Chapter 4.

Ivan's POV.

I sat in bed with my arms crossed as the scary scenes from the horror movie are playing in my head. I'm very scared, looking around the room and silently reciting Psalms 23 in my mind. I turned and look at Blair who is sleeping peacefully. If I knew she'd watch a horror movie, I'll never have gone to the movies with her and now I can't sleep. I felt someone touch my hand and without even checking who it was, I closed my eyes and screamed.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you screaming? It's only me." I heard Blair's voice. Then I stopped screaming, opened my eyes and looked at her who was looking at me with a confused look on her face.

"Are you afraid?" She asked.

"Why will I be afraid?" I replied.

"Then why are you still up by this time of the night?" She asked.

"I'm busy." I replied and she looked at me and my surroundings. There was no laptop, papers or phone around me so I don't look busy. She looked back at me and knowing what's going on in her mind, I said, "my head, I'm busy in my head, working and planning something."

"Are you...afraid of horror movies?" She asked.

My mind was screaming yes but my self pride spoke instead. "No, why will I be afraid? What do you take me for?" I replied.

"But...what about then, in the theater?" She asked.

Fuck! Why did I act so childish, what will I tell her now?

"I did that on purpose." I replied and she nodded.

"Why did you pick a horror movie?" I asked her.

"I'm a fan of horror movies." She replied.

She's a fan of what? I should have known. Even she herself is horror so it's not surprising that she's a fan of horror movies.

"Since you're scared, I'll keep you company until you fall asleep." She said.

My mind was screaming yes but my self pride spoke again. "I'm not scared, go back to sleep." I said and she nodded and went back to sleep.

Oh shit! Fairy, fairy, put me to sleep. I can't sleep and all I wanted right now was to hold someone, or be held by someone. But none of that can happen because even though Blair and I are sharing a bed, there's a large space between us. We rarely touch each other and we never get close to each other in bed. I sighed and continued my silent chant as I hoped to fall asleep quickly.

The Next Day.

I opened my eyes to Blair hovering over me with worry filled eyes.

"Are you alright?" She asked and I nodded.

"Good morning." She greeted and I nodded again.

"What's the time?" I asked.

"08:59am." She replied.

"Shit! I have a meeting by 10:30am." I said and got out of bed.

I hurriedly got prepared and as I was stepping out, she came with a cup of tea.

"At least drink something before you go." She said and I walked pass her and left the house straight into my massive compound. I entered one of my Ferrari cars and ordered my chauffeur to drive very fast. Luckily, there was no traffic on the road so I arrived at my company at 10:19am. I walked in and straight into the CEO elevator, not paying attention to the ladies who were eye fucking me. The elevator doors opened on the 200th floor. I entered my office at exactly 10:30am and my client was already waiting for me.

"Good morning, Miss Lin." I greeted as I made my way to my chair.

"Good morning, Mr Blake." She greeted back with a smile as she extended a handshake to me which I accepted.

"Let's get started." I said and sat.

"Before we start, can I get your autograph?" She asked with a smile.

Oh, God, today is another day.

"Sure." I replied.

She smiled and gave me an electronic note pad.

"I'm going to make a printout of it and paste it as a wallpaper in my bedroom." She said.

I smiled and signed on it and gave it back to her. She collected it happily with a smile.

"Thank you." She said.

"Thank you for being my fan." I said to her with a smile. Being a celebrity, smiling is a very natural thing for me to do.

"Let's get started." She said with a smile and we began our meeting.

"See you some other time, Mr Blake." She said after an hour of meeting.

"Sure." I said and winked at her.

She smiled and left my office and Dan, my annoying friend walked in immediately.

"Hello, Ivan." He said as he sat comfortably on one of my sofas.

"Order breakfast." I said as I made my way to the sofa.

"You didn't have breakfast at home?" He asked as he took out of his phone, probably ordering breakfast as I said.

"I was in a haste." I replied.

"You have a wife but you don't make use of her. Why is a married man always eating out?" He said.

"If you want, I can gift her to you." I replied and he shook his head.

"So how was yesterday?" He asked.

"Terrible." I replied as I remembered last night.

My phone rang and I looked at it to see Danielle's name.

"Don't tell me you're gonna answer that." Dan said. He hates Danielle a lot.

"What's my schedule for today?" I asked instead. I also didn't want to answer the call. And as I and Dan were discussing, Danielle walked into my office looking so spicy.

Dan hissed upon seeing her while she rolled her eyes at him and walked to me with a smile.

"Hi, hon. You weren't answering your phone." She said.

She sat beside me and pecked my lips.

"Gross." Dan hissed and she glared at him.

There was a knock on my door.

"That should be Sara." Dan said and she came in immediately. Sara is my secretary.

"Good morning, sir. This is your order." She said as Dan collected the boxes from her.

"Thanks." I said and she smiled and left.

"You haven't had breakfast?" Danielle asked and I nodded.

"Oh my." She said and was about to start feeding me.

"He's got hands, he can eat by himself." Dan said and I collected the spoon from her and began to eat.

She began saying flirty things to me and I was responding to her. Well, I'm also a player.

"Excuse me, Miss, this is an office and not a brothel." Dan said and she rolled her eyes at him.

"Don't you have work to do?" She asked, agitated.

"I'm already working, so that question should be answered by you." He replied with a smirk and her phone rang.

"I'll see you later, hon." She said and kissed my cheek.

"Yeah, just get lost." Dan said and she glared at him and left.

"What is your problem, Ivan? You're married, why do you still flirt around?" Dan asked me.

"May I see the document from FH?" I replied.

"Stop changing the topic. Why do you keep hurting your wife?" He asked.

"Are you in love with Blair?" I asked with a smirk.

"Don't you love her?" He asked.

"I don't." I replied sternly.

"So do you love Danielle?" He asked.

"I don't." I replied.

"For God's sake, what kind of life are you living?" He asked, frustration clear in his voice.

Like seriously, I don't know what Blair did to him and my parents that they're so much in her support. They'd even scold me for her.

"Dan, the document." I said, this discussion was already pissing me off.

Dan shook his head and gave me the document and I went through it as I hummed a song.

"Ask Sara to get an adjustment for this." I said and gave him the document.

"What next?" I asked.

"You have a shoot in San Francisco next week." Dan replied as he scrolled through a tablet that only contained my schedule.

"Okay, remind me again in three days time." I replied.

"Okay, you have a meeting with Don'Marc in an hour time." He said.

"Reschedule the meeting." I said as I rubbed my eyes. I was feeling sleepy as a result of last night's incident.

"We have done that three times now so it'd be unpleasant to reschedule it again." He said and I sighed.

"Oh, let's go then." I replied and we left the office together.

We took an elevator down to the first floor and all my female employees began drooling over me. They began taking pictures of me as I walked and I was having fun as I openly eye flirted with them but the fun didn't last when my phone rang and I saw the caller.

"Hello." I heard Blair's tiny voice.

"I'm busy." I replied and ended the call immediately.

Jeez, how that woman effortlessly spoils my mood.

Dan's phone rang and he answered the call and after a few minutes, he said to me, "your wife called. She said I should tell you that your mother wants you both to come to dinner in the mansion."

I simply nodded and we entered the car.

The Next Day.

I sighed as my car parked in my compound. Many people have a happy life when they get married but mine turned horrible since I got married. I missed dinner last night since I spent the night in the office and mom scolded me mercilessly while dad gave me long session of sermon. They asked me to have lunch with them today and to bring Blair along.

I entered into the bedroom to meet her watching television and as usual, she rushed to me and took off my jacket and collected my briefcase.

"Good afternoon." She said and I walked pass her straight into the bathroom and came out shortly already dressed up.

"Get ready, mom and dad wants us to have lunch with them." I said.

"I know, they told me last night after dinner." She replied and I went to the bed, about to get busy with my iPad when she walked to me.

"Ivan, you didn't come to dinner last night, why?" She asked and I ignored her and continued what I was doing.

"Why didn't you come home last night? Why are you just coming home this afternoon? Where were you?" She asked.

"Stop fucking monitoring my life!!" I replied and she flinched.

That's it, I've had enough of her, she's driving me nuts.

"Who the fuck do you think you are?" I said.

"I'm your wife so I have every right to know what's going on in your life." She replied as her voice cracked and her eyes became teary. She's such an emotional jerk.

"No, you don't." I replied and a tear rolled down her cheek.

"I'm tired of this shit we call a marriage. Luck is on your side mom and dad supports you. The day they die is the day I divorce you. So stay clear from my life until then! I lashed out.

"Ivan, I'm your wife. Stop hurting me!" She said in tears.

"Stay the hell out of my life just like I'm staying out of yours!" I said and walked pass her to the door.

"Meet me in the car in five minutes." I said and walked out, slamming the door after me.