MARRIED LIFE

AMAYA

After her visit to the coffee shop with Amaya hadn’t really gone out, she just worked from home and had a few meetups with Kelly, one of their eventful visits was the one to the boutique

‘’Maya what do you think of this dress’’ Kelly asked me with a gleam in her eyes ‘’it looks fine’’ I answered, Kelly had always been the energetic friend and I was the boring but this time I really just wanted to go home, I was tired, hungry and sleepy, I was working before she came to pick me up abruptly and here I was forcefully accompanying her shopping

‘’just fine? ‘’ she asked now looking a bit upset ‘’no darling it’s perfect I quickly added ‘’I don’t want it anymo-

‘’isn’t that Amaya Romano’’ I heard somewhere behind before Kelly and I simultaneously turned to give each other knowing looks being careful to not make it obvious.

‘’yes she is, why?’’ another voice added,

‘’I heard she got married to the big boss, but he had a fiancé before and now he’s not showing her any attention’’ the other voice answered

‘’oh is that so?’’ before I could comprehend what was going on I turned to see Kelly standing right in front of both ladies who had hastily turned pale and quiet

‘’repeat what you were saying just now’’ Kelly demanded rather sternly her bubbly demeanor was gone she was now stern looking and intimidating

‘’n-n-nothing we weren’t s-s-saying anything’’ one answered but stammered through the sentence

‘’well that’s exactly what I thought’’ Kelly replied

‘’let’s go Maya’’ Kelly said turning to me and grabbing my hands

‘’These people annoy me, how could they gossip about you like that Maya’’ she said looking now more irritated than before

‘’it’s fine Kelly, I’m not upset’’ I said trying to push away the thought that my complicated life was now public gossip and he had a fiancée, I didn’t even know that this made my stomach churn but why do I feel this way, I don’t know him, neither do I care

‘’AMAYA!’’

I heard Kelly almost scream

‘’I’ve been talking to you and you’ve been lost in thought’’ she said in an annoyed tone

‘’No no I’ve been listening, just tired’’ I half lied, ‘’fine I’ll drop you at home, I don’t feel like shopping anymore ‘’ she said

‘’YOU! You don’t feel like shopping, that’s new, you must be really upset’’ I added trying to lighten up the mood ‘’stop teasing me Maya, how could you be so unbothered and all this embarrassment because of that spoilt man, hmph!’’Kelly said still annoyed

‘’because I don’t care’’ I replied, I had been telling my self this for weeks now and I choose to stand by it now

‘’If you say so but I really don’t like this husband of yours’’ she said finally giving up on pestering me.

The house felt different the servants who I thought had finally started warming up to me were somewhat cold, they seemed frightened or scared and this made me think back to whether I might have done something to frighten them but I couldn’t recall anything of that sort, reaching the parking lot something caught my eyes, A Black Bugatti Chiron, this one didn’t look familiar, during my stay here for this past month I had frequently taken evening walks around the perimeter out of boredom and I was familiar with the cars in the lot, every time I got here I imagined how happy Miguel would be if this was his own collection but I had never seen this car, maybe we have a visitor, I’ll ask Doris and see.

As I opened the door there was a young lady standing and ordering some servants around, the servants looked shaken and pale.

She was a brunette, about 5’4, her skin was milky white, she had a white silk knee-length dress and cream flats, the whole set looked expensive and classy, her voice was smooth to the ears but her tone was harsh, who was this lady?

Her presence felt off to me and maybe it how she frightened the servants or her harsh tone but I had already taken a dislike towards her.

‘’um hello’’ I started ‘’who are you? ‘’, she abruptly turned eyeing from head to toe ‘’oh she’s finally here, the new MRS ALLUCCI-ROSSI’’ I felt a sense of hatred in her words ‘’I’m Nancy, Nancy Young’’ now moving closer she whispered ‘’remember this name, you will dread it very soon and you won’t be Damian’s wife for too long’’ and walked towards the door.

I was left mouth agape trying to understand what just happened, did I really just get threatened by a random stranger? And was this uneasy feeling, trying to ignore the drama that just unfolded I walked up to Doris ‘’Are you okay? You look pale’’

‘’yes miss, the boss is waiting for you’’ she answered in more of a whisper

‘’boss?’’ Damian’s home? How wonderful after a whole month, well I don’t care whether or not he’s here, I’ll continue my life like before

Reaching my room my heart beat three paces faster, opening the door my eyes with another grey-eyed tall handsome male figure, his face had the most perfect structure I had seen before, his skin tanned even in his suit his muscular build was quite visible’ Was this my husband?

He stared at me, his face blank, he blinked and I swear I felt my heart skip a beat ‘’get ready we have a dinner, come meet me downstairs in an hour’’ Damian said and walked past me out of the room, leaving me dumbfounded

Where was my apology, no apology, no remorse, no introduction how rude? Who does he think he is to order me around and just leave?

The audacity of this man, I will not be going anywhere with someone so rude, he will have to ask me politely or forget about it, not showing up for our wedding and deciding to come home only after a month just to rudely order me around.

I walked into the bathroom to take a bath and have a nap before having dinner, I was hungry and tired anyways, walking into the bathroom thinking of the many ways I could make my bath long and enjoyable.

After my shower, I did a little skincare picked a book up and almost a immediately a knock came through, ‘’come in’’ I calmly said

‘’miss the boss is waiting downstairs for you’’ Doris said with a puzzled look on her face probably because I was in pajamas and my hair was in a rough bun

‘’Tell him I won’t be coming along’’ I said calmly