THE CEO'S FAKE WIFE

Over And Over Again

"Bea, where are you going?!" shouted Luke who was tired of following Beatrice who didn't just walk randomly without any specific destination. Beatrice snorted, "I never told you to follow me," she replied as she kept walking faster and faster. Her anger towards Luke was still at the top of her lung.

Luke didn't answer, he continued to follow her until they get to a fairly quiet beach. Without looking at him, Beatrice sat on one of the chairs, staring out into the open sea. Hesitantly Luke moved inched closer to her,

"The point is, what is the reason behind your madness? Just explaining it to me, don't ignore me like this, it won't go anywhere if you kept acting like this!" chirped him annoyed.

Beatrice stared at him sharply,

"You really want to know?" she asked without looking at him. "YES!" said Luke impatiently.

Beatrice turned around to look at him, she took a deep breath, looking for an excuse, because actually, she didn't know why she was behaving like that either.

"You are the most arrogant rich person with low empathy that I have ever known in my life, I am angry because you don't know how to respect other people, you don't know how to respect me and my family! If you want our two years to work smoothly, you better start getting rid of your bad attitude!" she chirped fast.

Luke was thinking about debating her but he restrained himself. His family was still in Positano, and if they see any irregularities in their marriage relationship, especially his father, it could be dangerous for him.

So he just stared at Beatrice silently, then nodded,

"Yes, okay fine I'll try my best," said Luke holding back his annoyance.

Beatrice narrowed her eyes, looked at him suspiciously,

"You're not pretending, are you?" she asked, snorting in disbelief.

"What? forget it if you don't believe in me," said Luke, looking away from her.

"I knew it, you love yourself so much that you don't want to hear what other people said about you, you're right, forget it!" said Beatrice then got up from her seat and walked towards the stairs to climb up, Luke just took a deep breath and followed behind her, speechless.

They walked side by side, back to the villa,

"What were you talking about with Matthew?" asked Luke accusingly as if she had just leaked a secret.

"You don't want to know," she replied indifferently.

"Don't believe anything that comes out of his mouth, and don't tell him anything about us!" raved Luke seriously.

Beatrice snorted,

"Do you think I'm stupid! I could keep a secret, unlike you! You told Rebecca everything without considering what might happen after that! Such a stupid person!" said her curtly. Luke clasped his hands together, annoyed.

"Everyone is looking for you!" yelled Luke's mother when she saw Beatrice and Luke enter the villa area. Beatrice smiled, changing the mood on her face a hundred and eighty degrees from annoyed to happy.

"Well, it's good to see you guys together! But what's wrong with your hand?" asked Luke's mother while looking at her right hand which was covered with a bandage.

Beatrice grimaced, "Nothing, l accidentally broke a glass last night and it hurt my palm but it's okay now," she replied with a smile. Luke glanced at her, amazed by the way she changed her mood.

Luke's mother laughed, then walked closer to them.

"The wedding night, were you guys so excited that you broke the glass," she teased, making Beatrice and Luke's faces immediately turn pink.

"Mom, are you going somewhere?" asked Luke, trying so hard to change the subject.

"Dad took everyone to Capri island, that's why we were looking for you, get ready! We'll see you in minutes!"

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After traveling for about 30 minutes using a speed boat, they finally arrived at the beautiful Capri island. Beatrice almost forgot how annoyed Luke was when she saw the view of the island, especially the Grotto Azzurra.

Grotto Azzurra or Blue Grotto is an underwater cave located on the coast of the island of Capri. Grotto Azzurra is famous for its blue glow that emanates from the sea and fills the cave walls which produces an incredibly beautiful view, no wonder people call Grotto Azzurra the most beautiful cave in the world.

During the tour around Grotto Azzurra, Luke's hands never left her. He tried hard to show off in front of all the family, especially his father. He has to convince him that they really were a couple who were in love with each other. While Beatrice was just following his game, she put up a shield in her heart so she wouldn't get carried away by Luke's fake attention towards her.

After the tour around Capri, they stayed in a luxury villa that offers direct views of the beautiful beach.

"Are we going back to the state in anytime soon?" she asked, they were already in the hotel room.

"Yes, I have to take care of transferring the CEO position from my dad to me, you don't mind, do you?" asked him carefully, he didn't want to hear Beatrice rave about him being selfish anymore.

Beatrice stopped typing on her cellphone, the truth was, she still wanted to travel around Europe, but the job transfer business was definitely more important than her desire to travel.

"Nope, I don't mind," she said, at last, making Luke breathe a sigh of relief.

"Can I ask you something?" she asked flatly, her hands were busy typing something on her cellphone, doing her online work.

"Did you literally and clearly tell Rebecca about our contract marriage?" she asked without daring to look at Luke in the eyes, afraid that he could see the worry on her face.

Luke was silent for a moment, then answered firmly, "Yes!" which immediately produced a pang in her heart.

"How could you?!" she snapped, annoyed.

"I trust her!" he defended himself.

"You told me to keep the secret of our contract marriage, but you told her instead?! In detail? Really!" she exclaimed emotionally.

"You also let Leah know about it, do you?!" replied Luke casually, he didn't want to be the one to blame. Beatrice snorted, "It's a different story, Leah is my best friend, I trust her! And she has no any motive that makes her have to reveal our secret to others!" she said as she stood up from her seat.

"What's the difference? I also believe in Rebecca, she also doesn't have any motive that would make her reveal our secret to everyone!" said Luke following Beatrice's words.

"Nonsense! Obviously, she has a motive! She wanted you to marry her! If that fail, she would gladly remove you from your CEO position!" chattered Beatrice getting impatient with Luke's stupidity.

Luke's face reddened in anger,

"Rebecca is not that kind of person! Stop pretending to know about her! And anyway, why are you so busy thinking about me? After all, if it's revealed I'll be the one who would carry the risk, you still gonna get your payment anyway!" his mouth could no longer be controlled.

Beatrice stomped her feet in annoyance,

"Never ever ask me to care about your business! You hear that clearly?!" she said sharply, then grabbed her coat and walked towards the door.

Luke was flabbergasted by her reaction, then he ran to confront her.

"Where are you going?!" asked him blocking the door.

"It's none of your business, step aside!" said her curtly.

"Why are you always leaving every time we have an argument? Come one! Grown up a little bit, " said Luke, he was afraid that Beatrice would do something unusual, like telling everyone about their secret! He shuddered in horror.

"You just promised this morning that you would try to appreciate me but look at you! You're still the same! I wish it's Matthew who married me not you, at least he's kind-hearted..."

Luke took one step forward towards her, but she took one step back. Luke moved even faster, now he had cornered her in front of the sofa which made her couldn't help but sitting on it.

With an unreadable expression, Luke moved his face forward, now they were only five centimeters apart.

"What are you doing!" said Beatrice nervously. Luke still stared at her sharply,

"Say it again that Matthew is better than me!" he whispered right in her ear, making her shudder.

"What? Get out of my way! Yes, he's better than you! He's softer, more mature, more able to respect people!" she babbled right in front of Luke's face.

Luke got closer to her face, making their lips begin to touch, Beatrice's heart was beating fast.

"Get off my way! What are you doing!" she started to get scared, she looked away from him.

Feeling that he had intimidated Beatrice enough, he got up.

"Everyone always compares me to Matthew and it turns out you're just like them! Luckily we only got married so could save your ass!" said Luke sharply and then walked outside leaving Beatrice whose heart was filled with guilt, she knew she shouldn't say that...

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