Florence
'I love you', he woke up on a hoarse shout .
His tormented gaze couldn't meet the eyes glittering with hatred, next to him .
"Safe to assume that it wasn't me causing that wet dream since I am sleeping right next to you, as chaste as your own f****** sister," Mei Zhen snarled at Tang .
He remained mute . It had been a fortnight since they first stepped in Italy . At the beginning of the trip, Tang had been a determined lover . He had ensured that he was paying enough attention both in and out of bed to his new bride . But the haunting image of a pair of teary green eyes, full of reproach kept chasing him .
Maybe it was the recent proximity to Jia Li which was causing this upheaval . He simply couldn't seem to put her out of his head . If he blocked her in the waking hours, she came back with a vengeance in the unguarded late nights . He hadn't had such a vivid dream in years now . Tonight's episode had shaken him to the core and it was all HER fault .
Frustrated by a lack of response, Mei Zhen fumed, "the idea of honeymoon was to take out time to know each other intimately before we go back to our hectic routine lives . There was no space for a third person to come into this . But you have carried her along, not just in your head but also in our bed!"
"I am really sorry . I don't know what's wrong with me . I just need sometime . This whole relationship is too new for me . I promise this won't happen again", he hated to sound so guilty .
"Do not make promises which you can't keep . You think this is the first time that you have screamed out like this? I have been watching this scenario for some days now . Tonight is the first night you woke up post the 'episode' . Maybe now you would know why I started disliking the sex between us post the initial couple of days . Or maybe you didn't bother thinking about it since it was convenient for you . You wouldn't have had to superimpose her face over mine every time…" she trailed off, hurt in her voice .
He didn't know whether to acknowledge the truth of her words or give her false consolation . Either way wasn't fair to her .
"I am sorry…truly sorry . This entire mess is my fault . I thought that I was ready to move ahead in life . You may not believe me but I have tried so hard to give my hundred percent to this relation", he implored .
His admission incensed her further .
"If you have had to try soooo hard to make the honeymoon work, what are the chances of this marriage working? You know what I think? I think you are emotionally unavailable to everyone . No wonder your father confides in me more than he has ever done in you… his words, not mine . Why do you have to behave as if you are the star crossed lover? Failed relationships happen to everyone . Everyone moves on eventually . Why are you still stuck, that too on someone else's wife?" she shouted .
Chapter end
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