband
|42|. Including the Way You Tempted Me

Maribel opened her eyes and a foreign ceiling welcomed her retinas. He did not remember how long he had been asleep. Holding his somewhat dizzy head, his eyes flickered in astonishment staring around.

"Where am I?" He recalled the last time he was still talking to Griffin at the bar until a strong drowsiness ripped his consciousness away.

"No way" Maribel immediately gasped and woke up from the bed. He had just realized his body had been lying under the covers and on a large, padded bed.

Seeing her clothes still complete, Maribel breathed a sigh of relief. But his heart could not shake his frustration at Griffin. She knew instantly what a bad scheme the man was going to do to her by making her fall asleep in bed like this.

There was the sound of the bathroom door opening and the sound of footsteps along with the friction of the towel rubbing on the hair.

Maribel suspects it was Griffin. He immediately rushed down from the bed, approaching the man he had not seen clearly who. Ready to throw his hand into the air and deliver a punch...

Plaque!

A pretty hard slap hit Aldrich's right cheek. His bowed face looked at the floor was aghast.

"Suck!"

"Damn you!"

"You deliberately put sleeping pills in the orange juice I drank last night huh? That way you can frame me with this dirty trap?"

"Haa, I didn't think you were this cool"

Aldrich sighed harshly, "That's not me"

"Aren't you how?" Screecher Maribel. His voice was loud and blaring to the ceiling of the room.

"Obviously last night I drank in front of you. If it wasn't you, who could it be?"

"Breng— base" Maribel ready to throw slap for the second time.

Sensing that powerful energy, Aldrich swiftly restrained the girl's wrist and he raised his head, "That's right, not me"

Maribel's brown eyeballs were rounded in surprise, "K-you—" Her mouth was open-mouthed looking at the handsome face in front of her. Which instead of the face of the jerk that made him furious, but it was even the face that he missed so much.

Aldrich took off the girl's wrist and rubbed her cheek which still felt a little numb, "Your slap is so hard"

Maribel stroked her lower lip inside, her gaze fixed on Aldrich full of guilt, "Sorry"

Aldrich grabbed a small towel wrapped around his neck and rubbed his wet hair back, "I accidentally saw you in a man's cradle last night"

Aldrich walked forward past Maribel and went to sit down to the long sofa that was in his room, "Perhaps because of a fellow man, I just instantly detected his bad intentions, so I snatched you from him"

Maribel's heart felt so sweet when she heard Aldrich say, 'take you away from her', it instantly caused a small smile at both corners of her lips.

"May you don't mind"

"Not at all" cried Maribel. He realized it sounded so excited and for sure it looked so obvious.

Aldrich just tilted his head and did not speak anymore. The situation became awkward for a moment.

Maribel rubbed the back of her neck and hesitated her eyes glanced at Aldrich who was throwing a glance at the window, "I don't think you want to see me anymore"

"...." - ".Aldrich was silent.

"Thank you in advance for helping me. It's been a umpteenth time and I'm.so feel guilty for not being able to pay for your kindness"

"..."

"If you don't mind maybe you want me to buy you a meal at a restaurant or cafe?"

"Ah, sorry. I forgot you, right..." Maribel wanted to curse her stupidity in her heart. Maybe he's taking vampires to a human restaurant.

Clenching her hands, Maribel really didn't know what else to say, "Ah, then if you need anything you can contact me"

Maribel was just thinking of taking her business card. But he remembered last night that his handbag had died in his car and that his car was still parked in front of the bar.

Biting his lower lip, he timidly said, "You want us to exchange contact?"

"..."

"After all, you'll need my contact to contact me"

"Is this your way?"

"What way?"

"How you tease me"

Maribel's face instantly flushed, "Huh, m-tease what? That's not what I mean. But if you feel objection yes already, no need to exchange—"

"It!" Unexpectedly, Aldrich immediately handed over his phone, "Fill your number"

Maribel hid the joy in her heart. He took Aldrich's phone and filled in his number. Don't forget he called his number with Aldrich's phone to get the man's number.

"Already" Maribel handed the phone back to Aldrich.

Looking at the screen, Aldrich saw a new number that had just been added with the contact name, "Maribel?"

"Ah, yes. That's my real name"

"Maddie?"

"That's fake" Maribel smiled and bit her lower lip.

"Why does this name taste so familiar" murmured Aldrich. Her voice was low enough to reach Maribel.

"Yes?"

Aldrich raised his head towards Maribel, "...?"

"That's..you just said what?"

Aldrich shook his head, "It's nothing"

"Oh.."

"Come downstairs, I'll have madam Diana prepare breakfast for you"

"Thank you" Maribel thought the man would tell her to leave immediately. But still remember to tell him to have breakfast before leaving.

'Ah, he's really good...'

In the dining room, Maribel was already sitting at the dining table opposite Aldrich. Diana had prepared a sandwich bread for Maribel breakfast with a glass of warm vanilla milk. Then he poured the warm deer blood into Aldrich's glass.

"It's nice to see you again, miss.." Diana's polite smile to Maribel before leaving the dining room.

Maribel nodded and returned her smile, "It's good to see you too Mom"