My Heartless Husband (Book 1 Heartless series)

I am sorry..

Anthony was so engrossed starring at Sarah that he forgot his mission of confronting her. It was as if for the first time he had noticed how beautiful his wife is. Her high cheekbones and pink blushed cheeks, were crushing his heart with an insatiable desire to take her in his arms.

Sarah was so busy with her task that she did not take any notice of the presence of her husband. She was almost done preparing food and was ready to set the dinner on the table, when she saw her husband starring at her. Her eyes were widened in shock while a light smile crept on Anthony's lips.

She immediately composed herself and walked passed him to place the food on the table. Anthony was dumbfounded and just kept starring at her, with a light smile on his lips, as though he was a roadside Romeo. 

Relieved that Anthony was not questioning her, she silently proceeded towards her room avoiding any confrontation. Watching her moving away from him, broke Anthony's trance and reached her before she could disappear inside her room.

He grabbed her wrist and pulled her to his chest. He looked at her lovingly but she avoided his eyes and looked at the floor. He gently lifted her chin, to make her look at him and asked in a gentle tone "How are you Sarah? Why are you running away from me? Are you angry with me?"

Sarah could not believe her ears. She had never heard Anthony's gentle voice before. She wanted to turn away avoiding his question  but could not as Anthony's arms were wrapped around her waist.

She tried freeing herself but his grip was too strong. She pushed his chest away , but that made Anthony to push her against the wall. But before her back could hit the hard surface of the wall, he placed  one palm on the wall while still holding Sarah by her waist with the other arm, trapping her between the wall and himself. His eyes fell on her lips that was slightly parted igniting a fire inside him to claim them. He moved his lips closer to hers.

She turned her face and tried looking away but finally gave up but he kept looking at her intently , amused at her angry moves. She realized that the sooner she deals with Anthony's question, the sooner he will free her.

She looked at him with eyes that hold no emotions. The look in her eyes send a sharp pain to his heart. The eyes that once reflected her love for him, now looked back at him coldly , freezing his heart. He asked "Why, Sarah?"

Sarah replied  coldly  "What why?" 

Anthony sighed "Why are you doing this to me? Tell me what I have done".

Sarah smiled "Oh don't worry. You will soon get what you want. Just 3 more days."

Anthony looked at her in confusion,loosening his grip subconsciously "Please Sarah. Just say me what wrong did I do. You want me to apologize then here it is I am sorry. Just stop behaving like this."

This time Sarah gave an amused laugh " Oh dear husband. Why are you sorry? Keep patience baby. The fruit of patience is always sweet. Just 3 more days. You will get what you want."

Anthony let out a deep breathe and released his grip. He stepped back freeing her. His heart was engulfed with feelings of despair and restlessness. He did not want to force Sarah. "3 more days" he agreed.

Relieved that Anthony was willing to wait for his answers for the next 3 days, Sarah composed herself and went to her room and locked it.

Watching Sarah disappear in her room, Anthony leaned back on the wall and closed his eyes."Sarah, you are hurting me. How am I going to live for the next 3 days if you continue staying away from me, baby?" he asked his heart.

That night he kept pacing in front of her room. Wishing Sarah would come out of the room once and rush into his arms. Tired both physically and emotionally, he finally sat on the living room sofa but his eyes kept lingering on Sarah's door.

The next morning Sarah was surprised to find Anthony sleeping on the sofa. He did not even change his previous day's work wear. But Sarah could no longer bring back those emotions, she felt once just by starring at his sleeping face. She starred at him with no emotions. She never thought that a day would come when she would no longer feel the love for Anthony.

Breaking her stare, she walked to prepare breakfast. She placed the food on the table to find Anthony already up , throwing a pleading stare at her. She ignored his looks and spoke "Do get fresh before having your breakfast."

As she walked back again to her room, Anthony stood up and asked "Where are you going?"

Sarah paused and turned back. She smiled and replied " 2 more days to go."

Anthony felt his heart breaking as he could sense  Sarah's coldness. Though she smiled at him, it was not meant out of love. It was a sarcastic smile.

The next 2 days were torture for Anthony. He was restless all the time unable to concentrate on anything. For those two days too , Sarah kept herself away from him. 

Finally the day came when Sarah promised to reveal her answers. He woke up earlier than his usual time and hopped downstairs to find Sarah. But Sarah was gone already. 

He spend the day in office trying to busy himself with work so that he could shove off his restlessness. Finally it was 5 p.m and he could no longer keep his peace. Without giving notice to anyone he grabbed his car keys and rushed to get in his car. 

On the way he saw a flower shop and stopped. "Whatever you say or do Sarah, I can't hide my love for you anymore. Today I will confess my love for you , dear wife. I love you so much".

He got inside the flower shop and got confused about which flowers to buy. He never was interested in flowers before nor he knew what were Sarah's favorite flowers. Seeing his confusion , the florist offered her help "Sir, may I help you?"

Anthony huffed " Yes, I would like a romantic bouquet to gift a beautiful woman. What do you suggest? Which flower should I pick?"

The florist blushed at him trying to attract him by acting sweet and innocent. Anthony could clearly see her intentions and added "Make me the best flower bouquet. I want to propose my wife." He pronounced the word wife to make its impact.

She felt her cheeks turning hot in embarrassment. Still she managed to reply smilingly " Sure sir. I would make a bouquet of red roses."

Anthony's eyes felt on the pink roses and immediately stopped her " Not red. Pink. She loves pink. Please make a bouquet of 100 pink roses."

The florist made a beautiful bouquet of pink roses. Anthony was satisfied how lovely the bouquet looked, just like his lovely Sarah. He paid for the bouquet and drove back home.

With flowers in his hands, Anthony walked nervously to the door. He found it locked and wondered "Has Sarah not reached home yet? Good,today I will surprise her" he smirked.

Love cannot be forced. It comes and goes at its own will.