Uncovering My Wife's Secrets (Annalise and Julian) novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14 She’ll Be Here

“All right,” Annalise replied. Julian’s gentle tone rendered her happy to agree to his request.

She felt him holding her hand, and she tried to pull away, but his grip tightened.

Thus, she had no choice but to come up with an excuse. “Mr. Parks… Julian, it’s getting late, so I have to head home. I’ll come over tomorrow to send your grandfather off with you.”

Julian heard Annalise pause and address him by his name, and he was elated. Unable to control his excitement, he pulled her into his arms and looked down at her, his eyes glimmering. “What did you just call me?”

“Julian Parks!” Annalise exclaimed, startled by Julian’s sudden actions. Her heart fluttered.

Their current posture was quite intimate..

Plus, they were under the street light, and the faint yellow glow of the street light created a hazy atmosphere, which made Annalise feel overwhelmed.

There was a hint of earnestness and enchantment in Julian’s deep and magnetic voice as he said, “Lose the ‘Parks’ part.”

Annalise’s ears became red as she suddenly realized how good Julian was at flirting.

“He’s even better at flirting than Benjamin. He’s already flirting with me after we have only known each other. for two days! I wonder how many girls he had flirted with before? So that’s why he had to pretend to be married to fend off his pursuers,” Annalise thought as she instantly came to her senses.

She pushed him away and forcibly pulled her hand away from his grip.

Julian was startled, but he eventually came to a realization.

“This is normal. She has just gone through a breakup, and she was betrayed, so it’s difficult for her to trust someone else. I’m too impatient,” he thought to himself.

“I’m going home!” Annalise snapped.

“Let me drive you home,” Julian offered.

“It’s fine. I’ll just call myself a cab.”

“You’re a woman. It’s not safe for you to hail a cab alone at night,” Julian insisted.

Annalise suddenly recalled what Benjamin had said to her before. “Anna, you’re a woman. You shouldn’t go. out at night because it’s not safe.”

“So, Benjamin and Julian are the same! They are both great at caring for women and flirting. Ah, whatever! They are both liars anyway,” she thought to herself.

Julian made a phone call and told Annalise that a car would be arriving soon.

Both of them walked together for a while and saw a Bentley stopping in front of them. A driver got out of the car and opened the door for them. “Mr. and Mrs. Parks. Please.”

Annalise was a little uncomfortable when she heard the driver calling her that. “It’s nothing. It’s just a title for the next three months,” she assured herself.

After that, the driver drove Annalise to the Barton residence.

She had just arrived home when she heard her WhatsApp notification sound.

It was a message from Julian: “Will you be up at ten tomorrow morning?”

He still remembered that she mentioned that she loved to sleep in.

She replied: “Yes.”

“Of course, I’ll be up if we’re sending someone to the airport. I’ll only sleep in sometimes when I have nothing else to do,” she thought.

He replied: “All right. I’ll pick you up at ten tomorrow morning.”

She texted back: “All right.”

He replied: “I’m really happy to have taken a stroll with you tonight. You even held my hand.”

Annalise cursed herself inwardly and thought, “Damn it! I knew it. I held his hand when I was talking on the phone just now!”

She tried her best to explain and replied: “Please don’t misunderstand. I was talking on the phone at that time, so I wasn’t paying attention. Sorry about that!”

Julian replied: “There’s no need to apologize. Good night. Sweet dreams.”

Annalise sighed and also wished him a good night.

She was about to put down her phone and take a bath when she heard the WhatsApp notification sound again.