THE MAID I MARRIED
DARIUS
When my phone rang and her name appeared on the screen, I simply sighed. I didn't know why, but every time I saw the name Akia Markisha Sylvastra — the wife forced upon me to fulfill my grandparents wish— a heavy weight settled in my chest. I didn't know her. I had never met her. And now, suddenly, she was showing up here as if she had every right to everything that belonged to me.