淑女的欲望

A week later...

Scarlett was utterly exhausted after a busy week taking care of so many things.

Starting from the funeral of her sister, Nicole. She is also busy accompanying her father at the hospital, fighting with Lauren, who stubbornly doesn't want a divorce.

Since her father couldn't move freely, she was the one who would help the lawyer to push Lauren to willingly sign the divorce papers.

And yesterday, Lauren finally gave in, but she had a few demands. She was willing to sign the papers but asked for a lot of money in return. She also asked to be cleared in Nicole's case.

Jonathan, too tired to face the woman, finally granted her request. He just wanted his relationship with Lauren to end as soon as possible!

This afternoon after having lunch with her dad, Scarlett decided to head back to the Beachfront Hotel after staying in the hospital for days. She could really get sick if she stayed in the hospital any longer.

Scarlett wanted to find a new atmosphere to relax her mind and body. She needed to soak in warm water and eat at a fancy restaurant. After so many days of eating in the hospital, it felt like she had lost her appetite.

She immediately dismissed James and Logan after she arrived at the presidential room she used to share with Xander. There are only two Presidential Rooms on the top floor. And these two rooms, not open to the public, can only be used by the Riley family when visiting this island.

The first thing Scarlett did after arriving at the room; she took a warm bath and spent nearly an hour relaxing her tired mind and muscles.

After a good bath, she threw her body to lay on the soft bed. Her eyes stared at the white ceiling as her mind wondered about Xander.

pαndα`noνɐ1--сoМ Being in a big room alone somehow made Scarlett miss Xander a lot. They were separated for a week. He had been swamped recently in the capital, and two days ago, he had a business trip to Europe.

She missed him so much but couldn't tell him even though she wanted to so, so bad.

She took her cell phone and checked if there was a missed call or text message from Xander, but only disappointment appeared in her eyes. She found nothing. Just a bunch of spam texts from Cruz.

"Damn it, Cruz!! Can you give me some breathing space!?" She muttered.

Even though she is away from the office, she is still working on some projects which she can finish through her high-end laptop.

Every evening she spends a few hours focusing on design and online meets with some of her art directors from other cities. But still, this idiot Cruz urged her to return to the capital. Is he courting death!?

She couldn't come back now because she wanted to clear things up here before she returned to the capital.

A few minutes later, she finished checking her phone and turned it off. She decides to take a short nap before dinner time.

Two hours later, she woke up. She could see the sky outside was pitch black. She was famished. And at the same time, the landline by the bed rang.

After gathering her soul that still hadn't fully returned, she picked up the phone and how happy she was when she heard a familiar voice on the other end; The voice she missed. For more than 24 hours, she did not hear his voice.

"Xander... I'm good! Nothing you need to worry about. I'm just exhausted, so I turned off my phone before taking a nap." Scarlett smiled at how considerate and worried he was now.

"Not yet. I just woke up and was about to call room service. Actually, I wanted to eat at a restaurant, but... It feels weird eating alone, right!? So I decided to have dinner in my room. How about you? Where are you now?"

"London!"

"What! Why are you calling me now? Isn't it past midnight there?"

"Yeah. I just arrived at my hotel room after so many meetings..."

Scarlett felt sorry for Xander. He is too busy to take care of his family empire. He almost spends his time just working.

Since living in the same house with him, she came to know that Xander always sleeps late and wakes up very early — he only spends 2-3 hours sleeping. But, amazingly, he always looks fresh and energetic. Never once did she see him tired.

"Xander, when are you coming back!?"

"Why? You miss me already?" His small laugh could make Scarlett's cheeks blush.

"Yeah, I missed you a lot..." She really wanted to say that, but the words stuck on the tip of her tongue. She could only remain silent while touching her blushing cheeks.

"I'll be flying back tomorrow after my morning meeting is over..." He said after a long silence from Scarlett. He could guess this girl must be blushing, too shy to answer his question.

'God!! I miss her so much...' thought Xander. He hadn't seen her in a week and wanted to fly back immediately.

"Alright, please give me a call if you land..."

"Sure, I will. Scarlett, is everything all right over there?" Xander asked seriously.

He knows what's going on, on the island because James updated everything, but he likes to hear her voice. Her melodious voice was like a pain reliever for him.

She immediately told him about her father and her plans for tomorrow.

"Xander, like our previous discussion, I will assign James to help the company as an acting CEO while my father is recovering. And tomorrow, I plan to go to Ocean Group with him..."

"Yes, you can assign him anything. He is capable, and I am sure he will do his job diligently."

"Thank you, Xander. Thank you for lending me your people. They are very competent and reliable."

Scarlett felt deeply moved that this man fulfilled his promise; treated her as his legal wife during their marriage.

Sometimes, she felt their marriage was real.