CHAPTER 5

                  Vivian climbed the staircases up and got to the corridor upstairs. She left the dining room after the conversations with Alex’s parents. She wasn’t happy at all with everything that happened, and as her in-laws started seeing her as an intruder in their family.

She turned to her right hand side instead of left where their own apartment was. She continued walking and going to Alex’s room to have a deep conversation with him. She got to the lobby that leaded to Alex’s room, wanted to climb the staircases there while she saw Alex’s door opened.

Vivian put her right leg down from the staircase, stepped back and waiting for him to come out. Alex came out from his room with laptop on his hands, and with a bottle of wine that he was drinking to calm himself down. He stopped walking as he saw Vivian standing at the front of him, he was starring at her and with a romantic smiles.

“How could you do that? And what is the meaning of what you are doing?” Vivian said with loud voice.

“And is there anything wrong with what I did?” Alex said with low voice, and rest his back at the wall.

“Many things are wrong with it, why don’t you see? Admiring me at the front of everyone and also called me your girl there. Let all eye to to be on me” Vivian said with low voice.

“There is nothing to hind here, you are my girl and I don’t see any reason for not let everybody knows. I can admire you anywhere and at the present of anyone, I don’t care” Alex said with loud voice.

“That was in the past, I am now your Brother’s wife, so you have to stop all these and I am no longer your girl.  Stop all these, and let me be please” Vivian said back and frowning her face.

“Your parents have been seeing me as an intruder that wants to bring more hatred to your family. So please, stay away from me and let me be in peace” Vivian rubbed her long hair and breathes out.

“I love you, and it’s forever you will be my girl. Married to brother or not, nothing concern me about that. You belong to me, and I will have you back” Alex said, walked closer to her and wanted to hold her hand.

“Don’t touch me! Listen, all what happened between us are the in past and you have to let it be in the past. I valued my life and I am not ready to lose my life, so stay away from me. I am married to your brother, and it will good you let me be”

“Is anyone threatening you? If that idiot is threatening you, he can never do anything to you. I am here for you, and I am ready to protect you with my life” Alex said with gentle voice.

“That is not what I need; what I want is that, stay away from me and I am married to your brother—“

“Saying you are married, you are married. As if you are happy for been with him” Alex said with loud voice.

“He is my husband, and I am married to him. So I don’t think you should be concern maybe I am happy or not. I am married to him, so I am happy with him directly or indirect” Vivian said.

“What I am here to say is that, stay away from me and don’t let your parents think I am the intruder here. You guys should solve your problems, and don’t take me into the picture” Vivian said loudly.

“Stay away from me, leave me alone!” Vivian shouted and leaving the place with tears rolling down from her eye.

She had some mentally issues that she was going through before in that marriage and in that house which she was just holding, and trying to leave with it. So now, she didn’t want any other things that could be disturbing her or be blaming for.

“Huu!” Alex did as he was looking Vivian going to the second apartment. He held the laptop well, and leaving the place.

He started climbing the staircases down to the living room. He met their father there, sitting on the couch and watching news. He passed behind him and going to the other living room.

He entered the other living room which was opposite to the one that his father was. He sat down on the couch, put a throwing pillow on his lap and placed his laptop on it. He opened the laptop, looking at it for few minutes and closed it back. He wanted to work on it, but his mind wasn't settled.

Alex placed his hands on the laptop, and thinking deeply. Their father entered, met him thinking and he sat down on the couch opposite to him. He looked at him for few minutes, and called his name loudly. Alex quickly came around, and staring at his father.

“I am here to have conversations with you, and it’s for the benefit of this family” Alex was just staring at him and didn’t utter a word.

“We have known that you and Vivian have been a lover before, but that was in the past. She is now belonging to your brother and she is his wife. So you have to forget about anything that two of you may have had together, and take your eye away from her” Alex changed his look as their father said so.

“You have to let her be, and take your eye away from her. I have warned her too to stay away from you She won’t be the one that will cause more hatred between my sons or destroy my family” their father said in harsh tone.

“I have warned her, and I am sure she won’t want to dare to disobey me. Now, I am ordering you too to stop any feeling that you may have for her, and work thing out with your Brother. No matter what could have happened in the past, solve it with your brother and let peace reigns”

“Is this why you are here, Father?” Alex asked with low voice and repositions the way he was sitting.

“If this is the reason why you are here, I think I have to start working” he opened the laptop and pressing the keyboard. His father breathes out, and looking at him.

“This is an order and the only thing I have to say. Stay away from her if you claim that you like her. If you don’t, you won’t like the outcome” said in a threatening voice. Alex raised his head up and looked at him.

“Now that you are back, it will good to get busy with something and start working” his father said. He sat down properly, and crossed his leg.

“So, I am thinking that you should join your Brother in running the activities of the company—“

“I have my own work, and as you know” Alex said harshly, and as his father was talking.

“I know, and that is what I am saying. Since you are a computer developer, want you to join the engineering department and be their head there” their father said.

“No problem Sir, but I can never work with that guy. If you want me in your company, you have to make me independent on my own” Alex said, got up and leaving the living room.

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        It was in the afternoon; Ryan returned back from work and got down from the car. He entered into the house, and just going upstairs straight. The anger of what happened in the morning was still in his body, and as he stepped into the house the anger built up.

He walked to his left hand side as he got upstairs and going to their apartment. He opened the door of their bedroom widely, and entered into the room.

“Welcome back” Vivian said with low voice and quickly got down from the bed. She walked to him, and wanted to help him to off the jacket. She was just trying to act as a wife.

“Get yourself off from me” Ryan said harshly, and shouted at her.

Vivian stepped back a little, and looking at him gently. Ryan off the jacket by himself dropped it on the bed and offing the t-shirt.

“I am sorry for what happened in the morning, I don’t know how to tell you and that is why I have to lie” Vivian said with low voice.

“Oh! Really” Ryan said with low voice, and faced her.

“You are happy to see him again right, and that is why you lied so that you can continue from where you stopped” Ryan said loudly at her.

“Is that not? That is why him too have the gut to be admiring you at the front of me”

“There is nothing between us again, and I have promised to stay away from him. I am sorry” Vivian said.

“It will better you do because if I just see your green light closer to him, I will hurt you badly” Ryan was talking while his phone started ringing, and showed MY HEART on the screen.

“Don’t dare me!” Ryan said and as he picked the call. Vivian saw it, but she couldn’t do anything.

“Hello Love, how are you doing?” Ryan said, and he was on call with his girlfriend. He always used to pick his girlfriend’s call at the front of Vivian, and saying those romantic words at her present. He had no regard for her at all or for their marriage.

“I miss you too Love, but don’t worry you will see me tomorrow. I promise to give you all those things that you want” Ryan was saying in a romantic tone and chewing his lips.

Vivian was sitting on the bed, facing the wall and crying bitterly. That was the mood that she used to be every night, and she had never been happy for once since she had been in that marriage.

If it was not for her sister that used to call with her all day, and made her happy. Her life could have been the worst ever.