Taming My Arrogant Husband novel Chapter 14

After taking a bath, I changed into something comfortable... white cotton shorts and a loose purple top. I set my alarm clock last night at seven am because I want to cook breakfast, not for my husband, but for me and also for Nanay Emily and Tatay Berto. 

But I didn't find them in the kitchen, instead, I found my husband sitting on one of the chairs in the dining room, dressed in his usual business attire with a newspaper on his lap and a coffee in front of him. 

My eyebrow furrowed automatically just by seeing him. It's been a week since we got married, and the last time I saw him was in the hallway on the night of our wedding. 

I walked into the kitchen while humming a romantic song as if he wasn't there. I opened the refrigerator to find something to cook. 

"Hmm... I think I like bacon and cheese omelette for breakfast." I mumbled softly as I took all the ingredients I needed. 

I kept moving around the counter without even glancing in his direction. 

"If you take me wherever you go, I wanna learn the things that you know. Now that you made me believe... I want you to take me 'cause I long to be, able to see things that you see... Know that whatever you do I follow you..ohh.."

I was cutting the cheese when I noticed him stand and walked his way towards the counter, but I continued to act normally until his scent filled my nostrils. 

-'We're not friends and I don't know him.'-

He stopped exactly in front of me and maybe he waited for a few seconds before speaking. 

"Why didn't you take the card?"

That's what I've been thinking since last week. I sighed and glanced up at him. 

"We're not friends and we don't know each other, so why should I take your card? I have my own money. Well, not as much as you have in your bank account, but still enough for my daily needs."

"If you don't want to take it, I'll open a personal account for you and deposit money every month in your name," he said as his eyes wearing a blank expression. 

"You don't need to do that. As I said, I won't ask anything from you and I'm just portraying what's inside the deal. I don't need your money, I don't need a personal driver and most of all I don't need your car. So if you'll excuse me, I'm hungry."

I turned my back on him and put the cheese on top of the egg. 

"Can you please stop being stubborn, Sophia?" I gasped when his voice suddenly rose behind me. "Accept the card and take Ricky as your personal driver!"

"And why would I do that---"

"Because people know you are my wife and I don't want them to say anything against me as your husband! And another thing, start disposing of your car and use the BMW in the garage!"

"What?" My eyes widened when I heard the word 'disposing'.

"It's brand new and Ricky will become your personal driver from now on, whether you like it or not."

"No! You can't do that! I've never signed any document stating you can dictate my life. And what happened to your words on our wedding night, that neither of us won't interfere in our personal life?" I asked as I crossed my arms over my chest. 

"I'm not interfering in your personal life. I'm just fulfilling my part as your husband!"

A sarcastic laugh escaped my lips when he mentioned the word 'husband'. 

"Excuse me, did I hear it right? Fulfilling your part as my husband? Well, let me remind you my 'dear husband', we're not a real couple and we're only contractually married so you don't have to act as my responsible husband."

"Why? Isn't that why you agreed to marry me, money and all the things that I have? I sure you knew from the very start that you're going to marry a billionaire. So why do you act so innocently and deny the things that I'm offering in front of you right now?"

His voice was full of bitterness and sarcasm that made me stop in my tracks. He's judging me again.