MARRIED BY ACCIDENT

Chapter 5

Katherine

Neither Axel nor I wanted to be the first to speak and explain what happened earlier inside the hotel. We just sat inside the car, both trying to gauge each other's feelings.

We safely got out of Mr. Tanaco's room. I left as if nothing had happened, while Axel exited through the window of the room. My fellow special agents will take care of the next steps against Mr. Tanaco and the foreign drug syndicate he is hiding. My mission is done. I have already placed a listening device on the side of the man's bed. It won't be long before the police and special agents track down the hideout of the foreign syndicate.

"What were you doing inside Mr. Tanaco's room?" Axel and I asked each other at the same time.

Axel kept quiet for a moment before speaking again. "My boss ordered me to retrieve the USB that Mr. Tanaco's employee stole from my boss's company," he explained to me. "The contents of the USB are confidential so I can't tell you."

I understood him. If the USB contained something related to his boss's business, it was definitely confidential and couldn't be shared with others. His boss must have had a lot of trust in him to entrust such a difficult and dangerous task. Axel would surely be killed by Mr. Tanaco if he was caught entering the room last night.

"I entered Mr. Tanaco's room because I was paid by my client, which is his wife. She wanted to make sure that Mr. Tanaco didn't have another woman with him at the hotel," I explained to Axel, which was a lie. I secretly bit my lower lip softly because I was lying to him. For the first time since I became a secret agent, I felt guilty of lying to someone.

"Uh," was Axel's reaction. I don't know if he was convinced by my explanation or not, but he didn't ask any more questions about that matter. "Now that we've met, I'll go with you to your house to help move your things. Tomorrow, my parents will arrive from the province and they'll be staying at the house for a few days because they want to see and meet you."

"How many days will they stay at your house? Will we sleep in the same room when they're there?" I asked consecutively. I'm not used to sleeping with someone else in bed. I have a sleeping habit. I move a lot when I sleep and I like hugging my two hotdog pillows, one on each side of me. If Axel is beside me in bed, instead of hugging my pillow, I might end up hugging him. That would be so embarrassing if it happens.

"Of course. We will sleep in the same room. Do you want my parents to find out that we are only married in name?" Axel replied with a raised eyebrow. I don't know if I was just seeing things, but it seemed like the corner of his lips curved slightly. Did he smile or what? If he does anything bad to me while I'm sleeping, I won't hesitate to break his bones.

I asked Axel to drop me off at a mall. I pretended that I needed to buy some personal things before going home. If I took him to my house, he would see how big my house is. He wouldn't believe the kind of job I told him I had.

I secretly felt grateful when Axel didn't insist on accompanying me to my house. He just gave me his home address and said he would wait for me there.

When Axel’s car left, I went into the mall and bought some toiletries so my excuse to him would be believable. Afterwards, I went home and packed clothes into a suitcase. After a few moments, I left the house after instructing the maids not to neglect my house while I was away.

I was impressed by Axel’s house. Even though it wasn’t as big as mine, it was clean and well-organized. Actually, for a car mechanic like him, his house was quite large. Maybe he earns a good salary from his boss, which is why he could afford such a house.

“Come in.” He took the suitcase I was pulling and carried it to our room. “While my parents are here, we’ll sleep in this room. But this is my room. When they leave, the room across from mine will be yours,” he explained.

I let my eyes wander around the room. The whole room was clean and tidy. The color of the curtains was beautiful and easy on the eyes. There was also a sliding glass door leading to the terrace.

My gaze flew to the bed which, although not that wide, could still fit two people. I imagined Axel and I sleeping on the bed, my arm wrapped around his waist while I used his arm as a pillow. And sleeping wouldn’t be the only thing we’d do on that bed. Mak—

I quickly shook my head when I realized what was running through my mind. If Axel could hear my thoughts, he would definitely think I was a pervert.

"Nice. It's a nice room," I commented after I finished checking out the whole room. I couldn't think of any other word to say.

"It looks like your mind is wandering far, Katherine. What are you thinking about while looking at the bed?" Axel asked me. I quickly looked at him and our lips almost touched because his face was so close to mine. No wonder his voice sounded so near when he was talking to me earlier.

"Nothing. What could I possibly be thinking that's not good? We're just going to sleep next to each other in the same bed." I grimaced suddenly because my voice sounded too defensive. I moved back a bit to create enough space between us.

"Did I say you were thinking something bad?" Axel asked again. He was teasing me or is he flirting with me? "Why is your face so red?" he added. He seemed happy to see me blushing out of embarrassment.

I gasped when he suddenly grabbed my waist and pulled me close to him. Good thing I managed to press my palms against his chest, otherwise our bodies would have touched. But maybe that was the wrong move. I discovered that his chest was broad and firm. It felt like it would be nice to caress his chest, especially if he was shirtless. It's weird but I suddenly felt hot. It was as if the room suddenly became warm even though the air conditioner was on.

I secretly thanked the heavens when his cell phone rang because he let go of me and left the room to answer the call.

"What's wrong with you, Katherine? If Axel were the enemy, you would have died a long time ago. You're losing your mind." I scolded myself. I calmed myself down and convinced myself that my body's reaction was normal. After all, what woman could think straight when a guy who's so hot and handsome is almost hugging her?

I fanned my face with both hands as if I was feeling really hot. When I looked at the door, I saw Axel leaning against the side of it, his arms crossed over his chest while looking at me with one eyebrow raised.