Chapter 522 Welcome Home

"Where are you coming from?" Adam asked when Bernice walked into the house late that night.

Bernice looked at her husband, taken aback by his question, "Me?" she asked as she looked behind her wondering who he was talking to.

"Do you see anyone else behind you?" Adam asked in annoyance.

"Well, you can't blame me for being surprised by your question since you mostly ignore me and act like I don't exist," Bernice said, but Adam's gaze remained cold.

"That doesn't answer my question. Where are you coming from by this time of the night when you left the house all morning?"

Bernice glanced at her wristwatch. It was just five minutes past eight, "It's not that late. Besides, I didn't realize I'm a prisoner in my house...."

"Make no mistake, Bernice. This is not your house. It is mine. Now you're either going to tell me where you're coming from by this time of the night, or you're going to return there to pass the night."

"Adam, it's bad enough that you don't treat me like your wife. I'm gradually coming to terms with it, and that's fine by me. I won't check your phone or pry into your business anymore. But I will appreciate it if you let me be! I don't question you when you go out and return late or not even come back home some times. So why do you have a problem with my movement? It's not like you love or care about me!"

"Are you having an affair?" Adam asked suspiciously.

"An affair? You must think everyone is irresponsible like you are!"

Adam balled his hands into a fist, and Bernice's gaze followed the movement, "What? Do you want to hit me again?" she asked with a shake of her head.

"I'm going to ask you one last time. Where are you coming from?"

"Well, if you must know, I spent the day with my mother and sisters...."

"The entire day?" Adam asked, since he had been with Rebekah some hours ago.

"Yes. I told you my mother wanted us to have breakfast with her, and we spent the rest of the day shopping," Bernice said as she raised the shopping bags she was carrying for him to see.

"Do you want to also see what we bought?" she asked sarcastically.

"And you mean to tell me you just left your mother and sisters now?" Adam asked calmly as he watched her.

Bernice opened her mouth to say yes, but paused when it occurred to her that if her mother and Adam truly had something going between them, then it was possible that Adam would have spoken with her mother and he would know her mother had left on time.

"Not exactly. Mother left first to take care of something, and then I had to leave Tiffany and Anita later to meet with a friend..."

"I never knew you had friends," Adam cut in.

"There is a lot you obviously don't know. Well, I invited my family over for lunch tomorrow. I hope you will make yourself available," Bernice said, changing the subject since she didn't want him to ask her any more questions about who her 'friend' was.

Adam tried to act like he had not heard of the lunch from Rebekah already, "Don't you think you should have informed me first before inviting them over?"

Bernice sighed, "You are right. I should have. It's just that I missed them so much and wanted to spend some time with them. And the boys have missed them too so I invited them over without thinking. I'm sorry," Bernice said, and Adam looked at her for a moment wondering what she was up to.

"You must not stay out this long anymore. We both can't be absent from the kids," Adam said before turning around and walking away.

Once he left, Bernice heaved a deep sigh of relief. She had not planned on staying out this late. After leaving her sisters she had first left to purchase spy cameras for the house since she would need evidence if she was going to divorce her husband for cheating with her mother.

After doing that she had gone out to meet with a caterer that would take care of their lunch the next day and from there she met up with Jackson as planned to let him know she didn't want to continue with their affair anymore, but she had somehow ended up in bed with him again. She had no idea how she had let him seduce her into sleeping with him once again.

Seeing that Adam had disappeared into his bedroom, Bernice quickly looked around the living room for spots where she could hide cameras unnoticed and planted them there before going to the kitchen and then the guestroom to do the same.

She settled on these spots because they were the only places she expected her mother to go into. She knew her mother could go into the guest room to use the restroom or touch up her makeup as she liked to do.

Cameras picked up subtle gestures that the people failed to notice unless they had a second look, so she needed to see if she would detect any sort of weird behavior between her husband and mother.

She had made up her mind that the moment she confirmed her suspicion, she was going to file for a divorce and she was going to take as much as she could get from him. She was done with this sham of a marriage.

Once she was done she packed the rest of her stuff to her bedroom and prepared to retire for the night.

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By the time Adolf drove Tom and Bryan into Tom's compound, it was past 11 pm and almost everyone had settled in their bedrooms, apart from Jade, Sonia, and Candace who were in Jade's bedroom chatting.

Sonia being her restless self had been unable stay still long enough to wait for Bryan in his bedroom, especially not when she wanted to hear all about the progress between Harry and Jade. So she had decided to stay with Jade until Bryan's return.

Lucy on the other hand had opted out of the girls hang-out. She had spent little time talking with her parents before leaving them to return to Tom's bedroom to wait for him until he got back since she had promised to give him the whole of her evening and the next day.

While waiting, she had joined Samantha in the kitchen so they could prepare something for her and Tom to eat when he gets back. They made sure to package the food in a way that it would still be hot by whatever time he got back that night.

Once she was done with that and had it set up on the table in his bedroom, she let a bottle of white wine chill in a bucket of ice on the table at the balcony where two glasses were seated.

After she got those out of the way, she shaved, washed her hair, soaked herself in a warm and scented bath to relax her mind and body.

Settling for something sexy to wear had been a challenge at first, but after trying for some time, she decided to settle for her birthday suit.

What could be more sexy than lying on the bed naked with her hair down? Tom was going to love her and want her regardless of what she was wearing so there was no need to make so much fuss.

Having made up her mind she lit some scented candles in the bedroom and turned off the light bulbs before pouring some wine for herself since she needed to loosen up a bit from the tension of the week and the day.

As the alcohol relaxed her body, she dropped the glass on the table and lay on the bed face up with her legs spread out and her hair sprawled over the pillow.

That was exactly the sight that greeted Tom when he walked into his bedroom, and once Lucy heard the door open she sat up.

"How is a man supposed to stay mad when he is greeted by such a sight?" Tom asked in a husky voice as he shut the door behind him while Lucy rose from the bed.

"Not staying mad is the point," Lucy said with a lazy smile as she approached him slowly.

"Welcome home, Ace," she said as she looked at him, while his eyes moved over her body.

He looked up at her when she stopped in front of him, "Did I keep you waiting for long?" he asked as she embraced him.

"I'm alright. You must be exhausted," she said as she pulled away and reached for his tie, but before she could remove it, Tom grabbed her waist and pulled her to himself as he kissed her.

"Thanks for waiting up. I'm no longer mad at you," Tom said as he pulled away from her and Lucy smiled.

"I know I owe you an explanation. I will do so after you shower and have dinner...."

"Or maybe I could have you first, and then we can shower together, and then you can tell me all about your day while we have dinner, and then we can continue," Tom said as he ran his fingers down her body, and Lucy giggled as her body tingled in the places he touched.

"I don't know," she said in a cracked voice and cleared her throat, "Aren't you too tired for that?" she asked with a coy smile as she played with his tie.

"You thought I would be too tired yet you set these up and dressed this way?" he asked as he brushed his thumb over her nipple and immediately her sensitive nipples hardened.

"Even these beautiful buds don't agree with you," Tom said with a grin.

"It's the cold they're responding to," Lucy said and Tom raised a brow.

"Oh, is it?" Tom asked as he tweaked her nipples and a soft moan escaped her lips.

"That's what I thought too. Let's get you hot," Tom said as he pulled her back to himself and this time there was nothing soft about the kiss.