The secretary who became a billionaire's wife
Chapter 23

Phoebe's POV

After seeing Ethan with my ex, I haven't been myself. I keep wondering what his plan is? What did they exchange? Out of fear I've switched off my phone.

I'm not sure but I feel like I should, we drive to his home, and I see he's living very well.

His penthouse was aesthetic and serene, and it also had an elevator, I haven't seen that in anyone's house before.

"Is this your house?" I ask, gaping at what my eyes are beholding.

"Yes, one of them actually," He replies.

"Wow, nice," I said.

"Thanks,"

The elevator opens revealing his living room. As we step in, I'm processing the view of his living room when my eyes fall on a pregnant lady sitting on the sofa munching on popcorn. When she sees Ethan a smile spreads across her face, but when she sees me her expression switches into something I couldn't decipher, I don't know if it was anger, shock or surprise. Our eyes lock for a few seconds before Ethan speaks up just like I was expecting.

He introduced her to me as his cousin, I didn't want to believe him but he wouldn't be that stupid to bring me to a house where his pregnant girlfriend is, maybe she is actually his sister, Cousin sister like he said. He tries to introduce me as well to his sister, but then I notice the difficulties he was having doing that, the reason I can't quite place my hand on but there were only two things that would cause such difficulty.

It was either he was ashamed of introducing me to his so-called sister or he was lying.

After he introduced us to each other, Kayla, his cousin's sister, smiled and waved at me.

"Nice to meet you," she said, this time her expression was softer and her voice more friendly.

I almost forgot to greet her because I was lost in my own thoughts, "Umm.....nice to meet you too," I say.

After greeting each other, Ethan held my hand, "Let's go inside," he said to me, and I nod following him inside the house.

We walk through the stairs up to the hallway that I guess leads to his room. We get to a door and he opens it.

The room is big, painted with white in the background and aesthetic arts designs.

The king-sized bed, the closet, the glass bathroom, and furniture were all giving dream house.

"Your room is....big...and classy," I can't help but appreciate what my eyes are feeding on.

"Thanks," he says, smiling shyly.

He sits on the edge of his bed trying to take off his shoes. I don't know why but I felt an urge to help.

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"Let me help you," I say to him, he leaves it and I squat to help him take off the shoes.

"Thank you," he says when I take it off, "You're welcome," I say casually, getting on my feet.

"Why didn't you tell me your sister was here?" I ask my tone low but firm.

He looked at me, he was probably waiting for the question, "I'm so sorry, I totally forgot to tell you, she came around recently, I'm not used to her being at home," he pleads, I sense sincerity in his tone. I look down and shrug in resignation, he might be telling the truth after all.

"Okay,But don't do that again," I warn.

"I promise, I won't," he assures me, his actions make me want to trust him but the things I see around him makes me skeptical about him.

"You wanna have a shower?" He asks me as he unbuttons his shirt.

"Yeah," I say, "Take off your clothes then, you can wear mine if you come out," he tells me.

"Okay," I say, I wanted to tell him to give me space as I was taking off my clothes, but I didn't know how to say that today.

I just pretended that no one was there and took off my clothes, when I was done removing my gown he had already given me privacy and didn't notice.

I chuckle at myself for being stupid.

I walk to the bathroom to see him inside the tub, "You can use the shower, if you don't want to be in here with me, what's more important is that you're around me." He states and I feel flushed on my cheeks. "Don't worry," I say, stepping into the hot tub with him, I sit back and I place my back on his chest.

With all this wealth Ethan has, I'm afraid that if he knows my background he might kick me out of his life, and I don't want that. I've found someone who cares about me after so much time in my life I can't lose him over nothing. He uses the warm water to bath my back, and I chuckle, "Do you like it?" He asks me, smiling as he turns me to see my face.

"Yeah," I said shyly.

He continues aiming to make me laugh more, he massages my nipples gently and I feel them harden.

"At the hotel, why did you come back?" He asks out of nowhere.

Oh my gosh, I wasn't prepared for that, what do I tell him? It seems he realized that I took his boxers with me.

I'll play cool so I can see what he's aiming at.

"I forgot my panties in the toilet," I say, stuttering at my words.

"You didn't forget your panties, I saw your pantline when you walked past me and Helen, and after you left my boxer went missing," his voice was still calm, calmer than I expected it to be.

I look down because he has caught me and I don't know how I will defend myself, "I'm sorry," I say, I don't know what came over me when I did that.