MARRIED BY ACCIDENT

Chapter 22

Katherine

I gasped loudly before snatching my panty from Axel. My face was flushed red with embarrassment. If I could sink into the bed I was lying on, I would have.

I tried to get up, but Axel restrained my arms and pinned them above my head.

"Tell me why your underwear is in my bathroom, Katherine. Are you trying to seduce me?" he asked, his eyes narrowed. "Have you forgotten our agreement?" he added.

Axel was referring to our six-month marriage agreement. After six months, we would separate. He probably thought I didn't want to break up with him, so I was seducing him. Even if I liked a man, I would never lower myself just to keep him by my side. If he doesn't want me, I won't force him to stay. We just got married by accident, after all.

"Don't worry, because I haven't forgotten our marriage agreement, Mr. Brixton. I'm willing to divorce you after six months," I replied with a serious face. The excitement I felt earlier seemed to have suddenly disappeared. "The faucet in my bathroom is broken. No water is coming out. You weren't in your room yet, so I took a bath in your bathroom first. I didn't mean to leave my underwear in your bathroom," I explained to him. It was up to him whether he believed me or not.

Axel stared at me intently, as if weighing the truth in what I said. After staring at me, he released me.

"I will let someone fix your bathroom tomorrow. You can use my bathroom any time," he said. He stood up and took clothes from the closet to wear.

"No, thanks. You might think I'm deliberately seducing you," I replied with a frown after getting out of bed.

"Um, about what happened just now, I didn't mean—"

"No need to explain, Mr. Brixton. I understand you," I cut off whatever he was about to say. I walked out of his room but stopped at the door. "Don't worry, because when the exact six months come, I will accompany you to the church to sign the church divorce paper. And I will never think of letting even one day pass as being Mrs. Brixton," I said with my back to him before I finally left his room.

When I entered my room, I punched my bed. The poor bed was the object of my annoyance with Axel.

I felt like drinking alcohol, so I called Derek and asked him to meet me at the bar we used to hang out at. My friend must have noticed that I wasn't in the mood, so he immediately agreed.

I quickly changed and left my room again. I noticed that Axel's room was dark. Maybe he was already asleep. I glared at his room as if I could see him before I walked out of the house to go to the bar.

"What's wrong with you, Kath? Why are you not in the mood?" Derek immediately asked when we met in the parking lot of the bar.

"Let's talk while drinking," I told him instead of answering his question right away.

We entered the bar together and sat at an available table. When the waiter approached us to ask what our order was, I immediately ordered a strong drink. Derek ordered beer with less alcohol. He knew that I would get drunk and he would take me to my house, so he couldn't get drunk or drink too much.

When our order arrived, I immediately drank the wine as if I was very thirsty.

"Hey, Kath. Take it easy. We just arrived and you're already getting drunk," he stopped me when I was about to drink wine again. It was my third shot. "Tell me what's your problem."

"That asshole! Is he handsome enough for me to seduce him?" Until now, my annoyance with Axel has not disappeared. Am I really annoyed with him, or am I hurt by what he said to me? But why would I be hurt? Because he doesn't forget that we will get divorced after six months?

"Just chill. Who is your enemy? Tell me and I'll beat him up for you." Derek stopped my hand again when I was about to grab the glass with wine in it. "Spill it out so that the weight you feel in your chest will be relieved."

I took a shot first before I told him what happened. Instead of getting angry with Axel, Derek just laughed at me.

"What's so funny about what I told you?" I gave him a sharp look. "He thought I was seducing him. Don't you know it makes me feel humiliated? I am Katherine Handford, the CEO of Handford Group. I don't need to seduce a man, okay?"

"But your husband doesn't know your true identity. That you are an heiress. A rich young heiress. And if I were in Axel's position, that's what I would think too." Derek shook his head while suppressing the smile on his lips.

"Okay. Let's just say that it's really inevitable that he thinks I'm seducing him. But why does he have to remind me of our marriage agreement? I don't forget that," I said in an annoyed voice. I grabbed the bottle of wine and poured it into my glass and immediately sipped it. I suddenly frowned when I saw Derek staring at me intently. "Why are you looking at me like that? Don't tell me you're falling in love with me? I have no habit of having a relationship with my best friend."

Derek laughed at what I said before snatching the glass I was holding. "You're drunk. Stop drinking. Let's go. I'll take you to your house. Go home there for now."

"I don't want to go home yet. I want to drink more. And I'm not drunk yet," I replied to Derek even though the truth was that I was dizzy and my head was slightly bowed. Annoying. Why is my body's tolerance for alcohol so weak? I get drunk so easily.

Derek held my chin and turned it to him. "Tell me, Kath. Are falling for that guy?"

"Get off your hands from my wife!" Derek and I both looked at the angry voice of the man who spoke, who was none other than the person who caused me to be here at the bar.