The room was so silent that a drop of pins could be heard, Mike sat beside Amelia. The only member of the family absent was Sharon. She wasn't summoned to the meeting by their parents. Mike's eyes moved from his father who sat on his favorite chair like the king of the world, to his mother who sat opposite them. The reason they were summoned was unknown to them both, but they had woken up this morning to a call from one of the maids."Good to have you both here. Amelia, welcome to the family."Amelia nodded but didn't say a word. Mike had no idea if she was afraid or nervous, but he knew he was nervous. Every time his parent called him into the study, it had always been to discuss something important. His hand moved towards Amelia's until he found it. He held her hand where his parents wouldn't see it and squeezed it. He was expecting her to fight him, but she squeezed his hand back, which gave him a bit of assurance."I called you guys for a little family discussion. I know
"You don't have a phone?" Mike stared at Amelia in horror. She hides the smile that threatened to leave her lips. Anyone would have thought she said she committed murder. It wasn't that bad. She wasn't allowed to have a phone at home, and the one she had she had given it Loveth. "How's that possible?""I gave my phone to a friend. She needs it more than I do."Actually, Loveth didn't have any need for a phone. She gave it to her, so she could pass any important information to her through it, but she wasn't going to tell Mike that. They might have decided to be friends, but everyone still has their life to live."Oh! That explains it. Why didn't you get a new phone then?""I got married to you, and haven't left this mansion in a day."Mike smiled at her. He looked more handsome when he was smiling like that, and Amelia refused to fall for that. Her freedom was more important. "How about we go shopping today? You know as a couple."She rolled her eyes, "What happened to not
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE"What do you think about this product?" Sharon raised the latest iPhone in front of her. Amelia only smiled. "Does it matter the product, as long as it can do whatever any phone can?"Mike smiled at that, pulling Amelia away from her. "Go for this, Amelia. We can have a couple phone? It will be nice."Amelia loved the way he added her to everything, but being independent of someone else had never been part of her. And, being independent on Mike was the last thing she wanted for herself at the moment. She would rather start learning how to hold her own. "I think I will just pick this." She raised a phone different from the one Mike and Sharon had shown her.Sharon sulked, "I will forgive you for this, but you are choosing what I pick for you next."Mike smiled and pulled Sharon away from her. "You want her to pick her sister-in-law over her husband?"Sharon frowned, "I am not just her sister-in-law. I am also her new best friend. Don't you agree, Ames?"Ames
The whispers almost made Amelia cower; she had never been the attention of so many people at once. She wore a royal blue peplum dress that hugged her body like it was made just for her. Sharon had insisted it was the perfect dress for her first day at work. And although she wasn't the subject matter, she couldn't help but feel self-conscious about everything."We have a new Managing Director. Most of us won't know him because he is new in the country, but we know him by name. Meet Mike Afonso."The noise increased. Mike already gathered a lot of attention because of his looks; the fact that he is Mike Afonso only increased the murmur among the workers. Especially the ladies, Mia caught some of them adjusting their dresses in a filthy manner. She sneered at them. He was a married man, bitches."And this is Amelia Myers, she is his Assistant."She heard them groaning, and some even eyed her. Great. She already made enemies on her first day of work because of her husband. The
Mike couldn't believe he had all those work on his first day at work. He prepared, and he had thought it would make it easy for him to find work easy, but it was more than he had expected. He tried to divide his work into different sections to make it easier. By the time he raised his head from his work, it was already lunchtime. He groaned, staring at the numerous things he still had to do. He picked up his phone to call his wife when he saw a notification from Phoenix12. He smiled. He had been bothered about her for a long time, but there was no way to get in touch with her. He wished he had her number or something. She would love Amelia, he was certain of that. She had congratulated him on his marriage.'Thanks, Phoenix. I missed you online.'His stomach grumbled, making him swap his call. He called Amelia, but she wasn't picking up. He wanted them to eat together on their first day at the office. It wasn't a bad idea. They were both new here without friends, so they
"What's the meaning of the stunt you played at work?" Amelia had just closed the door behind her before she turned to look at Mike. He looked at peace with himself, like he hadn't just flirted in her present. A smug smile replaced his unbothered look, making Amelia want to swipe the stupid smile off his face. She wasn't violent, but they had promised to be faithful to each other. How could he go ahead flirting with the ladies, on the first day of work?"What stunt?" He asked innocently.She blinked; was that how he wanted to play this game? Acting as if he had no idea what she was talking about when he fully knows what she was talking about. Instead of responding, she stormed into their room locking the door behind immediately. She took comfort in the fact that he would be in the living room without a change of cloth. She picked up her phone and sent a message to the two most important people in her life.Pheonix12: Good to hear you are happy to be married, Vold. I had some i
"I have to show you, Wifey. Let me show you what you are missing."Amelia pushed him away, and he burst into a fit of laughter. She could feel her heart in her hand. Deciding to focus on anger than her frantic heartbeat, she glared at him. "What was the meaning of that?""I'm just joking, Wifey.""Well, I don't like your joke. Find something else to joke about."Before Mike could come up with a reasonable response, the ringing of the phone in their room cut the conversation off, he turned to her, "I will be back, soon. It might be from my parents."Amelia nodded. It was best he took off to wherever he was going. She held her chest. What was wrong with her? Was she sick or something? She had never experienced this before. It was the first time her heart will go all crazy on her. She tried to calm her beating heart; breathing in and out, until Mike came back in, and it was back to how it was. Mike's face had lost all the laughter; he was frowning. Curious, Amelia asked what was
“What do you have on my mother?” Those were the first words Amelia spoke to Ava. The only reason Ava was in the house was because of the information she had. The sooner Amelia could get the information, the sooner she could dispose of Ava altogether.“Good morning to you, too, sister. What’s for breakfast?” Ava strolled past her and moved to the dining table. “Are we not having breakfast today?”Amelia cared nothing about breakfast. “You will have breakfast at your working place. We are busy people here?”Ava frowned, “Are you guys not supposed to be in your honeymoon phase or something? I get that you have that secret wedding and stuff, and our parent was asked to sign NDA, but you guys deserve a honeymoon, right?”Amelia hadn’t heard anything about her parents signing NDA. “Dad signed an NDA. Why?”Ava smiled and made small noises with her throat. “Amelia. Amelia. There are so many things you have no idea about. Do you think our parents married you into this home because the