Chapter 10

Noah's Pov:

I stood there clenching my jaw so hard and glaring holes into the door even after she left, why am I even bothered by her? She was nothing but a one-night stand but why is she getting on my nerves and making it hard for me to stop the feeling of chasing after her and teaching her a lesson it was not in a literal way.

" Mr.Parker! We have a meeting with Mr.William at our office in exactly 20 minutes." My assistant Ruby knocked on the door and reminded me about the meeting which I forgot because of some vixen. I took a deep breath trying to erase everything which happened from last night to now.

" Okay, Ruby! Tell Edward to bring the car to the front." I walked towards the elevators without meeting Mr.Hayes because now he is nothing but just a person in between me and this company as he owes me so much now. I smirked at the thought and pressed the button to the front of the building.

I Am a very busy person and I don't have time for Some spoiled princess who doesn't even meaning of hard work or even how to earn their own money. As tempting as she is, I can't go there again.

My phone rang bringing me out of my thoughts which are giving me a headache, seeing the caller ID made my headache even more. I can't deal with her right now but I can't get away from her when I go home until then I can breathe without getting suffocated.

I received a message and it reads the same as the other texts which I have been getting from her since last week but I don't care anymore. Those texts don't mean anything now and she doesn't mean anything now. It's been two weeks since I went home after I saw what I heard. I don't think I can even stand with her but I have to act as if nothing happened.

" We are here, Mr.Parker!" Edward announced breaking me from my thoughts. All these thoughts are giving me a headache, I need to stop thinking and start working.

I ended the meeting early and sat in my office nursing a glass of bourbon. I am not the one to drink at uneven times but with all the shit going on recently in my life I can't go without this. I have never felt that my life is going to be this complicated and confusing and the thing is I never thought I would tangle myself with someone outside of my marriage.

My phone rang once again pulling me from my gloomy thoughts, I groaned seeing her name flashing on the screen. I don't have any other choice but to go home and think about the lies I want to tell her. It was never this hard but now everything changed.

I gritted my teeth in annoyance and anger before gulping down the remaining liquid and standing from my chair to go to the place I called home but now it's not a home anymore.

I blocked off everything so as not to hurt my head more than it was already hurting.

" Mr.Parker! Where to?" Edward asked, rushing towards me when I exited the office building.

" Home! I will drive, retire for the day!" He handed me the keys bowing slightly in the greeting. I tossed the files in the back seat once I entered the car and started the engine to the route which is ingrained in my head.

In the past, I always got excited to go home and find reasons to cut short the meetings and other work to go home early and spend the time with her but now it feels like I'm going somewhere which I don't want to but didn't have any choice.

I parked the car in our driveway and stepped out. I took a deep breath and started taking steps toward the door preparing myself to act cool and not show any sign of difference. It may seem easy to think but I don't know if I'm able to talk confidently.

I stood in front of the door still thinking about everything which happened and how it changed my life and what I did after that. I Am not defending my actions or how I handled the situation but I don't regret meeting Ada or our night, it feels right even if it was so wrong when I am married.

" N…Noah! Are you really here?" My head jerked up so fast that I thought I broke it.

Standing in front of me looking like a goddess is my wife with innocent doe eyes which are filled with tears and the face contorted with pain and longing which is void of any makeup. She looks beautiful even without makeup, her naturalness and innocence pulled me toward her when I first laid my eyes on her and it's been 10 years, and still, those qualities pull me like a magnet and I still feel the attraction and love I have for her.

" Cassie!...." She didn't let me answer anything before I was pushed back by her hugging me so hard that my breath knocked me off. For this small petite woman, she is so strong.

I wrapped my arms around her, Her familiar scent wafting from her and warming my insides and the familiar warmth I missed these past weeks. I clenched my fists and jaw to control the emotions I am fighting inside me.

Anger, betrayal, Pain, longing, love, hurt everything is making an appearance all at once making it so damn hard to think clearly.

" We should go inside, Cassie, and let me explain." I removed her from me and held her hand and guided her inside the house calming my racing thoughts and emotions. It is not the time to confront her and ask her how can she ruin the marriage we built and cherished for ten fucking years but I have to hold myself back first.

" Where were you, Noah? I was calling you non-stop for two weeks and you didn't answer any of my calls and not even your staff answered any calls or replied to the texts." Anger is radiating off of her like a volcano ready to erupt but I'm calming the volcano inside me from erupting and burning everything around me even the hard work of mine to reach the position I am in now.

" You would have visited my office, Cassie!" I stopped not continuing everything to gauge her reaction. It was not new for her to come to my office if I didn't answer her calls before but now she has much more important things to handle.

Her eyes widened and I could see regret and shame in her eyes clearly which made my insides squish with disgust. How can I still stand her and face this woman who is cheating on me with someone else?

" I….I… was busy! You know how my work is Noah and besides you should have answered the calls." I know how her work is, she is a model and she doesn't need to do her job daily and as much as I know that she was taking her time off for a month and she didn't go to any of her shoots last week and she is blatantly lying to my face.

Scoffing inwardly, I took her into my arms with a fake smile on my face.

" I'm so sorry, baby! I was having problems with one of my branch offices and I was so occupied with the work that I didn't answer. I was trying hard to finish my work and ran back to you as soon as I could." I kissed her forehead and I know she bought my lies with the way she is nodding her head and the way she is smiling at me.

" I am sorry too, I was just worried and missing you too." She raised her head to capture my lips but I hesitated for the first time when my wife was kissing me but wiping off everything from my head and face I met her halfway and captured her lips with mine.

I need to be patient and calm until I talk with my lawyers about how I can not give any of my assets to her once we get divorced. I will give her alimony but not anything else because she has no right to any of my hard-earned property.