[ Rain ]I haven't seen or felt his presence in the house for the next two days, for some reasons, it is good for both of us to keep our distance maintained. He loathes my existence on the earth and I...like a silly teenger girl, my heart yearns for a glimpse of his handsome face which turns cold like iceberg when he sees me.Rainard, like he promised me over the phone two days ago, he never showed and honestly, I thanked the Almighty that he didn't come or the rift between I and Nicholas will never be erased.Right now, I have nothing particular to do as all the house chores are taken care by the house staff. They do not let me even fetch a glass of water and I grow to feel like a useless furniture sitting idle in a big haunting house.The sweet smell of roses in the beginning of autumn soothe my aching soul. The mild breeze playing with my hairs locks and giving me some moments to think about my future as Nicholas' wife and a Blackwood. It's a huge responsibility that had been impos
[ Rain Anderson Blackwood ]"Come here and eat the dinner with us. We need to talk on an important matter."For a moment, I can't believe on my ears, did he really ask me to have my dinner with them when pure hatred is clearly dripping from Blackwood siblings' expressions."Are you planning to stand there and starve us?" This time, Nicole hisses in a low tone. Her eyes are shooting daggers at me.I am wondering now why she hates me so much? I mean Nicholas' hatred is justifying but what did I do to earn hers? Nevertheless, I take slow steps in the dining table's direction, still not matching their disdainful stares.I drag the farthest chair and about to sit but he stops me."We're not going to murder you, Rain. Come here and sit beside me. As I said, we need to talk and your silly behavior isn't helping much." Nicholas says in a deep voice but I can't miss how he's trying to refrain himself from shouting on me.Perhaps, he's cautious of a child's presence in the same house and she'll
[ Rain ]I don't remember when I fell asleep after Elle helped me to walk back inside my room and treated my bruises. She insisted me on eating something but I refused. Nicholas' blank face appeared in the back of my mind whenever I try to close my eyes.His coldness broke me to my dead end.I woke up by a panicked Elle who was summoned by the Devil himself to help me in getting ready for the press conference. I too lost my shit when I looked at the watch, it showed eight thirty in the morning and I was supposed to be present before the conference starts.I am wearing a rose gold midi dress with quarter sleeves and a deep halter neck. It fits me on my curves but I've seen Roselie carrying more bolder dresses elegantly and the look of adoration in Nicholas' eyes for her and here I am, nothing but a nervous wreck."How do I look, Elle?" I ask Elle who has been assisting me with the dress and the accessories as she knows better about the Blackwoods and their standard."You're looking lik
[ Rain ]Loud gasps leave everyone's mouth as Nicholas stumbles on his feet and before he can balance himself, another punch lands on his other cheek and then third. His nose started bleeding but when my brother, yes my furious brother was about to launch another blow on his guts, Nicholas grabs his hand and tackles him down with ease. It comes more like a shock for everyone as Rainard is trained for special military programs and his fighting skills must be way better than a comman man."How dare you?" Nicholas grabs his collar and raise his hand to punch Rainard but my brother quickly tackle him down and kicks him in the guts."How dare you to mistreat my sister who is now your wife? Do not pretend to be a lovely caring husband because you're nothing but a monster, you son of a bitch!" Rainard shoutes on him. His blood shot eyes are the proofs of his anger's extent."You are on no place to judge my actions when your other whore of a sister eloped with her lover on the day of our wedd
[ Nicholas ]The press conference went well. Surprisingly, my imposed wife answered them confidently and never gave them a chance to dig into our marriage, she even laced our fingers to show them our wedding rings as the symbol of our holy bond.Holy bond my foot.I knew since the beginning that this witch has so many faces. She can act all innocent and naive in front of outsiders, specially my parents who has been giving me cold shoulders since they learnt that I don't treat her like a husband should do."Can you sit still and let me treat your bruises properly?" My sister scolds me and dab the cotton with antiseptic on my bruises, it burns but I show no signs of weakness, in fact these wounds intensifies my hatred for the Andersons more than before."I swear, Nick if you don't stop moving, I'd pluck a scissors in your eyes." Nicole threatens me like I am still her ten years old younger brother whom she used to threaten."I'll do it myself, Nicole. You should go back to your home. Br
[ Nicholas ]I glance at my wrist watch impatiently. Rain has been taking too much of my precious time to come out of her room and it's growing my anger with passing seconds. I should have made an excellent excuse to Mr. Xi Giang and leave her here to take as much as time she needs to doll herself up but I can't take a chance with them. The deal is important for me after the personal turbulence in my life, it may effect my business."Elle, where is Rain? Tell her to come out in next two minutes or she'll be escorting herself to the venue all by herself." I yell on Elle who just walked out of her room's direction.She's startled by my sudden outburst but nods her head, turning back on her heel to deliver my order but stops as we hear soft clicking of heels coming closer.My anger is reaching on an exploding point but air knocks out of my lungs when I see her walking in the living room. Her appearance renders me speechless. My eyes glue themselves on her beauty.Yes, she's looking stunn
[ Rain ]To say, I wasn't hurt by my husband's aloofness and his contant reminder of I being his imposed wife, it would be a total lie. It hurts a lot, every single moment I feel like my heart is being crushed over and over again.At this point, I am begin to loose my hope in our marriage. He doesn't even consider me as his house mate. He hasn't abused me physically, he isn't a type of person who does domestic violence but his words and hatred hurt hundreds times more.Why doesn't he kill me in an instance than killing me in every single moment? Right now, I'm sitting very close to him, this is the first time we're this much close and his pine and old musk scent is a warning bell for my emotions. I can't control myself from stealing glance of his handsome face, the way his lips moves when he talks effortlessly with Mr. Xi Giang's family and caress my hands often."So, Rain, you didn't tell us something about you?" Mrs. Giang asks me."There's not much to talk about me, Mrs. Giang, tru
[ Rain ]Our lives fall on the same track after the dinner with Giang family. Nicholas leaves for office around eight. It's not I still sleep when he gets ready and have his breakfast, I intentionally don't walk out of my room in a fear if he sees me and again insults me for doing nothing.It has been three days and today is another Sunday. Nicholas takes an off on Sundays but I don't know if he would stay at home.I look at the clock it shows nine in the morning. A maid served my morning coffee in my room but now I'm feeling a little hungry. Walking out of my room carefully scanning the opposite wing of the house, I padded my way downstairs to the kitchen.A familiar laughter reaches into my ear and it takes me no time to recognize the beautiful voice, it's Breece. I love this girl already and hope to spend some time with her but Nicole's ultimate despise makes it next to impossible thing.Not willing to intrude their family time, I turn to leave but I think it was too late."Cindrel