Bound by Tension
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"There's no way he's sleeping." I frowned a bit and wanted to sit up straight to check if he was sleeping but he held my hands, planting a kiss on it.

He turned around then held my hands again, smiling at me. It felt like I had received a billion bucks; his smile felt like the greatest gift ever. "Oh my God," I returned his smile. "He smiled. Do you accept my apology?"

"How can I ever say no to this side of you?" He kissed my knuckles and made us sit up straight.

I pulled him into a hug, feeling myself blushing with happiness.

"Who knew Lucie could bring out a different side of my wife?"

I pulled apart from the hug and hit his chest with my fists. "How dare you cheat on me?" I frowned.

He burst into laughter. "Seeing you angry and jealous was so cute. You should know there's no way I'd ever cheat on my Queen." He smirked.

I was brought into a confused state. "Lucie was in a towel and with you."

"Nah, nothing happened between us. She had a short dress under her towel. I only wanted to make you jealous and it worked."

I slapped my hands to my mouth. "It was all a game!"

"Yup."

I growled and picked a pillow, hitting him with it. He was laughing boisterously, not defending himself from my pillow attack.

I stopped hitting him when I was tired, trying to regain my breath but he didn't stop laughing. "It's really not funny. I was so worried that I had made you return to your monstrous way." "Monstrous?" He increased the volume of his laughter.

"Gosh, she was so worried." He curled his arms around my waist and kissed my neck. "I missed your scent. It was Kade's idea, I couldn't control myself anymore but I was forced to. I'm glad it made you realize how much you need my good and husbandly side."

"I guess it did." I hugged him. "Please don't act so grumpy with me again. I agree you were a good actor but please, don't let it happen for real. We're stuck in this marriage and you mustn't scare me like that."

"Scare you? Aw, she was scared of losing me." He laughed again. "Yes yes, I won't be that grumpy man towards you anymore, but as long as you play your role as my wife correctly." "I will." I tightened the hug.

"I feel so fulfilled. We'll return to our honeymoon activities tomorrow. We might have to leave sooner than I thought, the company still needs me, and you." He kissed my cheek.

I grinned; happiness was bouncing inside me at the fact that I had this side of Hames back and I was totally relieved to know he didn't cheat on me.

I now knew Hames' importance. Who

could ever replace him in my life? I doubted if there was anyone.

"I love you, Imogen."

"I'm glad you do." I lowered his head to peck him.

"Gosh, she kissed me first! Changes happen so quickly!"

"It's just a peck, silly." I giggled.

"It means a lot to me, babe. Kade, thank you for your intelligence!" He yelled for no good reason.

My Hames (husband) was back. I had never felt this relieved and good in my entire life.

***

~ LILA ~

"Bye, Mom." I gave her a hug.

"Bye, have a nice day." Mom beamed.

"Hey, you'll drive me to work, I'm too tired to drive." Nikita said.

"Sure, whatever." I shrugged.

Oh, if you're wondering: yes, Nikita slept over at Mom's house too, again.

It was kinda strange that we were finally getting along after so many years, all thanks to Mom though.

I didn't know whether or not to be scared; was it a good idea to finally be friends with her too? She wasn't such a bad person that much but it was still scary.

We left for my car that was sitting outside of Mom's building and got into it.

"Getting along with you isn't so bad." She said after I started the car.

"Same here."

"I can make you a big badass too." I noticed her wiggle her eyebrows through my sideways glance.

"No, thank you. You've been enough bad influence on Imogen." I frowned while she burst into laughter.

"Jeez, I was just kidding, Jesus' sister."

I rolled my eyes at her. "You could be such a pain in the ass, you know."

"Aw, thank you. Anyway, speaking of Imogen, we haven't had a group call in quite a while. That lucky thing with such a hot husband. Man, I hope I have that kind of luck someday."

"You might, if you choose to and not just jump from one man to the other." I said jokingly, not wanting to yield to an angry Nikita.

She chuckled. "You don't understand my way of life, babe. Imogen does anyway."

***

"You understand it all, right?" Kade, like he preferred all his employees to call him, asked me.

"Yes, sir." I nodded.

"Fine then, you can leave." Jovi said rudely, glaring at me.

Jeez, this woman was so problematic. She acted like the actual boss around here rather than Kade.

I turned around.

"Will you stop staring at her already? Gosh, she's leaving." She complained.

"Jovi, Jovi." He chuckled.

How on Earth was he living peacefully with her as his girlfriend?

"I know you kinda have feelings for..." I couldn't hear what she said after that because I slammed the door.

On my way back to my office, I bumped into a hard figure and the files on my hand scattered to the floor.

"I'm so sorry." That was the irritating voice of Briggs.

"Oh, you." My voice made it clear that I didn't like his presence at all.

He crouched and gathered all the files into one again, rose to his feet then handed it to me.

"Thank you," I replied grouchily.

"So... can you "

I walked away from him to avoid his annoying anthem to me. He just ruined my mood once again. How could someone be so crazily obsessed with me? I was trying my best to avoid him but as long as we were both working in this company, it wasn't so possible.

I returned to my office and dropped the files on the table. My phone chimed, indicating that I had a new message.

Still feeling grouchy from seeing Briggs, I picked the phone.

**I'm really looking forward to our date tonight.**

My entire body swam in happiness after reading the message from Dash Ronan.

**Me too.** I replied and could feel myself blushing. This man definitely made me feel excited in ways I had never felt.