Sophia's POV:
"Ah-oh! Am I seeing things?"
Andrew's first question when saw me in the lobby of Kelley International Corporation. He even lowered his glasses to make sure of what he saw.
"Sophia! You're here!"
His loud voice caught the attention of some of the employees in the lobby.
"Hi, Andrew. How are you?" I asked smiling at him.
"When did you come back?"
"Ouch! What are you doing?"
I frowned when he grabbed my arms, my head and shook my shoulders. He looked so surprised to see me.
"Whoa! You really are here! What a surprise it is! Are you here to see your husband?"
"Yup, I just want to talk to him. Do you think he's busy?"
"Oh, whatever he is doing I'm sure he will stop when he sees you, and I'm sure he will run and hug you until you lose your breath!"
I chuckled when he took my arm and dragged me towards the elevator. I don't know what's going on with him, he seemed so excited to see me. But what I didn't know, my silent question will be answered inside the elevator.
"Oh, you are such an angel sent from above, Sophia! Thank God, you'll save me from slavery!"
Although I didn't understand what he meant, I chuckled again.
"What do you mean I will save you from slavery?"
"Tsk.tsk.tsk... you don't know what your husband has done to me these last few weeks. I've become his slave and personal entertainer since we came back from Italy. Every night, Sophia, every night he calls me to have a fucking drink! Can you imagine that? He calls me at one and sometimes two or three in the morning just to have a drink at Jack's bar, for heaven's sake!"
"He always drinks?" I asked surprised as I can't believe what Daniel did when he came back. As far as I know, he's not always a fan of alcohol.
"Yes, he's always drunk! I really don't know what happened between you two in Italy. He never said a word why he suddenly wanted us to come back."
"He never told you the reason?"
He shook his head.
"No, he just turned into that! And since he didn't say anything, I just assumed something had happened between the two of you, so he urged me to call his pilot and immediately come back here. And I was right when one time he called me and witnessed how devastated he was."
He sighed before looking at me and gave me a sad smile.
"And maybe out of depression and being so drunk, he turned to the point that he's talking to his glass of wine as if it were you."
"What did he say?" I asked curiosity kicked inside me.
"That he was a jerk, a stupid, that he had never seen how important you were to him from the start. That he was an idiot for treating you bad and for not realizing immediately that he loves you."
I just sighed and reciprocate his sad smile.
"What else did he do?"
"Well, apart from drinking almost every night and being a monster, he never stops working. The regular office hours is 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, but your husband seemed so in love with his office and came to work at exactly 6:00 am then go out by 9:00 to 10:00 pm."
"He's working too much! Didn't he feel tired?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying, not to mention the fact that he always comes to work with the smell of alcohol and he wanted me to go to work as early as him! Argh! That man!"
I couldn't help but laugh with his reaction.
"Look at this."
He pointed the skin under his eyes.
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