A Love Scam

Let me refresh your memory Incase you've forgotten.

So today was my wedding, the day every woman supposedly dreams about from girlhood. I get married and head home thinking I would eat, shower, count some pretty pennies and go sleep, right? Wrong.

I get home and before my takeout even reach me my newly wed husband is snuggling on the couch with another woman with no regard for me whatsoever.

Can you believe the audacity?

"I have something to say"

"Go right ahead, I'm all ears honey" I say as I bite into my fat juicy drumstick and moan in pleasure.

Both jade and Zion frown imperceptibly.

"You might be my wife on paper but jade is the mistress of this house, the only..."

"Wait, hold up. If my memory serves me right, the mistress of the house should be your legal wife correct?"

"I do care what should be I'm..."

"You didn't answer my question" I interrupt blinking innocently at him.

He inhales sharply but responds either way

"Yes. But like I was saying..."

"Then why not marry her?"

"I'll get there if you'd just shut up and let me finish" he says through clenched teeth.

"Ohhh...Go on then"

"Jade has been and will remain the mistress of this house. Your only job is to satisfy my parents during visits to the old house and to make public appearances together"

"Jade is an orphan and has no one to back her if I were to marry her those wolves in the old house will tear her apart"

"So I deserve to be torn apart?"

"You're strong and besides you accepted the money you should do the job, Jade and I have been together for 3 years now. You'll continue to be Brandon wife and when she gives birth to our children we'll register them under you so you can also legally be thier mother"

"As long as you know your place you'l continue to enjoy all the perks of being the young mistress of the Brandon family.

A few beats of silence pass and Zion begins to frown again.

"Oh are you done with your bullshit?"

"Look, ‎I don't care how much you love each other or how long you've known each other, the moment you proposed to me you signed up to be mine and mine alone for the rest of your life." I say standing up and wiping my hands on a wipe.

"Figure out what to do with your little mistress before I wake up tomorrow morning or I'll make both your lives a living hell" i finish and drop the wipe at his feet before walking away.

Those two are so lucky, it took everything in me not to hit the devil's wack out of that piece of shit and the audacity of that little mistress to look and me so smugly, I ought to go out there and beat some sense into her. What's so good about being a shameless leeching mistress.

You know what, forget about it let's shower and count some money.

I walk out of my bathroom a few minutes later to find that green tea sprawled on my bed counting my money. MY MONEY.

"what are you doing in here?"

"I'm the mistress of this house, you're the guest. I can go wherever I want in this house".

"Get out, put the money down and get out"

"No"

God! look at that smug grin plastered on her face, she's just asking for a beating.

I start toward the bed

"Zion won't let you off if you touch a single hair on my head"

"Really? Let's find out if that's true then"

I yank her by the hair and she lets out a yelp, I drag to the door yank it open and toss her out.

"You should be grateful I don't hit women, there better not be a next time or I won't even show you that mercy"

The moment I close the door I hear a loud smack and she let's put a cry, I open my door again and she's sprawled on the floor holding her cheek and just like the male leads in soap Oprah's Zion shows up.

"Jade are you okay?" He says bending down to help her up

He turns to glare at me

"What did you do to her?"

"Hah! Shouldn't your first question be what she's doing in front of my room I'm the first place".

"She's the mistress of this house, why does she need permission to be anywhere"

"What did she do to you?" He says turning his attention back to jade.

I just stand there with my arms crossed marvelling at the audacity of their absurdity.

"She slapped me honey"

I raise my brow in astonishment and point to myself.

"Me? I hit you?"

"I told you to know your..."

Before he can finish the sentence a slap lands on his cheek, silence instantly falls.

After a few seconds blood starts dripping from his nose.

"See? That's what a slap from me would look like"

"Get rid of her, I won't repeat myself." I say and shut the door making sure to lock it so those lunatics don't bother me again.

'what a bunch of lunatics, why hasn't someone sent them to a psych ward or something' I mutter.

The rest of the night passes in comfortable silence. I count my babies, tuck them away safely and fall asleep. I had forgotten what it felt like to sleep through the night without being tortured by mosquitoes after spending three years on that mountain, it feels really good to sleep In a king sized bed with an actual air conditioner.

I had taken a few months off for my wedding, I was planning on spending a little time with my husband so we can at least get to know each other better since we'd be living under the same roof for the rest of our lives, but I guess I'll just spend my time shopping instead. Tsk, what a waste.

I wake up to a doctor rushing in and a few maids moving around in hurried steps.