17.

Everything had been going on very well for Krystie and Lucian, everyone minding their own business.

Most of the days Lucian didn't come back home. Krystie too was held with several shifts at the hospital, and she had been home not more than ten times. In a whole full month of marriage, the couple had only seen each other thrice, if not twice.

Everyone was busy with their stuff. Krystie had followed Lucian's rules very well, she had stopped herself from thinking of him as anything more than she ought to, and with her busy schedule, she had done it perfectly.

Krystie could remember the very first day Lucian had taken her to his house. 'Just pick any room on the first floor, you can even use all of them, but I should warn you, never go to the second floor, more so the black painted door, it is forbidden!" Lucian emphasized to her the last part, and that was the last conversation the two had shared.

Deep within Krystie was so curious to find out what it was that Lucian hid on the second