Victoria hid herself back into the blanket hearing the door, her body was shaking.
Jayden looked at the trembling body covered in blanket on the bed from the entrance.
He didn’t know if he should be in joy or sorrow.
This is a monogamous community, women were sensitive and doubtful and could never accept any third party.
But his wife was different, allowing him to sleep with another woman willingly.
He entered the room slowly and closed the door.
Victoria under the blanket trembled harder hearing the door closed.
She held tight on the blanket and was afraid that he might approach.
Jayden stood beside the bed and stared at the person under the blanket. Despite knowing she was not Jolene, he called, “Jolene”.
Victoria’s tears gushed down and shouted inwardly, she was not Jolene, not his wife, she was Victoria Forbis!
But she couldn’t, she promised Jolene. She regretted her impulsive decision to save her brother and the family but destroyed herself.
Jayden noticed how frightened the woman under the blanket was, but he didn’t intend to leave. He decided to sleep with this woman regardless if she was ugly or pretty, smart or stupid.
He began unbuttoned himself slowly and said, “Since you’ve promised, why feel humiliated?”
Victoria stunned, what did he mean?
Did he know that it was not his wife under the blanket?
“You made a deal with her so stop feeling mistreated, you did it willingly.” She felt she was mistreated, how could she not felt that way?
Out of a sudden, Victoria lifted the blanket, “You…”
She was interrupted by a body thrown onto her, she fell back onto the soft bed and felt that her shirt was torn open crudely.
Victoria struggled and shouted, “I’m not your wife, I’m not…”
The man ignored, pressed down her head and didn’t even look at her. He didn’t want to hear her voice and covered her face with the blanket. “We both feel better this way.”
Tears had never stopped rolling down from Victoria’s cheeks the whole night.
She had never been this intimate with Nathan, Nathan did mention he wanted to but she had always entertained with a kiss and claimed she wanted to wait until their wedding night.
But today, she gave herself to a man she had seen only once in a photo, she didn’t even know how he looked like in real life.
It was dawn, the sun was rising. The man put on her clothes beside the bed with his back facing the woman, “You’ve delivered your words and I’ve completed my task.”
Jolene did this out of guilt, she wanted to fulfil his desire.
While he didn’t mind doing it for her to feel good. He didn’t want her to feel guilty.
Victoria had gone insane in the blanket, she was soaked in tears and sweat, her face was covered with hair. “Don’t you love your wife?”
“I like her,” Jayden replied liked. He liked Jolene, he felt that he liked her, whilst love… He thought there was no difference between like and love.
“Why would you do… this then? You love your wife but sleep with another woman… Didn’t this hurt her?”
Victoria felt that this couple was completely mental!
The husband claimed to love the wife but slept with another woman.
The wife on the other hand presented a woman to the husband.
Jayden mocked, “How did you know I wasn’t trying to make her happy?”
Victoria was astounded. What kind of wife would be happy knowing her husband slept with another woman?
What sort of a couple were they?
“Change the bedsheet and clean the bed afterwards, she likes everything clean and tidy.” He said then left.
Victoria was left sitting on the bed, she watched the tall figure disappeared at the door. She could hear that he cared for his wife.
But why would he do that? She was in bewilderment.
Her body was tired but she stood up, replaced the used sheets with clean ones from the cupboard and opened the window to let in some fresh air. It was morning when she was done cleaning.
The room was all bright and shone with the morning light, it was completely opposite to the dark and depressing room from last night.
Downstairs, Jayden saw the woman sitting on the sofa and said coldly, “Satisfied?”
Jolene felt guilty, “I’m sorry.”
Jayden looked deeply at her and said casually, “I don’t need that.” And then he left.
Jolene stopped him at the door, “She was different from others, you will fall for her.”
Jayden let out a laugh, “I can fall in love with her right away as long as it pleases you.”
He turned and looked at the woman under the light, her guilty looked stunned him, he couldn’t utter out mean words. “You presented her to me out of guilt, and now I’ve slept with her, does that makes you feel better?”
Jolene looked at him and moved her body, “If you failed to fall in love, I won’t be with Stanley.”
That was a promise she made to him.
This was a family arranged marriage, she had someone else in her heart but couldn’t be together.
Searching for a better woman for him was the only thing she could do.
She had been searching for over a year and Victoria was the only one she thought matched him.
“If you met me before him, will you fall for me?” He had never acted so modest before.
This was his first time putting himself below others.
Jolene stared at him for a moment before answered, “Yes.”
Jayden turned to walk away but stopped after one step, “If there is a woman I fall for, I will set you free.”
She tidied herself up. Then, she walked downstairs and saw Jolene standing alone in the living room.
She hesitated for a moment because she didn’t know how to face her.
After all, the man last night was her husband.
She didn’t know what their relationship was like, but she could feel that the man still cared about her.
Jolene withdrew her gaze. She turned around and saw the woman standing on the stairs.
She froze for a moment, wondering since when Victoria had been standing there and whether she heard the conversation between her and Jayden.
“How long have you been standing there?” Jolene frowned slightly as she asked.
Victoria walked down from the stairs, “I just came down.”
Jolene nodded, “Come and have your dinner.”
Victoria didn’t want to be with her because she couldn’t help feeling awkward, “When can I go back?”
Jolene looked at her for a few seconds, then she said lightly, “You will be living here in the future.”
“What?” Victoria couldn’t remain calm anymore. Did she mean that she would have to face this couple all the time?
Then, what was her identity?
A concubine in ancient times?
Her heart pumped rapidly. This awkward relationship was really unacceptable.
Jolene seemed to know what was on her mind, then she said, “I’m going back to live with my family recently, so you can live here at ease and take care of him for me.”
Victoria looked at Jolene and she couldn’t help but to speak her mind, “I can see that your husband actually likes you very much. If you only need a child, I promised you that I can…”
“Do what you’re suppose to do.” Jolene interrupted her because she didn’t want to listen to her lecture, “Sit down and eat.”
Jolene’s expression calm down a little and let her sit down, “My husband and I are married on the basis of families interest, so we have no feelings towards each other.”
Victoria looked at Jolene in shock. She didn’t expect that she would suddenly confess this matter to her.
In fact, Jolene told Victoria this was to let her stay here at ease.
“But…”
‘This tastes good.” Jolene pushed the preserved egg and pork rice porridge to her front, “Try it.”
She interrupted Victoria deliberately and didn’t want to listen to her next words.
Jayden treated her very well. She knew that, but feelings couldn’t be forced.
She already had someone she loved, and it was impossible for her to be with Jayden anymore.
This was also the reason why she worked hard to find a good woman for him.
She hoped that there could be a good woman to stay by Jayden’s side. A woman who was willing to take care of him and adored him.
With that, Victoria stayed in the villa. Jolene had arranged everything, even the smallest things such as her household items were all ready for her.
Jayden did not come back during the week she stayed in the villa.
Instead, Victoria felt relaxed to live in a space without the presence of Jolene and Jayden.
She insisted to walk around the yard after dinner to digest her food and spent her time as usual. The days living in the villa were quite dull too, so the only thing she could do was to walk around the yard.
This was also the most relaxing time for her.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
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