All Chapters of Married To The Enemy : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Caden.I shouldn't have messed up like that. I left the house with everything in mind to say. Still, I could let go of it when I stood behind that podium. That was something I have been trying to let go, but I couldn't. It kept reoccurring. I stared blankly at the laptop in front of me as my mother's words echoed in my mind.I wasn't about to let what had been in my family for the longest time now be taken away and by a man I didn't know. No one has dared stood up against my family requesting a change because they know it bonged to my family.They knew it couldn't happened and then there was Kendrick Taureb who had suddenly showed up. What had he done for the people to accept to his request?I watched his campaign pictures. He was doing enough to get the votes from the public, going to all the remote places to get all the attention. Majority of the country peoples were in this areas. Most of them will readily agree to him if kept providing them with what he was giving them.I

BrunaHe was always the type to talk back at home. But he was always mute in front of the population. This wasn't my first time seeing him like this.This was a part of him that I was trying to uncover. Why was he always like that? He seemed to have gone through something or maybe something happened to him. Was it just something natural?It was like he had social anxiety. It was clear, given how he struggled to make a speech each time he was out. And then, he wanted to run for president. He is always so nervous and sweaty. I had followed him this morning to a conference outside the city.He was up there to address the crowd and was barely able to say a thing. He stopped between words and looked at the crowd. His mother had been whispering words of encouragement to him, telling him he could do it.Looking at him from where I was next to his mother, I knew something was underneath him and I was ready to uncover that, no matter what. It could be something I could use against him.“

CadenI would love to say my eyes were deceiving me. That couldn't be her. She didn't know this side of town, and she couldn't have been here out of a sudden. That girl looked exactly like her. She looked at me with a shocked expression on her face. I didn't dwell much on that as I entered my car and drove off.A lot of people who weren't related often looked like each other. She could be just one of those cases. I drove back to the company wishing that the affected family found peace and comfort. I hadn't been able to meet them after the incident. I had asked around if anyone knew who this family was and how I could meet them, but no one knew about them.And this let me do the only thing I could. Keep the land safe for the said family. The land committee wanted to put it out for auction after the family had disappeared for years. When I got wind of the news, I had to do what I could. Buy the land and keep it for them if they ever want to come back for it. I learned the family

Caden"She cannot go with me, mother. The place is in the suburbs. It could be dangerous for her. She doesn't have to go with me," I told my mother as we sat eating dinner in the living room. I had no idea why she was insisting that Bruna should follow me to my campaign site. She should have come with me if she wasn't pregnant. A lot of people would be there and I didn't want anything happening to her, thereby affecting my child."I'm not complaining, though,” I fixed my gaze on her. She shoved a piece of watermelon in her mouth and swallowed it in just two bites. “This will be important to me. I need to be by your side to see how this is done, in case I need to give a speech about your victory someday.”She smiled and leaned into her seat."She needs to be in these places, Caden. You have to go with her,” she said.She made me marry her and now she was going to dictate how I lived with her. She agreed with everything that came out of the girl's mouth."Fine. But know that I will not

BrunaI couldn't go back to bed, seeing Caden lying on the floor like someone that had lost all will of living. My conscience couldn't let me. I kept tossing and turning on the bed. I got up and pressed my back against the bedpost, my hands folded across my chest.I stared at the door like I would get answers on what to do. However, no clear thoughts came to mind. I stood up, skipping over his sprawling body, and darted to the bathroom. I filled the bathtub with hot water. I added cold water into it. I sent my hand inside to test for the temperature. It was slightly lukewarm. I fished through the cabinets and brought out a green bottle of body wash. The scent of rosemary and mint hit me strong in the nostrils. I inhaled before opening the lid and squirting some inside the water.I made a homogenous mixture of the water, before stepping back to the room. He was now lying on his back, hands stretched out on the floor, legs spread. His black tie was askew. Sweat was dripping from his fac