My Belittled Husband Is A Billionaire

Themis’ POV

It was already six in the afternoon when I finished all of my business appointments for the day. I thought Winter had already left, but as I reached the company lounge area, I saw her lying on the couch.

I walked towards her. “Winter.”Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

When I removed her sunglasses, that’s when I found out she was actually sleeping.

She really waited for me all day, as she promised. I thought she would get tired and leave me, but she didn’t.

“M-Matthew!” she got up as soon as she saw me. “Are your meetings done already? Please, if you still have meetings to attend, just move them to tomorrow. I’ve been waiting here all day, and all I ate was that chicken sandwich and caramel coffee from the pantry!” she complained to me like a kid. Her hair was already messed up she really look like she has just woken up.

I couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh as I pat her head. “It’s done. We can go home now.”

“Really?!”

“Uh-huh. Shall I treat you to dinner for waiting that long?”

Winter crossed her arms over her chest. “Of course, you should! Imagine making the Goddess Winter Wesley for so long! Just because I like you already means you can take advantage of my feelings.”

I looked around us to see if someone had heard what she just said. Good thing no one did because they were all busy doing their things. I cleared my throat as I nodded my head. “Let’s go.”

In the end, we decided to go to a nearby restaurant to have dinner.

“Is that all that you’re going to eat?” I asked Winter when I noticed how few she ordered for herself.

She nodded her head as she put the napkin on her lap. “I’m having a photoshoot next week. I can’t gain weight.”

“I see. But make sure you don’t starve yourself, too.”

“Oh, so you’re worried about me now?!” she asked teasingly.

“Why did you wait that long instead of going to places you’re curious about?”

She took some of her vegetable salad before responding to me. “Because I went here to be with you. And it would be more boring if I go out alone. Paparazzi might even see me and try to invade my privacy again.”

“Aren’t you afraid that they might see us here?”

“Don’t worry, grandpa already hired some people to watch over us, and make sure no paparazzi would catch us together. And besides, I’m in a disguise. By the way, do you have many appointments tomorrow too?”

“Yes.”

She pouted. “Then I’ll have to wait for you again.”

“You don’t have to wait for me.”

“I’d still wait for you. Then we’d go to that tower people kept on blabbering about. You know what? I heard couples who go there stay longer together.”

I shook my head. “Legends, you believe them?”

“Well, not really. But there’s no wrong about giving it a try.”

“Winter.”

“Yeah, I know, you don’t like me. Who on earth wouldn’t like me? Do you even know how men always say that I am their ideal type? You really are different. You probably have a bad taste when it comes to women.” She hissed.

I didn’t speak and just continue eating while Winter kept on talking.

“Matthew, why don’t you just like me back? I mean, we’re legally married. The only thing that you have to do is to love me back. Then we can already live happily ever after. Am I not beautiful to you? Or maybe there is something you want me to enhance or change? Come on, just tell me.”

“Eat all of that already. For sure, you’re already tired.”

“See? You didn’t answer my question again! Matthew, if I were you, I would grab this once and lifetime chance before someone even tries to take it away from you.”

“Let’s go.”

“Huh? Wait!”

When we finally arrived home, Winter sat on the couch and looked at me. “Ah, I really loved that salad and steak! I think I already gained weight!”

“That’s better than starving yourself. You can just exercise and maintain your weight, anyway.”

“My fans can’t see me getting fat. They will surely hate me if that ever happens.”

“Why would they do that? If they are really your fan, they would accept the real you. Natural changes like that shouldn’t even bother them.”

She shook her head as she stood up. “The most fearful thing in showbiz is change. Everything should always be consistent because even when a small thing changes, it can affect your entire career. Fans always picture us celebrities as gods who are perfect and do nothing wrong. But what they don’t know is that we’re like them, too. We get tired, curse when mad, and become ugly.”

She smiled after saying all those things, but I still could see the sadness in her eyes.

“Don’t you ever get tired of following them? I mean, doing things according to how they expect them to be. Don’t you get tired of all the pretentious?”

“I am so sick of it all. I’m so sick of following the rules of the world. I’m sick of living based on what people expect me to be. I’m sick of being a puppet who can’t even go to a place without getting followed by the paparazzi. But oh well, what can I do? This is the path I have chosen, and my fans are the only people who appreciate everything I do. They are the ones who make me feel likable, even though the truth is, even my own parents despise me.”

I didn’t get to respond immediately. I didn’t know what to say.

I have seen how her parents treated her as if she wasn’t part of their family and I don’t think words are enough for me to comfort her already broken heart.

It’s really weird how celebrities most of the time have a completely different life than what normal people assume.