Flash Marriage: Shrewd Wife, Devious Husband
Chapter 153: Talking Through

Chapter 153: Talking Through

The return ride was silent. Marcella thought that Tony might say something but he didn’t. He didn’t look mad but the happiness she saw on his face on the drive to the restaurant. She didn’t like that.

She didn’t want their ride to be silent. "I do not like this silence," she said.

She didn’t know whether it was a good idea to reveal everything she was thinking to her husband. Being a little secretive won’t hurt, so others say. But she couldn’t bear the silence between them when he was not happy.

Tony took a glance at her and turned on the radio. Marcella pouted and leaned on the seat with her arms folded over her chest. Since it was Valentine’s day, romantic songs were getting broadcasted in every station.

’Put your head on my shoulders’ played on one of the stations. Marcella tapped his hand to stop him from changing the channel.

Marcella leaned on the seat comfortably. As the car zoomed on the empty road, with her eyes closed, she listened to the song.

"Do you remember, Tony?" she turned to face him. "On our way back after our wedding, you said it to me—put your head on my shoulder," she couldn’t contain her smile. "You have no idea how much your words meant to me that day..."

Tony said nothing but she saw his smile return to his face. "I wanted to say that to you for a very long time... At your father’s funeral, when you were leaning on the wall; when you learned of your mother’s death... Plenty of times..."

"I wish you did... I was not strong at all. I needed someone to say that to me. I would have felt like I had it all if you were the one who said it..."

Tony bowed his head and squeezed her hand. "I was such a coward when it came to you..." He kissed her hand. "I am glad it worked out between us, Marcella... I am so glad."

Marcella’s heart squeezed for a split second as she remembered her sister. The image of her battered sister on the mortuary table still gives her nightmares. Only the frequency of those nightmares has reduced.

She shook her head to take that thought off her head. She cannot blame Tony for that entirely. Now that she falls more and more in love with him, she understands to an extent why he did what he did. She was trying to tell excuses to herself like Tony probably thought he could find Mellissa before anything bad happened to her. He must have thought that she would be safer in police custody.

Marcella was not entirely convinced but she could understand a bit of his thought process.

Marcella took a deep breath. She didn’t want to go there. They were sharing happy moments and thinking about the unpleasant things about the other would only ruin the mood.

"Are you mad at me?" Marcella asked. "I didn’t even talk to Beth for long. I left almost immediately after you..."

She wanted to know why Tony acted the way he did. She has only a few friends and Tony is not someone who acts that way toward someone even when he doesn’t like them.

"I was not mad at you," Tony replied immediately. "I was..."

Marcella observed his face. He was looking for words.

"You do not like Beth?" Marcella asked. "You think she will hurt me?"

She could only come up with that reason. The man she married, loves her so much. The only reason he would not like someone was if they were a danger to her. She knew that much about him.

Tony let out a deep breath. "She’s... I don’t know... She just... She is jealous of you." Tony finally found the right thing to tell her.

Marcella could see that he was toning down. He was thinking much worse of Beth but he was holding back considering that she was her friend.

"I know," Marcella said. She knows how to read people to an extent. She wouldn’t call herself a genius but she can figure out negative emotions.

"You know she’s jealous of you?" Tony asked. He was surprised Marcella continued her relationship with Beth even knowing that fact. He was hurt to some extent.

Tony hadn’t met Beth many times. But each time he saw her, he found something odd around her. It took him some time to understand what it was. Today, he got the answer.

When she hugged his arm the other day at the restaurant, he saw stars in her eyes—she was astonished by him. When she spotted him in the restaurant today, there was happiness—just like Cindy would be happy to see him. It was then it clicked for him—Beth wants him.

He didn’t want her affection. He has a wife who spoils him with affection. He didn’t want Marcella to get hurt. At the same time, he didn’t want her to lose one of her very few friends. He knew Marcella was very fond of Beth. He was contemplating how he must handle this situation. That was the reason for his silence.

Now that his wife understands Beth’s jealousy, she will steer clear of her. He was glad he married a smart one.

"She came from... She’s not like us, Tony. She went through a lot. She was used a lot. Now that she got a role, her life would turn better, and... she won’t be jealous of me anymore. She would be busy with her own thing," Marcella said with a smile.

Tony let out a sigh.

That was not the jealousy he was talking about. Beth didn’t want any material possessions from her. But maybe he should have said that she was envious and wanted to take her husband from her?

"What?" Marcella leaned closer to him. "Is there something else?"

"I do not like her. I do not want to be in her presence. I do not want her in our house. Promise me you will not bring her to our house," Tony said.

His stupid wife couldn’t even understand the basic psychology of an abused woman. After getting used by a bunch of men, that woman got to meet a man who treasures his wife. That woman didn’t get attracted to him. She got attracted to the way he treated his wife. She would try to get the same attraction from him thinking she deserves it over her "friend".

What will his little bird do when that woman’s jealousy turns malicious?

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