Bargain Bride: The Billionaire’s Forced Wife

AS GIVEN BY THE DOCTOR, Ezio undergoes a speech and physical therapy. It was done to make him recover faster from coma.

Results are already seen as days passed by, which made the doctor shocked and glad of his condition. On the first day, Ezio had difficulties even in moving one finger. He also cannot make noises, even a small one.

On the second day, Ezio can now move his fingers and toe nails, which made Chiara burst to tears. It was just a small improvement but it means a lot. The next days were more vigorous but just enough for his condition.

Days passed and Ezio can now sit by myself, move his head as well as his arms. The only downside is that he stil cannot speak. He can make small noises, but not even blabber a word.

It was morning and Chiara was helping Ezio eat. It was suggested by the doctor to let her husband hold the utensils and feed himself. That way, he is still under therapy even without the therapist’s supervision.

“Wrap your fingers around the spoon,” Chiara spoke gently to her husband while watching him move slowly. She was very patient even if he moves very slow.

At last, Ezio held the spoon on his right hand. His wife motioned the plate with sunny side up egg. “Go on. Cut a portion of the egg.”

Ezio moved his hand slowly towards the egg sigting on the plate. The spoon made a contact to the yolk, and slowly, Ezio pushed it down. The force was not enough to cut the crisp part underneath the egg, but as long as Ezio successfully cut a part, it was enough for Chiara.

“That’s right, ” she spoke. “You’re doing well, tesoro. Now, try to scoop that portion and eat it.”

Ezio had difficulties scooping the egg. It kept on moving away from him whenever he tried go scoop it. Chiara can see the frustration in Ezio’s face and she even heard him grumble while trying to scoop the egg for the nth time.Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

“It’s okay,” she gently spoke to him while massaging his bicep. “Just keep on trying. You can do it.”

After several trial, Ezio finally scooped the portion of the egg. Then slowly, he put the spoon in his mouth with his shaky hand, and savored the taste of the sunny side up egg made by Chiara.

The wife clapped her hands with her eyes beaming at her husband. “That’s great! Let’s just do this everytime and I’m sure it will be easier for you.”

Minutes passed before the finished eating. Like the other days, Chiara exposed her husband to the sun. The only difference is that Ezio is not in a wheelchair this time.

Chiara, with the help of her father Fabio, guided Ezio outside. One arm of Ezio is hanging in Chiara’s shoulder, while the other one is on Fabio. Slowly, they were helping him move his feet, imitating a walking person.

It took them a lot of minutes before they reached the bench where they usually rest. “Thank you, dad,” she spoke to her father who just nodded at her before going back inside the safe house.

Chiara sat beside her husband while wiping the sweat on her forehead. She rested her head on her husband’s shoulder, and the latter slowly reached for her hand, before squeezing it.

“I want to tell you what happened while you were asleep, ” she looked up at her husband who is also looking back at her. “But let’s just have that when you are fully recovered. A lot of things happened and I’m sure we can talk better about it once you are fully healed.”

Ezio blinked twice to her statement, a symbol that he agreed go it. Seeing his response, Chiara smiled. Ezio’s blinking has been their way of communication since then.

“I was thinking of making you type your voice, but it might affect your speech therapy, ” she stated. “I’ll just wait until you can speak again.”

The two bathe themselves under the shine of the sun. No one talked. They just listened to the sound of nature. The presence of each other is enough ti comfort them.

“I have to go to the office later,” Chiara said. It will be the first day she will go to the office and do company tasks after Ezio woke up. “We will have a meeting about the construction of new branch of Luminosa in Spain.”

She received a report that the agreement was conducted on the day Ezio left for Dubai. It was postponed since then, and the investors are already looking for the updates on progress.

“I have to tell you something,” she pouted at her husband. “I didn’t tell anyone about your condition then, only the trusted ones. When peoe started to look for you, I had fo resort for something.”

Ezio cocked his head to the side, confused on what she’s saying. Chiara find this movement cute and funny.

“Well, I asked your assistant Victor to pretend to be you,” Ezio was about to make noise when Chiara spoke again. “Before you react, he just pretended to be you in front of other people. It’s just once or twice a week. Don’t worry because he is just pretending and we don’t do any other stuffs.”

After hearing that, Ezio looked away from Chiara, who earned a chuckle from thr latter. She playfully hugged him from the side while planting kisses on his jaw.

From her perspective, she saw Ezio smiling like crazy. “Don’t sulk, tesoro, ” she said at him before hugging him tighter.

Chiara was playing lovingly with her husband when someone suddenly shouted.

“Ezio, my friend!”

When they look behind them, they saw Dante who is on all smiles with his arms in the air, as if he was going to give a hug. He ran towards them and before Chiara knew it, Dante lunged himself to Ezio, hugging her husband.

“Hey!” she slapped Dante’s arms away from Ezio. “Be careful! Do not squeeze my husband!”

But Dante didn’t even budge. He kept on hugging his friend while teasing him. “My sugar daddy is now awake. I’m so happy, ” he spoke while drying the invisible and fake tears of him.

“That’s my husband!” Chiara spoke, possessiveness dominating her body. She punched Dante on the face before forcefully removing his arms that are linking against her husband.

“Ouch!” Dante exclaimed while touching the part that Chiara punched. “Why did you punch me?”

“I told you to stop hugging my husband,” she replied with her hands on her hips. “I’m the only one allowed to do that.”

Dante gave a cocky smile, enjoying himself while teasing Chiara and Ezio at the same time. “Possessive, I see. But I really miss my sugar daddy. I can’t help it.”

Chiara’s ears turned red. “He’s not your sugar daddy! Stop calling my husband like that.”

“But he gives me money, ” he replied while trying to hug Ezio again, which Chiara stopped by hugging her husband first.

“In exchange of information, duh!” Chiara rolled her eyes. “Go away! Don’t disturb us.”

Dante laughed at the sight of the two. The wife was just glaring at him. It took him a minute to compose himself.

“Signora, you can’t make me go home. You called for me, remember?” he spoke with confidence. “I’ll be Ezio’s babysitter for today while you go to work.”

He opened his phone and showed Chiara the screen. “And there’s only half an hour before your meeting starts, signora.”

“Oh my god!” she exclaimed before turning to her husband. “I need to go to the office as soon as possible. Will you be fine here with Dante?”

Although Ezio doesn’t really wanted to be alone with his best friend, he doesn’t have a choice but to let Chiara work. It is more important, after all. He blinked twice and nodded slowly as a response.

“Thank you, tesoro, ” she gave him a kiss on the lips. “I’ll be back as soon as we finished the meeting. Take care, okay? Te amo.”

The moment only the two men were left, Dante’s lips turned into a grin. His mind is already creating ideas on how to tease his best friend while he can’t fight back. Just thinking of it makes him excited.

On the other hand, Ezio started to regret letting this man alone with him. He is sure that Dante will tease him to the highest level. He made a note to himself to have his revenge once he recovered.

THE MEETING ABOUT the new branch of Luminosa in Spain finished early. Chiara was actually shocked that they finished within a hour.

Ezio’s investors, and friends too as per Luigi’s report, were very easy and comfortable to work with. They have various linking ideas that sounds good to her, and it made the decision making easier.

“Now that the building and construction permits are done, as well as the other paper work, we can start on building the new branch, ” Chiara spoke to the other attendees. “We will send updates as soon as we have progress. Rest assured that the construction will start within this month.”

Victor, who was under the disguise of Ezio, is sitting beside Chiara, making himself busy by reading the paperworks that wete submitted to Chiara. He cannot have contribution to the meeting aside from nodding to Chiara when he was asked.

It made his friends, the attendees of the meeting, confused on his actions. Even if Chiara told them that her husband was easily exhausted, they still have some doubts.

However, no one dared to question them.

When the meeting ended, the attendees bid their goodbye one by one. The last person to leave the meeting room is Kelleon Gonzales. He is one of her husband’s closest friends, aside from Dante. The two knew each other since their teenage years.

Before Kelleon stepped outside the room, he looked back to Chiara. “I know that Ezio,” he pointed subtly to Victor who is sitting in his chair. “is fake.”

Chiara’s eyes widened for a little bit upon hearing his statement. But she was able to compose herself. She didn’t foresee that another person can see through their plan.

Before she could respond, Kelleon spoke. “I’m on your side. No word will come from me, ” he gave a formal smile. “I just hope that my friend is in good hands.”

Hearing that madd Chiara feel relieved. Before Kelleon could leave, she answered. “Don’t worry. My husband is doing fine.”