Chapter 2

"You get what you put in and people get what they deserve."

-Kid Rock-

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Eden walked into the lounge and poured himself a glass of whiskey. It felt strange to see her so close like that. From her picture, she was beautiful but she was even more beautiful in person and even better when up-close. He never thought he would marry a brunette.

His entire life, he was always into blonde women with blue or light eyes and tall, skinny figure. Karina was not exactly his ideal type, physically, she was short, around 5’4”, not curvy but not skinny either, with dark green eyes and reddish brown hair.

Someone he wouldn’t normally find attractive but for some reason, he couldn’t help but find her incredibly attractive and adorable. She was not sexy or super model hot, but she was delicate and innocent, like flower petals. He liked it.

As he was drinking, he heard a knock from the door, it was one of his man.

“Ah, good timing. Tell me, have you done what I asked you to do?”

“Yes, boss. The task is completed. We have everything recorded here. The man is taken care of.” He told him.

“Give it to me, I want to see it myself.” He told him. The man gave him the tablet device and Eden opened up the video his men had recorded earlier.

Ah, as he predicted.

As soon as Aaron left the place, he did not put it straight to the bank because he was scared they would take it as the credit payment. Instead, he stashed it in his car.

Later on, he stopped in front of a club and took some of the cash for partying. Eden’s men even manage to record everything from inside the club for his viewing pleasure.

“Ah, wonderful. As I expected, it doesn’t matter how much money you give to a fool, they would always waste it on stupid things instead of using it to fix their life.” He chuckled. Since the day he saw Aaron, he already knew that man was a good for nothing, but he never thought he would be so foolish.

“Let’s move to the good part.” Eden smirked.

Aaron was so drunk and he walked out from the club’s side door to throw up because he was so wasted. At this point, he had not realized he was being watched. Not long after, someone was holding a gun into his head.

The man was one of Eden’s man. Aaron seemed shocked by this action and Eden’s man, who was wearing a mask, quickly asked Aaron to give him the money in his car.

Aaron who could not think clearly under the threat, lifted up his arms and slowly walked to his car to do what the man said.

He cared for his life more than he cared for the money. He opened his car’s garage and pulled the suitcase out. Eden’s man quickly grabbed it while still pointing the gun at Aaron. Then another car came and the man entered it.

They quickly stormed off and Aaron was bewildered by what just happened. He seemed frustrated and upset at the same time. He screamed so loud in front of the club that a few security guard began to approach him. Some people thought he was crazy and no one really believed his words since he was drunk.

For Eden, it was truly an amusing sight to behold.

“He got what he deserved.” He stated happily.

“What about the CCTV around the area?” He asked the man.

“Don’t worry, boss, we have taken care of it. No one would suspect a thing.” He reassured. Eden smiled in victory. Not only did he get the woman of his dreams, he also managed to gain back the money he had given the fool.

Since the beginning, it was his plan. Eden was not a good man. He knew that and he didn’t care. He would do anything to get everything he ever wanted.

“Now that is taken care of, I think I should check on my princess.” He put down the tablet and picked up another tablet. This time, it was directly connected to the entire house. It made surveillance much more comfortable.

He checked on her room and realized she was already asleep. It turned out, she was a lot more manageable than he previously assumed. Even though she did surprise him a little when she punched Aaron.

“What are you, princess? Are you a rose or are you the thorn?” He whispered to himself. After he was done drinking, he went back to his room and fell asleep.

Like usual, his body woke up at around five in the morning. He did his morning breathing exercise then went to his private gym for his morning workout session. Afterward, he took a shower and headed downstairs for breakfast.

In the house, he had a chef who always came in super early in the morning to cook his meal so at around eight, he could start having his breakfast.

Usually, Eden would go straight to the dining room, but this time, it was different. His mind was immediately directed to her. He knocked on the door but there was no response. Eventually, he just unlocked it and entered her room only to find that she wasn’t there.

He almost panicked but then took a moment to breath and started looking around the room. The window was still shut tightly and there was no sign of break in or out, meaning she was still in the room.

He checked her closet to see if she was there but she also wasn’t. Last but not least was the bathroom. Mind you, the bathroom’s door was not transparent or blurred glass model, I was completely covered from up to bottom so there was no way anyone could see any activities inside from the outside.

There wasn’t a lot of water noise either so he twist the knob and entered the bathroom, only to find out that she was there, completely naked, patting the towel on her hair. His eyes wandered through her body but it did not last long since she noticed someone had entered in and turned her body around.

As soon as she saw him, she screamed to the top of her lung. She threw a soap bottle his way and yelled at him to get out. Eden was so shocked he shut the door wondered what did he just see? His face reddened as he realized he just saw her naked before their wedding day.

Eden was not exactly an innocent man. He had seen a woman’s naked body before but they were not hers. It felt different. He almost felt like a teenager getting caught stealing. He thought it would be best to leave her room. He had embarrassed both her and himself enough.

“Come for breakfast, I will be waiting for you.” He told her from behind the door before leaving. Back to Karina, she felt so embarrassed because he had seen her naked even though it was only by accident.

She did not care if he was attractive, she never even had sex with Aaron before, because she was always shy and conscious around other people when naked including women. At that moment, she felt like crying.

After gathering herself together, she walked out from the bathroom and got dressed. She did not feel like wearing anything too exposed after what just happened so she chose a white long sleeve midi dress with puffy sleeve and a pair of nude heels because everything in the closet were pretty much dresses and clothing that was different from her usual casual style.

However, after putting them on, she did not feel too bad, in fact, she felt so much better because it looked really good on her and she loved it.

Once she was done getting dressed, she walked out to the dining table where he was at. He looked at her and saw how beautiful she was after a good rest, shower and everything else, almost a bit unrecognizable from the woman she was the previous day.

“You look beautiful.” He complimented. She did not say anything in return though. Instead, she sat down and took a look at the meal in front of her. They looked typical, but she spotted something that annoyed her off a little bit.

“I am allergic to dairy. I thought you would know that too.” She remarked. He realized she was still angry form what happened earlier, but decided to not pursue the conversation until she brought it up herself.

“I see, then I will have the chef remove it. There are some dairy free options on the table as well. You can have that for now.” He reasoned.

“You don’t understand it, do you? Of course you don’t. You didn’t even bother to knock on my door before entering!” Yes, there it was. He knew she would eventually brought the conversation into surface.

“I know you are upset about what happened earlier but I promise you it would never happen again. I was just worried if you ran away. I couldn’t afford that.” His answer did not ease her anger at all. She got up from the table and walked away.

“Where are you going!?” He asked.

“Back to my room!” With that, she disappeared and he could hear the sound of door slamming. He was a bit upset because of her attitude but at the same time, she called the room he provided as her room, which meant she was slowly adjusting herself there, which was perfect.

“Looks like she isn’t much of a little dove I thought she was. This time I’m at fault too. Maybe I just need to give it some time.” He thought before another voice in his head replied.

“But what if she never accepts you?” It asked.

“Then I’ll have to force her.”