Married with the Broken Hearted CEO novel Chapter 22

Adira was driving her car with one hand.
Staring at the clean road of early morning, she fell into deep thoughts. 
Now she calmed down, she thoroughly thinks about the reason why her eyes blinded with rage back there, and why she’s looking for a place to give her a peace of mind. 
“I never thought I’ll be this freaking angry over a mere blanket.” 
Her lips twitched after calling the blanket a ‘mere’. 
No. 
For Adira, the blanket isn’t just a mere fabric that will help her warm her cold night inside the cold house with a cold husband. 
“It is something I received with love,” Adira murmured, thinking about the kids from the orphanage. 
Then, she recalled the time when the kids gave her that. 
“Miss Adira!” Marie, the head of the orphanage, called Adira.
“Yes, Miss Marie?”  
Behind Marie, Adira saw the shy kids lining up. They were looking at Adira with their cute round eyes, curious whether it would be alright to approach a very pretty lady like her. Adira found them so cute. 
“Ahmmm, actually, the kids have something to give,” Marie introduced. She stepped aside to show the kids who were eyeing Adira since the first time she stepped inside the orphanage. 
“H-Hello,Miss Adira,” the kid’s representative, maybe the bravest one among all, said. He is a cute kid with blue eyes, golden curly hair, pluffy cheeks and red lips. 
Adira can see the kids’ great future when it comes to beauty. ‘He will be super handsome someday,’ Adira believed while staring at the cute boy, who’s blushing so hard in front of her. 
Adira knelt down to match the boy’s gaze. Then with sweet voice, she greeted, “Hello cute fellas. Did you eat your lunch well?” 
“Yes!” the kids answered in unison. 
A genuine smile slipped from her mouth. She couldn’t contain her excitement as a lady who’s wishing to have a kid of her own. 
“Great,” she praised. “So, what do we have here?” 
The kids looked at each other and then nodded their heads. 
Adira bit her lower lip. Everything that the kids do makes her heart flutter. 
“We heard that it is miss Adira who supports our home,” the boy said. 
It is true. But along with her, there’s also Chadwick, who helped this place a lot. But Adira felt so selfish right now, she does not want to bring her husband’s name to the kids. 
“And then, we heard from miss Marie that you had your birthday before,” the kid continued. 
Eyes rounded; Adira looked to Marie. Then Marie smiled at her. She doesn’t know how Marie got the information. 
“So, we wanted to give you our birthday gift.” 
From behind, another girl stepped towards Adira and showed the red blanket. 
Adira’s eyes sparkled. 
She is a fan of branded goods; shoes, dress, jewelry and bags. But among everything she saw that blanket was priceless. It is made from poor fabric but for Adira, it is a great treasure. 
“This is our gift for you,” the young girl said as she handled the red blanket. 
“Happy birthday!” the kids shouted energetically. 
Adira bit her lower lip, holding back the tears. 
She never celebrated her birthday or accepted gifts from anyone. But that day, she felt so happy that she was born. 
“Thank you so much, I will treasure it,” Adira said to the kids, then she hugged the blanket around her arms. 
Miss Marie guided Adira out of the orphanage and shared, “You know, when the kids heard that you will be coming, they started saving some of their allowances to buy your gift.” 
The kids saved from their mini allowances just to buy that blanket. That hurt Adira’s feelings after she saw the blanket around Isa’s shoulder. 
Chadwick can hug and love Isa as much as he wanted, but to use that special blanket for her? 
Adira got so annoyed. 
Therefore, she couldn’t just fall asleep and walked out of their house to get a peace of mind. 
The place she chose is none other than her favorite bar. 
Adira entered the bar and sat in front of the counter. There are no bartenders who can serve her right now, so she decided to wait. 
Until a tall, tanned, and handsome man appeared. He is the bartender with the name Geoffrey, whom Adira always sees flirting with women customers inside the bar. However, this bartender never served Adira before. It is as if he knew that flirting with the pretty Adira is crossing a taboo line. 
“It’s been a long time, ma’am,” Geoffrey approached her with a smile. 
Adira tilted her head in wonder. 
‘Why did he suddenly act friendly to me?’ she pondered. 
Then she remembered the day they met in the hospital, and he gave her a band-aid. She thought that maybe Geoffrey felt comfortable at her right now because of that incident. However, Adira does not know that their last encounter only happened 6 hours ago, when Geoffrey helped her changed the tire of her car. 
“How’s your foot?” he asked, displaying this sexy and captivating looks on his face. 
Adira won’t deny it. This guy is really a scene stealer and a p*nty dropper. But again, she’s an exemption. 
“Great. Thanks to you,” she replied. “But may I ask why you suddenly acted friendly?” 
“Yes?” 
“This is the first time you approached me, even when you started working here for almost a month ago.” 
Geoffrey’s heart shape lips flinched. He kept the smile on his face and answered, “I got so shy because of madam’s beauty. So, I only had the courage to talk to you after our last encounter.” 
“You mean when we met at the hospital?” 
No. 
Geoffrey only got the courage because he realized how important Adira is to his life; especially during his birthday. 
“I guess so?” he replied with a faint beam. 
“I thought you broke up with one of your girlfriends, so you got bored and wanted to hang out with me.” 
“Girlfriends?”
"Every pretty customer is your girlfriend. You were flirting with everyone to be exact."
Geoffrey chuckled huskily then answered, "I’ll be so embarrassed if you put it that way, ma'am."
“Don’t be. I knew someone who would feel more embarrassed than you. Besides, I came here to drink, not to be your friend. So can I get my order?”
Geoffrey stared at her and stayed quiet for a long time. 
He just witnessed how Adira drew the line between them, and he respected her so much. Still, he wanted to confirm if Adira is really married. He avoided her before because of that but he always sees her alone in the bar and without a ring around her finger. 
“Can I be your order instead?” Geoffrey teased. 
Adira chuckled after seeing how sly this man can be. 
“You can’t. I’m married.” 
As expected. 
Geoffrey felt the second pain after knowing that she was out of his reach. 
“I see,” he answered, nodding.  “Then what do you want to…” 
“I have a husband who always brings another woman in the house. Yes, that’s me,” Adira shared which stopped Geoffrey. 
She only said that because she wanted to release her irritation. Adira does not know that those words will affect Geoffrey so much. 
Clenching his fists, Geoffrey stared at the woman whom he secretly loved for long years. 
He promised that he would only look at her from afar and would be contented with just that. 
‘But a husband who brings another woman in their house?’ 
He felt so mad that he wanted to steal her from that bastard.
‘Adira, doesn’t deserve him,’ he said to himself while gritting his teeth.