Accidentally Married

Ethan insisted that they had a couple of drinks to celebrate their honeymoon and the contract signing. Xavier tried to let him know that the reason he did not want to drink was because he drove.

Ethan got a driver to take them home and only released them to go when they were all very drunk.

“You are drunk,” Jessica said pushing Xavier aside as he fiddled with the key. “This is something easy How can you not know how to do it” she said in between hiccups.

“I can do it” Xavier slurred as he blinked.

He slapped himself across the face to keep himself awake. “Stop that, it hurts,” Jessica said grabbing his hand as she threw the key across the lawn.

“Stop it?” Xavier hiccuped and moved back and forth. “The door” he pointed at the door as a giggle left his mount.

“Oh,” she said as she tried to slowly climb down the stairs to the lawn. “Xavier light,” she said as if she was commanding someone.

Xavier bowed his head and came to stand beside her. He bent down and began to search for the keys with her.

“Found it” Jessica yelled in joy as both their hands went to the key at the same time.

“What?” Xavier giggled as he held her hand.

“You,” Jessica said pointing to him in the face. “Why do you treat me like this?” she asked tears falling from her eyes.

“Are you crying?” he slurred as his eyes closed and opened multiple times.

“Yes”

“Why?” Xavier asked with a sigh.

“A jerk made me cry,” she said as she could not control the heavy sob that followed.

“Who is that jerk?” Xavier asked squeezing her hand. How dare they make her cry? He was going to teach them a lesson for their actions.

“You” she pointed to his face.

“Me?” he asked in amusement. Could he beat himself up for making her cry? “What did I do?” he asked sitting on the ground, her hands still in his.

She copied him and sat too while full on in a sob. “I thought we were getting close already and becoming friends but you recoiled when I touched you at Ethan’s house. Am I not supposed to touch you?” she cried out.

He tried to place her words with the scenario in his mind. “I did that because I was startled,” he said going to her face to wipe her tears.

“Stop it,” she said slapping his hand away from her face. “You are just mean and I should not have married you. And why do you keep doing that? Giving me mixed emotions all over the place” she sobbed.

“Do you like me?” she asked out of the blue.

Xavier blinked and looked away. How could he say he liked her when he did not even understand his feelings? He did not know what he felt for her but seeing her cry caused him a kind of indescribable pain that he hated.

“I think I like you” she sniffled as he got closer to him. She closed her eyes and fell on his chest. “I like you” she murmured.

“Oh my god, my head” Jessica groaned as she sat up on the bed. She looked around the room and her eyes fell on Xavier who was standing shirtless in the kitchen with his back to her.

He was rummaging through the refrigerator. She cleared her throat and tried to stand up. She felt a wave of shock pulsate through her system as her leg touched the ground.

“I do badly at drinking so why do I drink” she asked herself as she slipped her legs into the house slippers.

She walked to the kitchen and stood beside him “Can I have a bottle of water too?” she asked closing her eyes.

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“Are you fine?” she asked as she went to sit on the kitchen island.

“What?” He asked closing the fridge and turning to her.

“You’ve been standing there” She pointed to the refrigerator and then gulped down half of the bottle of water.

“I needed something to relieve hangover, apparently there is nothing worthy of doing the job there” he sighed coming to stand in front of her. The only thing separating them was the island.

She shifted uncomfortably and cleared her throat. She tried her best to avoid her eyes falling on his chest.

“I would appreciate it if you could put on some clothes,” she said her eyes fixated on the island in front of her.

“Are you uncomfortable?” Xavier teased as the corners of his mouth went up in a smirk.

“Partly yes and also I do not think you would want to catch a cold. It seems quite chilly here” she said diverting her eyes to the window.

Xavier walked to the room picked out a shirt from the suitcase and put it on. “Was that concern for my health I heard?”

“Well if you fall ill I would be the one to take care of you and I do not have time to do that. I need to set up the restaurant by the end of next month” she told him.

“Sheesh” Xavier commented and came back to the kitchen.

“What can we have to cure the hangover? I feel like my head is about to run away from my neck” Jessica exclaimed.

“We have nothing there, Maybe we can order something?” he asked as he took his phone from the counter and searched for good hangover places nearby that deliver.

“Yes please do” Jessica groaned as her hand went to her head.

Suddenly she remembered the interactions of yesterday. How she cried before him and fell into his hands. How she also puked on him for the second time.

“Oh shit” she screamed startling Xavier who was on the phone giving out his order to the restaurant.

He raised his eyebrow at her and she shook her head. Was she to pretend that she did not remember what happened yesterday? This was the second time she puked all over him and acted drunk in his presence.

She even cried this time around. She studied him, he was also drunk yesterday. Did he not remember or was he pretending not to? She sighed and dropped her head to the table.

“Why me?” she cried out raising and dropping her head to the table.

“Stop it,” he said his hand stopping her head before it could fall back to the island.

Her eyes turned to him and her heart skipped a beat.

“Why are you doing this to yourself?”