chapter 6

An hour after we left the wedding venue we reached a mansion which was located towards the outskirts of the city.

A silent gasp left my throat as it came into view, making alexandria turn his head towards me with a smirk on his face.

It was a beautiful mansion, surrounded by very big trees forming a type of fence around it. The path to the entrance was a classic style stone path. The house was a very large mansion with four big pillars, two on each end.

The exterior was painted a milky white color. Impressed by what I saw, I gave a slight nod of approval, happy that at least i wouldn’t have to deal with him seeing how big the house was. We could sleep on opposite ends of the house and not disturb each other.

“Welcome to your new home”, said Alexandria.

“Yeah, home sweet home”, I said with a tight smile not wanting to seem too ecstatic about my new home and my living arrangements.

Just outside the door stood a middle aged Latina woman, who was sizing me up with her eyes. She bowed to me as I came closer.

“Hello Mrs Cartwright, welcome to your new home”.

Thank you ehmm..., I replied wanting to know who she was.

She seemed to have understood as she replied, “Joanna, Joanna ma’am, I am the head maid of the house”.

Okay thank you Joanna, I replied as I moved to enter into the house with alexandria behind me, and from the corner of my eye I saw them share an acknowledging smile towards each other, that was weird, I thought to myself, putting it behind me.

The driver brought out my luggage from the car trunk, also introducing himself, “My name is David, ma’am”, he said making a slight bow as I nodded in acknowledgment.

"Hi David", I replied as he went before us, pulling my luggage into the house. I followed him into the house with Alexandria and the maid following me behind.

Upon entering the house I was also impressed as the interior of the house did not disappoint me. I was welcomed by the sight of a very large spiral staircase in the middle end of the living room, leading to the second floor staring right in front of me.

The living room was well decorated with very big large furniture, a digital fireplace and a giant TV that had a beautiful scenery of nature on the screen. At the end of the corridor, the kitchen was next to it, and it had a dining set good for ten people. It was surrounded by glass from the walls to the floor.

Leading the way, Alexandria, went upstairs showing me my room.

“Look it's just a temporary thing, it's for you to familiarize yourself with the house after which you will move into the main bedroom with me, where we will stay as a couple”, he said as he turned to leave the room.

“And if you need me you can come find me in the study that I also use as a home office, it’s the last room to your right, opposite the powder room or in the main bedroom which is two rooms down” he added as he proceeded to close the door behind him.

Taking a deep breath, I sat on the bed to admire the room. My room is painted with mainly white and a little pink accents. The bed is king sized. I stood up and went to check the bathroom and was stunned by the sheer size, it was bigger than the bathrooms at my parents house, it had a rain shower and a big Jacuzzi bathtub in the middle of the bathroom.

The room also had a big walk-in closet that was filled with clothes and shoes and a few bags. I knew it wasn’t him that prepared this room, it had to be Joanna the maid.

I opened my luggage and began arranging my things into the closet, after doing that I just took a quick shower and laid down in bed calling it a day.

I was woken up by a soft knock at my door. I checked the time on my phone, and it was 6:30pm, opening the door to check who it was, it was joanna.

Ma’am, please dinner is ready, Mr Alexandria would like you to come down to the dinner table for your meal with him.

“Okay, tell him I said to give me 5 minutes, I will be down soon”, I replied as I hugged my robe tightly.

Closing the door behind me I rushed to change out of the sleeping robe I was wearing into a plain white tee and jeans pants.

I walked to the mirror above my dresser to see my reflection and I removed my hair from the messy bun I kept it in and lastly I fluffed my hair to look presentable.

Satisfied with my looks, I left the room and walked down the stairs, I saw Alexandria with his back facing me. When I reached the dining table I gave him a nod of acknowledgement as I sat down to see our dinner was pasta.

As I picked up my cutlery to dig in I noticed alexandria from my peripheral view looking at me with a smile.

I dropped the cutlery and looked at him, “is there anything on my face”, I asked him.

“No, no, let's just eat”, he said as he raised his hands as a gesture to eat.

I ignored him and picked my cutlery as we began to eat, silence filled the air, till Joanna came in and asked if would like anything else. I said no, and Alexandria also said no.

We ate the entire dinner in silence. After which I stood up calling Joanna to tell her I was done with dinner. As I left the dining area, Alexandria called my name.

“Kiana, about your father’s business, I will see to it that I keep my side of the arrangement”, he said nonchalantly, while leaning on the end of the staircase.

Thank you, I replied back and turned to leave.

Who does he think he is, I said to myself as I climbed the stairs.

I know that he’s helping my father, but does he think we are the only one’s getting something from this deal, he is also getting me so why should he behave as if he’s doing us a favor.

Putting these thoughts behind me for another day I changed back into my sleeping robe and slept off as soon as my head touched the soft pillow.

( Two days later...)

Alexandria had fulfilled his promise to my family after the wedding. Later he met with my father, Andrew, and they drafted a contract and he helped him by giving him ten million dollars to sort out his business affairs and troubles.

When my father told me this I felt happy for them and also sad for me as it dawned on me that there was no escaping this life, now that he had paid my father’s debt.

Later that evening, I stood outside his study for about a minute or so contemplating if I should thank him or not, finally settling on thanking him. I knocked on the door of his study.

“Who is there?”he asked, his voice deep but sultry, making my stomach turn in excitement, but also wondering why he had not left for work.

“It's me, Kiana," I replied back.

I heard shuffling and after what felt like a few minutes, the door finally swung open revealing Alexandria dressed in a white woman beater and khaki shorts.

“Come in”, he said as he walked towards his office chair, gesturing his hands for me to sit on the chair on the opposite side facing him, and I did.

As I sat down I looked at him admiring his features, he sure was a very beautiful man. Suddenly, a thought came to my head, if we ever gave birth to a son, I wondered what he would look like, maybe he would be as handsome as his father.

“Whoa, Kiana, slow your brakes, that’s going too far” I said to myself, you guys don’t even know each other and now you're thinking of the child you may or may not have together.

Lost in my thoughts, I didn't realize how long I stared at him for until alexandria cleared his throat bringing me back to the present

“So, how are you settling in, " he asked while rubbing his temple.

“Ehmm, it’s going well, so far there’s been nothing complaint worthy since I came here.

“Okayy…, so what did you come to see me for?” he asked, ending the small talk and going straight to what brought me to his office.

“I wanted to say thank you for helping my dad, he just told me that you guys had met and signed the contract, so once again thank you, you’ve helped us greatly”.

“Yes, that I did, but was that not part of the agreement we made?, my money in exchange for you” he said nonchalantly with a straight face. "There’s no need to thank me, but you can show your appreciation by being a good wife".

“What do you mean?”I said, confused. Wondering if he had gone crazy. What does he mean to be a good wife, was i a bad wife before, I thought.

He stood up from his seat moving towards me, he turned my seat to face him as he leaned on my end of the table. “I mean, i have a gala to attend tomorrow evening, and you are to come with me as my partner and plus one”.

I have made arrangements for the dress and shoe you will wear and you will look good as I show off my , he said as he brushed my hair behind my ears.

My stomach fluttered in response. It took a great deal for me not to turn red from his touch.

I wiggled out of the chair, standing to face him while backing away slowly, I replied, okay then, tell me the time and place I’ll meet you there.

“Oh no no, you’re not” he said quickly, grabbing my wrist to keep me from leaving before saying, “no, we are leaving the house together, for God’s sake we are married now, do you want gossip to spread among my friends and social circle, that we are just married for show”.

“We leave together, and make sure you are ready before 7pm”, he said as he let go of my hands, I rubbed my wrist as I left his office.

Walking back to my room, I leaned on the wall, catching my breath, thinking how just his touch could have this type of effect on my body, feeling as if I had just an affair on Calvin.

I said to myself “you broke his heart, you had better not even think about him”.

I regained my composure and walked back to my room.