Unexpectedly Sweet Flash Marriage novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22 Honey, I Wanted to Kiss You 

Thinking of Melissa's words, Adeline bit the bullet and reached out to take off the last piece of clothing on Curtis's body. 

During the whole process, she had her eyes closed most of the time and dare not to look at him. 

After finishing all those steps, she helped Curtis into the bathtub. 

Curtis's whole body was almost submerged in the bathtub. The hot fog was lingering around and everything looked unreal. 

He leaned his back against the tub wall, and put one hand on the edge of the bath with his fist clenched tightly. 

No one knew how much he had to suppress the urge to not directly jump on her when her fair and tender hands touched him just now. 

Curtis took a deep breath to calm down his impulse and said in a cold voice, "What now?" 

Adeline immediately understood what he was trying to say. She squeezed the shower gel, and gently rubbed it on his arms, shoulders, and back. Then, she picked up the towel and carefully scrubbed him. She looked like a hard-working wife. 

Regardless of how hard she was trying to please him, she saw that Curtis's expression became more serious. 

After Adeline tried her best to coax him, she felt powerless and put her shoulders down. She couldn't help probing, "Are you mad at me?" 

"Yes!" Curtis admitted directly with a cold expression. 

When Adeline heard that, her eyes turned red immediately. She lowered her head and apologized subconsciously, "I'm sorry." 

Curtis saw that her eyes were red, and he couldn't bear it anymore. 

His sullen face suddenly got panicked, and he quickly stretched out his hand to pull her into the water and hugged her in his arms. Then, he coaxed her softly, "Why are you crying? I haven't said anything yet!" 

Adeline's eyes were red. She tried to justify unyieldingly, "I didn't cry." 

"Yes, you are right. Your eyes are red even though you didn't cry." Curtis smiled helplessly and thought to himself that his wife was not someone who could be scolded. He said, "Then tell me. What makes you feel aggrieved?" 

At that moment, Adeline felt a strong sense of grievance in her heart. She raised her voice a little higher and said, "I tried to make it up for you. I... I even took my friend's advice. I am wearing sexy pajamas and I help you to take a bath. I help you to undress and scrub your body. I have never done this to others. But you are still not happy about it." 

Sexy pajamas? 

Curtis's eyes darkened a bit, but he still didn't forget the real topic, "Okay, then tell me. Why are you trying to coax me?" 

"Because you are mad at me," Adeline answered in confusion. 

"Then tell me. Why am I mad at you?" 

Adeline cleared her mind, and she replied in a low voice like a child who made mistakes, "Because... I was almost molested by Mr. Baker which made you feel ashamed. In... In the future, if someone gets to know that Mr. Riley's wife was almost raped by Mr. Baker, you would be demeaning since you are so famous." 

"That isn't what I am mad at!" Curtis shook his head and said seriously, "Adeline, it's their fault. That was the dirty trick played by Mr. Baker and Jacob. It was never your fault." 

"On the contrary, you did a good job. You smashed the man's head and escaped to protect yourself." 

"As for what you said, I would be demeaning. That isn't the case at all. Those who respect me will know me well enough and will not look down on me because of such an irrelevant incident. Those who want to mock me will still do the same regardless of the incident." 

"Adeline, I live my life for myself and never care about other people's opinions. If there is something I am going to care about, it will be you." 

Adeline looked up in a daze, "So, you are angry because I cut ties with my brother and took revenge on my brother just now? It makes you feel that I have gone too far?" 

"No! On the contrary, I think you've done a good job. I told you before that in terms of family relationships, that is something we can't force through. Adeline, I always mean what I have said. Those things that I've told you before, including the incident that happened today, I truly wanted to support you. That wasn't a facade." 

While Curtis was talking, he was hugging her tighter. 

Sometimes, he really wanted to open up her little head to find out why was she thinking wildly all day long! 

Adeline felt warmth, but then she thought of something again. Her expression changed and became panicked. 

"Then, are you angry because I didn't tell you about my fate that was predicted by the fortune teller before I get married to you?" 

That was a chip on Adeline's shoulder. 

She didn't believe in astrology! 

But since she was a child, her family kept brainwashing her by saying that her astrology test results were bad and that she would bring harm to the family.