Chapter 7

Back at the mansion, Nora was a bit relaxed. At least for the time being, she was surrounded with love and she couldn’t have wished for anything more or less. She didn’t feel pressured anymore about Daniel’s love. Oh…..it felt so nice to finally think about her needs and not someone else.

 The only thing she regretted was wasting her entire 3 years with Daniel, she would have ended it sooner.

Soon someone knocked on the door and Natasha requested her to open it. She gladly went and was surprised to see Edward Miles.

It has been a long time since she saw him, Edward was Daniel’s friend. The two basically grew up together and he was fond of the family.

 Nora has always thought that he was a good and respectable man.  He just came to see Daniel’s grandmother and by chance he met Nora. He was worried about her heart condition and would drop by often to check on her.

“Nora, great to see you” he said as he gave her a peck on the cheeks. What he was wondering was why Nora was in Daniels’s family house. She was looking a bit sad and pale to an extent he started wondering if Daniel has been on it again.

But why the hell would he keep on stressing the woman?

“Same here, Edward” she replied and followed him to the living room. They normally didn’t chat much since Nora had only met him a few times, but she never failed to recognize that the guy was being nice to her. He talked to her affectionately and sometimes he remembered her birthdays even if her own husband didn’t give a damn.

Natasha came out of the kitchen while wiping her hands, most of the cooking was ready and it was time to serve the table.

“Hello, Edward. Nice to see you.” Natasha greeted as he pecked her on the cheeks. “Please do join us for dinner” she offered. He was in a hurry but since he saw how Nora was unhappy, he decided to stay longer to keep her company. Later he would have to talk to Daniel and make it clear to him that he wasn’t being fair to Nora.

 He went and greeted Lucy who was thrilled to see him. The woman never failed to complain how Daniel was stressing her, she kept on saying” Edward, you are his friend, please talk to him to be gentle on his wife.”

“Grandma, I assure you that I would talk to him” he had told her.

 When Nora sensed the smell of sea food, she felt sick. It was odd, recently she has been having symptoms that she didn’t understand. Suddenly, she lost her appetite. Anyway, she never even liked the damn sea food. She only ate it because of Daniel, she did it to please him.

“I think, I have lost my appetite” she said and started rushing up to her bedroom.

“But you haven’t even eaten” Natasha called back wondering what had become of Nora. She had always cooperated in the past, she would eat dutifully without any issue.

But Nora had already disappeared in to her room, she felt nauseous and she didn’t know what was happening in her body.

“I will go and accompany her” Edward offered, he just felt so bad for the woman.

Even if Daniel was forced to marry her , he didn’t have the right to treat her like garbage. He has been telling him over and over to change his attitude towards his wife but apparently he wasn’t listening.  Daniel was stubborn and arrogant but one day he will regret ever treating an innocent woman the way he does.

The front door opened and a certain man entered with a domineering ego.”  She is my responsibility, I will go and take care of her”

“Oh…….sweetie, you finally came. Your wife is not feeling well, maybe you can go and check on her” Lucy talked to her grandson adorably. Daniel was like her heart beat, she really wished that he could change his attitude.

Daniel was startled, he almost thought that Nora spilled the beans. He couldn’t be relieved with the news. “Grand ma, are you okay, I missed you so much” he kissed her on the cheeks and then turned to his mother.

“Where were you son?” Natasha asked coldly.

She didn’t have enough patience to endure him the same way as Lucy. She was well aware that he had been with the shameless woman. Where did she go wrong to raise such ungrateful son?

With an emotionless face he replied” I was just handling some company business, do you have anything against that?” He asked his mother and saw that she was really furious. What he didn’t understand was why these women were so much in love with Nora.

“I hope you were not fooling around” Natasha commented and then sneered at him. His mother was impossible sometimes but in this situation he was going to have to shut up or else he will say something that he shouldn’t in front of his grandmother.

 Upon noticing the tense atmosphere in the room, Edward decided to leave. He knew that it wouldn’t be long before Daniel calls him for a drink.  He will take the opportunity to lecturer him about Nora.

He cleared his voice” Daniel, now that you are here, I will take my leave. I will see you later” he stood up and kissed the women on their cheeks then he headed out of the room.

“I will go and check on Nora “Daniel said and started ascending up the stairs, he didn’t even know what state he will find her in. Nora has changed so much, she wasn’t the soft spoken woman he used to know but any way since he was in the house, he will just have to meet with her.

While in the room, Nora heard a knock on the door. She thought that it was Natasha or Lucy but she was surprised to see that it was her ex-husband. Daniel let himself in to the room without waiting for her to give him permission.

Nora wasn’t pleased, her mood became icy immediately for having to see the only person who she didn’t wish to talk to. “Daniel, why are you here?” She asked.