As soon as Sam left, Kevin came back to Anne's room. The moment he entered, he glared at her coldly.
'I haven't done anything wrong, have I?' Anne wondered. The silence between them grew uneasily as they stared each other down.
"I assume that your Sam is gone?"
Finally, Kevin spoke up as he slowly walked up to her. The darkness in his eyes never wavered. The thought of how Sam had cared for her just now was making him deeply upset.
Frowning, Anne narrowed her eyes at Kevin unhappily. Was he... jealous? Did he think that there was something between her and Sam?
"Wait... 'My' Sam? What do you mean by that exactly?"
Anne crossed her arms over her chest. There was a spitefulness in her tone as she raised her eyebrow at him. This man acted so strange recently.
"Do I have to spell it out for you? I can see how close you are with him." With his thoughts completely preoccupied, Kevin didn't even notice the jealously in his own tone.
"I don't think I need to explain my relationship with Sam to you, Mr. Kevin!"
Even though she heard the jealousy in his voice, Anne figured that he was only acting that way because of his unreasonable possessiveness and nothing more.
With his face growing even darker, he leaned over towards her, putting his face merely centimeters away from hers. His nostrils flared with anger.
"You don't need to explain to me? Don't forget that you're still my wife!"
His hands balled up into fists at his side as he gritted his teeth. In his mind, she was still her woman. How could he let her say something like that to him?
"Wife? Are you kidding me? Our marriage meant nothing! In case you forgot, we only got married because we had an agreement. But if we're going by your logic, maybe you'd also want to explain your relationship with Cherry to me!"
Anne sneered disdainfully at Kevin as she held her ground.
It didn't make sense to her that he would act up all of a sudden. Both of them knew that their marriage was just a superficial one. Yet, here he was now, acting as if they were really husband and wife!
Kevin's eyes burned with anger the moment she mentioned Cherry.
"Don't try to change the subject right now, damn it! Are you trying to piss me off?"
'This woman! Why can't she just stop mentioning Cherry?!'
"I'm just telling it as it is. Why, are you telling me there's nothing going on between you two?" Even though he was already fuming, Anne boldly confronted him.
How could this man be so domineering and unreasonable? He was the one who stormed into her room and questioned her relationship with Sam. And yet when she was the one asking questions, he started getting all defensive!
"You've always known what she means a lot to me. Do I really have to explain it to you again?"
Kevin said slowly when he stared at Anne's beautiful face. He tried his best to suppress as much of his anger as he could.
A mischievous smile crept up the corners of his lips. It was the perfect time for him to find out how Anne would react when he talked about Cherry, to see whether or not she would get upset.
Taking a step back, he shrugged indifferently. "My relationship with Cherry is--"
"Enough! I don't want to hear it!"
Before he could get another word out, Anne snapped at him. Even though Kevin was not able to finish his sentence, her heart started to ache. It was difficult for her to hear anything about his intimacy with that woman.
"Anne, are you angry?"
The pain in her eyes were as plain as day. When he saw how much she cared, there was an undeniable happiness and satisfaction that surged through Kevin.
"No, I just don't want to hear anything about you two. Who cares about who you're with? It has nothing to do with me!"
With a scoff, Anne turned away from him, trying her best to keep her emotions in order.
"Really? Is that so? So I guess you don't mind what happened between me and Cherry, right?"
Once again, Kevin was getting frustrated at her stubbornness. What did he have to do to make this woman admit that she cared about him!
"Yes, I don't mind at all. I don't care if she's just your friend or if you two are sleeping with each other. Your business is your own. I don't need an explanation from you!"
As she spoke, Anne kept her gaze away from Kevin. She knew that if she cast one glance at him, she might not be able to hold in what she was really feeling.
In truth, she badly wanted to tell him how much pain his involvement with Cherry was causing her. Every time she saw them being together intimately, sadness and hate overwhelmed her entire being.
"Say that again to my face. Say it!"
Kevin fumed. 'How can she be this firm? Doesn't she care about me at all?!'
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