Chapter one
Samantha awoke to a cold bed and the sun shining through the window. She glanced up at the clock, and it read 10:24am. She gave a heavy sigh and lay back on the bed. She closed her eyes trying to convince herself to get out of the warm bed. She reached out with her arms and feet to stretch her body. She relaxed her muscles for a few seconds before rolling out of bed.
Martin felt the cool breeze trickle his skin. He loved the cool breeze especially in such hot weather. It was dead set in summer, and every day the sun rose the rays were hotter than the previous day.
He gently stirred the pancake batter that swiveled in the bowl atop of the counter. He suddenly felt a pair of warm hands wrap tightly around his waist. He turned around and saw a beautiful blonde smiling up at him. He instantly wrapped his arms around Samantha's waist and kissed her hard on the lips. "Morning," he said with a smile.
Samantha returned Martin's bright smile before she pulled away from Martin. She looked at the pancake batter and said, "Pancakes at this time?" She looked Martin in the eyes and smiled.
Martin leaned down and gave her a peck on the lips. "Yeah, I had a feeling that you were going to sleep late," He gave her a smirk. "I mean after all that fun and excitement we had last night."
Samantha giggled. "What can I say? All that fun and excitement made me tired." She walked over to the dining table and sat down.
Martin poured the batter into a skillet. "What do you want to do today?"
Samantha shrugged grabbing the newspaper that conveniently sat beside her and flipped to the cartoon section. "I don't know. I'd be perfectly content if we st…" She trailed off and began to laugh uncontrollably.
Martin peered around to see the newspaper. "What's so funny?" A huge smile was plastered on his face.
Samantha covered her mouth with her hand to try and ease her laughter. "It's Snoopy."
Martin let out a laugh before tending to the pancakes. "I tell you. Taking you away from those comics is like trying to take a fat man away from his food."
Samantha smacked Martin in the shoulder. "Ha-ha," she said.
"Ouch," Martin whined rubbing his sore shoulder. He was trying to be serious, but his smile betrayed him. He leaned in. "I'm sorry. Can you ever forgive me?" He kissed her passionately on the lips.
Samantha pulled away and smiled. "Just this once."
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Martin glanced up at Samantha who sat at the conference table. Her eyes scanned the computer screen. She looked up and caught him staring at her. She scrunched her nose and stuck her tongue out. Martin just let out an annoyed sigh. He turned his attention back to his paper.
He couldn't believe that he actually went out with her. It had been a little over a year since he broke up with her. To this day, he was excited that he wasn't stuck with her for the rest of his life. She was conceited, bitter, and insensitive. He had no idea how he had managed to get through ten months of nothing but her.
Now, he only preferred to talk to her unless they had to, and the only time they had to was at work. Sure they were nice to each other, maybe not as nice as they should be, but it wasn't as if they had to socialize or anything. They communicated necessary pieces of information that was vital to a case. That was it.
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Samantha had an irrespirable urge to look up. And wouldn't she know it, the first person she saw was Martin staring at her. She quickly gave him a funny face before returning to her work. God, she hated that man. He was chauvinistic, arrogant, and thoughtless.
Ever since their break up, they couldn't stand each other. They had tried to become friends. They tried desperately, but it turned out that they just found aggravating characteristics in each other that they adamantly hated.
They barely said hi to each other. They spoke in times of pressing situations. They were always in competition with each other. It never affected their work, though. They would sneer and snicker at each other throughout the day. They would casually "accidently" bump into each other.
Samantha knew that everybody else found it oddly amusing and pathetic, but she couldn't help it. Even she had to admit that they were being childish, but this man was the most revolting piece of work out there.
And now they had a new assignment, one that would test the boundaries of their flat relationship. They were forced to go undercover living as a happily married couple.
This should be interesting!
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I know that this chapter doesn't really have any action or anything, but it's a set up. But don't worry! There's way more to come!