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.

the threat from your lips,” she leans forward and place a manicured hand over mine, then winks

my seat, horrified because her hand is going higher up my arm, squeezing my

Tobias… you’re such a daddy

and that’s when some of my control returns. But I didn’t lose it because I’m turned on. I just never thought I would be sexually harassed

filled with lust, and I can bet

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

whiny tone and makes it sound like the most disgusting thing in the universe when she moans. “Why did you stop touching me? You could never keep

going on, Sarah takes off her shirt and loses her bra with it. She is

Sarah is gorgeous, but she isn’t the woman I want. I force my eyes away, and to my relief, I’m not hard at all. I’m thankful that my

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

new wife?”

I focus on something on one of my bookshelves.

Shit.

doubt Sarah would do that. She is in love with me,

seat. She walks over to me, smiling until she stares into my lap. I can only guess why she is

but I

escapes my lips. “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

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 placed the phone in the bookcase has seen her trying to seduce

I haven’t-” Sarah closes her mouth when she sees the phone, and I press the button underneath my desk again to signal to my guard

you didn’t place that phone there?” I

takes out the phone with sullen eyes. She stares at the screen, wet her lips, and

to stop it from recording. She then walks over to me, handing

hastily puts it on. Her breathing and the anger on her face suggest she is

you really love her?”

the corners. I can’t tell Sarah the truth and say I don’t know yet. It can’t be revealed that I married Hannah out of revenge rather than love, but… I can tell her part of the

care for her more than I thought possible.” It’s the truth. I never

a bitter smile, but at least she doesn’t cry, rage at me, or do something else stupid. She considers my words and then licks her lips without seeming bothered by

Tobias. After what I put you through, you deserve someone… better. Someone who cherishes you

after her as she walks out of my office. That confidence she just showed me and that fierceness is precisely why I fell in love

of my mind. Sarah had her chance to stand right by me, and she messed it