Billionaire's Pleasure-Chapter 163: An Argument

Jackson’s POV

I looked at my watch and noticed that it was 7 p.m at night already so I thought I’d just continue the rest of my work in the office tomorrow. I remember Victoria would cook dinner at home for tonight so I was more excited to go home because I knew my favorite dish would be the one she would cook tonight. I called my secretary to rearrange my things and clean the clutter on my desk.

"Ms. Garcia, come to my office now. "

"Okay, Mr. Hynes."

Moments later Ms. Garcia came into my office. Her face looks tired already.

"Can you still do it?" I ask.

"What do you mean Mr. Hynes? "

"Look yourself in the mirror. You look so tired on your first day here. Seems like you may not last long here. "

"I’m sorry Mr. Hynes. Don’t worry, tomorrow I will be fine. "

"Just make sure Ms. Garcia because once I see being lazy at work I won’t hesitate to fire you and replace you with a new one."

"Don’t worry Mr. Hynes. I will do a good job at my work. "

"Okay, please fix your long sleeve. The bra of your strap already showed. "

I saw her suddenly surprised at what I said and suddenly turned around me and adjusted her long sleeve, just a moment later she faced me again.

"I’m really sorry Mr. Hynes, I didn’t notice it. It’s embarrassing to you. "

"It’s okay as long as you do your work properly. All right, I’m leaving now, please put those scattered papers on my desk in the right place and arrange my other things neatly. Do you know how to do it, right? "

"Yes, Mr. Hynes, I know. "

"Good, after that, you can go home. Is your house far from here? "

"I rented an apartment near here Mr. Hynes."

"That’s good because once Mr. Anderson’s contract started, I might be busier. You need to drink a lot of coffee to keep yourself from falling asleep. You have to get used to your job. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Mr. Hynes. "

"By the way, before I forget this is Mr. Anderson’s card; all the details you need are in there."

"Noted, Mr. Hynes."

"All right, I’ll go ahead now, " I told her as I handed her the card and walked out of my office.

When I got out, I immediately got in my car and started driving. A few minutes later I arrived home. But I was suddenly surprised because I noticed the house was dark. I got out of the car and approached the house. I had a key so I opened the door. When I opened it, the entire house was dark and Victoria still didn’t seem to be able to come home from the reunion she said. I frowned here because Victoria never came home at night without me. I immediately took my phone out of my pocket and tried to call her. When I dialed her number it was out of coverage. I tried it a few times but it was still out of coverage. At this point. I was suddenly nervous about what was happening to her right now. Even if I wanted to call Sheila, I couldn’t because I didn’t have her number. I don’t know what I will do now. I walked back and forth to our living room while thinking, trying to call Sheila again but as usual, it was still out of coverage. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

I took a deep breath and took alcohol and poured it into my glass. Then, I sit on our couch and try to calm myself down by drinking alcohol. I shudder to think that something bad has happened to my wife or that she is doing something else. I was uneasy so I picked up my phone and dialed Ms. Garcia’s number. It rings three times before she answered it.

"Good evening, Mr. Hynes. "

"Good evening, Ms. Garcia "

"Do you need anything from me, Mr. Hynes? "

"Are you at your apartment now?"

"Yes... Mr. Hynes, I am already in my apartment. "

"That’s good then."

"Are you all right Mr. Hynes? It looks like you’ve been drinking. "

"Not much, I called you because I can’t think of anyone who I can be called at this time."

"Oh, I see. Aren’t you with your wife now? "

I gripped the glass I was holding tightly. "That is the problem Ms. Garcia, my wife is not at home right now, she said to me this morning to attend her friend’s reunion but until then she is still gone. Did you know that this only happened for the first time in our 11 years of marriage? I don’t know what she is doing at the moment or if she is okay or what. "

"Can’t you call her?"

"That’s another problem, her phone is out of coverage, which means she turned it off or there’s no signal in the area where she is now."

"Is that so, Mr. Hynes. Maybe your wife’s phone just ran out of battery. "

"I hope it’s just like that, but why isn’t she here until now?"

"Sorry. Mr. Hynes but I also don’t know what I will answer to you. But you’d better just talk to her when she gets home. Maybe your wife is now on her way. "

"She said she would cook our dinner tonight so I was excited to go home earlier but I didn’t expect to arrive like this."

"Everything will be fine, Mr. Hynes you just need to talk to her about that. "

"Did you have a boyfriend Ms. Garcia? "

"Um .. yes but that was 2 years ago. I don’t have a boyfriend right now."

"Okay, I have a question for you, what are the women’s reasons why they come home late at night?"

She was silent for a moment before she speak again. "There are many reasons Mr. Hynes but one of the reasons is because they are at a party with a friend or... with another man. "

"Oh, is that so. Do you think my wife is with another man that I don’t know? "

"Mr. Hynes...actually... I don’t know. If you trust your wife, I am sure she will not let the trust you have placed in her be destroyed. "

"I trusted my wife that she trusted me as well and I never thought that she could cheat on me and exchange me for another man. But I can’t help but think like this now... because she’s doing it for the first time. So I don’t know what to think now. "

"Do you really love your wife?"

"Of course."

"Then trust her and wait for her to come home."

"Yea, you’re right. That’s all I can do right now. "

"It’s good then Mr. Hynes. "

"Okay, I’m sorry and I called you tonight. Instead of you taking a rest at this time ...you are talking to me at this point, which is not covered by your job. "

"There is no problem with that Mr. Hynes... if you need someone to talk to I’m just here. You’d better just rest then and I’m sure when you wake up, your wife will be at your house already. "

"Yea, I’ll just finish drinking my alcohol and I’ll rest. Thanks again. I’m sure your soon-to-be boyfriend will be lucky to have you. "

"Why did you say that Mr. Hynes? "

"Nevermind. I’ll go now. Take a rest. Bye. "

As soon as I got out of the call, I immediately consumed the wine from my glass and laid it on a nearby table, and then lay down on the couch. I took off my coat and white shirt and then tried to take a nap.

Two hours later I suddenly woke up because I suddenly heard a car, parked outside the house. I peeked at the window and saw my wife wearing an off shoulder dress get out of the car. If I’m not mistaken it was Sheila’s car. I didn’t go out to see them, I decided to just wait for her inside the house.

Moments later the car left and Victoria walked towards the door. She slowly opened it and she was obviously surprised to see me standing nearby.

"You look surprised to see me, honey?" I ask.

"I was surprised because you were there in front of the door."

I approached her and brought my face close to her.

"Do drink. I thought you and Sheila went to a reunion? "

"Um...yea, we went to a reunion..."

"Really? Reunion until this time? "

"I am sorry, honey. Sheila’s friends were insisted me to we went to the club and I couldn’t help to say no to them because they were teasing me. "

"Oh, club? What kind of club did you go to? "

"A party club"

"I see, why you didn’t even call me so that at least I know where you are. Did you forget you were married?

"Not like that."

"What is not one like that? Please explain it to me. "

"Um... someone turned off my phone."

"Someone turned off your phone? Who turned off your phone? "

"One of Sheila’s friends."

"And why that someone turns off your phone?"

"Because they want to take me with them and they know I’ll let you know ...so, one of them took my phone and turned it off."

"Is that a guy?" I ask seriously.

"Yes, he’s a guy."

"So, who is that? Do you like that man? Is he forcing you to come? "

"No. He doesn’t like me and he’s not the only one pushing me but all of them. Please Jackson, let’s not fight over this. It’s just a small thing. "

"Really? Small thing? What about me? Do you remember you told me not to be late going home because you will be cooking our dinner tonight? Did you forget that too? I let you to be with Sheila because you said you were going to a reunion, but I didn’t know that you went to a party club. Do you know what time already? It’s almost midnight! What do you think of yourself? A single woman? You married already Victoria! And I am your husband. I hope you don’t forget that. "

"Honey, I am sorry. I didn’t really want to go to that club. I can’t resist with them that time... I just don’t want to be a killjoy. "

"Killjoy? Did you got also those words from them? You’re thinking about them while I’m here waiting for you and almost get crazy to think if something bad happened to you or if you’re in a good condition because you don’t answer my call. Fuck! Did you even think about that while you were having fun there? I’m not taking away your freedom to enjoy your life but I hope you also think that your husband is worried about you. "

"I am really sorry, honey. Promise it won’t happen again. Please, forgive me. "

I looked closely at Victoria and noticed that she was starting to cry in front of me. I couldn’t stand my wife crying so I approached her and hugged her.

"Stop crying. I’m just disappointed with you tonight but that doesn’t mean I don’t love you anymore. "

She let go of my hug and spoke.

"Really? Do you still love me? You won’t leave me? " she said while wiping her tears.

"No. Why would I leave you? I just want you to know how I feel this time so that next time it won’t happen again. You know how much I value our marriage. I don’t want to get to the point where we start to keep secrets from each other. That’s not healthy a marriage. Do you understand me?"

"Yes, honey. I understand. Again, I am very sorry. Don’t worry, I have a surprise for you. "

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Okay, tell me."

"I told you it’s a surprise," she said kissing me so I kissed her back too.