Chapter 24

[Max]

I wasn't fully awake but when my hand reached for my wife and I just touched the bedsheets,I opened my eyes and sat on the bed.I remained still on the bed waiting to see if she would come from the bathroom but when she didn't.I went to the bathroom and peeped in but there was not inside.I glanced at the clock and wondered where she might have gone to at that time.

"Where is this wife of mine?"I questioned myself as I walked out of my bedroom to the lounge.I met my butler when I entered the lounge.

"Colbert,where is wife?"I asked him.

" Am sorry master but I haven't seen ma'am yet,"he answered calmly.My brows creased in confusion as I sat on the couch.Five minutes passed by and she wasn't back an I started feeling my heart beating fast and I couldn't understand why.I was suddenly feeling worried and anxious and I couldn't even explain why.I stood from the couch and started pacing in the room.

"Colbert!!!"I growled and the man came in running."Ask your maids to look for my wife in the whole building in ten minutes!"

"Yes sir,"Colbert answered and he ran back to the kitchen and some seconds later,the servants started moving around the house searching.The search continued for ten minutes but Ammy was nowhere to be found.

"Sir...we didn't see her anywhere....am sorry for that sir,"Colbert apologized bowing his head low.

"What do you mean you couldn't find her....go out all of you and look for her....and don't get back here without her,"I shouted at him and they all shivered in fear and they ran out of the house.I followed them out and strode past them before standing just outside the door.I was pinching the bridge of my nose while my eyes were shut when someone bumped into me with so much force that I loosed my balance and fell on my back and the person fell on me and buried her face on my chest.I looked at the person and seeing her sexy body on me and her bosom pressing hard against my chest made my heart flutter and it pounded hard against my chest.My arm raised and held her tightly against me, wrapping her tiny waist.She raised her head and faced me and our eyes locked.Her eyes were beautiful and blue in color.Her face was so beautiful and my eyes remained on her beautiful face.I gazed down to her lips.They were half full and pink.She was so beautiful that I almost went for her lips when I saw tears falling off her eyes.I raised my hand unsure if I should wipe them off.I wasn't sure about that but I was sure that seeing her tears made me feel something I had never felt for some years now....that was pain.I felt a lump form on my throat and I just raised my hand to wipe the tears off but as soon as I touched her,she looked away and stood.I was completely caught off guard by her quick move and I just sat on the ground.

"Am sorry Max....I don't know how I knocked you off but am so sorry,"she finally spoke clearly nervous.

'She really is a real one,'I thought to myself when she gave me a helping hand.In any normal circumstance,I would have declined her help but I didn't find the strength to.I gently accepted it and she helped me stand.Seeing how nervous and intimidated she was at the moment, I stayed cool though I was now feeling mad because she left without saying where she was going to and she was in a sport bra and her middle section was visible and all my servants were enjoying the view of my wife's tummy, shoulders, WAIST!!...not in my house!...I grabbed her wrist before dragging her to the house past the servants who were gazing at us.I pulled her along as we went upstairs.

"Max,you are hurting my wrist."She complained as we walked upstairs.I remained silent but was fuming even more as she kept on struggling.She was making some funny voice which made feel hot and I didn't like it at all and I was fuming even more.We were soon at our room and I threw her on the bed.Ammy's eyes widened in shock as she landed on the bed with a thud while laying on her tummy.She turned and faced me with shock and tears falling off her eyes.

"Where have you been and what are you dressing?"I shouted at her but she just stared at me and remained silent as tears flowed down her cheeks.

"Answer me Ammy....and how many times do I need to tell you about this dressing of yours?.... this is my house and I make the rules and you follow."I shouted before turning my back to her while holding my waist.Ammy moved closer to me a little before speaking right behind me.

"Why Max?....I should go for a morning run in a dress and heels?...and you make rules and I should just follow?... why?...am I not your wife?"she finally spoke but her voice was low and firm.

"My wife?....you call a nobody like yourself my wife?.... never even think of that in your whole miserable life."I shouted at her and left to go out as she stood looking at me calmly though she had tears in her eyes.I stopped at the door before I stepped out and spoke to her.

"Now we will have dinner at the mansion and you must be ready by six o'clock." and I stepped out and banged the door as I walked out.I walked to the lounge calmly and sat at the couch but I wasn't at peace.Something in me was reprimanding me for what I just did and another was agreeing that I had done the right thing.What bothered me most was how calm she was though I could clearly see in her beautiful blue eyes that she was hurt by what I said.I was also in pain that I made her shed tears but was glad that she finally knew the consequences of disobeying me.I picked my car keys and walked away heading to no place in particular until I found myself at the family mansion.