Loving The Heartless Man

Chapter 29

Alexander Pov

I stood up from lying on the floor while rubbing the part of my butt that hurt from falling off the bed. However, I couldn't help but smile when I saw the look on Elara's face when she woke up hugging me. Her eyes widened as if she had seen a ghost.

"It's too early in the morning, but you have a lot of strength," I complained to her. I slowly sat on the edge of the bed and winced a little as the pain in my injured butt returned. How unlucky of me that my butt hit the ground first before the rest of my body.

"Why were you hugging me? You're taking advantage of me," she said with flaring nostrils.

"Excuse me, my dear wife. I was not the one who hugged you, but you were the one who hugged me. You saw when you opened your eyes who between us was hugging," I quickly replied. But the truth is, I was the one who hugged her. I woke up because of the cold air conditioning and Elara had the blanket all to herself, so I pulled her and hugged her to get some warmth from her body.

When I hugged Elara, I wanted to regret why I did it. Suddenly, the warmth in my body woke up because of her soft body. But I didn't want to let go of her, so I endured the torture I felt.

Earlier, when I was staring at her face while she was sleeping, I noticed that her face was gentle. With or without makeup, she is still beautiful. And I couldn't understand myself why I felt happy when I opened my eyes and her face was the first thing I saw. It was like—"

"Liar! I won't hug you, unless I'm out of my mind," said Elara after throwing the soft pillow she used at my face, interrupting my thoughts. I tried not to close my eyes when I smelled the fragrant scent of the shampoo she used on her hair that clung to the pillow. But I immediately moved the pillow away from me because suddenly a monster was living inside my body.

"And why would I lie? I just woke up with you hugging me. I was going to remove your arm but your hand was gripping me tightly like an octopus so I just let you hug me. And maybe just like what you said, you're out of your mind that's why you hugged me," I lied to her. Of course, I wouldn't admit to her that I intentionally wrapped her arms around my body so that when she wakes up, she'd think she was the one who hugged me. Elara was about to respond and argue when someone suddenly knocked on the door. I stood up and approached the door to open it for the person knocking.

"Good morning, bro. It seems like you had a good sleep. It's past seven and you still don't want to get up," greeted Edzel, who knocked on the door.

He was right. I did enjoy my sleep. Usually, I'm already awake at this time but now, I'm still inside the room and just woke up.

Instead of responding to my friend's teasing, I looked at Elara. "I'm going out to have some coffee. You should also come out and have breakfast because we're leaving at eight o'clock for island hopping."

"I know," she replied with an eye roll. I couldn't help but chuckle slightly at her. She really couldn't accept that she was the one who hugged me. And I found her cute while rolling her eyes at me.

I briefly went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. After brushing my teeth, I closed the door and joined Edzel downstairs at the hotel for breakfast.

"Damn, man! You look so happy. Did you score with Elara last night?" Edzel teased after slapping the part of my butt that first hit the floor.

"Oh, man! It hurts!" I couldn't help but complain. My friend's smile grew wider because something else was running through his mind.

"Don't tell me you and her really did it last night? C'mon. I thought you were immune to her charms. So you did surrender your weapon last night," Edzel continued to tease. He seemed to enjoy teasing me.

"Shut up, man! Your mind is dirty. She just woke up hugging me and immediately kicked me, causing me to fall off the bed and land on the floor butt-first. How could I score with her? If I had done that, there would be two handprints on my face right now," I said to him with a frown.

Edzel laughed loudly when he heard what I said. "Elara made my day!"

"Shut up, okay? And don't tell anyone what I said or else I will kill you," I threatened him, but he just laughed.

When we arrived inside the restaurant where we always eat because it's the only restaurant below the hotel, my mom, along with Hannah and Sam, were already having breakfast.

"Good morning, son. Did you sleep well last night?" my mom greeted me with a smile. I approached her and kissed her on the cheek.

"Of course, Aunt. Your son slept well last night," Edzel answered my mom with a wide smile even though he wasn't the one being asked.

With the kind of smile he had, anyone would think why I slept well last night especially since I was sleeping next to my wife. I was about to explain so that they wouldn't have any malicious thoughts, especially my mom, but I changed my mind when I saw Sam's face suddenly darken as he sat silently in his seat.

"Who wouldn't sleep soundly if you're hugging the soft body of your beautiful wife?" I added with a smile to fuel their wrong assumptions. I secretly smiled when Sam clenched his fist and suddenly stood up from his seat.

"I'm sorry, Aunt. I can't go with you today. My patient called me this morning and said they need me," Sam suddenly explained to my mom.

"What? You accept appointments even on Sundays?" my mom asked with a disappointed look.

"Yes. But I only accept appointments from those people who are close to me," he explained. "I will treat you to a fine restaurant when you return from here. And please tell Elara why I left."

"Okay. Take care while driving," my mom said. There was regret on her face that we wouldn't be able to go island hopping with that doctor.

I've been downstairs for half an hour but Elara still hasn't come down. If she doesn't come down soon, she won't be able to have breakfast because we're leaving.

"I will call Elara, Mom. She should have breakfast before we leave."

"Okay. Call her so she can have breakfast. Or if she doesn't make it, I'll just take out food for her. She can eat while we're on the boat and touring the islands."

I just nodded to my mom and then went back up to our room. I will also take a quick shower so that when our tour guide arrives, we'll all be ready.

When I arrived in front of our room, I didn't knock on the door. As I opened the door, I stopped walking in upon seeing Elara with one leg raised on the side of the bed and her slacks pulled up while applying lotion to her legs. I couldn't help but swallow slightly as I stared at her smooth and fair thigh.

"Pervert!" Elara shouted at me, then picked up the lotion and threw it to my face.