My Belittled Husband Is A Billionaire

Winter’s POV

Just when Matthew’s face was an inch closer to mine, the door of the library room went open and one of the maids stepped inside. Because of that, both of us immediately moved away from each other.

“I-I’m so sorry! I-I’ll go outside now!” she immediately apologized and left the library room.

That made Matthew and I be left alone together again.

I could feel the heat captivating my whole face as I pretended to be looking around the library room. Matthew was just sitting next to me, probably wondering what to say next.

“W-Why is it so hot in here?” I said while waving both of my hands.

“I-I’ll turn on the other air conditioner,” Matthew said as he immediately stood up.

What the hell? Why does it feel like I can’t even breathe?

As soon as Matthew was done turning on the other air conditioner, he turned around and met my gaze again. Because of that, I immediately stood up and averted my gaze from him. “B-By the way, is that all that you want to ask me?”

“H-Huh? O-Oh, yes. You may go to your room now and take some rest.”

“Okay.”

I hurriedly left that library room and proceeded to my room. As soon as I reached my room, I closed the door and lunged onto my bed, burying my face in my pillow. Later on, I sat down on my bed and stared at a corner while remembering what just happened.

“Wait, did Matthew almost kiss me?” I mumbled to myself.

He was going to kiss me a while ago, right?

If not, then why would he move his face so close to me?

Remembering how close his face from mine a while ago already makes me feel embarrassed.

But why would he kiss me? Does he like me already?

Themis’ POV

I covered my face with both of my hands as I sat down back on the couch when Winter had already walked out of the library room.

What did I just do?

I almost kissed Winter, and I didn’t even know why that came to my mind. I think I’m already going insane.

***

“Good morning, Brother!” Elisse greeted me as soon as I arrived in the dining room.

I walked towards her and patted her head. “Good morning, Elisse. Did you have a good sleep?”

“Yes! I am so excited about going to school!”

“That’s good then. You should always be excited to go to school. By the way.” I roamed my eyes around the dining room before looking at her again. “Did Winter leave already?”

“Huh? Yes, brother. She just left a while ago. She just told me to tell you that she has to leave early because she has something important to do.”

Something important to do?

She didn’t mention it last night.

I nodded my head. “I see. So, shall we have our breakfast now?”

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We just had our breakfast, then I drove Elisse to her school and also to meet Belle.

“Themis, everything’s going well. Mr. Collins invited me to a cruise ship part that would take place next week.”

“Are you going to accept his invitation?” I asked her.

She nodded her head. “Of course, I will. That’s our greatest chance to be able to know them thoroughly and to know if they have something to do with what happened years ago.”

“You don’t have to do it, Belle. You don’t have to put your image to risk for this. I can find a way to–

“Themis. We already talked about this, right? This isn’t the time to back out.”

I heaved a deep sigh. “Alright. Just don’t forget to call me if you ever need help. Anyway, I will be there too. I will make sure to keep an eye.”

“Okay. I will do my best.”

“By the way, I bought you some coffee.”

A smile immediately appeared on her face as soon as I handed her a cup of coffee. “Oh, you really are the sweetest. Actually, I haven’t had my breakfast yet.”

“That’s why I bought you that. Because I know you often set aside your health for work. You should always take care of your health, you know. After all, you wouldn’t be able to work if you were always sick. You should always make health your priority.”

“Alright, alright I will do all of that. Ah, I really missed this.”

“What?”

“You being like an old man who always scolds me whenever I do something foolish or whenever I feel like having no hope.”

I shook my head while smiling. “An old man, huh? Well, I always scold you because you’re so hard-headed. Whenever you want to do something, you will really do everything to get it and no one can ever change your mind.”

“We’re just the same, you know. People around us always say that. They even guessed that maybe we’ll end up with each other because of our similarities.” she chuckled.

I just smiled at her. Belle took a sip of the coffee and looked at me.

“By the way, Themis.”

“Huh?”

“When you’re finally done with your plan when you finally succeed, what are you going to do next?”

“What do you mean.”

She straightened her back. “What I mean is, what are you going to do with that child and that woman? You’re just using them to protect your identity, right? So when you finally succeed, there’s no reason for you to keep them anymore.”

I wasn’t able to respond immediately.

It was as if I just heard something that never crossed my mind before.

A question that I never wanted to hear.

“You need to remember that you can’t be too attached to them. Not just because you’ll get hurt, but also for them too. You need to make sure that none of them would chase after you when you finally leave them. They are just your accessories that you need to get rid of when time finally comes.”