Her Substitute Groom

Connor Hughes

A smile formed on my lips when I woke up in the morning and found Janice sleeping peacefully beside me on the bed, resting her head on my chest, and her leg on my body. She looked extremely cute while sleeping, and having her hair scattered on her face was even cuter.

So, this is how she would’ve slept in Carl’s arms? When I thought of that, I rolled my eyes and scoffed. I wouldn’t ever allow her to go anywhere close to that bastard for any reason. She is my wife, and I should keep her by my side even if I don’t love her, right?

‘Are you crying?’ Her question rang in my head, and I cringed as fuck. It’s annoying that I couldn’t control my emotion last night and ended up crying in front of her. Although I quickly defended myself, I knew she wouldn’t be so foolish to have believed that I wasn’t crying, yeah?

“What will she think of me now?” I mumbled, staring at her face, but does it matter what she will think of me? I could just pretend I never cried, yeah?

I was going to touch her face when she slowly opened her eyes, so I quickly took my hand off, and when she opened her eyes and found me staring at her coldly, she flinched.

“Whoa… whoa! What the heck was that? You startled me,” She gasped as she jumped off the bed sleepily, almost falling to the floor.

“What are you doing on my bed? Do you know how much this costs?” I snapped at her, and she huffed unbelievably.

“Are you serious? Have you forgotten you were the one that asked me to sleep here with you? And the fuck! How much is your bed that I can’t sleep on it?” She rolled her eyes at me, standing up to her feet.

“I didn’t ask you to sleep in my room, and even if I did, you could’ve slept on the floor, yeah? Nobody has ever shared this bed with me, and…”

“Just cut the crap and stop making a fuss. Ugh! I should’ve gone to sleep in the hospital yesterday…”

“Are you serious? Are you choosing someone else over your husband? Are you regretting sleeping here with your husband?” I gasped, and she ran her fingers through her hair, obviously frustrated.

“Are you freaking kidding me, man? I don’t know what to do with you. Should I just kill you maybe strangling you won’t be a bad idea, yeah?” She held her neck like she wanted to strangle herself, and I foolishly found everything she does cute.

“And why the heck are you staring at me like that? It’s annoying,” she turned her face away, and I sighed briefly.

“Are you going to stand there and not help me up? I’m not strong yet, man,” I said to her, and she scoffed.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t carry you. I will go get your brother to come help you up,” She replied to me and turned to leave, but I held her hand and pulled her back to the bed. She fell on my body.

“Wh… what are you doing?” She stuttered, her eyes narrowed. I felt her heart beating fast and hammering against her chest, and she swallowed whatever was in her throat. She looked shocked.

“Help me up,” I said, and she quickly stood up and adjusted her cloth.

“Help yourself up,” she said hurriedly, scurrying into the bathroom and slamming the door hard behind her afterward, and I chuckled softly.

I sat up on the bed and reached out for my phone, but cringed when I saw the number of missed calls I got from Khan, but when I unlocked it, my jaw dropped at the message he sent to me. The way he talks to me sometimes always had me asking myself if I’m the boss or his employee. I guess that is what I got for making my best friend my secretary in the company. He would definitely kill me one day.

‘Am I your boss or you are? You are going to get your ass fired soon, trust me. Anyway, I’m not feeling fine and I’m at the penthouse. Don’t bother to come over, I don’t want to see you’ I sent the text to him, and as if he has been waiting for me to text him, his reply popped in immediately.

‘I’m on my way there. I dare you to tell me that when I come over’ I rolled my eyes after I read his text, throwing my phone beside me on the bed.

The doorbell rang, and I went to check who was at the door. I opened the door to find that it was one of the maids there.

“Good morning, Sir. I came to tell you that breakfast is ready,” She said to me as she bowed her head, and I nodded.

“Alright. I’ll be there,” And with that, I closed the door and went back to sit on the bed.

I had no idea what was taking her so long in the bathroom, but she eventually came out wearing a white robe and a white towel wrapped around her hair. The smell of my shampoo caught my attention, and I gasped at the thought of her using my shampoo.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“Don’t fucking tell me you used my shampoo,” My eyes narrowed, and she scoffed.

“Are you kidding me? What were you expecting me to use? I didn’t bring mine here, so I obviously used yours,” she shrugged, and I shrieked.

“Are you fucking with me, huh? Do you know how much that costs?” I cringed, but she scoffed and shook her head.

“It’s only a shampoo, so stop fucking making a fuss about it, because it’s annoying the hell out of me,” She rolled her eyes at me, going to the dressing room.

“Is that my robe you are wearing too?” I asked, going after her into the dressing room.

“Just stop nagging and leave me the hell alone, Connor. I don’t have a dress here, so what were you expecting me to wear? Walk back into the room naked?” She scoffed, turning to look at me with that unbelievable expression on her face.

“That… that would’ve been better. It’s even better if you walk back here naked. And you could’ve waited to go back to the mansion and use your shampoo, right? Why would you use mine?” I whined, and she was forced to push me out and slammed the door hard on my face.

“You are so petty and annoying, asshole,” she yelled from the dressing room, and I scoffed. Why the hell would she use my shampoo?

I was going to say something when my phone beeped and I went to check to see a message from Mom on the screen.

‘Go to the hospital and say hi to your brother’ Even though she wasn’t here with me, I could sense the anger and disgust in the text. She and Dad had to travel urgently after the incident.

Although I didn’t want to see that bastard, I knew I had to now that Mom wanted me to. I tossed my phone on the bed and went to the bathroom to have my bath and get ready to have breakfast with my siblings and wife downstairs…