Chapter 16

Jonathan had suddenly appeared behind me.

Startled, I turned around instinctively, and our faces brushed against each other.

The foreign touch made me purse my lips together tightly, and I quickly took a step back to put some distance between us.

This obvious action made Jonathan frown deeply.

“What were you looking for?

Hand it over,”

he demanded as he stepped closer, his hand outstretched.

I shook my head and hid the prenuptial agreement behind my back.

“It’s just a document.”

“You should just rest at home.

Work can wait,”

he said, seemingly believing me.

He retracted his hand and continued, “The secretary will take care of this paperwork.”

I clutched the agreement tightly and nodded, trying my best to remain calm.

“Is there anything else?”

Jonathan’s dark eyes stayed fixed on me, but he didn’t say anything.

“If there’s nothing else, then I’ll head back to the bedroom,”

I said while moving to walk around him.

Just as I brushed past him, his deep voice sounded.

“You can throw your tantrums, but don’t mention the word ‘divorce’again.”

My footsteps faltered, and my lips pressed tightly together.

I didn’t feel like getting into another pointless argument with him, so I merely strode away.

Back in the main bedroom, I scanned the prenup and sent it to Gabrielle.

She replied quickly, and we set up a time and location for a meeting the next day.

After putting my phone down, I shoved the prenup into the nightstand drawer.

Now that I had a scanned copy, it didn’t matter if Jonathan took the original copy back.

It was getting late.

I let out a yawn, feeling a little tired.

There was no way I was going to sleep in the main bedroom.

Jonathan and I might be an actual married couple, but I had no intention of doing any “married couple”stuff with him.

…

The Ford residence was a huge mansion filled with plenty of rooms that were maintained daily by the household staff.

I randomly picked a guest room and lay down.

It had been a long day where so many things had happened, and I was completely exhausted, so I fell asleep quickly.

Suddenly, while already half-asleep, I felt myself enveloped in a warm embrace.

This body that was pressed up against me was much warmer than mine, and I started to feel hot.

I let out an annoyed harrumph and squirmed around trying to get away, but the body behind me suddenly tensed.

I tried to open my eyes in my groggy state, but I was just too tired, and I fell into a deep slumber.

When I woke up the next morning, I found myself lying on the big bed in the main bedroom.

The space beside me felt cold, and the sheets were perfectly smooth, so I couldn’t tell whether no one had slept there or whether the person who had slept there had already left for work.