Flash Marriage: Shrewd Wife, Devious Husband
Chapter 100: Undealt Feelings

Chapter 100: Undealt Feelings

"And the promise you made to my father too, I guess," Marcella sighed. She knew he would say that as a reason too. "But when you talk about it that way, it appears as if you were obsessively stalking me. Whatever, we are married now. Let’s leave the past in the past."

She didn’t want to water the doubts in her heart. Maybe if Tony avoided talking about their past she wouldn’t doubt him. She avoids talking about the past too. If they bury it somewhere, they don’t have to bring it up for any reason.

Yes, she dated another man. It was not like she was tied to him. She owes him no explanation. She was hurt a little as he brought up her relationship with Aiden.

It happened.

She regrets it happened, but it happened. She cannot change that.

Tony played with the food. Again, he said the wrong thing it seems. He dealt with his disappointments. He didn’t know why he talked about it. Maybe he was affected a little knowing that Louis Fletcher told her that she was his first love.

Nah, that was not it.

He was still blaming him for letting her go. If he didn’t let her go, she wouldn’t have suffered with Aiden. He would have treated her like a queen and she wouldn’t have lost her self-confidence and her ability to trust others.

It hurt seeing the doubt in her eyes. It broke his heart knowing that she is doubting him. It made his blood boil. He wanted to ruin something to quell his anger.

He had a little taste of her earlier. He saw the look of lust in her eyes. It made him happy but in the corner of his heart formed a bitterness knowing that he was not the only one who saw that in her eyes.

Aiden would have seen it too.

"You do not like it?" she asked.

"Hmm?"

"You’re not eating," Marcella pointed at his plate.

Tony let out a deep breath. "Tell me the truth, Marcella. What did Aiden do to you? Did he put his hands on~"

"Tony, just..." Marcella furrowed her brows. "Let’s not talk about the past."

"You want to protect him?" Tony asked and waited for her to answer with pressed lips.

Marcella glared at him to see if he would back off.

"You still have a sweet corner for the revolutionary speaker who~"

"Yes, after what you did to Cindy, I am not going to talk to you about Aiden. There, I said it. Are you happy?" Marcella raised her voice.

She is telling him again and again to leave the past and he is still hanging on to it. Why?

Tony banged the table and stood up. Marcella shivered and leaned back. She didn’t dare to look at his face. She tried avoiding a fight and it already ended up there.

She could feel everyone’s eyes on them. She was not worried about others. She was scared that Tony would say or do something that would break her heart.

She waited for him to move. But she didn’t hear anything from him. She heard him taking his seat and looked up.

"Aiden is an asshole, Tony. But he never hurt me physically. Don’t bother wasting your time on him when you have a lot to do," she said and stood up. "And please..." her eyes watered. "Please consider our nephew’s life a priority over mine. He’s all I have left."

"Sit," Tony said.

"I have to get home, Tony. I’m sorry," she said picking up her purse. "You finish up and... You need a good night’s rest, Tony. Staying awake for days long is not good for your health..."

"At least finish your dinner, Marcella. I’m sorry," Tony said as she walked away.

Marcella didn’t look back. She walked away with a large gait. When she closed the door of the restaurant, she could see Tony hurrying to get out after paying. She walked across the street and almost ran as fast as she could to avoid him.

She couldn’t get mad at Tony. She was scared.

She went home. Rosy was playing with Joey. Talking to Rosy for some time made her mood better. Rosy left after some time. After making sure everything was set, Marcella went to bed.

It was a little early and she couldn’t fall asleep. So, Marcella read a book sitting on the bed. Joey was playing with the shadows for some time and around ten he fell asleep.

Marcella too fell asleep after some time. Tony didn’t call or come home until she fell asleep.

Marcella woke up in the middle of the night sweating. It was odd for her as she doesn’t usually sweat at night and she felt like she was in a hot sauna.

Only when she opened her eyes, did she realize that she was not in a hot sauna but she was in the loving embrace of her husband. He was hugging her so tightly and she couldn’t loosen his hold.

"Tony," she tried to wake him up.

She didn’t know if he was still awake or not but the moment she called his name, his hold only tightened.

"I can’t breathe if you hold me like this..." She gently caressed his cheek.

There was only a little light getting in and she could see him as her eyes were adjusted to the light. She found that no matter what, she couldn’t find him ugly. Usually, when she was mad at someone, they would turn ugly in her eyes.

Tony never turns ugly even when he pisses her off.

Maybe he’s the exception.

She leaned closer and kissed his chin. He seemed to be asleep and was not disturbed by her touches and she figured that he must be sleeping. That gave her the courage to kiss him.

She kissed his chin and nuzzled her head to his chest. She could feel his warm breath on her head and his rhythmic breathing was soothing for her.

"You’re not mad at me?"

"Uh?" Marcella didn’t expect to hear the low hiss of her husband and was shocked. In her shock, she tried to roll back by pushing on his chest.

He’s not asleep? So, he knows that I kissed him?

Tony didn’t let her leave his embrace; He hugged her closer. "Are you feeling unsafe with me, Marcella?" he asked in a low voice.

His voice trembled as he asked that.

"What? No!" Marcella replied immediately. She couldn’t bear to hear his sad voice. "I feel safe with you. I even thought about it today," she told the truth.

"Then why are you..." he kissed her head.

"I do not want to talk about the past, Tony. That is it," Marcella said. She didn’t know what he meant. She thought he was still unhappy that she refused to talk about Aiden.

Didn’t they have this conversation before? Why is he talking about Aiden again?

"I saw Aiden today," Tony said.

"Oh?" Marcella leaned on his chest.

That explains it. Aiden has a habit of getting into other people’s heads and turning them crazy. To think even Tony would fall for Aiden’s tricks...

Shit! Aiden isn’t that good.

"He was with Cindy..."

"Cindy?" Marcella was shocked. "Wait... are you worried Aiden might hurt Cindy? Is that why you wanted to talk about~"

"No!" Tony pulled her up and held her cheeks. "Birdie, I do not care about her. It would be better if he did something to her and ends up in jail. Don’t even think that I care even a little bit for any other woman," he said.

His eyes widened. She could see the panic in his eyes. He wanted her to believe her words.

"Okay," she said. She believed him. "I know that. What did Aiden say?" she asked.

Tony hugged her hiding his face from her. "...nothing..." He said after a long pause.

"Whatever he said, don’t believe a single word," she said. "He’s good at messing with the head."

"How did he find Cindy?" Marcella asked.

"Don’t know..." Tony said. "I have a feeling he’s going to be trouble."

"He will be," Marcella said. "He will use who I am and your connection to my family to bring you down. He wouldn’t be afraid to create rumors about you too. Your parentage would cause a big commotion as Paul hasn’t acknowledged you."

Tony kissed her head. Those are the few things Aiden would do.

"He has a secret savings account in Switzerland. He gets bribes and wires his money there as he doesn’t have to pay any taxes. I don’t think he would have closed that account," Marcella said. "He thinks he was being smart about it and I didn’t figure it out. He forgot that my father did the same and I knew all about it."

Tony was shocked. Getting a bribe is illegal the last time he checked. And tax evasion is a federal crime. He will be sent out for a very long time if he gets convicted.

This is a nice blackmail material and she gave it out like it was nothing.

Okay... he might have overreacted earlier.