AllFreeNovel
Share Us
I continued reading, feeling tension spreading through my body.
“Malfunctioning body clock…causes dramatic mood shifts that define bipolar disorder…”
“Bipolar disorder can leave you feeling helpless as your moods shift from one extreme to another…”
“Routine can help….reduces some uncertainty…”
I read a few more things until I felt a presence looming over me. My eyes shot up from my screen just in time to see Christian settle into the chair across from mine. I quickly closed my laptop and offered him a smile.
“Hey…”
“Hey to you. Everything okay? You look tense.”
I forced my body to relax. “I’m fine. Just wasn’t expecting to see you. You startled me.”
My brother eyed me skeptically for a minute before nodding. “I checked the studio and you weren’t there. Usually that means you’re done for the day or taking a break. Your breaks are either chai lattes…” He tapped the table near my disposable cup. “Or a smoothie from Blended.”
I grinned at the awareness that he knew me very well. “I’m playing catch up after an entire week off but trust me, I earned this break.”
Something shifted in his expression. “How was that?”
He’s still uncomfortable with my marriage to Elias.
When he was the one who set things in motion.
“My honeymoon?” I raised a brow paired with a smug grin.
“Yeah, that.” He shifted in his chair and added, “And feel free to leave out the specifics of certain things.”
Like sex.
My smile blossomed. “It was good. The kind of good where I wished we could have stayed longer.”
“Because of the location or the company?”
“Both. Things are good with us. Better than good actually.”
He nodded and I asked, “Are you surprised?”
“More like relieved. I was hopeful and knowing I don’t have to end this newly forged union because he isn’t treating you good makes me happy.”
My husband surely makes me happy.
“Would you end it?”
“Of course I would, Cress. Why the fuck would you question that? My loyalty is to my family first.”
“But you still forced this?”
“It was necessary but if the consequence of marrying an Omari had placed you in danger or somehow caused you to be unhappy then I would never make you follow through. That stands even now. If you change your mind then you come to me and we’ll figure things out.”
He stared directly into my eyes as if trying to fully gauge whether or not I was being honest. If things with me and Elias were good and if I was happy.
I was, so his expression softened when he realized my truth.
“If things change, you’ll be the first to know.”
“Promise me that you’ll really come to me.”
