Elisha’s POV
“Arman, we have been waiting for you for an hour now. Come on inside, we need to have to talk—” A woman who had a pair of eyeglasses glanced at me. She paused a little, then continued, “Well, tell her that we have an important meeting tonight. This can’t be tomorrow.”
Arman escorted me inside the house while his hand was over my waist, “My butler will take care of you.”
A woman in a suit smiled at me but looked like she could easily punch me in the face if I did something wrong. I sighed, sat down on the couch while scrolling something on my phone screen, and said, "Fine."
Arman left the living room when he heard the woman outside, but I didn't know that they went to another building. There's a group of people outside, and it looks like they're having a conference room meeting.
The Butler said, “Ma’am, may I?”
She was staring at my bag, and I shook my head, “No, it’s okay…”
She folded her hand together gracefully, then smiled, “Okay, let me show you your room…”
“My room?” I asked in a surprised manner.
"Yes, the master and you will each have your own room." She walked up the stairs, and I went after her. I looked around and didn't see any weird decorations. Everything was lovely, elegant, and simple, but everything in this house was expensive.
Then she opened the room decorated in a light blue palette, and there was a mix with a white palette. Then a painting was decorated above the headboard, an image of a beautiful butterfly. It feels like home as I think this room belongs to me, the personality and the smell; wow, it feels so good.
I sat on the edge of the bed, and smiled at the Butler. “Thank you, maybe you don’t need to explain to me about this room, I liked it so much.”
The Butler bowed her head, and closed the room. She left me with a sweet smile on my face, and I lay on the bed with my arms widening, then I closed my eyes, I didn’t know that I fell asleep at that moment.
Someone was stroking my face. I slowly opened my eyes, and when we looked at each other, my heart started to beat very fast. I could feel Arman's hot, minty breath, which felt so good in my system because he was leaning so close and looking at me. I held my breath and looked at him very carefully. When I started to feel uncomfortable, I pushed him away.
“What are you doing?”
He stood up, and put his hand in his pocket, “How long have you been sleeping?”
I checked my wrist watch, “It’s already 10 am in the morning? I remembered I have to see my father’s lawyer today.”
“No need, he already did his job. but we have a problem.”
I squeezed my eyes, and asked, “What is it?”
“My parents are here, and my sister—”
Before he could finish, I saw Madeline standing at the door. She asked with a bitter expression, "So this woman is sleeping in my bed now?"
I got up and rubbed my face with my hand. I don't understand what his ex-wife is doing here.
Arman glanced at Madeline, “Yes, from the day you left me, this bed, and this house is no longer yours. This belongs to her.”
“Are you really that desperate Arman to hire this woman to make me jealous?”
Wait, how did she know that Arman hired me as a wife just to make her jealous?
Arman scoffed, “I didn’t hire her to make you jealous, and what makes you think of that?”
I cleared my throat just to get Arman's attention, and when he gazed at me, I smiled at him shyly, “I want to use the bathroom, can you please guys talk outside? I don’t care about the issues between the two of you.”
Madeline sharpened her eyes, and she remained silent at the doorway, and went downstairs with a thump on her feet. Arman closed the door and said, “Good morning…”
“Yeah, morning. Talk to your ex-wife right now, she’s already fuming in anger.”
Arman laughed, showing his perfectly set of teeth, “Nah, I think I’ll wait for you outside.”
I bit my lower lip, “Don’t make them wait for me, I’ve got a lot of things to do.”
He nodded his head, and left the room with a smile on his face.
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I took a quick shower and took a deep breath, wondering how I could even face all the people outside. I didn't know how I would respond or what they would think of me. People might think I married Arman quickly because of his money, but I can't say that's not true. That must have been one reason why I needed Arman's help to save my family from a bad situation.
I opened the bathroom door and looked around, and I was startled when I saw Arman’s staring at me. Due to my shock, I slipped on the floor with the towel on my body being pulled off of my wet body.
“HHHGGGH!” I groaned softly, and closed my eyes tightly.
I don't know how he managed it, but he caught my body just in time. His eyes flashed red, but as soon as I blinked, they went back to their usual colour. How did he catch up to me when he was only a few centimeters away?
I held my breath, his warm palm gripped my waist, and his other hand was at the back of my head. I screamed in jaw-dropper when I saw that I was totally naked when he carried me and put me on my bed. I covered my body with a pillow and glared at him, “What are you looking at?!”
He shook his head, and shrugged his shoulders, “It’s not my first time to see a naked woman’s body, you don’t have to hide it from me.”
“E-Excuse me?”
Then we heard a few knocks on the door, and a voice of an old woman asked, “Arman—is everything alright? We heard a scream—”
Arman replied quickly, “Yes! Nothing happened—” he then opened my closet as fast as he could and handed me a yellow summer dress. I frowned at him, and gave him a dirty look.
The woman replied, “Is she okay?”
He replied, “Yes, mom. She’s okay.” Then he glanced at me, and said, “Wear this.” Then he opened the little drawer that was full of lace underwear. Then he handed me the red one.
My mouth suddenly dropped in embarrassment, it was my first time that a man handed me an underwear.
I yanked his hand away, “I can…I can do it!”
But he did not listen to me, he was the one who put the underwear on me, and I don’t know if I will laugh or cry in this kind of embarrassment. I covered my face with my hand and sighed, “Arman! Stop!”
He stopped what he was doing, and looked up to see my reaction. “You’re blushing…”
“No, I’m not blushing!” I rolled my eyes and walked outside without looking at him. Damn!
This man was incredible!
He followed me outside, and said, “Hey, you forgot your bra.”
Elisha’s POVI came back to him just to snatch my bra in his hand, and he got a very sweet smile on his face while he was staring at me.“Arman, I’m not playing with you!” He winked at me, “Neither do I…” “Stop looking at me like that, it doesn't suit you, okay?” It feels like he was having fun to make me feel angry, and embarrassed at the same time. I walked inside the room again and put on the bra; after that, I went downstairs and saw everyone laughing and chit-chatting around. I took a step forward and saw a lot of people outside. It looks like I was staring at a group of clans in Arman’s family. The giggling ended as soon as Arman caught sight of me and stopped what he was doing; simultaneously, the corners of my lips began to pull apart in surprise. Arman stepped toward me and beckoned me over, saying, "Hey....come here, baby." “So, is this the human that you are talking about, bro?” The man with eight packs asked and winked at me. “Hi, I’m Zel.” Zel extended his hands and
Elisha’s POV"No." I walked away from him and grabbed my purse. Everyone saw me leave the Villa, and Arman had nothing to do with it. He just saw me leave the Villa and stopped chasing me because it might look like he was desperate for me, so he just let me go and told the guards, "Close the Gate!" I heard his mom ask, “What is going on, son?!” I walked into the street without looking back, and when I saw the gate close, I walked as fast as I could and tried to find a taxi, but I thought this was private land and no public transportation goes here. So I walked and walked until I got to the street where people looked for public transit. When I got to the Hart Empire, the building looked empty. It made me sad to think that the building used to be full of life and happiness, but now it seems like an abandoned building. I took a deep breath and tried not to cry as I looked at everything that was missing.I touched the building while trying to break down but I couldn’t help myself but c
Elisha’s POV“He’s in a coma.” Four words immediately put my heart skipped a beat, and my world stopped moving as I heard that from my sister. I couldn’t stop thinking about my Dad and what would have happened to him in the past few days. “Mom, let me explain.” I tried to talk to my mom, but she was distant and glared at me angrily while pointing at the exit; she gulped and said in a cracked voice, “Leave…..I don’t want to see your face!” “Mom—” “I said, Leave!”I had to leave with a sad heart because she didn't even listen to what I had to say. Where did I go wrong? Do they ever think I could do something like that to Dad? As I slowly walked away from the hospital, tears slowly came out of my eyes. Then I saw him again. I quickly wiped away my tears, and my nervousness went away when I saw him take a few more steps toward me. His eyes were like magnets that wanted to pull me back to him, but I stood still and didn't even dare to move. “Arman…” I whispered under my breath. The
Elisha’s POV He was fast…strong and wildly capable of doing something that was impossible for humans like me. Even though I had been gazing at the wall the entire time, I could only see Arman's face—his grin and the crimson glint that appeared in his eyes whenever he became enraged. I had convinced myself that I was merely hallucinating, but I saw his red eyes again today. As he struggled to keep the car from careening off the edge of the cliff, his eyes flared a bright crimson, and in an effort to keep me safe, he held both my head and the door of the car and embraced my body so nothing happened to me. When I opened my eyes, I found him covered in blood with cuts on his arms, legs, and other body parts. My first fear was that he would lose his arms, but his body quickly returned to its previous state, and he carried on as if nothing had happened. "Mrs. Ashford...." I thought no one was calling my name because I was deep in thought, but I heard a woman call my name for the third
Elisha’s POV “If he was not like this before, so was he a bad guy in his past?” I asked softly without blinking. The Butler smiled at me, “Well, maybe.” I groaned softly, “What’s your name?” He scratched his head, “Uhm, don’t tell this to him, he’ll be mad at me if I was telling you something about him.” I agreed with him, “Yes, your name is?” He politely answered, “I’m Marcus.” I extended my hand with a smile on my face, “I’m Elisha…” He didn’t take my hand because he was scared of Arman who was staring at him at the doorway. I blink my eyes slowly innocently and Marcus bowed his head and left the living room with a sweating forehead. Arman walked up to me and said, "You don't want to ask about the robber who stole your Dad's bank information and the one who took your fingerprint so they could open the vault and get into any account and make it look like you took all of your Dad's money?" I pouted in complete sadness and said, "If it were that easy to find that man,
Elisha’s POV"You mean what?" I take a big breath, and it feels like my mind is spinning in confusion. I don't know what she means because today I saw three big wolves, and they are wolves. But they are so big that they are even bigger than a human. I put my hand up and said, "I...I don't get it." Cristella continued driving and said, “There are no wolves in this area, it’s been a long time since wolves were gone.” I sat silently in the corner and didn’t have any idea how to explain this to Cristella—but I saw big wolves today, and I was not daydreaming or hallucinating. I saw it in my own eyes right in front of me today.Cristella added, “Unless some people owned a wolf as a pet. But wild wolves? I don’t think so…” I didn't say anything for a second, and then I didn't say anything more to my sister because I knew she wouldn't believe me. We don't get along with each other at all, and when we talk to each other, we always end up arguing and rolling our eyes. I called my mum, and l
Elisha’s POVCristella fake a laughed, and said, “I was just kidding!” Arman smiled at her, and I didn’t like it when I saw him smiling at another woman’s witty behaviour. I suddenly felt hatred towards my sister, and it wa snot my intention to feel like this. Cristella smiled at him, and swirl her tongue. I grabbed Arman’s hand and said, “Okay, I’ve seen this a lot. Cristella, please behave yourself….” Cristella shrugged her shoulders, “I didn’t do anything, right mom?” My mother was already tipsy when she went into the house without saying a word to anyone. I suppose she has many things to think about, particularly the issue with Dad and the practically unbearable scenario we are in right now.Cristella was standing in the very corner of the room with her arms crossed as she watched Arman and I walk. When I looked in her direction, she rolled her eyes in jealousy.I scowled at Arman, "I need an explaination---" "About what?" he cut me off. "I was wondering why you kept wolves
Elisha’s POV"How could he treat me this way?" I muttered as I walked up to my great-grandmother's tiny, old rag house. The house my grandma left behind has been empty for fifteen years. It looked like a cabin in the woods because the house was mostly made of rocks and wood that were found in the area. I didn't think I'd be in a situation like this, so I guess my world just turned upside down this time.I called a handyman in this small town who said he could help me slowly fix up this area. I only paid him by the hour. Then I had to clean up the area, even though it took all of my time. When I saw that my bank account amount was only $20,000, I clicked my tongue with frustration. I could be a VIP at a party just once with this money. Instead, I pay attention to what's necessary. I sat on the old couch, and I sneezed as I smelled the powder, and dirty ashes in the area. Then suddenly my phone suddenly rang, it was the electricity for the house, and they fixed it already for me. The