A Contract Marriage After a ONS novel Chapter 66

"Looking for this?” Mark appeared in the kitchen and asked. He held the wallet in his right while holding a lit cigarette in between his fingers on his left.

Raine froze and then nodded her head slowly. She smiled as she said, "You found it. I was looking for it around this small area but to no avail. I thought I had lost it."

Acting nonchalant, he leaned over the door and flicked off the ashes of the cigarette, but his eyes were deep with emotion as he asked, "Don't you have something to explain to me?"

"What? I don't get what you're saying,” she answered, feigning calm even though she had panicked slightly.

He moved his hands as his slender fingers pulled out a picture hidden within the wallet as he blew out a puff of smoke.

The photo was small, but it was clear enough to pick u p a man and a woman hugging intimately in it. The man was none other than Mark himself, while the woman was Raine.

He strode towards her and held her against the door. With their bodies almost pressing closely together, he said with his voice sounding deep, "Didn’t you say we

should cut up all ties with each other completely? Why are you still keeping this picture here, hmm?"

As she did not dare to look into his deep orbs, Raine turned her head and looked away while huffing slightly.

He opened his arms, and she was pinned between the door and his huge toned frame. He smirked as he teasingly asked, "Is it because you can't forget about m e, or did you miss me, hmm, auntie?"

"Neither!" she exclaimed as she shook her head and clenched her fist.

"Neither, huh?" he repeated as he lifted a finger under her chin. His eyes were half-lidded as he asked, "Why don't we find out then?"

Without waiting for a reply, he closed the gap between them and kissed her right after.

Raine struggled with her might as she tried pushing against his large frame. When she finally pushed him off her, she heaved, taking quick breaths before exclaiming in an unusually calm manner.

"What we had is over! We are done! So stop trying to tease me or gauge my feelings and what not purposefully!”

Hearing her declaration, he chuckled sarcastically. His voice sounded cold without any hint of warmth as he replied, "You think I'm the one who's teasing, huh?" "Hah!" he scoffed. Holding onto her chin tightly, he looked at her with rage. It was as though he were about to strangle and kill her.

"Back then, you had the guts to flee to America. And for the past three years, you hid from me. Since you've already decided to run and hide, why didn't you stick t o it forever? Why are you showing up again after three years and reminding my wife about my likes and dislikes or my taste in food is like? You’re the one who keeps appearing before me, so tell me, Baine Valentine, who's the one teasing now?”

She hung her head as she heard him speak. Without looking at him, she muttered softly, "I know how to act from now on. I'm sorry..."