The Faceless Billionaire Celebrity Wife-Chapter 47: Confirming The Cure.

The silence which accompanied Ethan words was almost deafening, as everyone held their breaths while staring at him in shock. The only sounds audible, were the crackling of the fire and the occasional snap of a twig in the woods nearby.

"Hick!" An hicuppy sound from Shikera, broke the silence.

"Why do you look so shocked?" Ethan deadpanned, his face void of any emotion as if he had simply asked Shikera to pass him the water jug.

Seeing that no one answered him, he continued, "I remember clearly that no rule was set before we started the game. And besides, we are all adults here..."

"Still..." Enoch had interrupted his older brother before he could stop himself. He didn’t know his brother was this brazen and shameless.

All the phones pinged at once, to alert everyone that Shikera had just sent a message to the group.

"What is the penalty if I don’t agree?"

"We didn’t set any penalty but we can set an easy one now," Enoch said, examining the others face for their thoughts on his suggestion. Raymond and Ruthlyn agreed with him immediately but Ethan had another thought in mind.

Who would blame him though? He had been looking for ways to kiss Shikera but had never had the chance, and now that the opportunity presented itself, was he expected to let it slip through his hands?

"You won’t take ice cream for a month. That’s the penalty,"

"Agreed!" The other three chorused, thinking that Ethan was being lenient with Shikera for setting such a simple penalty but none of them checked Shikera’s face before talking. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

She was glaring at Ethan, her eyes screaming the obscenities her mouth could not. Was this man trying to use her weakness against her? But then, there was nothing he could gain from that. Or was there? Anyway, she could not do without ice cream for a week so she had to agree to the dare and blame herself later on for getting into a game which has no rules.

"I agree to the dare," she typed, clicking on the send button and standing up immediately to walk into the villa. Who knows, Ethan might just be joking about this whole thing? He wouldn’t want to kiss her ’despicable’ lips, right?

With her right hand placed on the door knob, Shikera was about to push her room’s door open when a hand appeared on hers and pulled the door close.

She turned to see that the hand which appeared was owned by Ethan. Who else could dare to place his hand on hers anyway?

"Where are you going, Miss Dare?" Ethan asked in a mocking tone, seeing the question in Shikera’s eyes.

"I thought you agreed to the dare," he continued.

"I did," Shikera mouthed, staring suspiciously at him.

"Then why are you going to your room? Do you plan to take your bath or freshen up so you’ll look your best just because you want to kiss me?"

It was moments like this that made Shikera most frustrated at not having her voice, as she would have said something to to infuriate Ethan too if she could talk. However, since she could not talk, she could express her feeling in another way. She could show that she didn’t care much about him to the extent of having to bath and change her cloth to kiss him.

With that thought in mind, Shikera’s eyes fell on the lips of the man standing before her. With a mixture of excitement and nervousness within her, she closed the gap between them and pressed her soft, velvety lips on his. Her hands unconsciously wrapped around his neck, and in that moment, all worries and uncertainty faded into the background.

Shikera’s lower lip nestled softly between Ethan’s, and he traced it’s contours with the tip of his tongue, eliciting a soft breathy moan from her. Slowly, they pulled apart with Shikera embarrassed at the sound she had made unknowingly.

The sound?, Shikera thought, her eyes widening suddenly.

"Oh My God!" She whispered, extremely delighted as she heard a soft musical voice in her ears. This voice was hers! And it was back!

"Ethan!" She screamed in excitement, jumping on the man in front of her, who seemed like he was holding himself back from something. Shikera couldn’t care less though, as she continued yelling excitedly in his ears.

"My voice is back! See how beautiful it sounds!" She gushed, hitting her hands on his broad chest without exerting much force.

For the first time in a while, a genuine smile crossed Ethan’s face as he looked down at the excited woman hitting her hand on him.

"Congratulations!" He whispered, before adding, "Also, it’s not a surprise that your voice sounds beautiful since you have beautiful lips."

Gobsmacked, Shikera could only stare at Ethan’s back as he walked away to his room. Was this man always nice or...? She didn’t waste time thinking about that as she rushed into her room, calling Cyprian on a video call.

"Hey Sweetie!" She exclaimed, waving at the screen as soon as the call connected.

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"Helloooo everyone!" Shikera hooted, as she walked into the conference room.

Vicky, Josh and Atlas surrounded within a minute asking questions about her health, while apologizing at the same time for not protecting her when they had spies in their midst.

She looked around to see that Cyprian had not arrived yet, so she scoffed, remembering how the girl had promised to be the first person Shikera would see at work that morning.

"Anderson!" Shikera heard the familiar voice and turned, a bright smile on her face as she walked towards her team leader.

"Yes ma’am!"

"How are you feeling now?" The older woman asked, with her face void of any emotions. One would think she didn’t care if Shikera came to work or not.

"The best I’ve ever felt!"

"That’s good then since it seems you’re ready to go back to work. I approved your article on MD just this morning so we should begin to see the ratings by the time we leave here today,"

"Wow! Thanks very much, ma’am!" She smiled.

At DL Corporation.

Raymond walked into Ethan’s office, his face contorted in confusion.

"What are you staring at in that way? Did I make any mistake again?" Ethan asked him from his seat. For a while now, any sort of strange expression in this office was always as a result of a mistake he did, so he was surprised when Raymond denied it this time around.

"No, Sir! I received the article Miss Anderson was working on. And...it’s about Miss DeLoach."