The Husband Beside Me(17)

“Hi,” I said, not really knowing what to do in these cases. I never had someone who was at my beck and call.

“Good afternoon, Mrs. Evans,” the butler smiled.

“Is Daimon around?” I asked.

“No, he had to leave. Mr. Evans said he had a meeting to attend to.” A slight sting hit inside, but I ignored it. I could stay here and have room service or I could go home to my father’s. No wait, my dad would know something was up.

“Um, excuse me?” I started.

“Yes, Mrs. Evans?”

“Is it possible to have someone drive me home?” I asked.

“Why of course.”

“Okay, so can you do that?” I asked, unsure of the protocol.

“I’ll have the chauffeur ready in twenty minutes for you.” He nodded and left the room.

“Thank you,” I called after him.

After a twenty minute drive, I was in front of Daimon’s building. I figured if I was his wife, they would have to let me in. I remembered the code, but I didn’t have the keycard. Phil helped me out of the car and smiled at me the moment he saw me.

“Congratulations, Mrs. Evans,” he beamed.

“Thank you, Phil,” I smiled back.

“I seem to be in a bit of a predicament.” I acted as cute as I could. “I forgot my keycard and I really want to go to our home.” I waited to see what he’d say.

“Why of course, just go in and ask Lenny to let you in. He has a keycard. I’m sure you know your number?” he questioned.

“Yes, of course.”

I headed inside. Lenny was really helpful. He gave me a keycard, which I was grateful for. I punched in the code and up the elevator I went. Once the doors opened, I saw Drako running at me at high speed. He was still kind of small, so he almost tripped over himself getting to me. I knelt down and grabbed onto him.

“How’s my boy?” I asked him, as he lay on his back, loving his rubdown.

“Do you want to go for a walk?” I asked him. He jumped up and tried to lick my face. “I guess that’s a yes. Just give me a minute and I’ll look for some bags.” I winked at him and headed inside to the kitchen for a quick bite and some plastic bags.

I looked around, but couldn’t find any. I would ask Lenny or Phil downstairs.

Enough!” I heard the word coming from upstairs. The asshole was here. I headed up the stairs to where his office was. The door was wide open. I stood at the doorway speechless. My heart winced as I saw Daimon standing, while the dog walker was on her knees, blowing him.

“So I see the meeting was taking a bit too long.” I smiled bitterly, pushing back the pang I felt inside my heart.

“Addie,” Daimon said mortified.

“No, no, please don’t let me stop you,” I said coldly.

The fucking dog walker stood up and tried to move away from Daimon. I let out a breath and just headed down to where Drako was. He was wagging his tail the moment he saw me.

“Addie,” Daimon cried out and followed me. “ADDIE!”

“Come on, Drako. Let’s go for a walk,” I said like nothing had happened. Daimon ran in front of me and blocked the elevator.

“Let me explain,” he said out of breath.

“We agreed that it wouldn’t happen in our home,” I yelled. “You promised me!” I poked at him, but then I pulled back disgusted by the mere sight of him. “Get out of my way, you disgusting bastard,” I shouted. I didn’t realize it, but I had begun to cry.

“Addie, just sit down and let me explain,” he pleaded.

“Explain? Explain what? What I saw was pretty self-explanatory,” I snapped. Daimon let out a breath and tried to reach for my face, but I slapped his hand away. “You don’t ever get to touch me again, and since you broke the rules first, I will make sure one of your rules gets broken as well,” I seethed and pushed him out of my way.





A Broken Rule


I walked Drako up and down the pier. It was mid-November and it was bloody cold. I simply left the penthouse, not thinking about taking a jacket. All I had on me was the sweater I had worn at the hotel. Drako whined and I knew I needed to head back. I wiped the tears I had shed. It hurt so fucking bad seeing Daimon with someone else. I knew we had discussed that he and I would be able to have our ‘extracurricular activities’, but the reality was I was going to be faithful. I didn’t even think about anyone else but him. I guessed with the way things turned out, I could.

I slowly made it back to the building. Phil was no longer there, but a younger version of him was. He nodded and opened the door for me. I walked passed a smiling Lenny, and headed to the elevator. My insides were rumbling. I hadn’t eaten since the day before. Once the elevator doors opened to the penthouse, Drako ran inside. I guess I froze the poor puppy. Daimon came almost running toward me, his face panicked.