Captive By Desire, A Love We Can't Deny-Chapter 102: Scammer!

The next day...

Edison waited for any signs that the love potion was working on his wife, but Naomi didn’t show affection towards him. He was deeply puzzled because the seller told him that just a few drops mixed into a woman’s drink would produce a telltale sign that it was going to work.

But as every second passes, nothing significant happens.

Naomi noticed that her husband was staring at her face as if waiting for something to happen. She raised a brow. Why is he acting weird this morning? "Why are you looking at me like that? Do you have something to say to me?" she asked. "Aren’t you going to report to your office today?"

"Nothing." Edison shook his head. Ah, maybe tonight the results will show. He left the mattress and started his day by going to the bathroom to answer the call of nature.

Half an hour later, the couple can be seen leaving their bedroom together and heading downstairs to have breakfast with the rest of the family in the dining room.

After breakfast, Edison left the mansion, heading for work.

Naomi went back to her bedroom to do some cleaning around the room. She was humming a song while dusting the furniture and sweeping the floor. She feels good nowadays because Deborah is finally willing to divorce her beloved Alpha Maxwell. He’s finally free!

After his divorce is finalized, she will begin her own divorce proceedings with her husband Edison.

She knew Edison would not give her freedom so easily. But she doesn’t want to torture herself about that issue every single day. She still has enough time to think of an effective method that can make Edison drop her like a potato.

Well?

She might utilize the power of the internet and search for many ways to make her husband divorce her. Much better if he cooperates easily, she can finally become a single woman again.

While busy cleaning her room, her phone beeped. She has received a message from her beloved Alpha Maxwell, greeting her good morning, wishing her a great day. He sent her a picture of him holding their son baby Jacob in his lap.

The lovely photo made her heart leap with happiness. She smiled brightly and responded with thank you and I love you.

After reading his sweet reply to her short message, she resumed cleaning her room.

After cleaning her room she helps her stepmother in the kitchen, preparing food for lunch.

After lunch was over, Naomi watched TV, then took an afternoon nap afterwards.

Time flew by so fast. The day turned into night.

That evening Naomi’s husband and father arrived home early and they had dinner in the dining room.

After dinner, when the couple had already gone to their room, Naomi noticed that Edison kept looking at her. She ignored him and went to the bathroom to take a quick shower.

While she was having a shower in the bathroom, Edison poured another love potion liquid into Naomi’s water bottle. He only had one remaining bottle left. If he finished mixing all the love potion into her drink and nothing happened, that only means one thing: The love potion was fake, the seller deliberately scammed him!

Annoyed by the possibility that he had been scammed, he left the bedroom and exited the house. He went to the garden, sat on the concrete bench and lit a cigarette, trying to calm his turbulent emotions.

After finishing three cigarettes, he finally left the garden and returned to the house to retire for the night. When he arrived in the room, Naomi was already lying on the bed, scrolling non-stop on her phone.

He went to the bathroom and brushed his teeth. After brushing his teeth, he gets ready to sleep, setting the mattress, pillows and blankets on the floor.

He didn’t close his eyes, he kept staring at his wife. His wife didn’t glance at him even for a few seconds. She kept snubbing him, giving him the cold shoulder. No indication that the love potion is working whatsoever.

He sighed inwardly with desperation and frustration.

One more bottle to go!

Furious that the love potion seemed not to be working, he turned around and faced the wall, trying hard to control the feeling of anger growing in his heart.

His wife had already fallen asleep on the bed while he was still wide awake at 10:30 in the evening.

At 11:00, he finally fell into a deep sleep.

...

The following day, Edison performed the same routine every morning, waking up, eating breakfast and going to his office to work.

Naomi remained a housewife, doing house chores to keep herself busy.

Time went by.

That night, after arriving home, Edison decided to use the last bottle. He was ready to accept failure, but there’s still a tiny hope left in his heart. He was hoping that after the last bottle was used the love potion would finally take effect.

He dared not inform the seller that he was already doubting the authenticity of the love potion, fearing that the seller would flee before he could take back his money. He paid a big amount of money to buy the love potion. He needs to take his money back!

Edison slept that night with a troubled heart, unable to use the last bottle of love potion because there was no time to do so.

The following day, Naomi still treats him the same, nothing special.

The whole day passed like a blur.

Evening has finally come.

After arriving home and eating dinner with his wife and family, Edison was getting ready to use the last bottle of love potion tonight.

He waited for his wife to enter the bathroom, with the bottle already in the pocket of his shorts. The moment Naomi entered the bathroom, he quickly went to the bedside table, opened Naomi’s water bottle and emptied the love potion into the water and shook the bottle a bit. Done, he went to the sofa and watched TV.

After his wife exited the bathroom, he proceeded to brush his teeth.

One hour later, he saw his wife drinking from her bottle. He waited for what she is going to do next. Maybe this time she’s going to seduce him.

But to his dismay, his wife lay down on the bed, getting ready to sleep.

After half an hour of waiting, Naomi fell asleep to Edison’s annoyance.

Damn, he got scammed!

Time to get his money back!

...

One week later.

The love potion had no effect on Naomi. It was fake and Edison was determined to get his money back.

Edison messaged the seller informing him that he wanted to purchase three more bottles of the love potion because his cousin was interested in buying the potion because of its effectiveness.

The seller agreed to a meet-up.

They agreed to meet at the seller’s residence the following day, at 7:00 p.m.

That night, before going to sleep, Edison spoke to his wife. "I’m going to my parents’ house to pay them a visit. I’ll have dinner with them and catch up with everyone."

"OK. Give them my regards," Naomi said.

"Do you want to come with me?" He offered.

Naomi shakes her head. "No. Some other time."

"OK," he murmured sadly. His wife really didn’t care about his feelings at all. In her eyes, he was a parasite. She can’t bring herself to fall in love with him again.

Their marriage was a sham. It’s all his fault. He forced her to marry him.

That night, he fell asleep with a broken heart.

The following day, Edison interacted pleasantly with his wife that morning before he went to work.

In the evening, after leaving his office, Edison went home to chat with his parents and picked up his gun with a silencer from his bedroom. He put the weapon in his backpack, then bid his family goodbye, telling them he would go home to his wife.

Edison proceeded to the seller’s house located on the outskirts of the city.

When he arrived there, Edgar, the seller, was waiting for him outside the brick bungalow house, situated in a secluded place near the woods.

Edgar looked at Edison, his eyes flashing with dollar signs, grinning greedily while smoking a cigarette. "Where is the money?"

"It’s in my backpack. Show me the love potion first!" Edison demanded.

"Okay, don’t be too excited. I’ll get it in my room. Just stay here. Have a seat," Edgar said, pointing to the chair near the door.

The moment Edgar stepped into the house, Edison removed the gun from his jacket and followed him inside. He pressed the gun to the back of Edgar’s head. "You scammed me! Your love potion is fake! My wife didn’t even hold my hand or kiss my lips after I mixed up all the love potions with her drinking water. You lied to me! Give me back my money or I will put a bullet in your head!" he shouted angrily.

Edgar smirked. "OK. Calm down. I will give you back your money. Follow me to my room," he said calmly and led the way.

The two men entered the room and after the door was closed, a loud commotion was happening inside the room, indicating that the two men were engaged in a fierce fight.

A few minutes later, the sounds of fighting stopped as heavy silence enveloped the house.

Suddenly the door opened.