A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

Chapter 22

Tobias

After celebrating my mom’s birthday, I get a late-night phone call to handle a situation at one of my hotels and reluctantly leave Hannah’s side. I had hoped to spend the night with her. Hold her and just… talk about the future?

Is that silly?

She is my wife, but our relationship is fake, so perhaps she wouldn’t like it if I cuddled with her. I could tell her it’s part of our contract, but that would be a lie. The truth is that I want to touch her….

“I thought you had left by now.”

I look up from my laptop and look at Sarah. “No, we have a customer that needs a refund and more because one of our hotel workers didn’t realize their importance… it’s a pain in the ass. They demanded I talk with them as they threatened to change the hotel chain for their company if they weren’t contacted by the CEO themselves…”

“Ouch, that does sound like a pain…” Sarah grimaces and closes the door behind her. It makes me raise an eyebrow, but I don’t ask about the door. She must have something private to tell me.

I look back at my screen. “What do you want, Sarah?”

“Have Daniel spoken to you?” 1

Ah. So that is what this is about… I should have figured. I know what Sarah wants now, but I play dumb anyway. Anything to get under her skin. “About?”

“That I never actually cheated on you,” she whispers in a soft tone, and when I glance up from my screen, her eyes are filled with tears. “I made a huge mistake, Tobias… I wanted your reaction, and it was childish of me, but… maybe you can forgive me?” 1

I scan her face for lies or dishonesty, and I sigh heavily in my seat when I find none. As much as I hate to admit it, Sarah is speaking the truth. She was always a terrible liar. Those tears? They always appear after she admits to having done something terrible.

“Look, Sarah,” I speak in a calm tone. “I can tolerate and work with you in the same place as you, but I won’t take you back.”

“Why not?”

I almost want to laugh. “Are you serious?” I ask in an accusing tone. For a woman so bright, she can be somewhat braindead at times. “I’m a married man-I have a new wife, and I won’t cheat on her.”

As I say those words, I realize two things: the first is that the thought of cheating on Hannah makes me want to throw up in a bucket. The second thing is that I’m now beginning to understand that I’m falling for my fake wife because why else would I be uncomfortable at the thought of sleeping with my ex-wife? “You actually like her?” Sarah’s voice is filled with disbelief, and her hands are already fingering over the white bands of her bra. I glare at her shoulders, not because I’m turned on, but because I’m pissed off. “If you take off your bra, I will call security and have them drag you out of my office,” I growl.

but I like hearing the threat from your lips,” she leans forward and place a manicured hand over mine, then winks at me. “I can play your game and be naughty if you want me to

because her hand is going higher up my arm, squeezing

Tobias… you’re such a daddy

throat, and that’s when some of my control returns. But I didn’t lose it because I’m turned on. I

widen. They are filled with lust, and I can bet two million

my desk-it needs to be done. I’m married, and since I have a feeling Sarah won’t stop no matter what I tell her,

Sarah says my name in a whiny tone and makes it sound like the most disgusting thing in the universe when she moans. “Why did you

her bra with it. She is sitting in the chair topless now,

want. I force my eyes away, and to my relief, I’m not hard at all. I’m thankful that my body agrees with me: cheating is

you look at me, Tobias? Is it because you’re harder for me

new wife?”

I focus on something on one of my bookshelves. It kind of

Shit.

studying her features. Is she filming this? No. I doubt Sarah would do that. She is in love with

smiling until she stares into my lap. I can only guess why she is frowning: I’m not turned

but

“I’m sorry, but I really do love my new wife,” I look over at the bookshelf, nodding at the phone. “You’re not the one filming

up, and I can see the terror on her face, which tells me what I need to know: she is not the one filming this. She looks distraught, probably because whoever

the phone, and I press the

didn’t place that phone there?” I

replying, Sarah walks over to my bookshelf and takes out the phone with sullen eyes. She stares at the screen, wet her lips, and

your assistant,” Sarah says and clicks on the screen, probably to stop it from recording. She then walks over to me, handing

Her breathing and the anger on her face suggest she is upset. And when she looks at me, there is hurt in her

her?” Sarah asks. “Your

yet. It can’t be revealed that I married Hannah out of revenge rather than love, but… I can tell her part of

more than I thought possible.” It’s the truth. I never expected

gives me a bitter smile, but at least she doesn’t cry, rage at me, or do something else stupid. She

hurts you. I’m going to be hurting her back, Tobias. After what I put

confidence she just

mind. Sarah had her chance to stand right by me, and she messed it up-I should be focusing on trying to charm Hannah into