Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic) novel Chapter 21

Chapter 021

JULIAN

I could not believe my eyes.

Standing on that stage, under those lights, was my wife. My Celeste. Dressed like she was going to a whore’s ball instead of a charity gala. That red dress barely covered her breasts. The slit went all the way up to her thigh. Every man in that room was looking at her. I saw their eyes. I saw the way they devoured her with their gazes.

And she was smiling. She was lapping it up.

I tried to get to her. I pushed through the crowd, but those bodyguards blocked my path like I was nobody. Like I was just another face in the crowd. I was her husband. I had every right to be on that stage with her.

But she was gone before I could reach her. Disappeared like smoke.

I searched everywhere. I called her phone. Straight to voicemail. I sent messages. Where are you? Are you okay? Please call me. Nothing. I paid the hotel staff to look for her. I checked the security footage myself. The cameras showed her walking on stage. After that, nothing. Like she had vanished into thin air.

I went home. I waited. She was not there.

Seraphine kept calling me. Over and over. I ignored each call. That cheap whore could wait. I had bigger problems. My wife was missing. My wife was out there somewhere in that indecent dress, and I had no

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I sat in the living room until almost one in the morning. The house was empty. Silent. I kept replaying the image of her on that stage. The way the red fabric clung to her curves. The way her hips swayed when she walked. The way every man in that room wanted her.

How dare she dress like that? How dare she leave the house looking like a common slut? I was her husband. I deserved respect. I deserved a wife who knew her place. Not a woman who paraded herself in front of other men like she was available.

I was so angry I could not stay in that house anymore. I drove to a hotel. I ordered three women to come to my room.

They arrived within the hour. Young. Pretty. Eager. They took off their clothes. They offered themselves to me. They asked what I wanted.

I looked at them and saw nothing.

I kept thinking about Celeste. About the way she kissed me goodbye. About the red dress. About where she was. About who she was with.

I could not touch them. I could not even look at them. I paid them and told them to leave. They looked confused. I did not care. I just wanted to be alone.

I went back home in the morning. I told myself I would ignore Celeste. I would teach her a lesson. I would make her feel the same worry she had put me through.

But she was still not there.

The bed was made. The house was empty. No message. No call. Nothing. Like she had disappeared from the face of the earth.

The men I left at the hotel called. They said they searched all night. All morning. No sign of her anywhere. It was like she had walked on that stage and ceased to exist.

I could not focus on work. I came home early. I sat in the living room and waited. I sent her loving messages. I miss you, baby. Please call me when you get this. I am so worried about you. You are the love of my life.

No answer.

I told myself if she did not come home tonight, I would call her family. I would involve the police. I would tear this city apart until I found her.

The hours passed. The sun went down. I was starving. I had not eaten all day because I was too worried. But I could not bring myself to eat. I just sat there, staring at the door.

Then the doorbell rang.

My heart jumped. It had to be her. She had the key, but maybe she forgot it. Maybe she wanted to surprise me. I rushed to the door and pulled it open.

It was Seraphine.

The anger hit me like a wave. “What are you doing here?”

She smiled that fake smile. “I came to see Celeste. Is she home?”

“Why would she be home? Why are you so sure she is here?”

She shrugged. “I saw her today. At Veil Holdings. She was in the building. I called her name but she ignored me. I thought she would come home after that.”

She saw her. My wife was at Veil Holdings. My wife was walking around that building while I was at home starving myself with worry. My wife was out there doing God knows what while I was losing my mind.

I let Seraphine in. “What was Celeste doing at Veil Holdings? Why was she at your husband’s company?”

Her husband. The chairman. The man who had just given my wife five billion dollars for her lab. The lab I told her not to pursue. The lab I warned her would take her away from me.

“I have not spoken to Dominic since yesterday,” Seraphine admitted. “That is why I came. I wanted to ask

Celeste what was going on.”

We sat down. We waited. The silence was unbearable.

After a while I looked at her. She was wearing a tight dress. Her legs were crossed. Her makeup was heavy. She looked like she was ready for something.

“While we wait,” I told her, “we could have some fun.”

She frowned. “What do you mean?”

“Come here and suck my cock.”

She laughed. “I am not in the mood, Julian.”

“I will pay you.”

She’ scoffed. “My husband is a billionaire now. He can give me any amount of money I want. If I am going to suck a cock, it will be a billionaire’s cock. Not yours.”

I chuckled. “I wonder what your billionaire husband would say if he saw a video of his wife getting fucked by another man.”

She froze. Her face went pale. “You are bluffing.”

I took out my phone. I scrolled through it slowly. “There were cameras all over that resort room. I could send a video to your husband right now.”

“If you do that,” she said carefully, “your wife finds out you are cheating too.”

I shrugged. “That is not a big deal. I will always find a way to beg my wife. She loves me too much. She

cannot live without me.”

She turned her face away. Her jaw was tight. Her hands were shaking.

I moved my thumb toward the screen. “Blame yourself.”

“Wait.” Her hand shot out and grabbed my wrist. Her eyes were wide with panic.

I smiled and set the phone down.

There was no video, of course. I would never make a video that could reach my wife. I could not imagine my life without Celeste. She was perfect. She was everything I wanted in a wife. Beautiful. Loyal. Devoted.

But Seraphine did not need to know that.

She knelt down between my legs. She unzipped my pants. She took my cock in her mouth and began to suck

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