A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

Chapter 37

Hannah

Thunder crashes over the house in the middle of the night, and I wake up in Tobias’s arms. It’s still not morning, and it’s only been two hours since we fell asleep after our steamy sex session.

I should fall back asleep, but I hate storms. I press my ass further back into Tobias. He mutters. something in his sleep and presses his big palm harder against my stomach, which flutters in response.

I have yet to tell Tobias that I will have another reason for calling him daddy soon. It will be done in the morning. I meant to tell Tobias the big news after the sex, but we fell asleep. Smiling, I press myself further into Tobias, about to close my eyes, but his phone’s sudden light makes me glare at it. A message? I know I shouldn’t… his phone is private-

There is a slight vibration from it, another message, and I reach out my hand to pick it up from the bedside table. My stomach is twisting and turning, knowing this infringes on Tobias’s privacy.

Still, I don’t put the phone down. I swipe my fingers over it, remembering the unlock code. from watching Tobias open his phone plenty of times, and then I see the messages.

Some are from earlier today, and I decide to read them all from the beginning to understand what is happening.

Sarah: You’re a fucking fool.

Sarah: I’m dying, and you won’t even take me out to dinner? Do you understand how selfish that is?!

Sarah: You loved me once, and now, because you married that slut, it suddenly means nothing? I swallow thickly. My heart is thumping quickly, and my hands are shaking at the names Sarah calls me in vibrant letters. I’m skimming through more of her messages, but I already get the gist.

Sarah has cancer.

Tobias refused to take her out to dinner.

But… if that is the case, where has Tobias been? He didn’t respond to text messages for two days. I wasn’t going to bring it up. Like, I get that he might have been busy, but… I’m worried.

now.

I clutch the phone and turn tense when I feel Tobias shifting behind me. He is awake and reaches around me to put on the light. For some reason, that makes me nervous.

Will Tobias get angry that I snooped and went through his text messages? Probably. I wait to see what he says.

”

skin between my shoulder blades. He takes the phone and places it back on the bedside table. I

do instead?” I ask in a voice full of suspicion and turn around

him.

that Tobias went to a bar, which wouldn’t be good. Drinking isn’t the answer, and I dislike that all movies and tv series make it seem like

didn’t go

you go?” I narrow my gaze, willing myself not to fall victim to his beautiful eyes. “It

I

and

take time, but-”

“At first, yes.

me sad. “Well, that sucks… but

grimaces. “It won’t

“I fucking hope not. You’re only getting out of this because I know how hard it must have been

might have cheated.”

“I didn’t cheat.”

me, but it does. “Sarah seems very upset that you didn’t ruin our relationship for the sake of

over Tobias’s handsome face. “You’re a little rat for

proves I don’t trust Tobias as much as I should. I don’t want

doing that…”

a laugh, smiling. “I don’t mind. It’s not like there is something I’m trying to

but if you got nothing to hide, what did you do before

dying, I still don’t wish to let her back. into my life. Not even for a second. All I want is you. But, I decided I needed to compensate since

compensating by getting me this gift?”

present. Proof of my devotion. The price was low, but the woman who sold the damn thing to me was persistent that I came and met her in person. She almost didn’t want to sell it to me. It was like an interview, the hardest I’ve had since the woman’s trust couldn’t be bought. She didn’t give a damn that I was a billionaire; she wanted to know if my heart was good. But after coffee, mowing her lawn, and basically pretending to be better than

me.” 1

I’m extremely curious right

smile plays over Tobias’s lips as he lies outstretched in the bed like a Greek god. “Why don’t

got me,” my lips curl into a smile, and

and pulls the blanket up to his chin.

asleep.

can bring the gift into the bedroom. The only reason I didn’t is that I

is through the roof. “What did you