Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 229

After a while, he lowered his head and said dejectedly, “Because I betrayed you and did so many things to you. I even bullied you along with other people. Would you keep on hating me for that?”

Natalia raised an eyebrow.

Was this gesture of lowering his head one of guilt?

She chuckled and shook her head.

“No, I don’t hate you.”

Shawn shook, looking at her in disbelief as his pupils expanded slightly.

“Why?”

“Because hatred means I still keep you in my mind. I have no real need to keep in my mind someone who doesn’t matter to me at all for petty hate.”

With that, her lips parted slightly, and she really turned around and left.

Shawn stood there, rooted to the spot as he looked at her receding back. His heart throbbed, and his brain felt like it had taken a lightning bolt right down the middle. His whole body stiffened.

What did she say?

She didn’t hate him, just because he was someone who didn’t matter to her in her life.

He didn’t matter?

Heh! Heh heh hah hah hah!

Six years. Six years she’d given to him, and she could let it all go this easily?

She could say she didn’t need him just like that?

She could say she didn’t like him just like that?

She could say he didn’t matter just like that?

Who gave her the right?

What made her think she could say he didn’t matter?

Weren’t those six years the best time of her life?

Even with the flow of time, even with someone else beside her, she shouldn’t have lumped him in with those people who didn’t matter!

After all, he was her first love. Weren’t first loves supposed to be the one, the deepest and most secretive part of the heart?

No, he didn’t believe it!

He wouldn’t believe it!

As if thinking of something, Shawn’s eyes shone with gleaming heat.

Stepping out, he chased after her.

*****

Natalia didn’t linger in the banquet.

For no other reason than that it was getting late, and the old ball and chain was starting to get antsy at home.

Archie was holding a grudge for her going out without bringing him along.

He swore, whichever day she saw fit to go public with their relationship, he would let the whole world know he was her man, and what really was between them!

Hmph!

The man was sitting at home sulking when he heard the car trundle up from outside. His eyes lit up and he stood.

Then he sat back down again the next second.

What was he getting so excited for?

She was just coming back, wasn’t she?

She had to come back eventually!

Hmph!

He sat down heavily on the leather sofa. To show how casual he was being, he crossed one long leg over the other.

It still wasn’t enough. He took up a nearby financial magazine, flipped it open and pretended to read.

That was what Natalia saw when she stepped foot inside.

In the spacey, luxurious living room, a certain handsome man sat on the sofa, legs crossed, magazine in hand, reading the heck out of it.

She had to smirk as she changed her shoes and walked over.

“I’m back, husband dear.”

Archie didn’t even look up.

He just grunted.

Natalia put her bag down and sat down next to him, encircling her hands around his arm.

“It’s been a few hours; did you miss me? Have you been a good boy at home?”

Archie kept his face cold as he tugged his arm out of her grasp.

Without an expression showing, he said, “No.”

Natalia cocked an eyebrow at his gesture.

Playing hard to get, was he!

She stood up and walked upstairs.

Archie blinked, not understanding why she’d just up and left.

Wasn’t she supposed to pamper him at a time like this?

He was this low and wasn’t coming out of his shell with a bit of pampering, so couldn’t she just pamper him a bit more?

Was she this disinterested in him now?

She’d gotten impatient after not even five minutes of pampering him?

Thinking of that, the man’s already ill mood got even worse!

He set the magazine down heavily on the tea table and scoffed, sitting there sulking.

If she didn’t want to pamper him, she didn’t want to pamper him; he didn’t care!

As they said, women got worse the more you got used to each other. It looked like he’d been too lenient with her, and now she didn’t care about him anymore!

He just sat there and continued to sulk.

Then Natalia came downstairs with something in her hand.

“All right, don’t get mad. I know you’re unhappy because I didn’t bring you out with me. My bad, okay? Come on, now, be a good boy and take your medicine.”

Archie had been sick the past couple days. The doctor had prescribed some cold medicine for him and had him take one pill before sleeping every night.

Archie looked at the small, pale hand passing him the pill, then at the warm water in her other hand, then at her face.

His depression swept away in an instant.

She wasn’t ignoring him.

She was just going to get his cold medicine.

With this much care, it proved that he was still important to her.

Archie cheered up immediately.

Still, he was the Mr. McCarthy. He didn’t let his happiness show on his face.

Without changing his expression, he grunted, took the pill and swallowed it with water before saying, “When can we go public with our relationship?”

Natalia chuckled dryly, “I happen to think it’s quite nice now!”

“Nice my ass!”

The man swore, dissatisfied.

Natalia had no reply.

“Am I an eyesore? Enough that you didn’t want the public to see me?”

She shook her head hurriedly.

“I definitely never thought like that. Er… the main reason is the right time hasn’t come yet.”

“Heh!” Archie scoffed. “You think I’d buy that? Out with it! Do you want to huddle away like this forever? Eh?”

Natalia denied it.

“No, I promise.”

“If promises were always held, what do we need the police for?”

She had no answer to that, either.

“I don’t care, just give me a date.”

Natalia thought about it. Consider how jealous Archie got and the way they were hiding away, this couldn’t go on.

So she said, “Let’s get a little more time pass. When I’ve completely dealt with my mother’s business, I’ll agree to anything you want.”

That satisfied him.

Seeing that she’d placated the dragon, Natalia sighed.

Then she thought of what she’d gone through at the charity event, found it funny, and told Archie.

He sneered after hearing the story.

“Pond scum like Shawn Miller talking about love? What an insult to the word.”

Natalia cocked an eyebrow.

“He doesn’t get to talk about love, but you do?”

“Of course.”

The man didn’t find anything wrong with what he’d said. He hugged her tightly in his arms and murmured, “Before I met you, I thought that I didn’t deserve it. But after all this, I knew I had to wake up.”

Natalia let out a moan. “Mhn… don’t… go upstairs…”