Thomas has a fucking death wish.

My fingers itched to pull out the gun tucked in my trousers and fucking shoot him.

I know I can't control every aspect of her life and I can't tell her to stay away from all men but that man had the audacity to flirt with her, more like she was flirting with him but I noticed the way his eyes darkened and how they dropped down to her breasts. Asshole.

There's no way I am making any more deals with his company after how he eyed my wife.

I was jealous, enraged and what not. "Don't do that ever again. I was seconds away from throwing him out and then beating the shit out of him."

"You have lost your mind, Calix. I am not yours. Get that inside your head." She is fucking feisty and loves to defy me at every point.

So, when she thought she could escape me, I grabbed her arms and pinned them above her head.

She was, is and will remain mine. And I am going to make sure the whole world knows about it.

So, I dipped my head down and bit down on the skin where her shoulder and neck connected. And her small gasp shot straight to my crotch.

I slowly released her arms and wrapped my arms around her waist instead and her palms rested on my chest as they tried pushing me away but the moment my tongue darted out to lick where I had bitten her, she made no efforts to push me away.

Her neck titled giving me more access to her skin and since I have been dying for a taste of her ever since, I feasted on her neck.

I slowly licked her skin before sucking on it and her fingers slowly curled, clutching my shirt and she let out a soft, breathy moan.

Fuck.

I continued to suck there making sure to leave a dark hickey for the whole world to stare at.

My lips trailed upwards placing hot, open mouthed kisses on her throat and I felt her body relaxing further in my arms.

She felt so good in my arms, like she was made for me.

I pressed my body further into hers and she gasped once again when my hardness dug against her belly.

"Calix." She whimpered as I sucked at the base of her neck, leaving another hickey.

"I don't care how much you hate me but if you are married to me, you will remain faithful." I tightened my grip around her waist and buried my face in the crook of her neck.

I continued, "If I see you flirting with any other man, I am going to fucking kill him and then you have no idea what I will do to you. Your punishment will be different, Althea. So, by all means go on and flirt with another man, provoke me and you will see the dangerous side of me."

And I pressed the gentlest of kiss where my face was buried in her neck and pulled back.

She seemed to snap out of the haze as her eyes widened and cheeks burnt red. "What the fuck did you do?" She ran her fingers over her neck in horror.

With the hickeys on her neck given by me, she looked exquisite. And mine. And the urge to kiss her and claim her took over me and I had to take a step back before I could act on those urges.

I pulled out my phone and opening the front camera, I held it infront of her and her eyes widened even more when she noticed the hickeys on her neck.

My lips twisted up into a smirk and I pocketed my phone. "I marked you, baby. No one will dare eye you in the wrong way."

"What are you? A werewolf?!"

I shrugged. "Whatever it takes to keep those horny fuckers away from you."

"Don't do that ever again!" She seethed.

My hand shot forward and wrapped around her waist and I pulled her closer until she was flushed against my chest. "Your little moans told me that you were fucking loving it." I kept my voice low and husky.

"I--I...I did not!" If possible her cheeks turned even more red.

"Yes, you did, wife. And they were fucking sexy." I kissed the tip of her nose.

For a moment she was lost for words, the anger slowly vanished from her eyes and was replaced by the realisation that she indeed enjoyed that.

"Do you need a reminder? Should I make you moan again?"

The flare in her eyes returned. "Shut up! Like I said, don't do that again. I am so mad at you right now."

"You are always mad at me, I don't see a difference. Now, be a good girl and go back home."

Her lips parted when I called her a good girl before she realised what was happening and started to struggle in my hold. "I am not a good girl, don't call me that."

"Do you want to be bad? Do you want to bear the consequences of being a bad girl, baby?"

"You are sick, Calix! Go get yourself checked!"

"Okay, I will make sure to bring you along for the checkup."

Whatever she was about to say she didn't instead she slapped her palm over her mouth, staring at me with wide eyes. "Oh my God!"

I frowned. "What?"

"Mason and Adrian are right outside this door, what if they heard everything?"

"My office is soundproof, they can't hear anything."

She visibly relaxed and mumbled, "Thank God."

Then she fixed me with a heated glare. "Why is your office soundproof? Do you fuck women in here?" And she made a disgusted face.

I bit my lips to stop myself from smiling. "Is that jealousy, Mrs Andrews?"

"Over you? Never in a million years! But I am just making sure if you are faithful to me or not as you demand me to be." She snapped.

My hand cupped her cheek, caressing it with my thumb. "Relax, baby. I have been celibate for...seven years."

Her eyes narrowed. "You are joking."

"I am not. The only woman I have ever been with was my first girlfriend after her, I never touched any woman."

"Why? Did you fall in love with her?" She said she wasn't jealous but fuck, she was. She looked so cute asking those questions.

"Nah. I am waiting for you." And I pressed a lingering kiss to her rosy cheek.

When I pulled back, her features had softened and she spoke in a gentle tone, "You are kidding."

I shook my head. "No. If you hadn't forced me to get myself a girlfriend, I would have been a virgin till now."

"No. You are lying, there's no way I am going to believe that you were ready to remain a virgin for me. Why are you so obsessed with me?"

"Honestly, I don't fucking know, Althea. And it's maddening but at the same time so fucking addicting. And I will keep waiting for you."

"Then keep waiting forever." Her features hardened once again. "Now, let me go. And get yourself checked."

I loosened my hold and she stepped back and having fixed her hair she opened the door and walked out and I followed behind her.

"Adrian, please take her home."

Adrian nodded curtly and Althea flung a look at me over her shoulder and showed me her middle finger before following Adrian to the elevator.

I waved at her as the elevator doors started to close. "Buh-bye! I'll see you at home, baby."

In response she once again showed me her middle finger as the doors finally closed and I heard a small gasp coming from Mason.

I turned to him and raised my brow. "Any problem?"

He shook his head frantically. "No, sir."

"Not a word to anyone." I warned him before stalking back inside my office.

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I was late than usual when I reached home later that evening. There was too much work at the office today and I was fucking tired and all I wanted to do was to sleep peacefully with my wife in my arms.

But I guess I won't be lucky enough to convince her to cuddle with me. I sometimes pull her closer in the middle of the night, when she is asleep cause she is a deep sleeper and she doesn't wake up.

Sighing, I walked inside my house but stopped abruptly when I noticed Althea and Austin sitting on the couch, a little too close for my liking and they were laughing over something.

Fuck. Why can't I ever make her laugh like that? Her wholehearted laugh made my heart clench. It was so freaking beautiful.

"What are you doing here?" I snapped at Austin gaining their attentions as they both stopped laughing and turned to look at me and Althea rolled her eyes.

"Hello to you too, brother. How are you?" Austin spoke.

I walked further inside and removing my suit jacket dumped it on the other couch. "What are you doing here, Austin?"

He picked the bunch of files from the coffee table. "Dad sent these. And no, he didn't have their soft copies or he would have mailed you."

"I see, thanks. But why are you still here?"

He glanced at Althea and smiled softly before looking at me again. "Well...your wife was getting bored so I decided to give her some company."

I started to roll my sleeves upto my elbows. "You can leave now, I'm here."

I was already in a bad mood and Austin knew it, he knows not to mess with me when I am pissed off so he got up without any arguments but then he leaned down and brushed his lips against her cheek. "Goodbye, Thea. I'll see you soon."

My palms curled into fists and for the first time in my life, I wanted to punch my brother. I love him but he doesn't have the right to kiss my wife.

Althea smiled at him. "Goodbye, Austin."

I scowled at him as he made his way to me but before leaving he questioned. "What's the point in marrying her when you were going to leave her alone anyway...?"

My fingers itched to grab his collar. "So that the whole world knows that she is my fucking wife and if anyone touches her, I will fucking kill them."

For a second his eyes widened before he masked his expressions and rolling his eyes, he went away. Fucking finally.

Althea was watching everything carefully and after Austin left and my gaze slid to her, she got up.

I inhaled deeply to calm myself. "Did you have dinner?"

She didn't answer my question, instead she spoke, "You can't possibly kill someone."

I didn't hesitate to say, "For you, yes."

She shot me a glare before looking down so I placed my index finger under her chin and lifted her face. "Now, did you have dinner, Al?"

"I...made chicken schnitzel..."

"That's not what I asked. Did you have dinner yet, baby?"

She chewed on her lips. "No."

"It's late." I cocked my head. "Were you waiting for me?"

"It's not very fun to have dinner all alone in this huge ass house. And from next time, come home early." And she walked past me and into the kitchen.

My lips curled up in a smile and my heart skipped a beat. She waited for me and she called this home.

Yup. I am coming home early from tomorrow. Work can go fuck itself.