"I won't tell you," Violet refused to answer Greg's question deliberately as she clung her phone to her chest. When she realized that Greg backed down a little, she swiped onto her phone screen to answer the call and greeted in a merry tone, "Oh hello, Francis!"
Greg almost lost his temper when he heard it was a call from Francis. He would want to snatch the phone out of his wife's hands but then controlled his emotions and took a deep breath to calm down. 'When did Francis start to be this close with my wife?' he thought to himself.
"Oh hey, Violet. So, when did you get back? How come you didn't tell me you would leave China for a long time? And you know how I found out? I came to your house when I got back from Thailand and they just told me you're all gone," Francis said without pausing to give Violet a chance to respond.
"Slow down, kid. We're all back in China now," Violet replied. Teasing Greg with a sly glance, she then continued in a sweet voice, "Hey Francis, you want to come over to my place for some fun? I'll buy you dinner to make it up to you." Violet purposely changed her tone to make Greg jealous.
Greg pulled a long face upon hearing those words from Violet because it seemed to him that his wife was flirting with another man in front of him.
On that moment, Greg could no longer control his emotion and immediately grabbed the phone from Violet's hand and interrupted, "Hello, Francis. This is Greg speaking. What do you want to talk about with my wife?"
"Oh, hi Greg. Actually, nothing important, I..." Greg suddenly cut him off.
"Okay, then there's no reason for you to call my wife. Good bye and don't ever call back," Greg said and finally hung up the phone and handed it back to his wife.
"Greg, what are you doing? It's not polite to cut someone off and hung up on them. Francis didn't even get the chance to explain," Violet complained as she took the phone from Greg and put it back in her bag.
"This will be the last time that I'll tell you this. Stop associating with other men especially that Francis," Greg demanded, pointing his index finger at Violet as if he was her boss that must be obeyed at all cost.
"But what if I insist on associating with other men? What will you do?" Violet challenged Greg.
"We'll find out by then," Greg sarcastically answered. He then pulled Violet closer and looked into her eyes. He was desperately trying to make Violet feel that she was his wife and no other man should look at her the way he did.
Violet, on the other hand, relished seeing the anxious look on Greg's face. She felt glorified knowing that Greg was jealous and terrified to lose her. A sweet smile crossed her face while looking into her husband's eyes and she then said, "Greg, tell me you love me."
"Telling you how much I love you won't be enough. I'd rather prove it to you with my actions," Greg teased, trying to arouse Violet with his hands caressing Violet's back. He pulled her closer with his chin resting on her shoulder and he whispered, "There's a restroom at the back. I want to sex you up."
"No, I'm not in the mood," Violet said firmly even though deep down she wanted to feel Greg inside her again. But certainly not in Greg's office. Besides, she didn't want to use jealousy to turn Greg on. "All right, no more jokes. You seriously need to get back to your work. As for me, I'll stay here and surf the internet with your computer," Violet proposed as she helped herself in Greg's desk.
"That sounds like a good idea," Greg shrugged in defeat. He picked up the files from his desk, walked to the sofa, and sat comfortably. He started reading the files with his legs crossed.
And neither spoke a word since. Greg was engrossed studying the documents in his hands, while Violet watched a South Korean TV series in Greg's computer with a headset. She didn't want to distract Greg from what he was doing so she was very careful not to make any noise.
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