chapter 19- Jealous?

Shane's P.O.V.:

"Happy marriage anniversary, mom and dad." I congratulated my parents.

I kissed my furious mother's cheeks to melt her anger.

"Thank you, son." Dad said, hugging me.

"Thanks, honey." Mom kissed me back.

"So Shane, what's with the Chinese investors?" dad asked keeping his hand on my shoulder.

"Deal is sealed, dad. They had to agree-" I was cut off by my mom.

"Guys, can't you stop discussing your business at my party?" mom looked extremely angry.

"Sorry mom. Look, what I have brought for you?" I said showing her the 3 storey cake.

It made her smile.

"I didn't expect you would do this." mom said with teary eyes and hugged me.

******

I walked towards the bar with my business associate, Mr. James Raymark.

"Mr. Adams, I must say you're born to succeed. Firstly, you got the airport's construction tender and now you got the deal of the chinese investors." he said sipping his champagne.

"Thank you, Mr. Raymark." I thanked him.

"One champagne." I ordered the bartender.

"Mr. Adams, the party is really awesome and....." he stopped what he was saying and kept looking at something.

I followed where he was looking and found Ms. Jones sitting at the other end of the bar sipping orange juice.

She was wearing a pink dress. I couldn't avert my eyes from her.

"She's hot." I averted my eyes from her and looked at him.

Hot? She?

Nah!

"Catch you later. I need to ask her for a dance before anyone else does." he said and without waiting for my reply, he walked towards her.

He went to her and asked for a dance and she agreed.

What? She agreed? What the hell?

"One vodka..." I ordered the bartender.

He put his hands on her waist. She smiled looking at him.

How dare he hold her waist?

I gulped down the glass of vodka.

He said something to her and she blushed.

She fucking blushed?

She never blushed when I said something to her.

"One more..." I ordered another glass of vodka without averting my eyes from them.

I gulped it down in one shot.

Why are they so close? You don't need to come so close while dancing...

Can't he maintain distance from her and dance?

I averted my eyes from them and looked in another direction.

Argh....this is it.

I walked towards them angrily and stopped when I was close behind him.

"Mr. Raymark, if you don't mind then may I take her from you?" I asked him without averting my eyes from her.

You better leave her waist now, Raymark or you'll have to pay for it.

"Yeah...sure." he said and walked away.

Good move, Raymark.

Ms. Jones tried walking away from me but I stopped her by holding her hand.

You're not going anywhere, Ms. Jones.

I won't let you go.

"Where do you think you're going, Ms. Jones? Don't wanna dance with me?" I asked gritting my teeth.

"I'm tired. I need some rest." she said and tried freeing her hand from my grip.

Not so easily, Ms. Jones. You're not getting away this time.

"You were enjoying your dance with him, weren't you? While dancing with him, you didn't feel tired then why now?" I asked under gritted teeth.

While dancing with that stupid Raymark she was blushing and enjoying like anything and when I want her to dance with me then suddenly she is feeling tired, huh....

"Leave me, Mr. Adams. You're hurting my hands." she said trying to escape out of my grip.

I was hurt too when you were dancing with him shamelessly.

Wait..what? I was hurt?

No! I wasn't. It's just that I don't want my business associates to fall into her trap.

Yes...that is exactly why I'm angry.

"Dance with me." I said pulling her towards me which made her breast

crush on my hard chest.

Damn! What is she? Why am I getting these electrified feelings? Why her closeness is making me wild?

Maybe it's the vodka.

I don't know what came to me, I snaked my hands around her waist and gripped tightly to punish her for letting Raymark to hold her waist.

Yes! My hands are the perfect match for your waist, Ms. Jones. Your waist was supposed to be held by me-just by me and no one else.

Having no other options left, she placed her hands slowly on my shoulders.

Your hands feel so perfect on my shoulders.

What the hell am I thinking?

I was more furious now. Firstly because of her and secondly because of my stupid mind which is thinking all these bullshits.

We started dancing slowly. She ignored looking into my eyes which was irritating me.

Look into my eyes, Ms. Jones. Blush looking at me, the same way you were doing with, Raymark.

"So you liked dancing with James, huh? I don't think if you are enjoying the dance with me, are you?" I asked whispering into her ears huskily to make her react and look at me.

"Yes and No. Yes, I enjoyed dancing with him and No, I am not enjoying dancing with you." she said with challenging eyes.

What the hell! So she likes that creepy, not so handsome, Raymark? What the bloody hell. You're dead Raymark. Now save your company from me. I'll bloody ruin your company.

"Why? What has he got that fancies you and I don't? Tell me!" I asked furiously. I gripped my hold around her waist more tighter and made her move close to me. Her breast crushed again on my hard chest. I could feel her warms breast on my chest.

How would it feel when her naked breast would crush on my naked chest?

Stop it, Shane...what are you thinking? Just stop it. She's not your type.

And you're being a pervert.

I am really drunk.

I looked at her. She looked nervous.

"I no...nothing." she stuttered.

Her nervousness was making her more appealing.

"Tell me why my closeness creeps you out? Why do you hate my touch....my kiss?" I asked angrily. I wanted to kiss her and punish her for detesting and rejecting my kiss.

"I need to go." She tried escaping.

"Answer me. Until, you're not answering, I am not leaving you." I said looking into her eyes.

I need the answer tonight. No one rejects my kisses and touches but she's got the courage to do so. I'm not leaving her without getting my answer.

She didn't speak for a minute, which felt like an eternity and when she spoke, I was dumbstruck.

" Mr. Adams, actually the thing is that I'm a married woman and I am loyal to my dear husband. That's why when anyone other than my husband touches me, creeps me out." she said smiling.

No this can't be true. How can she be married? I don't believe her.

I held her left hand and saw a butterfly ring on her ring finger.

What? Where did that come from? I never noticed her ring before. No! she can't be married. She just...can't be...married.

Why are you concerned if she's married or not? It's non of your business, Shane.

Yeah right. It's non of my business. I don't give a damn if she's married or single or engaged or divorced or widowed. I just don't give a damn.

I walked from the party and drove back to my office.

********

"Boss, the Chinese investors are waiting for us at The Leno's restaurant." my PA, Ryan informed me.

"Why didn't you wake me up earlier?" I asked rubbing my eyes.

Since how long am I sleeping? What happened last night?

"Sir, I tried but you didn't wake up. Actually you were really drunk last night. You drank at least ten glasses of vodka and...." he hesitated completing his sentence.

"And what?" I asked frustrated

"And you were muttering a name the whole night." he said timidly.

"Name? Whose name?" I asked confused.

What is he talking about? Whose name was I muttering?

Shit! Shit! Shit!

Let it not be her name.

"Was it Lara?" I asked hopping his answer to be a No.

"Ye..yes sir." he stuttered.

Shit! What is this woman doing to me? How can I mutter a married woman's name? How pathetic!

"Wait for me outside, I'll come in 10." I said and entered into my shower.

After 10 minutes, we were in my car driving to The Leno's to meet the investors. The Chinese investors are flying back to China today in the evening so they asked to sign the deal .

I was looking outside the car window but in my mind, yesterday's event was going on. I kept remembering James Raymark touching her, me holding her waist tightly and then her confrontation that she's a married woman and she...loves her husband.

I clenched my hand into a fist at that thought.

Why the fact of her being a married woman and being in love with her husband pissing me off?

Jesus! What's happening?

The car suddenly stopped with a jerk which pulled me out of my thoughts.

"What happened?" I asked my driver

"Sir, there's some kind of problem in the car's engine. I'll go and check." he said and went to fix the problem.

I was sitting in my car looking outside when I spotted Ms. Jones. She wasn't alone..she was with a guy and a little girl playing in the park.

I came out of the car. They were far from me. I couldn't hear what they were talking.

Who are they? And how they know Ms jones?

Is he her 'dear' husband? And the little girl? She looks exactly like Ms. Jones.

Wait.....No ways! It can't be.

She looks too young to be a mother.

Jesus..she's giving me shocks everyday.

They were really having fun and enjoying.

Why are you pissed off then? A normal happy family does enjoy like they are enjoying. It's sunday. They might have planned their holiday.

The guy hugged her and kissed her cheeks.

How dare he kiss her? I'll make your life hell, Mr. Whoever.. .

He is her husband and the father of her daughter....he's got not only the right to kiss her but to also....

Argh...fucking hell!! I need to go...far from Ms. Jones. Yeah. I'll have to stay away from her for the peace of my mind which is surely not in it's place lately.

I walked back to my car and ordered my driver to park in front of the restaurant.

********

"Good evening, Mr. Chang." I extended my hand for a hand shake with the investor.

"Good evening to you too, Mr. Adams." he said forwarding his hand.

We sat on the round table in the restaurant and started discussing about our deals and future plans. Ryan gave him the papers for signing at the end of the meeting.

He read the papers thoroughly and was about to sign the deal when he stopped and looked up at me.

"What happened, Mr. Chang? Why are you not signing? Are you still in some doubts about the deal?" I asked confused.

"Mr. Adams are you married?" he asked furrowing his eye brows.

"What has my marital status to do with the deal?" Why's he asking this?

"Actually, I don't trust bachelor businessmen. I have faced many problems because of the young bachelors. They don't keep their words and are a bit of like free birds who don't care about anyone's feelings and emotions. Bachelors take everything like a fling but a married man knows the value of love." he said looking into my eyes.

"Sorry, but I didn't get you. What are you trying to say?" I asked furrowing my eye brows.

"As I have already mentioned that I'm making this mansion for my love-my wife. I want this mansion to be built with love and feelings and to reflect affection. I want my wife to know how much I love her through this mansion. I hope you're getting what I'm trying to say..."he said trying to make me understand.

How is a building constructed with love and feelings? Doesn't he know that building of a mansion require cements and concretes including a lot more tangible things and love is not in this list ?

"Don't worry, Mr. Chang. Your work is in my hands. I won't let your expectations down." I said confidently.

He didn't look convinced and was about to close the file without signing when I spoke and said something which I didn't even thought I would ever say to seal any deal before.

"I'm getting married soon, Mr. Chang. I love my soon to-be-wife more than my life. And believe me, I've a very happy family. I'm a family man, Mr. Chang. You can count on me. I really love my family and I know what love and feelings mean. Your mansion will reflect your love for your wife and it's my word-a family man's word." I said trying to sound convincing.

I know how to handle these kind of things. It's the profit of being a emotional and dramatic mom's son.

He smiled slightly and without any further a do, he signed the files and the deal was sealed.

Finally something good happened.

"Good move, boss. But were you serious when you said, you are going to get married soon?" Ryan asked as we entered the car.

"Yes." I said looking outside the window.

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