🙍🏼♂️ His Average Wife 🙍🏼♂️
( Not like a model )
Written by Authoress Yesha 📒📒📒
Episode 6
” His silence was accusing and she desperately wanted to break it into million truths.”
He stood behind her with an expression that made her avoid his eye contact.
It was not anger.
Anger was still an emotion but his face lacked any kind of emotion.
She felt the temperature fall drastically as a sudden blanket of coldness numbe-d her chaotic mind.
He was waiting for her reply but the poor soul was alre-ady shuddering un-der his cold exterior.
“I….I…was …. with….a frie..nd..”
She said avoiding his eye contact and focusing on his shoes which took a step forward.
He stood close to her ma-king her hold her breath.
His cologne was pla-ying with her innocence heart and she couldn’t control this new feeling from evading her s-en-ses.
As soon as his heavenly breath fell near herl-ips she looked up wi-de-eyed to see his gaze alre-ady fixed on her eyes.
“Do you smoke my dear wife?”
His question made her freeze with fear…why was he asking her such a question.
Then she remembered the smell which must be engulfing her because of the environment from where she c@m£.
“N…No……I don’t….”
“Oh really? I guess then there is only one way to verify it.”
She looked up again at him perplexed to see his eyes fixed on herl-ips.
Before she could un-derstand what he meant his one hand had alre-ady taken hold of her n£¢k and pu-ll-ed her forward.
Not expecting she landed straight on his che-st as his thumb ca-ressed her cheek with a kind of gentleness that she never experienced.
She knew what he was going to do now.
The taste of herl-ips was a testimony of her truth but she hated feeling so vulnerable in his hands.
The hidden fierceness in her has found its spark and now it was going to enlighten into a fire.
Her first k!sswas not going to be spent proving her innocence.
She will fight.
When hisl-ips were just an inch away and her b©dy was tempting her to take a step forward she found her morals make her place a firm hand on his che-st and push him back.
His grip on her n£¢k loos£ned as he looked taken back for a second.
The rejection was never experienced by him before and he never expected a face like her to reject him.
“I can..’t…I don’t nee-d to prove it to you !! You either trust me or you don’t!! It’s up to you and I don’t care!!..”
Her face was flushing with blood and herl-ips looked tempting as she bit them to hide her nervousness.
He had to close his eyes to control himself from doing something he will regret later.
But he couldn’t show just how disappointed he was with her.
He wanted to punish her for lying to him, for st©pping him from finding the truth
and especially for throwing a bucket of cold ice on his heated feelings.
But he couldn’t.
His hands have found something which she didn’t know he had.
When he had gr!pp£dher n£¢k his other hand had alre-ady slid to her sides to come across something he never expected.
He just couldn’t believe his innocent-looking wife would be involved with something so inappropriate.
And this was what made him disappointed in her.
He wanted explanations to give her justice but he couldn’t afford to do it right now.
His anger was getting on the surface and he nee-ded to control it before he did or said something wrong.
She was alre-ady shaking with a mixture of emotions and he decided to end her turmoil.
gr-abbing her hand he opened her palm to place the packet back in her hands.
“Enjoy your night”
And with this, he had turned on his heel to end the discussion.
Confused she looked down to her open palms to be met with the packet of drugs.
Her whole world rotated at 180° then and there.
She had to hold onto the railing behind her to control the sudden attack her innocent little heart had felt.
She wanted to run behind him and scream her innocence but couldn’t.
What will she say?
She can’t tell him about Rose.
Tears of frustration rolled down her eyes as she regretted her words of saying her not caring what he thought of her.
She definitely cared what he thought of her.
Instead, she only cared for what he thought of her
He was her world now and she managed to choke it with her own words.
It would have been better if he would have k!$$£d her she thought.
At least he would have trusted her.
Sliding down the railing she sat on the steps as tears kept running out of her ducts.
Why couldn’t anyone love her?
Why was she such a disgrace?
Why she always had to be stupid enough to ruin everything.
His silence had pushed her into a dee-per s-en-se of pain and she couldn’t help drowning in it till someone saved her.
Her eyes fell on the packet in front of her and for a second she thought of eating it and ending this life.
The next second she had sl@pped herself of even thinking like this.
gr-abbing onto the packets she had rushed to a toilet and flu-shed them down the drain.
It gave her a kind of satisfaction she never expected and next, she found herself standing below the shower cleaning the obnoxious smell from her.
………………………………………..
He has managed to hide it well like always but inside he was dying for explanations.
He wanted to ask her from where she got them but couldn’t find the words which were to be polite enough to hide his anger towards her.
She was not beautiful then why he actually wanted to taste thosel-ips today.
He didn’t love her then why the bloody hell it mattered to him if she was enjoying her night with someone else.
She confused him to infinity and he hated his inability to un-derstand a person as simple as her for once.
Dropping on his soft duvet his thoughts have again gone to her.
What was she doing?
Did she go back to whosoever she was with?
Where will she sleep?
Soon his thoughts were interrupted when he saw his door opening.
There she stood avoiding his eye contact and taking fearful steps towards him.
He decided to ignore her and close his eyes but she c@m£ with a different intention.
“Ashton…?”
She said in her polite little voice but he decided to pay little attention to her.
On lack of response, she had managed to step forward and sit on the be-d staring at his face.
“plea-se…just trust me okay…they are not mine…they were my friends and I don’t smoke.
I can’t prove you anything but I hope you trust me”
All the courage she gathered to speak these words was killed with his silence as he turned his back on her.
His action was enough for her to break down in sobs then and there.
She set aside her ego, respect and everything to say these words to him and his rejection had made her feel useless.
As the first sob broke down from herl-ips she placed her one hand on herl-ips to silence them.
With the other hand, she was going to pick up her pillow and splint out of his room when a hand st©pped her.
Her teary eyes looked up to see his hand st©pping her from picking the pillow and leaving the room.
Another uncontrollable sob broke from herl-ips as he pu-ll-ed her hand towards him ma-king her small b©dy to land on the be-d.
“You look more ugly when you cry ugly duckling”
His comment again made her broke into another sob but this time there was a small smile on herl-ips.
“I swear they are not mine Ashton…I swear!!”
He placed his hand on her head and made her l@ydown her head on the pillow.
No words were spoken but there was a silence of comfort between them.
“Sleep it’s late”
And with this, he again turned his back on her.
Her insides have exploded from happiness when his hand st©pped her.
It meant he cared for her and this alone was enough for her.
Hiding the small smile between teary eyes she pu-ll-ed up the quilt and stared at his back with a smile.
She desperately wanted to hvg him from behind but feared his rejection.
Not able to control her happiness she did it.
As soon as she placed her arm on him and snuggled to the back of his che-st he looked back.
Lifting her arm from him he gave her a questioning look
“What do you think you are doing?”
She blu-shed and pu-ll-ed back immediately.
“Sorry….I….was …just….”
She feared she angered him again as he suddenly rolled over and tra-pped her beneath him.
“I hate it when anyone t©uçhes me without my permission.”
Her eyes wi-de-ned with fear as she started apologising.
“I am sorry…I didn’t know….I will not tou-”
Her words were lost when suddenly hisl-ips were pressed on her and her tiny b©dy wriggled un-der the weight of foreign feelings evading her b©dy.
He tasted it all and not a trace of anything was found except sweetness.
It add!çted him to an extent of insanity as he couldn’t afford to st©p for even a breath of air.
Her b©dy had never felt so alive before.
Either because he was experienced or because it was her first she couldn’t distinguish but one thing was for sure.
If this was called love she was re-ady to die a hundred deaths to experience this kind of love.
For her, it was her first to the first man but for him, it was going to his first to the last woman he will ever k!ssagain.
He was experienced enough tell from her stillness and lack of coordination that she had never k!$$£d before and this alone made him swell with a feeling of pride for his wife.
He enjoyed showing her how it is done and she enjoyed every second of this lesson.
Only when her eyes were tearing again because of lack of oxygen he left her to help her get back her sanity.
Exhausted with a mere k!ssshe looked up at him and he smiled for the first time.
“Congratulations on your first k!ssmy ugly duckling and Thank you for saving it for me”
She blu-shed a hundred shades dee-per and he enjoyed her shyness.
Placing a final k!sson her forehead he pu-ll-ed her to his side and sle-pt with her peach blo-ssom fragrance engulfing him.
Episode 7
Elle stood near the jersey listening to its owner’s worries.
Her hands were patting the cow’s b©dy to make it accustomed to her t©uçh.
“She has not been eating properly and is lethargic to even walk. She was milking much more than her normal capacity since last few days but now she is not giving any.”
Elle nodded as she placed her hand near the cow’s face to find it’s pulse.
“Has she calved recently?”
“Yes..she gave birth to a calf a few days back”
Finally, Elle measured her temperature and her doubts were confirmed.
96°F was much lower than its normal temperature of 101.5 .
She pu-ll-ed an injection and filled it with the required medicine.
Gently placing her one hand on the cow she injected the medicine.
Slowly ru-bbing over the sp©t she turned to her owner.
“Will she be fine…I am really worried… that’s why I called you from the city…”
“Don’t worry she will recover in 2-3 days.
Due to calving and over milking her calcium levels have dropped and she is having milk fever. It’s good you called me early before it reached the third stage.
I have injected her with a one-third heterogeneous mixture of calcium and it’s substituted. She will be back to normal in a few days.”
The owner sighed and thanked her as she smiled back at him.
Her phone rang and she excused herself
It was Ashton’s driver and she wondered why he was calling her.
“Ma’am I am sorry to disturb you but Sir has forgotten his phone in your car.
He nee-ds it urgently…can you tell me your location so that I can collect it?”
“I was on my way back….. don’t worry I will give it to him”
“Are you sure Ma’am….or I can collect it…you don’t nee-d to.”
“It’s completely fine for me don’t worry.”
“Okay Ma’am thanks”
Elle made her way back to her car to see 34 missed calls on his phone.
It was locked off course and she decided to hurry back.
On her way back his phone kept on ringing non-st©p and she thought maybe it was important.
Name Amanda showed on the screen and for a second her heart felt heavy and pained.
Why was she calling him?
Didn’t she say he had rejected her?
Ignoring she kept driving and soon she reached his multi-sto-rey office building.
As soon as she entered her self consciousness returned.
She just c@m£ from a place surrounded by cows to a place like this.
She looked down to find her shoes covered in mud ruining the shine of Italian tiles un-derneath.
Her jeans had patches of mud and her plain t©p was to plain for a place like this.
Placing the fringe behind her ear she slowly approached the reception office.
3 model like women and one man were sitting there.
They had phone placed near their ears and each one of them was speaking to someone else.
People looked like robots here and she felt like to be the only human here.
No one even speared her a look and she found this relaxing.
Finally, when one of them ended the call she started
“Excuse me!”
Her tiny scared voice failed to get the receptionists attention and she felt embarras-sed looking around.
Again she tried but failed.
Finally, the boy sitting at the next reception table saw her struggles and asked her politely.
“Good evening miss Welcome to Lockwood industries..how may I help you?”
“Hi…actually I wanted to meet Ashton….can you plea-se tell me where I can find him?”
He looked shocked for a second but soon covered up.
All those other receptionists stilled for a second as they stared at her.
One even managed to chuckle at her question.
Did I say something amusing?
“I am really sorry ma’am but do you by any chance mean Sir Ashton Lockwood?”
“Yaa…who else?”
I questioned irritated by their stupid questions.
“And who may you be?”
“I am Elle.
She wanted to say her full name but refrained.
They didn’t know who she was so she guesses her being married to Ashton was not a known thing.
“Miss Elle I am really sorry but Sir is busy in a meeting right now. You can wait if you want to.”
“No, it’s really important!! I have to meet him now only….I have his phone with me ….see”
As she showed them his phone all of them looked closer to see if it really was.
One even managed to say something in others ear as they laughed together.
Unfortunately, Elle had heard it.
“I bet she is a thief!! Have you seen her clothes…so hideous.”
Elle knew her t-shi-t was 2 sizes bigger and her Jean washed out and faded but she didn’t expect them to notice her to that extent.
The boy took hold of the phone from Elle and looked at it closely.
“It is definitely Sir Ashton’s phone but I can’t let you in. If you want I can hand it over to him?”
She didn’t know if she could trust him as she looks lost and confused.
“I… don’t know…. it’s okay I guess I will wait”
He smiled back and she returned clutching his phone between her f!ngers.
She felt afraid of this unknown environment and looked around to see if she can find someone she knew.
To her surprise, Ashton’s phone again rang in her hands and she looked down to see some “finance head floor 2” calling.
As soon as she pressed the green bu-tton the voice on the other side sounded urgent.
“Sir the audit trail has been found. The lost funds were traced back-”
“Sorry but this is Elle”
“Who Elle? Isn’t this Sir Ashton’s phone!!”
“It is but he forgot it…I am his wife speaking”
“Oh, I am really sorry Ma’am pardon my tone.”
“No..no it’s fine….can you tell me where Ashton would be …I am sitting in the reception area waiting”
“No worries ma’am you can come up on 56th floor… Sir would be there. If anyone asks to take my name “Sam Montessori ”
“Thank you so much, Sam….but where can I find the elevator?”
She asked confused as to where to find the directions.
“Just go straight and turn the second left. Take the golden elevator as only that one comes to this floor.
The elevators are according to even and odd floors.”
“Oh thank you so much, Sam. I own you”
“plea-sure was all mine miss Lockwood. Take care”
She followed his directions to reach the golden elevator.
A guard stood in front of it giving her a questioning gaze.
“Sam Montessori…..he is expecting me.”
The guard an-alysed her from head to toe but still nodded.
She sighed in relief as the door was opened and she entered.
“Which floor ma’am?”
“56th”
And with this, the guard entered the number and the door closed.
Finally alone in the elevator, she sighed and looked back to see a big glas-s mirror overlooking the entire building.
Her eyes were jumping from tiny figures who were busy working on each floor.
Everyone had a task to complete except their tasks were not as simple as that of hers.
She for a second wondered why Ashton’s name made them question her but this Sam’s name did not.
Her br@in could only muster up one reply which was that Ashton’s name was too big coming from herl-ips for others to believe her.
He was no doubt the very owner of this million dollars business.
The very se man that has k!$$£d her yesterday.
A feeling of proudness engulfed her as she placed her f!ngerson herl-ips and smiled to herself.
The door pinged and she immediately stood straight staring at the floor.
“He is cancelling this deal!! What does he think of himself that egoistic bas****!! Henry never behaved with me like this!!”
The man silenced as the other man called him and motioned for my pres£nce in the elevator as well.
The man who shouted earlier looked at me and gave me a disgusted look.
She knew who they were talking about but decided to ignore and continue to stare at the people outside the mirror.
“Sir calm down it’s fine
..there is no one who can offer him a better price than us..he will definitely come back to us”
Soon they left and I enjoyed the silence again.
Finally reaching his floor the door opened.
She looked around to find this floor completely contrasting to other floors.
There was pin-drop silence here as she moved further.
To her welcome, she saw a few people standing in front of a door with looks of fear evident in their eyes.
“We are going to be fired!!”
“Oh plea-se don’t utter ru-bbish…we just mixed the pres£ntations and that’s it”
“He threw that file at the floor!!”
One screamed in horror as he peeped throu-gh the lines in the mirror.
The others also hurriedly glued their eyes to the opening to see what was going on.
“$h!t!! He looks very angry!!”
“Sean it’s your fault!! Why did you place it over there!!
“He is coming!!! Hurry move back!! Move back dammit!!”
Then suddenly the door opened and a booming voice was heard.
“Project Team!! Inside !! Now!!”
Elle herself froze hearing his angry voice for the first time.
She could feel what others were feeling there.
She saw them trying to put on a br@ve front and enter the room.
She was alre-ady feeling bad for the poor souls who were literally shaking with fear.
She wanted to protect them from his fear but she knew she could herself become a victim to it.
She again waited and after a few minutes, people walked out of the room in silence.
All of them glared at her wondering what a girl like her was doing there.
When suddenly one of them st©pped near her and ordered her.
“Get us a few glas-ses of water!! It was damn tense in there!!”
Confused she thought of correcting him but instead couldn’t find the correct words.
She found a water purifier and a few glas-ses near the corner and went to serve them.
Filling the water in the glas-ses she placed the tray in front of them and they all keenly gulped the water down.
Few even asked to refill and she politely did it.
But then to her horror, one of them dashed past her clumsy self hitting her elbow in the process ma-king all the glas-ses come crashing down.
“For fuc* sake can’t you see you, ugly woman!! I don’t know people like you even get hired!”
Said the one who just hit her elbow.
Tears brimmed her eyes as she lowered her face in shame.
“It’s fine man! You are being too harsh on her!”
Said another one of them coming to her rescue.
“Harsh!! What harsh!! It is her work!! Now clean this mess you have created!! Why are standing there doing nothing!”
She didn’t know what to say or do so she decided to crouch down and collect the pieces of broken glas-s.
Just when she was going to t©uçh the piece of glas-s a voice roared ma-king everyone freeze there.
“What the hell is going on in here!!
The source of the sound was much more dangerous.
His face held so much anger that she literally wanted to run out of the room away from him.
His eyes were fixed on only one person and disappointment was clear in them
He was disappointed to see her here.
She looked down to continue picking the pieces when another roar again echoed.
“Everyone!! Out!! Now!!”
Within seconds the people scattered like they were running for their life.
She found herself alone to face the wrath of this beast.
“What are you doing here?”
She refused to leave work and answer him.
Truth being she couldn’t even look at him after creating such a scene at his workplace.
“Just leave this sh** and Fu**** answer me what you are doing here!!”
She stood up looking at him with her teary eyes.
But his expression didn’t soften watching the moisture in her eyes.
“Why were you serving them!! Are you a maid here!! And why the hell are you dressed like this!!”
“I….they asked me for water…..I just…”
“So what!! Couldn’t you say I am not a maid here!! Put your ton-gue to some fun*** use Elle don’t just go nodding your head to every damn thing!”
More tears flooded as his harsh words showed him the reality.
He was right.
She should have dressed well.
She should have told them that she was not a worker here.
But then little could he un-derstand that for her no work was big or small.
“I…. it’s…alright….I am fine!”
“It’s not only about you!! What will they think if afterwards, they come to know you are my wife! They will laugh at my backs and make it a joke!!”
She was taken back by his words.
He cared so much about his reputation that she just managed to crush un-der her feet.
With the little courage left in her, she asked the very question she was dying to ask him the day she married him.
“Are….are you ashamed of me?”
Her innocent question had made his anger evaporate in thin air.
Was he ashamed of her?
The very question made him freeze for a second.
And she found acceptance in his silence.
His lack of response had made her believe everyone has ever said to her.
Ugly, disgrace,bi*chy, unworthy and what not.
Placing his phone on a table she whispered the words throu-gh broken sobs
“I….I just..t c@m£ to give th..is”
With this, she turned to leave and made her way to the elevator.
Regret filled his insides as he saw her returning in silence.
“Wait Elle listen…..!”
But she was not listening.
His silence has told her all.
She entered the elevator and pressed the bu-tton frantically but he had alre-ady entered before the doors closed.
“Elle it is not about being ashamed but you should know how to look appropriate.
You carry my name with you and people judge others by seeing the clothes they wear and purses they carry.”
He cu-mpped her face in his hands and wiped her tears with his thumb.
“Elle”
He whispered again but she was not willing to open her eyes.
“I can’t…pl…ease….let me be….I can’t be like them… it’s…better..if you don’t tell them I am..your wife….”
“When the …door opens…..you go…first…I will come out later….”
“Any you think I will listen to you because….?”
He asked with a sm-irk plastered on his face and one eyebrow raised in surprise.
Next, they know the lift was going to reach the ground floor alre-ady and she tried to move away from him.
Placing both his hands on her sides he had entra-pped her and fear of people seeing was evident in her innocent brown orbs.
“In a hurry wifey?”
She pushed his arms but he is much stronger.
“plea-se….they will see us!!”
“Didn’t you asked me if I was ashamed of you…well let this be your answer.”
With this, he moved towards herl-ips but decided to change his route suddenly.
Placing gentle k!sses on her jawline he started showering her n£¢k with small pecs ma-king her legs feel jelly all of a sudden.
“plea-se…no….plea-se….Ashton…I beg you to-”
With this, he slammed his fist on a bu-tton and the lift c@m£ to an emergency st©p in the middle.
She looked wi-de-eyed at him throu-gh those red lights now blinking inside the lift
The lift has st©pped one floor above and the glas-s wall of the elevator showed the hall below.
“How….. could….you…..?”
But she couldn’t continue as he placed his territorial claim on her by gently b!tt!g her n£¢k and she m0@n ed with plea-sure.
His one hand gr@bb£d onto her tiny w@!st to st©p her shaking legs from falling while the other de-epened his access by holding onto her n£¢k.
pu-lling her towards the glas-s wall her hands were placed on the glas-s and he continued to place k!sses on her n£¢k from behind.
She could see the people down throu-gh the glas-s and the fear of them seeing her in such a heated session with Ashton embarras-sed her.
“Ash-”
Her words were lost as hisl-ips moved to her ear-lobe and he placed a k!ssbehind her ear.
The as-sault on her s-en-sitive sp©t shook her very core and she had to place her hands on the glas-s firmly to st©p her from falling.
“This is my territory dear wifey….I can do whatever I want here.”
His hand on her w@!st pu-ll-ed her towards his che-st as he found her shivering and shaking from merely his t©uçh.
“Don’t you ever say that I am ashamed of you my ugly duckling… Or next time I won’t mind claiming you in front of everyone to the extent of you begging me to continue.”
His breath on her ears and the meaning of his words made her an emotional mess.
These new feelings she never experienced before were much more powerful than what she had expected from re-ading in the ro-mantic novels.
It was controlling her like a drug and she liked getting add!çted to it.
“Do you un-derstand?”
She nodded but he wanted something else.
pu-lling up her chin with his index fixer he f0rç£d her to look into his eyes and reply.
“Y…e..s….I…un…. un-derstand”
He smiled at her inability to reply just because of a small heated session.
One look at her flu-shed face and he knew he was successful in fixing his wife’s broken state.
“Was it a cow today?”
He asked and she looked shocked by how he knew.
“You smell of a Cowpen”
He said and she turned red in embarras-sment.
He laughed at her reaction and she couldn’t help wonder how beautiful his rarest of rare smile was.
TBC 💢💢💢