Married with the Broken Hearted CEO novel Chapter 22

Rage nearly consumed Adira when she came inside her room with the red blanket in her hand. She looked at the blanket and remembered how Chadwick wraps this around the sleeping Isa. 
She felt a flicker of irritation and her blood pulsed through her veins. 
Adira can accept everything; Isa coming to their house, seeing her husband hugs another woman and Chadwick siding with Isa against any arguments. 
However, she lost her composure as soon as she saw the blanket around Isa’s shoulder. 
“He could have used his blanket instead,” Adira growled. 
Her fists clenched on the soft fabric. She washed, ironed, and folded it by herself. And now, it seemed she had to do those again. 
Meanwhile outside her room, Chadwick, Isa and Neil were rooted on their spots after seeing Adira’s rage for the first time. 
With a pale face, Neil observed his boss, who hadn’t moved in his spot since Adira shouted and entered her room. He does not know what happened because he was sleeping and only woke up after hearing Adira’s loud voice. 
‘But madam Adira was holding a red blanket before,’ Neil pondered. He had a guess that it had something to do with Chadwick and Isa. ‘As expected,. Madam will be furious!’ 
Although it’s obvious that Adira does not harbor any feelings for her husband, Neil still firmly believes that there will come a time when she cannot stay quiet amidst of this sh*t. He made so much effort to get Adira and Chadwick closer, but the plan went in the wrong path. 
Neil’s glare went to Isa. 
‘It is all because of this woman!’ he blamed. 
Thunderstruck, Isa stared at the loss Chadwick. She was stunned at first when she heard Adira’s sudden wrath. Frightened, yes, she was. Yet after she calmed, a sense of happiness and triumph soared in her heart. She hated it when Adira did not show any sign of jealousy towards her and Chadwick.
‘Seeing her get mad like that, somehow I feel like I won over her,’ Isa chuckled inwardly. ‘She kept on acting that she’s not bothered that her husband is liking and siding another woman, when she’s this bothered. What a hypocrite.’ 
Unknown to Isa, it isn’t the jealousy that made Adira furious but the red blanket which was given to her by the kids from the orphanage. This is a fact that Chadwick does not know. 
‘It is impossible that she got jealous,’ Chadwick said to himself while staring at the blank space. ‘So why? Why did she get so mad?’ 
He doubted that Adira got jealous, therefore he’s trying to figure out the real reason of her rage. And as he tried, he felt his heart pinning in melancholy, which confused him. 
Since when did he get so emotional when it comes to his wife? 
Chadwick does not know why, how, or when it started. All he wanted right now was to be alone so he could think well. However, Isa wanted to use this chance to get Chadwick’s empathy by pretending to be nice. 
“Oh no!” Isa gasped, covering her mouth. “What should we do? I think Isa misunderstood our relationship again!” 
Neil scoffed silently from the side while watching Isa’s plausible acting. He couldn’t believe she had the guts to say those when she’s purposely came here to mess. 
“This won’t do,” Isa added then stood up. “I need to talk to her and explain.” 
Explain what? 
Isa also does not know what she will explain but if it will help her to look good and make Adira bad, then it might be worth trying. Isa was about to go to Adira’s room for a talk when suddenly, Chadwick said something which made her stop. 
“Go home.” 
Isa looked back at him, while Neil shook his ears to make sure he heard his boss right. 
“The two of you, please go home.” 
It was a jaw dropping situation. Chadwick just pushed Isa out of the house, not physically but verbally! 
Neil wanted to cheer and jump up-down, but he held his ceremony by himself and quietly. He tried too hard to hide the smile from creeping to his lips as he stared alternately at his boss’ face and to Isa’s pale expression. 
“Y-You want us to go home?” asked Isa. 
Chadwick looked at her. 
“I am sorry. But you and Neil should go home now.” 
“B-But, I haven’t apologized to Adi…” 
“It will be my business.” 
Other words which made Isa lose in space and Neil to celebrate. 
“Neil.” 
“Yes, sir!” Neil answered energetically as he jumped up from the couch. He usually has no energy after waking up, but tonight’s event has woken up each of his cells. 
“Please take Isa home.” 
“I will definitely, Sir.”
Neil looked at Isa then called her politely. 
“Miss Isa.” 
Isa turned her head to Neil. 
Like a gentleman, Neil pointed the exit with both of his hands and said, “This way, please.” 
He said those as if guiding an uninvited guest out of the place. 
Biting her lower lip, Isa grabbed her handbag and walked out from the kitchen. She has a sour mood of a kid who got her candy stolen from someone whom she vowed to revenge next time. 
‘I had to get him back to my side,’ Isa said to herself as she leaves the house. 
She knew just by seeing Chadwick’s reaction that he is starting to see Adira as a woman. And Isa hates it. She hates it when someone robs the affection that should be hers. 
When Isa and Neil left the house, Chadwick went inside his room.
For long house, he tossed and rolled on his bed, unable to sleep. 
“Argh,” Chadwick groaned. He stayed lying down straight and stared at the ceiling. 
Chadwick is wondering whether Adira is sleeping or not yet sleeping during this hour. If she is sleeping, then he will call the night off and just wait for the morning to come. But if she isn’t sleeping… 
‘Should I go now and apologize?’ 
He shook his head and sighed. Chadwick doesn’t even know what mistake did he made so how will he apologize? 
While thinking so hard about the reason for Adira’s sudden wrath, he heard an opening and closing sounds of the door. 
Every inch of his body came fully alert. 
‘It’s Adira who came out of her room.’ 
Chadwick gulped. 
During their six months living together under the same roof, there were only three reasons why Adira got out of bed at night. First, she’s thirsty. Second, she had to go to the comfort room. And third, she will come to Chadwick and ask him to have sex. 
Tap. 
Tap. 
Tap. 
As the footsteps came closer and louder, Chadwick’s heart beats went frenzied. He does not have a plan to have a sex with Adira, but he wished for her to come with that reason. Because in that way, they can meet and talk. 
‘I wanted to see her so I can apologize. That’s all,’ he even told to himself while shooting intense gaze towards the door. 
No matter how mad Adira is, there’s no way she’ll change and give up her resolution of getting pregnant. So, they can reconcile in no time. 
‘Yes. We will reconcile and…’ 
Chadwick stopped his thoughts at that point. 
Reconcile. 
‘Since when did I consider her as someone whom I should reconcile?’ 
Ever since the beginning, he sees Adira as his enemy. So why does he want to reconcile with his wife? 
As he thought so hard, the footsteps grew farther. 
A scowl appeared between his brows. 
Adira did not go to his room. And then suddenly, he heard another sound of the closing door. 
‘But that’s not the door of her room or the bathroom’s,’ Chadwick knew. 
If Adira did not go back to her room or to the toilet, then where did she go? 
Having a guess in his mind, Chadwick moved up and walked out of his room. He went in front of Adira’s room and knocked. 
Tok tok. 
“Adira?” 
No one answered. 
He placed his hand around the doorknob and twisted it around. After pushing it forward to open, he peeked inside and saw nothing. 
‘That means, the closing door that I heard before is from…’ 
Chadwick looked at the main entrance of their house. He turned his head towards the clock on the wall to check the time. 
2:00am. 
His wife left out of their house at 2 in the morning. 
“Where did she go at this hour?” Chadwick mumbled, clenching his fists. 
If only he knew Adira well, then he should have known where his wife is off to.