The Austin Arrangement novel Chapter 12

His hands circled the leather arms of either side of my stool."You sure as hell don't."

"You're wrong about that. I might not know you all that well,but I think I know you a lot more than anyone else.

I'm your wife,Jeremy. I live here and I notice things."

"Wife."He scoffed."Right,Well since you're my wife let's go to the bedroom and do things a Husband and wife should be doing."Jeremy grabbed my arm and pulled,across the open space and up the stairs.

"What are you doing?"I shouted.

"We're Husband and wife,let's start acting like it."He opened the door to his bedroom and pulled me inside before letting go.

I looked around the room that I had only seen the inside of once before today, it was everything that Jeremy was..Rich and full of Darkness.

The Grey satin sheets on his bed were unmade,with the clothes he had worn last night throw to the floor.

It was obvious that he had some alcohol when he got back last night,a bottle of his Favourite Macallan whiskey stood on the dresser 1/4 full.

Was he still drunk? He was acting like it!! Maybe I just did a good job of getting under his skin.

Jeremy pulled his fitted workout t-shirt off over his head before throwing it at me. I was shocked by the sudden wack to the face and the sight of him without a shirt.

Of course he has the Fittest body I've ever seen..I hated him even more for it.

"What are you waiting for?"

I looked up at him,now feeling the fear that I didn't feel before."I'm not going to sleep with you,Jeremy.

You're insane if you think I am."

"Just as I thought!"He walked towards me and shoved me out of his room.

"I bet you're scared of me now..Keep it that way."

He slammed the door in my face and I was left standing in the hallway, pissed that my standing up to him backfired.

He got the better of me..Again!!

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DEVIL OF A WIFE.

JEREMY

6:15 and there was no fucking sign of her,I was livid as I waited.

I wondered if she was doing this to me just to be funny,or if she was trying to get back at me for the other day.

"Bitch!!"I mumbled. Although there was worse things I could say about the woman that is my wife.

I imagine she's a virgin,the look of shock on her face when I took my clothes off in front of her the other day led me to believe that she was.

I should of fucking took my cock out just to scare her away.

Alma had left for the day and I was at home alone,which was rare these days. I looked at my bottle of Macallan on the counter,feeling the urge to have a drink.

It's been a long fucking day at the office and I had to leave early for this fucking dinner,never mind the headache that's been coming on for the past hour of stressful waiting.

I was just about to grab the bottle off the counter,when I heard the sound of the front door open and close.

My Devil of a wife is home.I walked down the hallway towards the stairs like a bull.

Vanessa walked towards the stairs casually,like she hasn't been keeping me waiting all this time.

She was dressed in a black bodysuit with a pair of workout shorts that were so small,some might assume they were underwear.

"Where the Fuck were you?"I shouted. I've always had my issues with anger,but this women just pushes all of my buttons.

When she walked the stairs in her five inch heels,I knew that I made the right choice considering I caught a glimpse of her ass.

It's bad for my image to have the woman that's supposed to be my wife going out looking like that.

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VANESSA

Dinner at a fancy restaurant wasn't really something that I was used to,especially using this amount of silverware for a four course meal.

The talk of business I wasn't interested in,but Jeremy talked like his life depended on it.

Thankfully Tom and Ava were here so I knew some people at our table of Ten. Most of the dinner had been business talk,while the woman sat bored and picking at their meal in front of them. After working hard at the studio all day my meal wasn't wasted

"So Jeremy,Tell us about how you and your lovely wife met?"The man asked, from across the table.

His name is Colin if I remember correctly.

Jeremy and I looked at each other,both feeling the awkwardness of the question. I'm sure he didn't prepare himself for coming here tonight and answering questions about our marriage,but he should have.

"Well um.."Jeremy paused,rubbing the sweat on the whisky glass in front of him.

"It was Love at first sight."I interrupted,saving his ass yet again. "Jeremy and I hadn't really known each other that long at the time,but we knew that we were right for one another."

I looked at Jeremy,Hoping to make the moment seem more real."He's the better part of me."

"I think it's just the perfect Love story."Ava smiled."When you see them together it's clear that they're crazy in Love.

I'm just happy that my Son is finally in Love and building his family."

Crazy in Love and building our family,she's way off. I like Ava,we've gotten close over the past weeks and it's nice that she sees me as her family. But I have a feeling that this is going to hurt her more than anyone when this is all over.

"Building your family,Wow! Does that mean you're both thinking about having kids?"Colin asked,but his eyes were on Jeremy hoping that he would answer.