The entire mansion had become a black cloud, filled with sobs and woeful faces. But being a leader, I couldn’t cry, even though I wanted to. I stayed right next to your mother’s coffin. Wearing a white gown and resting ever so peacefully, she looked as beautiful as the first time we met. I was missing her terribly, but I didn’t let it show.I was able to put a door on my emotions until, it was time to bring you out to say final goodbye to your mother’s warmth, forever. A maid brought you out and you were already irritated at the absence of your mother. I took you into my hands and lowered you on top of your mother. The moment you mumbled something incoherently and reached your tiny fingers up to caress her pale face, as if trying to wake her, I lost it. Warm tears rolled down my face and I cried in public, for the first time in my life. It was your feeding time and you were very hungry. You refused to get separated from your mother and held on to her coffin with your stubborn fingers.

Pulling her closer to lay flat against his chest, he began narrating the past that her heart had been fluttering to know, ever since she had found out about Marcus.“As a child, the only family I knew was my mother and her brother, whom I used to call ‘uncle’. My mother never spoke about my father and I still know nothing about him. My uncle provided for us with the salary he got as a research scientist. He worked for the government and was so dedicated to his field of nano technology that he didn’t bother to have a family of his own. Most of the time, he behaved like a mad scientist and it often crept my mother out. But I enjoyed giving him company in his lab.By the time I turned eight, he was promised a huge sum from the government to work on a project in the defense wing. Since it was a highly classified program, me and my mother had no clue about it. I assisted him by delivering materials via driving and in return, he taught me a thing or two regarding the principles of nanotechn

The next day itself, Quisito had his men bring over her clothes because he decided that Kate would stay with him. He would have given his clothes, but as much as he loved seeing her in them, he absolutely hated the idea of other people looking at what belongs only to his eyes, because most of his T shirts barely reached till her knees and the loose neckline betrayed a lot of her cleavage whenever she bend down to pick something.The pain they gave each other in the past slowly began to fade away as they competed with each other to show who loved who more. She clung to him 24/7, only letting him out of her sight when she visited her father twice a day.Kate dressed his wounds and fed him with her own hands, and they always shared one plate of food. One day morning, she decided to cook something for him and stepped into the kitchen. She had never cooked in her entire life and ended up setting the whole kitchen on fire, but fortunately, no one was harmed. Quisito just laughed it off and h

“Hey wifey, wake up...” Marcus said while nudging against her cheek with his nose. He was hovering on top of her sleeping form, his weight balanced on the arms placed on either side of her body.“Noooo... I wanna sleep... go away...” Kate whined and snuggled her face deeper into the pillow.“It’s time for the surprise... come on, get up...” he husked again while nuzzling the crook of her neck.When she made no move to get up, he peeled away her blanket and pepper kissed all over her face, purposefully grazing his beard on her skin.“Stop...stop it! I’m getting up!” she squealed while chuckling at the ticklish feel of his face hair.He got off from above her, allowing her to sit up on the mattress.“What time is it?” Kate asked groggily as she rubbed her eyes, a yawn escaping past her lips.“It’s one in the morning” he said and she looked outside to find the sky still dark.“Get ready honey, we are going somewhere” he said eagerly while getting off the bed.“Hold on... I need to pee” s

2 Weeks later...It was her first day of going to college and Kate was so excited that she barely slept the previous night.After returning from the lake house, she texted her friend Emily about going to college and both the girls were super excited to share a classroom space. It was like a dream come true for those long-distance friends.Kate had packed her bag the previous day itself and now, she was getting dressed along with Marcus, who would drop her off at the college.“Marcus...”“Yes, Honey?”“What if some boy comes up and talks to me?” she asked, hoping to get a rise out of her husband because she knew how much he hated when she talked to other men. And now that she was going to be surrounded by teenagers, he should be furious. But his answer was calm.“Then you talk back to them. That is how you socialize” he said monotonously while buttoning up his suit. He was getting ready for the office. After leaving her at the college at the guard of his loyal men, he would go to work.