A Naive Bride for the Sophisticated CEO

Chapter 34: Goodnight text message.

James looked up and sighted Amelia and another man from where he stood. He looked closely and noticed they were closer than usual.

‘Are they kissing?’

He stormed to where they were, his heart was racing like a train, his respiration increased, and he was perspiring heavily.

‘Why would another man take advantage of my wife in an open place like this? In my Casino!’

He got to where they were, he grabbed the young man by the hand and pulled him away from her.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?!” He asked, and didn’t wait for him to answer before he threw a punch at his face.

“Mr. James!” Amelia called in awe.

“Don’t you dare call my name! What do you think you are doing? You wrapped your hands around him, like you were enjoying whatever he was doing to you?!”

“She didn’t do anything wrong, okay? Who are you anyways?!” The young man answered, cleaning the blood that busted out from the corner of his lips.

“I am her f**king husband, and who the hell are you?! Why are you kissing my wife?”

The man looked at Amelia and could see fear written all over her. She was breathing very fast, and she was so sweaty.

“You don’t have to know who I am. If you truly care about your wife, you would know she needs more attention from you! Dude, your wife was crying, and you have no idea. Honestly, I believe she

deserves better from what I can see.”

“You have no right to talk about me like that! You have no idea who you are dealing with!”

James began to approach him in rage again when Amelia hurriedly ran to the front of the man and made James stop.

“He didn’t do anything, Mr. James. I was the one that initiated the kiss. He is innocent!”

“What?” James creased his brows in disbelief as he stared at her.

“You intentionally kissed him?” He asked, feeling so stupid for trying to defend her.

He had thought he was taking advantage of her innocence, but it became clear that she was the one who wanted it. He hated that he had to get involved in the first place.

“I kissed him, and I’m sorry about that,” She mumbled.

James grabbed his hair and bit his lower lip in regret. He looked around and noticed no one was around them.

This made him a little calm, because he wouldn’t want to see himself in the news the next day with stupid headlines, like he was defending his newly married wife, when she was the one to blame.

“I’ll leave you two to sort out your sh*t,” The young man mumbled and walked out on them.

Amelia wanted to call him back and apologize for putting him in that kind of situation, but she feared what James was going to do to her.

She swallowed hard as she stared at James, searching for the right words to say to him.

“I’m sorry, Mr. James.”

James raised his eyebrows and scoffed. He began to move closer to her, and Amelia’s heart pounded against her chest at every step he took.

“You’re sorry?” He asked, and she bounced her head slowly.

‘How will I tell him I wanted to know if he was going to get jealous if he saw me with another man?’ She thought.

“I’m sorry, Sir. I didn’t want to kiss him, but when I saw you with the woman, I got so mad and wanted to forget about what I saw.” She lied.

After she finished talking, a smirk slowly crept up James’ face, and he let out a little laugh.

“So, you kissed a man because you wanted to get back at me? Did you think that was going to make me regret what I did?”

Amelia gulped hard again and shook her head. It was beginning to go as not planned.

“I had to intervene because I didn’t want any stupid news about me and my Casino on the news, stupid woman! Almost everyone knows we are married, and any stupid thing you do can be out there on the internet because you don’t know who the hell is watching you! The next time you try such a thing, I promise you, you will hate me more than you already do.”

He moved away from her and tucked his hands in his pockets, he shot her a deadly look and turned to leave.

“So you didn’t feel jealous at all? All you cared about was your Casino and the news?”

Amelia’s voice was shaky as she spoke. Her eyes were filled with tears, and they began to stream down her face.

“Jealous of what? Jealous of you? I would never be jealous of you, woman. I don’t care who the f**k screws you. Just don’t f**king disturb my name and business.”

Amelia broke into more tears at the realization that James would never care about her.

“Why can’t you care about me?! Just a little bit, Mr, James. I have never done anything wrong to you. Why do you hate me so much?”

James heaved a sigh and strutted back to her again.

“Why would I care about you? Take a good look at yourself, Amelia! Look at you! Look at how unprofessional, unfashionable, ugly, you look. I hate women that look like this, okay?! You disgust me.”

Amelia’s feet wobbled as she heard James’ last sentence. All her life, she has always wanted someone to love her, when James came into her life, even though it was in a rough way, she hoped one day he would be the one to love her too. But, at this point, she lost hope that he could ever love her for who she was.

“Leave this Casino, go and get a Hotel. We will meet at the airport tomorrow morning.” He muttered and began to walk away again.

“So if I stop dressing like this, you are going to like me? Even if it’s a little bit?”

James ignored Amelia’s question and kept walking away.

After minutes of crying, Amelia cleaned her tears with the back of her hand and headed out of the Casino.

She got outside and headed to her car. Before she got to her car, someone blocked her path. She looked up and saw it was the man she kissed.

“How are you?” He asked, lowering his head and staring closely at her face.

“I’m not good. But, I’m sorry for doing that to you. I…”

“No, it’s fine. I understand what you wanted to do there. You saw him coming, right?” He moved his face away from tears.

“Yes, I did. I thought he got pissed because I kissed another man, but sadly, he didn’t give a f**k about that.”

“Really?” He knitted his brows, and she bobbed.

“You can’t be so sure. He was full of jealousy.”

“No, he wasn’t. He just cared about himself, his business, and the media. Well, it’s none of your business, anyway. I’m sorry, once again.”

“I understand. What’s your name?”

“Amelia. And you, what’s your name?”

“I’m Fred. It’s very nice to meet you, Amelia. I’m sorry about whatever you are passing through right now.”

She smiled faintly and shook her head.

“It’s nothing. Thank you so much. I have to go now. I need to rest. I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow.”

“Sure. But before you go, can I have your Line ID? I just want to know you more. That’s all.”

He pulled out his phone from his pocket and stretched it to her. Amelia smiled faintly and collected his phone. She imputed her line ID and gave it back to him.

“Thank you. Do you live here in Florida?” He further asked.

“No, I don’t. I came here for business purposes. I’ll be out of here tomorrow.”

She opened her door, and Fred stepped away from her car.

“I’ll text you soon. Take care of yourself, okay?”

He waved at her, and Amelia waved back at him. He walked away, and the smile on her face faded off almost immediately. She ignited her engine and drove off.

***

Amelia got into the hotel room she booked and slammed into the bed. She exhaled loudly and stared at the ceiling, which had lights built in them.

Her phone began to ring shortly. It was Helen calling. She answered the phone and placed it on her ear. Before she could speak up, she heard Helen and Charles discussing.

“Charles, stop. I’m calling her already. My lips are aching,” Helen said, giggling very hard.

Amelia raised her eyebrows and smiled widely. She knew it was what she was thinking.

“Mrs. Helen.”

“Amelia? Amelia, are you there?”

“Yes, I am.”

“How are you? Is James with you? I have tried his phone number but it isn’t connecting.”

“He isn’t with me. Maybe you should try his phone number again. I am at the hotel already. I left him at the Casino.”

“Oh, okay. But, are you okay? Are you two fine now?”

“Fine? I don’t think that is going to ever happen.”

“Why? What’s wrong?” Helen asked. Her voice sounded like she was worried.

“It’s nothing, Mrs. Helen. Would you please shop with me some time? I need to get some clothes.”

“Clothes? You mean hot, sexy clothes like the one James likes?”

“Yes. I would need help because I have no idea which of them would look sexy on me.”

“Gosh, I’m so excited you want to get sexy clothes! I can’t wait to see you in them!”

Amelia chuckled silently and rolled on her side.

“Thank you, Mrs. Helen. I’ll visit you when we get back to Alabama.”

“Okay. I’ll keep trying James’ phone number then. Good night, dear.”

“Good night.”

Amelia hung up the call and heaved a sigh. She smiled widely and looked at her phone.

A message popped in while she was looking at the screen. It was from an unknown number.

She opened the message and read;Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

“Look at the sky wherever you are, and you’ll see the stars shining just like you. I must admit you are a very beautiful woman, Amelia. Sleep well. May your dreams be sweeter than you tonight. Fred.”

Amelia grinned happily while she read his message. It was her first time receiving such a message in her whole life.

‘He is so sweet. Why can’t James be like him?’