Chapter eight: Officially Married

Warm lips brushed my cheeks. I froze.

He positioned his head perfectly to block the registrar’s view. From where he stood, he probably thought we were kissing.

I tried pulling away, but his hands settled on my back, holding me in place.

‘’Stay still,’’ he whispered.

Suddenly, the quick breakfast I had didn’t sit well. He withdrew his face, putting a gap between us. He looked down at me, his eyes searching my face.

‘’Are you alright?’’

‘’I’m fine.’’ ‘’Just a stomach ache.’’ Giving him an awkward smile. He frowned, nodding his head in agreement. I convinced myself that the churning in my stomach is my breakfast. I just took whatever was left over in the fridge I could find. It may have gone bad. It did have a funky taste to it.

I signed the papers wordlessly, finally declaring us legally married. The registrar left the room, shaking both hands, Mr. Kingston signaled Henry, an he dropped some papers in front of me.

‘’What is this?’’ I looked at the documents in confusion.

‘’Our contract.’’ ‘’It needs your signature, so take your time to read it to determine if you want to change or add anything.’’

It took me sometime to go through the contract. He gave me a lot of time to read it and asked me to go through it again the second time.

Everything looked good until I came to the clause of sharing a bed with him.

‘’Do we really need to share a bed?’’ Looking at him. He looked at me for a few seconds, as if trying to decide whether I was genuinely asking or simply finding a way out of our arrangement.

‘’What?’’

‘’Do we have to share a bed?’’

‘’I heard you the first time Miss Davidson. Isn’t it normal for married people to share a bed with each other?’’

I scrunched my brows. Seeing the confusion on my face, he continued in the same cold and tense voice.

‘’I plan to do as much as possible to fulfill my responsibility in this marriage.’’ ‘’That includes satisfying both of us in the bedroom.’’ He paused and then turned to look at me. ‘’Miss Davidson, you don’t have to worry. I will make sure we both enjoy ourselves.’’

He said that with a straight face. While my face heated up and I fell into further confusion. I could have asked more questions, but the tone of his voice told me he was done with the conversation.

I didn’t know what to do except for a few kisses and one disatrous attempt of giving Ryan a surprise for his birthday. That ended with him complaining about how stiff I was.

I signed the papers and handed them to him. He signed his part and handed it to Henry, who had been standing there all along.

‘’I will ask Clara to send you a copy of the contract.’’ I nodded.

‘’Since there is no problem, I will be leaving for my flight. I will drop you off.’’ He said already getting up to leave.

‘’You don’t have to.’’ Not wanting to be a bother.

‘’Miss Davidson, I think it’s not wise for a happily married couple to leave in separate vehicle.’’ He walked straight to the exit and I quickly followed behind him.

The car ride was so awkward. Or it was just to me because he spent half the time working. Is this how it’s going to be? For the rest of my life until the man besides me deems me unuseful again.

The car rolled to a stop in front of a huge pharmacy. Mr. Kingston got out without a word an went into the pharmacy, not long after, he came back with a small bag.

He entered the car elegantly as he got out of the car. Holding the little bag for me.

‘’Take this.’’

Frowning at the little pharmacy bag, I ask, ‘’What is it?’’

He looked sideways at me, his cool expression unchanging. ‘’It’s medicine for your stomach.’’

I was at loss for words. Staring at the bag. It was a small thing. Yet couldn’t remember the last time someone noticed I was sick without me announcing it.

‘’Thank you,’’ I said, unable to stop the smile on my face from spreading.

His eyes lingered on me for a second longer than necessary. I would have thought I was a file or a document.

‘’Now that we are married, Miss Davidson, buying medicine is the least I can do for you.’’ He said that and immediately turned away, saying nothing else for the rest of the ride.

The rest of the journey to my house was spent in silence, while I ignored the recurrence of discomfort.

The car rolled to a halt in front of the huge gates of my family. I let out a sigh, and all the lights suddenly came back. I should be happy. My family loves me and wants the best for me.

‘’What is the gate pass?’’ A voice from the statute of a man said beside me.

‘’No!’’ I curtly said. ‘’Here’s fine.’’ I didn’t mean to sound mean, but I don’t want my family to have any problems today. I know how upset and mad they would be that I got married without their knowledge.

He didn’t seem offended because he continued normally, ‘’I would be gone for a week, but I would send Henry to help you move your things.’’

‘’Where?’’

‘’To my house, where we would live together. We have to stay at the same house to make this marriage believable.’’

Henry came down to open the door for me. I got out and watched as they sped away. Turning to stare at the gate. I cannot believe I’m officially married. To a man I don’t know anything about.

‘’Kim is never going to believe this.’’