To Live For Once (Set Me Free II) - Episode 10

 

Rory:

"She's pretty." William breaks the comfortable silence. I drop my iPad and relax back in my chair.
"What?"
"Your wife. And she knows how to bake. That's a keeper." He says and I roll my eyes.
"Do you want to switch wives then?" I ask with a smirk.
"Of course not!" I smile at his retort and go back to checking out updates from the office on my iPad.
"I thought as much." I say without looking up.
"She looks like she can't even hurt a fly." William says.
"Don't judge a book by its cover."
"Don't judge a girl by her father then." My head snap up to eye William down. He doesn't back down with his stares.
"Michelle . Her father was worse than trash. I didn't even regret killing him. Does that make my wife bad?" He asks.
"Of course not. That's a completely different thing!" I snap, already getting irritated by his reasoning. I don't want to be convinced.
"How so? Her father forced this marriage on you. Does that make her evil?"
"Yes!" I snap.
"What?"
"Her father might have brought this sham up but Amaya completely went with it! She married me! Why?! I'll say for greed!"
"She might also be in the same situation as you." William point out and I shake my head.
"No. She's clearly not frustrated

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. She's having the time of her life. Getting drunk and doing all sorts of things. She wasn't forced. That I'm sure of." I insist.
"You are not seeing this rightly. She looks smitten with you. Did you see her in the kitchen? She was all smiles and blushes. She can't possibly be like Mr Gabriel."
"What's your deal with my wife!" I snap.
"I don't want you to make Michelle unhappy!" He snaps back. I drop my iPad and glare at him.
"What has she got to do with this?"
"What would she feel like when she finds out you are having a rough time because you wanted to give her happiness? She'll be broken for sure. I don't want anything that'll work her up right now. It won't be good for our baby." My brows shoot up at the word 'baby'
"Baby? You already got her pregnant, man?! Don't you have school and your company to worry about?!" She's getting too far for me to reach day after day. I rub the back of my head to relieve the pain in my skull. I should have gotten more sleep last night.
"She's few weeks gone. I can't let her get stressed out with your issues?"
"Are you trying to brag about your baby?!" I snap.
"No. I'm telling you to move on. Michelle has a family now. You're like family to her so I also want you to be happy."
"Be happy?! How do you expect me to be happy?!"
"Turn this sham of a marriage into a family, man. Amaya is a keeper." My head is still spinning from the fact that Michelle is already pregnant. There was no way we could have been together before now but it hurts to see her drift farther away from me. I bury my head in my palms.
"Wifey!" My head snap up to watch Michelle come in with a stray of muffins. William quickly stands and relieve her of her load. I just stare at her flat tummy. William! Jerk! I bite down hard on my lips.
"Muffin or cupcakes?" I look to my side to see Amaya smiling down at me.
"Who cares what it is." I grumble but yelp when a strong feet stomp hard on mine. A quick memory of Amaya stomping on mine the first day we met flashes through my memory and I get more pissed. I grab a cupcake from the pile on her tray and sink my teeth into most of it. Gooey delight flood my taste buds. I moan without thought.
"Good right?" Eyes I didn't even know were closed in pure food lust snap open at Michelle's voice. I mask my expression of bliss with a scowl.
"Yeah, I guess your husband isn't completely annoying. It's delicious." I force out. William chuckle as he pulls a chair out for Michelle and tuck her into the chair. He pecks her forehead and I roll my eyes.
"That wasn't made by me cowboy. Your wife made the cupcakes. I learnt a lot from her myself." William settles down on his chair and grin at me. I want to murder the annoying man but my eyes stray up to the woman beside me. She's smiling shyly down at me. I should compliment her.
"Are you going to stand there all through breakfast?" I snap instead. Her smile falls but she smiles again.
"I'm sorry. Completely spaced out while watching you." She says and I grunt out something inexplicable.
"You should eat slowly, hubby." Soft fingers brush the corner of my lips. It feels like I've been electrocuted by the light caress.
"Hub-by?!" I sputter with the food in my mouth and start to choke.
"Here, water." She hands me a glass of water and I snatch it quickly out of her grasp and down the whole liquid. I feel a small hand rub my back.
"That's enough. I'm fine now." I say awkwardly and try to move away from her touch. I catch Michelle and her husband stifling laughter.
"Sit down, Amaya!" I snap when she continues to rub my back.
"Oh, I'm sorry." She apologises. Again with the apology when I'm the jerk here.
"Let the moronic man choke Amaya. Here. Have some muffins." William says and place a few muffins in front of Amaya. She blushes when their hands brush against each other's and I roll my eyes. I'm slowly losing my appetite.
"You said you don't eat sweets so you should prefer the muffins." Michelle puts in.
"Thank you." Amaya murmurs. What's with their pampering her? Can't she feed herself? I scoff loudly and Amaya's eyes comes to me.
"You want my muffins?" She asks and before I answer, she places them in my plate and starts to pour me a glass of milk.
"Chew slowly so you won't choke." She tells me. I grunt my thanks.
"She's so sweet. Right, William? Michelle says and William nods while he stuffs his face with food. I just sit and pout.
"You aren't eating. You don't like muffins? Here, have one more cupcake." Amaya picks a cupcake and stretch it out to me.
"You should feed him instead!" Michelle squeals. My face turn in horror.
"What?!" Amaya blushes.
"Yes. I second that. We both weren't able to go on honeymoons. Think of this as your honeymoon." William supports his wife.
"Feed him! Feed him! Feed him!" They chant. Amaya is as red as a tomato as she fidget in her chair.
"Feed him Amaya! Rory, Say ah" Michelle calls and I find myself opening my mouth.

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. Close up, don't open up. Gahh! I open my mouth slightly. Amaya slip a piece of the muffin in my mouth without looking into my eyes. I'm too quick to snap my mouth close and end up trapping her finger in my mouth. Amaya's eyes snap to mine. My traitorous tongue brush the finger in my bid to release her and she gasp. The both of us jump in our seats. Amaya looks completely flustered. Why do I find that cute? I stare at the side of her head as she push a huge muffin into her little mouth. My eyes trace the curve of her lips as she chews
"That was epic!" Michelle's voice snap me out of my madness and I jump out of my chair.
"I'll take my leave now. I'm needed at the office." I say more cooly than I feel and zoom out of the dining room.