Married To My Bully by Sakshi C (rosie project TXT) 📖

I jumped out of the car the second he stopped it and dashed towards the building entrance.  The same day I received an official mail stating that our application for the expansion in our budget has been sanctioned. The news brought joy to everyone on the team and so they decided to do a little pizza party. I was smiling too. Nobody saw through my smile except for Ian, our chief accountant.

"You are looking a little off, today. Is everything alright?" he sounded genuinely concerned. Very few people are blessed with both IQ and EQ and Ian happened to be one of them.

"Yeah, I am good. Just a little tired, I guess," I tried to act casually. 

"Ohh alright. You shouldn't have come to the office then,"

"Well, as much as I wanted to stay back home, the work here needed to be completed. The business is already running at a loss. It can't afford any more slacking," I said with a smile. He nodded impressed

"I must say you are one of the most hardworking women I have ever seen. So devoted to whatever you commit to. Alex sir is very lucky to have you," he was praising me but his words pierced my heart like a pointed needle. I wanted to tell him that Alex doesn't share his thoughts. 

We chatted for a while. Ian had a nerdy personality but he was a smooth talker. He was like an ocean of knowledge from politics, economy to sports. I had always been a sucker of knowledge. We got along really well. 

That evening I decided not to tag along with Alex and so got out on my time. How much was I missing my own car at that time. I had sold it off with my apartment before getting married. And now I was deeply regretting my decision. I should have waited.   

The cab didn't show up but Ian surely did. He offered me a ride home and I agreed. We talked about our hobbies and previous jobs. He told me that he had launched his start-up a year ago. That was more like a side business that was going to take at least a year to flourish. It was impressive.

I didn't realize when we reached my home as we were too busy talking to each other.

"Here we are," he pulled up the car in front of the gate of the mansion. I climbed out and thanked him. I also invited him inside but he declined, saying he had some work to do. I nodded and he zoomed off.  

Alex wasn't home yet as the light of his room were still off. I ate my dinner and locked myself in my room.

At 11 I heard his footsteps. I saw his shadow lingering before my door for a few seconds before he started walking again towards his room.                          

The next few days went on like this. I continued to ignore him. I hadn't even seen his face. Don't get me wrong. I still wanted to help him but not at the expanse of my self-respect. 

The business had started to pick up too. All in all my professional life was going well in stark contrast to my personal life. 

I was on the ninth sky when I received my share of the revenue at the end of the month. The first thing I decided to buy was a car. As I didn't have much knowledge about cars, I asked Ian to help me find one. If Alex and I were on talking terms would have been my first choice but things were different. Ian agreed to accompany me but only after office hours. 

I started nagging Ian the moment the sun disappeared from the sky. My excitement knew no bound. Finally, we called it a night and went to the parking area to fetch his car. My enthusiasm, however, fizzled out when I saw Alex leaning against the hood of his car and talking to one of his employees. You might find it difficult to believe but despite staying under the same roof and working in the same company, this was the first time we had seen each other after so many days. 

My heart skipped a beat when his eyes swept over us. Over me- to be precise. The world ceased to exist between us when our eyes locked. My heart was thundering against my chest but he didn't avert his gaze from me. Did he miss me too? Nope. Not a chance. 

Ian whispered something in my ear but I didn't listen, however, his action managed to catch Alex's attention. In a blink of an eye, his expressionless face turned bitter. I dare say, he looked disturbed. An optimistic part of me wondered if he was jealous but the more realistic part of me struck it down. Perhaps, he didn't like me mingling with his employees. That must be it. 

I dropped my gaze to the ground and followed Ian to his car. He hadn't noticed Alex yet and I was glad that he didn't or else he would have surely wimped out by his intimidating glare.            

Ian started the engine. I looked at Alex from the corner of my eye and found him still staring at us through the mirror. He was fuming with rage.