로그인Alexander’s POVI had just sat down and I barely had any time to say anything or even greet my mother before she pounced on me. “Do you want to kill me before my time, Alexander Dominic Williams?” My mother asked in a very angry tone, her voice loud enough to echo through the room, but thankfully we were the only ones there. I let out a sigh as I pinched the bridge of my nose and turned to look at her. “Mom, you’re exaggerating and please stop calling my full name.”“I’m exaggerating?” She asked me, her voice getting louder as she said each word. “Don’t you dare open that filthy mouth of yours and tell me I’m exaggerating. g. I raised you better than this, Alexander. I raised you to be a man of manners, a gentleman! But instead of acting how I raised you, you’re out there doing God knows what and you left Maya, who is your wife might I add all alone in the house like she’s some kind of stranger to you. She doesn’t even feel like she belongs in her own home.”I opened my mouth to res
Alexander’s POVShe looked so beautiful, even while she was asleep. It wasn’t something I wanted to think of but it kept creeping into my mind anyways, forceful and persistent. I was standing at the door of her room and she looked so peaceful. Maya was laying in the bed, curled up on her side and her silky hair scattered all around the pillow. Her chest was rising and fall steady, it was calling and if felt so unreal. Her soft features were highlighted as the moonlight shone into the room through the window and reflected on her. For a moment, I wanted nothing more than to walk into the room. To watch.To soak in the kind of peace I never knew I craved.But peace wasn’t for men like me. It took every of my willpower to hold myself back. I let out a small sigh before took my eyes away from her and shut the door gently. This wasn’t part of my plan. She was not part of the plan. Maya was only supposed to be a pawn, a shield to deflect my mother’s relentless nagging about marriage, heir
Maya’s POVI walked closer to where she was sitting slowly and immediately she sensed my presence, she looked up and the smile on her face became even wider.“Maya, my darling,” she called out lovingly as she got up with an energy that was surprising to me. She walked towards me with her hands stretched out. Before I could react, she got to me pulled me into a warm hug and I melted in her arms. She was glowing with joy and it was almost contagious- almost because I could not find the will to be fully happy. “You look absolutely gorgeous. Marriage suits you well, my dear.”I managed a small smile, though the compliment felt empty. My cheeks turned red but I knew it wasn’t from her compliment but instead from embarrassment and guilt. She must have seen the look of disappointment in my face when she pulled back to look at me became her smile vanished into thin air and she cocked an eyebrow at me. “What’s wrong with you, Maya?” She asked in a gentle voice as she brushed away my hair fro
Maya’s POVThe sunlight filtering into my room through the curtains felt intrusive. I stirred, blinking sleepily as I sat up and stretched, hoping to shake off the heaviness of slumber. But as my gaze swept over the familiar walls, disappointment settled over me.I was in my room, in my bed, alone. Again. Not that I had expected to wake up anywhere else, but a part of me had secretly hoped for something different. Something meaningful. Maybe I had hoped to catch Alexander finally.I had missed Alexander again. Every night, I tried. I would sit in the living room closest to the front door, reading and pretending to be lost in the music playing softly in the background. But eventually, the fatigue would win, and I would fall asleep. By the time I woke up, I would find myself back in my bed, tucked in as if nothing had happened.He always managed to avoid me, whether intentionally or not. The few times I stayed awake longer, he didn’t even come home. It was as if he existed in an enti
Maya’s POVIt has been a couple of days since the last time I saw Alexander. I had been seating at the table and reading, we had engaged in a small conversation before an awkward silence overwhelmed us and he walked away without looking back. I had planned to talk to him then and I didn’t get to, and now, since that day I have not as much as seen or heard from him. I didn’t know why it hurt so much or why I kept overthinking it, I even felt like he was intentionally staying away from me and I wanted to ask him even if I didn’t understand my conflicted thoughts. But, every time I stayed up late waiting for him, I ended up falling asleep before he gets back and sometimes he never came back to the house at all. It shouldn’t have been bothering me but it did, I was all alike in a big house and I was bored all the time, I had no one to talk to aside Anna and most times she was always busy with work. For some reason, I cared about his absence and I felt unwanted- just like I had when I
Alexander’s POVLife after the wedding had been quiet. Peaceful, evenFor the first time in a very long time, my mother wasn’t nagging me on and on about finding a woman and getting married to give her grandchildren and an heir that would take over from me. That alone was worth the inconvenience of getting married to Maya. The silence that now enveloped the house has been nothing but soothing and it gave me the space to go back to my normal routine of alternating between my businesses and working in my home office. Two weeks had passed since the wedding, and I had barely spoken to my new wife. Not that I minded. She seemed content to keep her distance, and I didn’t feel the need to bridge the gap. There was no sense in forcing something that neither of us was eager for.The demands of my business consumed most of my time, as always. I alternated between managing my legitimate ventures, overseeing the less than legal operations, and handling the occasional… disagreement in the basemen