Billionaire's Untamed Wife

Chapter 4 - Meeting the Bestfriend

Brent drove me to my house on Monday. We left at around 4 in the morning and we arrived in the city at 7:30. There is no traffic yet. Lucas's car is parked in front of the main entrance with his driver waiting outside. He must be preparing to leave.

"Thanks a lot for driving me all the way here. Text me when you get to your place.' He just nodded and waved goodbye before rolling his windshield up and driving away.

My heart almost jumped out of my chest when I saw Lucas as I turned around. I didn't hear the door opening.

"Good morning." For some reason, my tone sounded cold.

So you spent the weekend with another guy." I am surprised when he answered with the same cold tone.e

"I spent the weekend in our hacienda. Do you have problem with that?" My forehead furrowed. He stepped closer with that straight face.

"With him?" I withdrew from the eye contact.

"Yes. Like what we always did in the past. He's my childhood friend, and we normally spend some days together in the hacienda."

A smirk formed in his lips. I'm about to hold the door handle to open it, but he quickly pushed it to keep the door close.

"That was before when you were single." He has no plan of concluding the conversation yet.

"Your tone is suggesting that I am doing something violating, Lucas. I don't like it. He's my friend, and I don't appreciate you giving malice to what is normal between us." My chest is heaving remembering that his ex is defaming me when he couldn't care less.

"You're away in a countryside with your guy bestfriend. That sounds completely normal, isnt't it?" Now he's being sarcastic.

"So what? Can you please move? I want to rest before going about my day."

My body froze when he let out that dangerous chuckle.

"You smell like a man's perfume on top of it. We're gonna have some serious problems, Naomi. I don't like how you address this." He doesn't raise his voice even he is clearly pressed. I can't believe I find that hot even at this moment.

"I have too many problems at the moment, Lucas. He's helping me to cope. I really have nothing to explain to you. We agreed to respect each other's privacy and to continue living normally. I'm saying that he's nothing more than a friend, so please..." My voice already sounded tired.

He glanced at the driver who's awkwardly waiting at the car.

"I will drive for today. You may take a day off. Just leave the keys there. Thanks."

My second of attempt of opening the door was blocked again. He put more forced in closing it which created a loud noise.

"Lucas! I want to rest!" I couldn't control my voice anymore, my frustration showed both in my voice and face. I looked him straight in the eyes.

"You didn't get enough rest this weekend? Why? What did you do with Brent?" He cornered me between him and the door.

"Lucas..." He pulled his neck tie, his eyes were fiery as ready to devour me alive. His lips in one line.

"You came home to me wearing a man's perfume and you want me to act normal? You think you can get away with this?"

"Get off me! The housemaids will see us."

"I want all of them to see." I closed my eyes when he harshly pulled me in the waist and claimed my lips. I pushed him with all the strength left in me, but that only made him more aggressive. He bite my lower lip until I can taste blood in our kiss. He stopped for a while to observe my reaction, but I immediately slapped him. I saw him smiling playfully as he stepped back.

"Don't cross the line, Lucas!"

"I need a proper apology within the day. Tell me nicely that you didn't do what I was thinking you did with that guy." He fixed his necktie like nothing just happened. I am still catching my breath while his eyes are fixed in my lips.

"Your brothers may have forgotten to tell you that I am in charge of all the dirty illegal ways to eradicate the rats and threats in our business. Naomi, in a snap of my fingers, I can erase a person from this world. That little friend of yours appears as a thread to me now, so tell him to watch his back." And with that he just walked away going to his car. He s**t the door which further made my knees trembled.

I went inside the house and headed immediately to my room. The breakfast he prepared was in the dining table with a note. It made me feel guilty. I was too harsh on him. I took a hot shower and tried to get some sleep, but my mind heelps replaying the warning from Lucas.

I texted Brent to be careful and call me right away if he notices something strange. I ended up not getting any sleep at all that morning. I prepared for my class. I also have a lot of meetings in the afternoon so I need to stay locked in.

In the middle of my class, my phone vibrated. My heart almost dropped when I saw Brent's name on the screen. I immediately answered it after excusing myself.

"Yes, Brent?" My voice was shaking, and so are my hands. Maybe I am just overthinking what Lucas has said.

"I am actually on my way to visit my grandma, but I noticed a car that's been following me after I left my brother's house. Weirdly, I cannot open my Insta account, seems like I got hacked. Hmm.. I really don't want you to make you worry but you mentioned earlier to call you if something strange happens. I'm heading to a police station now, and I also have the plate number of the car stalking me."

"Where exactly are you? How far are you from the nearest police station?" My hands turning cold. Maybe I am overreacting, but the warning of Lucas keeps echoing in my head.

"3 minutes from the police station. No worries, I'm in the main road. I'll text you once I get there."

"What about your Insta? Can't you really open? H-hold on, don't end the call. Let me check if I can view your account." My hands were shaking when I opened the application and searched for his account. I gasped when I saw the 3 most recent uploaded pics, it spells out to "BE CAREFUL" with the font that has blood dripping from the letters. The profile picture was removed.

"Brent?"

"Yes, Naomi?"

"First, go to the police station. You account has been hacked and the hacker left a message telling you to be careful. I think I know who did this. Please don't leave the police station until you get bodyguards safeguarding you. I... will try to deal with this and fix this. I'm sorry."

"I don't know what's happening. I'll do what you told me. Don't worry too much, okay?"

"O-okay. Keep me updated please."

"Of course. I'll end the call now, please wait for my text."

"Alright." He ended the call but eyes stayed in my phone for a few more seconds. I went back to my class and asked permission to leave early as I have emergency. I gathered my things and on my way to the parking lot, I dialed Lucas's number. He picked up right away.

"Where are you?" I asked.

"At work, in the middle of a meeting. You need anything, babe?" He can act all innocent while orchestrating an obnoxious threat.

"I'm coming over. Can we talk for a while?"

"Sure. I will cancel all my meetings for the rest of the day. I have plenty of time for you.' I rolled my eyes. I need to calm down and deal with this maturely. I'm at fault for this.

"Okay. I'll be there in 20 minutes."

"I'm waiting for you."

Never thought my phone's ringtone would ever give me anxiety. I'm five minutes away from getting to Lucas's office. Why is Thunder suddenly calling?

"Hi, Princess! How are you doing?"

"Hey, Thunder. You never called me on a random Monday afternoon. What's up?"

"Yeah, sorry. Hope you're not busy right now?"

"No, I'm driving but I need to go in five minutes. Anything you need from me?"

"Actually, I got a call from Lucas's office just now informing me to cancel our European Crystal Project Meeting because he needs to talk to you. So... can you guys talk at home or just some other time? Sorry, this meeting involves our client and we cannot just cancel. We are close to sealing the deal and I cannot let Lucas f**k this up." I can feel the frustration in his voice.

"What time is your meeting?"

"5 PM. Are you with him? He's not answering my calls. Tell him to stop fooling around."

I took a deep sigh. That guy will really cancel all his meetings to get the apology he's been wanting to hear. I don't know if it's pure immaturity or his ego is just hurt. I checked the time, and it's only 3 PM. He can still attend that important meeting after we talk.

"Okay, Thunder. I'll tell him to call you."

"Thanks, Princess. I'm sorry you ended yo marrying a man like him. I tried to stop you, but anyway please spare him this time. I need him in that meeting. Love you and take care."

"Okay, Thunder. Love you too." I ended the call.

It's my first time visiting his office. The lobby alone is extravagant and classy. I was approached by a tall guy who introduced himself as one of the secretaries of Lucas. He assisted me to the 25th floor where the executive offices are located.

"This way." I thanked him when we reached the last room owned by Lucas.

I cleared my throat before knowing twice. It's too cold inside his office. He's sitting on the swivel chair looking straight at me. The lights from the screen of his laptop is reflecting on his brown eyes. His slightly messy hair just made him breathtaking.

"Have a seat." He gestured me to sit on the guest area. His office has a sitting room which amazed me. After marrying him, one thing I noticed is he's fond of modern interior architecture. His spaces always have to scream old money. This is one of the most intimidating offices I have set my foot into like he always has to reinforce to everyone how successful he is

"Did you already take your lunch?" He's way calmer now compared to how he was this morning.

"Yes. How about you?"

"No. I had a lot of meetings earlier.r I'll go grab something to eat later."

He took a seat beside me. He's looking straight into my eyes, waiting for me to say something.

"I'm sorry for my inappropriate action this morning. I... acted insensitive." I started, but my heart felt heavy apologizing for something so little like that. I looked down because my ego is hurt. He didn't say anything, so I continued.

"Nothing happened between me and Brent. I thought about it and realized that there are some things that I can no longer do now as I wish. I'll be more careful and more considerate of... us." My voice broke. This is the first time I am swallowing my pride.

"Look at me." My heart only wants this man, how pathetic of me. He literally has full control of me and my heart.

"Are you sorry?" He's shamelessly trying to crush my pride.

"Yes." I said without breaking the eye contact. He nodded as if satisfied with my apology.

"I will assign bodyguards to follow you. I will be in Singapore for a business trip next week."

"W-wait... why the need for bodyguards? Look, Lucas, before we got married we agreed to not intervene with each other's business. I will try to put boundaries with my guy friends, but that's it. Don't expect me to abide with everything that you want me to do. You are being too controlling."

"Is it too much?"

"Yes. I don't need bodyguards following me around. Damn. I am not a teenager that needs to be followed around. I already apologized, so please stop harassing Brent. Please. I know it's you who sent people to follow him and hacked his IG."

A playful smile showed in his lips.

"I don't want to see you two together. He's clearly into you, Naomi. No other picture of a woman on his Insta aside from you and his family members. His archived stories were always with you. I don't like him. I won't repeat myself, Naomi. I don't care if he's a son of a governor. I get rid of everyone that stands on my way."

"I assure you that he's just a friend. Nothing more than that. I promise. He's someone I grew up with, so I cannot cut tie with him just because you... think we have something else going on. We are just friends. He is not a threat in what we have."

"I'm not buying that." He said with finality using his raspy voice.

"Leave him alone. You will ruin your own life if you try to harm him. I... am not taking sides. I'm saying I know his family and their influence, so stay out of his business."

"Can't continue with this conversation." His mood changed. Those fiery eyes are back. I don't know what to say anymore. I knew that he has a lot connection, but not to the extent that he can kill. And my brothers are aware of this? Maybe this is the reason they were so against of our marriage.

"We're really just friends." He stood up when I repeated myself. He got some water and went back to his desk.

I waited for him to respond, but he went back to typing on his laptop. I watched him intently, his straight face is scary too.

"Lucas, don't expect me to end my friendship with him because you want me to. I don't know what happened between you and your exes, how they treated you for you to act all jealous on my..."

"We are done with this conversation, babe. Go do your thing. I will do as I please. We can't seem to reconcile, but at least we know how we feel about this thing."

"Don't call me that!" He looked at me when my voice raised.

"That's the endearment you used with Amery. It's disgusting. Sure let's do our own thing. I'm warning you to not cross the line, Lucas. I can end this marriage anytime I want." I was just about to walk out of his office when he said something under his breath.

"I will cross every line there is to cross, Naomi. Look forward to it."

"I hate you!" Tears welling up when I looked back at him. I feel defeated. I have always been spoiled by my twin brothers and my parents. I always get my way, and expected the same when I married Lucas. But it's not going according to plan.

I stood there for a couple of minutes trying to calm myself. He's really all I wanted before, so I should take responsibility on my own decision to marry him.

"Since we're done talking, can you attend the meeting with Thunder? He mentioned that it's important and you're close to signing the deal." I saw him checking his wrist watch.

"He didn't cancel the meeting yet?"

"You can talk to him..." I was lost for words when he collected his things and quickly put it in his laptop bag. In no time, he's infront of me reaching for the door.

"You're going to the office now, aren't you? I'm going the same way."

"I brought my car." I answered coldly.

"We can use your car then. Let me drive."

I heard how Thunder was lecturing both Hunter and Lucas while we're in the car. They are in a video call as Thunder wants to make sure they both make it to the meeting.

"He's scarier than that in person." Lucas murmured after ending the call. We're already in the parking.

"I would never know. He's always sweet and lenient to me." I answered sarcastically. I saw him smirking before removing his seatbelt.