MR AND MRS

Katie's Pov 

We drove into the most beautiful house I had ever seen in person. The type of mansion you see on TV for celebrities. We stopped, and I got down to meet a middle age looking woman standing outside the house.

"Welcome home Mrs Josiah. My name is Jane. I am the head housekeeper ", she had the most charming smile,

"It's nice to meet you Jane. Please, call me Katie", I smiled back at her,

"Take her around the house Jane. I would be in my room", I heard him say as he made his way into the house. 

We had said nothing to each other in the car to the airport. On the plane. And on the drive to here. This was the man I had just married.. in quote.

A middle aged man came out from the house to take our bags into the house. 

"This is Adre. He runs errands in the house", I heard Jane say beside me,

"Welcome home Mrs Josiah", he bowed,

"Please, call me Katie", I smiled at him. I could get use to this service, and treatment, I thought.

"Please follow me Ma'am ", Jane motioned with her hands, and I trailed behind her.

We walked in, and it was big and beautiful. The house was very detailed, and with very beautiful interior. She showed me to the kitchen. The aroma coming from it was diviiine! It was also very big, and bright. Its walls were large glass windows, showing you the beautiful lawn and garden having more than a hundred different flowers. There were about five people working in the kitchen when Jane cleared her throat, and they all turned towards us, 

"Welcome home Mrs Josiah ", the chorused, 

"It's nice to meet you all", I smiled at them, before they went back to cooking what I couldn't wait to taste out of. 

She showed me the library. My Jaws dropped as we walked in. The shelves reaching 15feet, of course having a ladder one would use in reaching the top books. There were shelves covering every corner or the room, and stocked to the top with books.

"The master likes to read", Jane said simply.

We walked into another room, and I couldn't believe my eyes. It was like walking into an art gallery. The most beautiful paintings you could ever imagine were hung on the wall, side by side, leaving few inches spaces between them. It was beyond beautiful. It felt like being in a different world. I could see myself spending alot of time in this room. When I needed to escape my new reality. 

Next we went upstairs. She showed me the master bedroom, 

"That is the masters room. Whenever he's in, we do not disturb unless it is an emergency. Now that you are here, I know he will be more lenient ", she said, and smiled, 

"I ho..", I was cut short when his door opened, and he came out,

"She would be staying in that room ", he pointed to at the door across from his, "Get it prepared for her", and with that, he went back in and shut his door,

I could see the shock on Jane's face. What kind of husband makes his wife sleep in a different room, I could read her thoughts. Well, apparently, my husband does. I sighed heavily. She looked at me and gave me a reassuring smile. A smile that says 'it's going to be okay'. I smiled back, and we descended the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, she told a staff in the house to prepare the room for me. 

Josiah's Pov 

We drove in, and I noticed her surprise when she got clear view of the house. I couldn't help but smile with pride. Jane was waiting to greet us, her if I'm being honest, outside.

"Welcome home Mrs Josiah. My name is Jane. I am the head housekeeper ", as I had rightly said, waiting to greet her,

"It's nice to meet you Jane. Please, call me Katie", the other ladies enjoyed being called ma'am, I like that she's different, 

"Take her around the house Jane. I would be in my room", I needed a long bathe to make me forget the events of today. 

I made my way upstairs after telling Andre to bring my bags up. I had not been here in the last six months, and the house was in good shape. Jane and Andre had been doing their job. 

Few minutes later, Andre had brought my bags up. Everyone knew I didn't like to be disturbed, unless in cases of emergencies, which don't really occur. I got the bath running, put on some lofi music, and took off all my clothes. I stepped into the bathe, and just like magic, all the tension from every inch of my body evaporated into thin air. I did not want to think, I just wanted to sit there, and let myself become one with the song playing. 

It was over an hour when I got up from the bath. I felt lighter. I was getting dressed in a short, and t-shirt when I overhead Jane in the hallway, knowing she was with Katie, I inched closer to the door to hear what they were talking about,

"... do not disturb unless there is an emergency", she's talking about my room of course, 

"Now that you are here, I know he will be more lenient ", I forgot to tell tell Jane she would not be staying in my room, I had to rectify that. I opened the door to meet their shocked faces,

"She would be staying in that room", I pointed to the room across mine, "Get it prepared for her", I ignored the surprise on Jane's face as I went back in,

I shut the door and placed my ears close to it. There was silence for a while, before I heard their footsteps going back downstairs. I could only imagine what was going through Jane's head, but I didn't care. She was my wife on paper, and that's where it ends. 

I walked to my table, bringing my laptop out from my bag, and setting it down to work. Pulling the chair closer, I sat down, making up my mind to remain in my room until I would head out for work tomorrow. Jane would bring my food up to me. 

Katie's Pov 

It was dinner time. I sat at the large dining table waiting for my husband, in quote, to come down. Jane had went upstairs to get him down, and in a short while she came back to the dining room,

"The master would not be coming down for dinner tonight. He's very exhausted. He wishes you a goodnight", she couldn't look at me as she spoke, 

"I would have my dinner in my room as well", I stood up, making my way upstairs. 

That night after dinner I lay on my bed, my thoughts spiraling everywhere. Was this how he was going to avoid me in the house? Did he hate me that much? Well I don't like him either. He's so rude. He couldn't even come down for dinner to have a conversation. Hummp! Who does he think he is anyway?. I could feel the anger welling up inside of me, causing me to tear up. I used my index finger to wipe the tear threatening to fall down. I would not cry. I would be strong. For Ma, for Suri. I drifted off into sleep in no time. I was also exhausted.