The Faceless Billionaire Celebrity Wife-Chapter 37: Cure For His Nightmares (3)

As their lips met, everything else seemed to fade away in the background. Raymond had not realized this before but he missed her, he missed her body. The way her waist fit into his hands showing they were made only for him and not for anyone else. His heart pounding in his chest, he could sense Cyprian’s heart beating in the same rhythm.

She really was his heartbeat.

On the other hand, Cyprian threw all caution to the wind as her lips parted once more without reservations. Their bodies pressed together as Raymond guided her backwards, towards the wall. They were lost in a moment of pure passion, oblivious to the banging sound on the Cyprian’s door as Raymond’s hand slid down her back, unhooking her bra.

Hearing the loud sound from outside, Raymond had to detach himself from the alluring woman in front of him.

"Who’s there?" he called out, just in time for Cyprian to clamp her hand over his mouth.

"Might be my bro—"

The door suddenly slammed open at that moment, jolting them awake from the passion of the moment. Instinctively, Raymond unbuttoned his jacket and threw it on Cyprian, covering her exposed body even as he stood in front of her.

The men who had barged in with urgency, rushed out in the same speed. How could they have known they would be interrupting such an intimate moment?

"Uhm...we thought you were being harmed in there!" The eldest of them stuttered, closing the door after himself.

The door slamming close, silence reigned in the room as Cyprian and Raymond stood, both of them rooted to their spots.

"What did you just cause, Ray?" Cyprian broke the silence, gritting her teeth as she was embarrassed that her brothers had to catch her in this state. She looked down at Raymond’s jacket on her before she frowned, looking up at him,

"Wait...You undressed me while you stand there with your clothes still on?" She knew she was the one who undressed herself but she still wanted to blame him.

With raised brows at her accusation, Raymond said, "It’s alright then, you can undress me too! If you’re too shy then I will help you, what do you say?"

Cyprian harrumphed, walking into her room with fake anger.

"You can use the door right, Mr Stone?" She locked the door after herself when she was done speaking.

Knowing the gentleman Raymond was, he would never sleep over at her place while saying it was unlawful as they were not married yet. That was four years ago but now, why did it seem like he had really grown and shed off the nice guy attitude.

Back at DeLoach’s Mansion.

Shikera walked out with her laptop in hand, wearing a ruffle trim knot front lingerie, while leaving the outer robe untied so it could expose a little part of her belly.

When she got to the living room, she slumped on the couch directly opposite Ethan while placing her laptop beside her. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

This action of hers attracted Ethan as he looked up from the article he was reading. He almost regretted doing that when his eyes met her milky white thighs which she had raised to put one on the other, with her head thrown back on the couch. His disobedient eyes traced from her thighs up, falling on her exposed belly as he felt something react down there.

To distract himself from his dirty thoughts, Ethan opened his mouth to chide her for wearing that but as she raised her head to look at him, with her chest coming in his view, Ethan’s breath caught in his throat. The upper part of her breasts were exposed!

"What the fuck are you wearing, Shikera?" he asked, averting his gaze from her chest. He might have signed the contract that he wouldn’t touch her but did she really think he could maintain his self control if she tempted him like that?

Shikera, who did not know the effect her body was having on her husband, smiled innocently as she looked down at her dress.

"Your mom bought it for me. Pretty, isn’t it?" Shikera laughed, remembering Raine’s expression when the woman had given it to her.

"Shikera, immediately I saw this, I thought of you immediately," the woman had said. "It’s going to be perfect on you because of your skin and it also doesn’t expose much, Ethan would like it!"

The older woman had been so excited that Shikera could not bear to refuse the gift. Moreover, she liked the gift as it was pretty and also in her best colour, white.

Ethan sighed at her question. Had he even been able to see the nightdress? He had been concentrated on her body which was of course... pretty!

"Aaah...You don’t think it’s pretty? I don’t care anyway," she laughed at her own words, seeing Ethan’s rigid expression.

She thought he was simply frowning at her brazen attitude but didn’t know Ethan was thinking of a way to get away from there, before he would do something regrettable.

Remembering something, Shikera’s eyes lightened up.

"Can I bother you with something? There’s this coworker of mine who is very suspicious!"

All reporters are suspicious, Ethan thought while still listening to Shikera.

She continued, "I wanted to inform you since the first day you came but you talked about how I was a burden... Forget that! So she hasn’t done anything wrong to me but she’s just acting.."

"I will make a background check on all your teammates," Ethan cut her off, standing up to his feet.

"Goodnight," he wished, knowing how rude he might seem to her. It was not his fault though because she was the one whose body kept distracting him.

"Sweet dreams..."

As if, Ethan thought. If he simply needed a wish to sleep well, it would have happened since.

Getting to his room, he brought out his phone and called his doctor.

"I think i remember something that happened four years ago and repeated itself this year," he stated, immediately he saw that his call had been picked.

"That’s Ethan DeLoach! What is it?!" Doctor Kyle asked, his happiness almost streaming over the line.

Ethan released pent up breath, knowing how absurd his next words would be.

"I kissed someone," he announced. The line fell silent immediately and for the next few seconds, it stayed that way.

"I am speaking to Ethan DeLoach, right?" Kyle’s voice came from the other end of the line, in a solemn manner.

"Who else would use my private phone, Idiot?" Ethan deadpanned, hanging up on the call immediately.

He called Raymond next.

"Information on all of Shikera’s teammates should be delivered to me very early tomorrow," he instructed.

"Sir, I’m currently not—"

"Take your time, but make sure it gets to me tomorrow!" Ethan knew he was not home at that moment, which meant he had something personal to do.

"Alright Sir!"

Hanging up on the call for the second time in five minutes, Ethan looked at the dark, smooth surface of his bed, before walking towards the couch where his duvet was resting.

He sat down there without resting his back, knowing he would have to stand up in an hour to guide the sleepwalking Shikera back to her room.

★★★

"...And that is all we have for today on News On The Hour. Till the next time we meet, I remain Shikera Anderson,"

As soon as the camera moved away from Shikera’s face, she jumped up from the chair she had been sitting on. Her pale face more prominent than ever, as she had been super nervous behind the camera. The Presenter whom she was supposed to assist was in her first trimester of pregnancy and she had suddenly fallen sick just as they were about to go on set. As no one else had practiced with them, Shikera could only do everything all by herself.

"Did I do well?" She asked, getting to Cyprian and Vicky who were waiting for her in one corner of the studio.

Cyprian nodded, while wiping the sweat on Shikera’s face. Even without using any form of make up, the warm light which had been focused on her friend’s face coupled with her nervousness had made her perspire so much.

Shikera smiled at that, and stretched her hand to collect the water Vicky was extending to her.

Uncapping the bottle, she gulped the water up until it’s very last drop before throwing the bottle in a trash basket not far from it.

"That hit the spot, Vicky. Where did you get the bottle of water?" She asked, knowing Vicky had not left the studio the whole time they were there, and that she hadn’t brought any water with her when she came into the studio.

"Erica passed it to me earlier," Vicky answered.