MARRIED BY ACCIDENT

Chapter 10

Katherine

When I entered the bar, I discreetly looked around to find my target. I smiled when I saw my target sitting alone at the bar counter, quietly drinking.

I sat on the chair next to him and pretended not to notice him. I order the bartender for a ladies' drink.

Miguel Kroton likes women who wear sexy clothes so I wore a red fitted sleeveless blouse. My top only reached my stomach, showing off my navel. I paired it with black stretchable long denim pants and black boots. I tied my hair up in a ponytail style. I also applied thick makeup on my face. Even if someone I knew saw me, they wouldn’t recognize me because of my makeup. I made sure my makeup was seductive, especially my lips, which were bright red from lipstick.

At the corner of my eye, I saw Miguel Kroton looking at me. He scanned me from head to toe before suddenly grinning. I noticed how he swallowed his saliva and rubbed his palms together while staring at me. He looks like he was ready to jump at me. This man is a total pervert.

"Hi. I'm Miguel Kroton. Do you have company?" he asked me after clearing his throat to get my attention.

I turned to him and gave him a seductive smile. "I'm alone. Do you want to join me?"

His smile immediately widened when he heard what I said. Turns out, I don’t even need to seduce Miguel Kroton because it looks like he’s into me. He made the first move for us to talk and get to know each other.

Miguel pulled his chair closer to me. He got too close because he was almost touching me. Our arms were already brushing against each other. He was testing me to see if I would push him away. He didn’t know that’s exactly what I wanted. He wouldn’t suspect that I was letting him walk into my trap because he was the one who approached me.

"Why are you alone? Don’t you have a boyfriend? Won’t anyone look for you if you go missing?" he asked in quick succession. He was making sure no one would look for me if he killed me.

I shook my head at him and smiled seductively. "No one will look for me. I just broke up with my boyfriend and I’m completely orphaned. I’m here at the bar to have fun and look for a new boyfriend."

I almost jumped when Miguel held my hand that was resting on the countertop and squeezed it slightly. "How about considering me as your new boyfriend?"

"Really? Maybe you’re not single anymore?" I played my index finger on his palm while gazing at him with my seductive eyes. This action will make him think that I was willing to have a one-night stand with him.

"Don't worry. No woman will pull your hair," he quickly replied. "By the way, you haven’t told me your name yet."

Because you’ll kill me, that’s why no woman would come after me to pull my hair, I said in my mind.

"My name is Karen," I introduced myself to him with my fake name.

Miguel brought his mouth close to my ear. "Do you want to go with me somewhere else?"

This is it! I said to myself. I was about to answer him and say that I would go with him but suddenly, I felt that there were eyes watching me. I turned around and discreetly looked at the people inside the bar.

I almost fell off my seat when my eyes met Axel's sharp gaze. He was also inside the bar. I didn't know if he had been there for a while or if he had just arrived. I hadn't noticed him earlier. Or maybe I didn't notice him because I was only thinking about my target's face.

I quickly looked away and faced the bar counter again. After a while, I heard my cell phone ring. Someone was calling my cell phone.

"I’ll just check my cell phone. Maybe the person calling me has something important," I said to Miguel before taking my cell phone out of the pocket of my pants. I secretly gasped when I saw that it was Axel calling me. Instead of answering, I turned off the cell phone.

"Who is it? Your boyfriend?" Miguel asked, his expression a bit dark. It seemed like he didn’t like that my attention shifted away from him because of that call on my cell phone.

"It’s not important." I shrugged to show that the call wasn’t significant. "I told you, my boyfriend and I already broke up."

"So, do you want to come with me to my place?"

I wasn't able to answer Miguel's question because I read Axel's text. He was asking if I was already home. He said he was on his way home.

I turned around to check if Axel was still at their table with a man who might be his colleague. When I saw that he was already walking out of the bar, I suddenly panicked.

"I will go with you next time, Miguel. I have an emergency. I need to go home now. We can meet tomorrow night and I will go with you." I hurriedly stood up and ran out of the bar. I didn't look back to see Miguel's reaction. But I knew I had gotten his full attention. So tomorrow he would surely come back to this bar to meet me.

I was on my way to where my big bike was parked when I suddenly stopped. Next to my motorcycle was the car of Axel’s boss, the same one we rode to the restaurant after our wedding. His boss is really generous to him, letting him use that expensive car.

After Axel and the man with him left, I immediately approached my motorcycle and put on my helmet. I started the engine and quickly drove away. I needed to get home before Axel arrived.

I drove my motorcycle faster than Axel could drive, so I easily overtook the car he was driving. In just a few minutes, I was near Axel’s house. I parked my motorcycle close to the house before calling Derek to pick it up.

When I entered the house, I immediately changed clothes and hid the clothes I was wearing earlier. I took a bath and brushed my teeth thoroughly to make sure that there was no smell of alcohol left on my body and mouth.

I came out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around me. But when I stepped out of the bathroom, I was surprised to see Axel inside the room, sitting on the edge of my bed while staring intently at me.