TWO

I woke up the next morning with a slight headache.

I cried last night because of Jeremy.

I still found it hard to accept the fact that I was married, not to Nicholas but to someone I barely knew.

Nicholas didn't sleep in the room last night and I was more than glad.

Someone pushed the door open and walked in making me sit up.

Her face was unfamiliar.

"Um...Do you need anything or did you miss your way?" I asked the lady who walked in.

She wasn't dressed like a maid and the Chadwick's didn't have a daughter.

"You might think you're lucky now that you're married to Nicholas," she said ignoring my question.

"What do you mean?" I asked, aching my brows.

"Soon you're gonna get thrown out of the mansion," she said running her hand on the wardrobe and I stood up.

"If you're gonna keep talking trash, kindly please get out of my room," I said, getting pissed.

"So the room is now yours?" she asked and laughed dramatically making me irritated.

I huffed in anger.

What the hell is wrong with her.

"Get out" I half yelled pointing to the door but she walked closer to me.

"Make me leave here if you have the guts" she snarled, twirling my hair on her finger.

I slapped her hand off my hair and she burst into tears.

I didn't do anything to her so why was she crying.

"jenny! what's wrong" Nicholas asked running to where she stood.

"This wench you call a wife slapped me cos I woke her up and told her your mom asked her to come down for breakfast"

"She called me a dirty maid" she cried out, making me baffled.

She was trying to make me look like a bad person.

"I didn't slap you, what the hell are you talking about?" I said, in shock.

"Nicholas! she's also denying it" she cried tugging on his shirt.

"You've spent just a day here and you're already acting like a little witch" Nicholas finally said glaring at me.

"She's the little witch here cos......"

"Shut the hell up" he yelled at me, cutting me short.

"The next time I find you hit anyone, including the maids and other workers, I'm gonna make sure you've thrown out of here like an animal" he rasped.

"Why don't you throw me out already, I never wanted to be here in the first place" I yelled in tears.

He raised his hand to slap me and I closed my eyes in fear.

"Let's leave here Jenny," he finally said and left holding her by the waist.

"I hate it here!" I screamed.

I'm sure the jenny girl is the person he told me he was in love with.

I had already lost my appetite but I had to go for breakfast since Nicholas's mother had asked that liar to come to call me.

***

I walked down the stairs to the dining area to have breakfast.

"I almost thought you weren't coming down for breakfast" Nicholas's mom exclaimed when she saw me.

"Good morning ma'am, good morning sir" I greeted Nicholas's parents with a slight bow.

"Morning honey" they both chorused.

"Jenny stand up, Elina should be the one sitting beside Nicholas," Nicholas's mom said and I watched as her face turned into a scowl.

"There's no need for that, I'll just sit with you instead," I said glaring at jenny.

"No, you should sit with your husband," Nicholas's mom protested.

"Mom! Elina is my wife and we have all the time to spend together so let Jenny be" Nicholas intervened.

"So she's the wife, she's quite pretty" a voice uttered from behind me and I turned to stare.

I took my seat beside Nicholas's mom without saying anything.

The guy who had a slight resemblance with Nicholas took his seat beside his dad.

Nicholas! you didn't sleep in the same room with your wife last night" his dad said taking a drink from his water.

"What!" his mom yelled.

"Did you report me to my dad?" Nicholas snarled at me.

"She didn't report you, I came to check up on you both twice last night and you weren't with her," his dad said before I could say anything.

"Dad!!, you're invading my privacy and I don't like it" Nicholas half yelled.

"Nicholas!!, last night was your wedding night, you mean you both haven't done it already" his mom cut in.

Someone just shoot me, what the hell is this woman talking about.

"I Can't believe you'd miss that opportunity, if it were to be me, I wouldn't miss it for anything in the world"

"I Mean look at her backside," the guy from earlier said, making me gasp.

"Leo!" Nicholas, his mom, and his dad all yelled.

"If you wanna fuck someone, there are a lot of sluts out there, don't even think of fantasizing my wife" Nicholas yelled slamming his hand on the table.

"What brother? I thought you didn't like her" Leo retorted with a smirk.

"Enough you two" his dad yelled.

"What kind of brothers are you two? you both are always at each other's throat" his dad yelled again.

"Dad, you should talk to Nick only, I was only complimenting his wife," Leo replied.

"Why don't you keep your compliments to yourself?" Nicholas snarled.

"Can you both just shut up already" his dad yelled again.

"I'm done here," Nicholas said standing up and left.

"Go to hell and don't come back okay" Leo yelled after him and his mom, dad, and Jenny glared at him.

It was obvious that Nicholas and Leo didn't have a good relationship just like myself and Beverly.

"I'm sorry for what happened, you should eat before your food gets cold", Nicholas's mom said, smiling at me and patting my hand.

I smiled back, grabbed my fork, and began eating.

****

I came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my body.

I gasped when I found Nicholas in the room and I ran back into the bathroom.

A few minutes later, I came out fully dressed.

Nicholas was already sleeping on the bed.

I brought out a thick blanket from the wardrobe and laid it on the floor.

I grabbed a pillow from the bed and placed it on the blanket.

There was no way I was gonna sleep beside Nicholas it felt like I Was cheating on Jeremy

Besides, Nicholas hates me and I'm sure he wouldn't want to sleep or even stay close to me.

I went to the door and locked it with a key to prevent anyone from spying on us.

I'm gonna visit my parents tomorrow to query them about Jeremy's death.

I wasn't gonna let his death slide.

#Next_morning.

I climbed down the stairs with my purse in my hand.

"Good morning ma'am," I greeted Nicholas's mom as I came across her and Jenny in the sitting room.

"Good morning honey, I've told you to stop calling me ma'am but mom" Nicholas's mom replied pouting her lips.

"I'm sorry" I muttered slightly bowing.

"Where are you going, why are you all dressed up?" she asked.

"Um... I wanna go see my parents" I replied and she nodded.

"Wow!! I love your purse ``Jenny suddenly snatched my purse from my grip.

What the hell is wrong with this bitch!?

"Kindly please hand over my purse back to me," I said trying my best not to sound harsh cos Nicholas's mom was there.

Ever since the incident of her lying that I hit her, I hate her so much.

"I'm admiring the purse, not stealing it" Jenny replied with an eye roll.

"What's in the purse anyways," she asked, pouring out all the contents in the purse.

"jenny!!, what is wrong with you" Nicholas's mother yelled but froze when jenny picked up a condom that had fallen from the purse.

I gasped when I saw the condom.

"You should have told mom you wanted to go see your lover instead of lying," Jenny said, raising the condom higher.

How did a fucking condom get into my bag?

"I didn't...I didn't put that in my purse I swear" I stuttered still in shock.

"Can you see what we found in your wife's purse?" Jenny said sarcastically showing Nicholas the condom as soon as he came into the sitting room.

"Mom! I'm filing for a divorce, I can't be married to a slut" Nicholas rasped immediately.

"I'm not a slut" I yelled at him.

"You're a slut, stop denying it and just tell the truth that you wanted to go fuck your man" jenny fired.

"Do you think everyone is like you who goes about sleeping with other people's husbands?" I fired back.

"Why don't you let mine be" I yelled at her angrily.

"What do you mean?" Nicholas. Mom asked, staring keenly at me.

'I'm not your husband, we're just two strangers living together" Nicholas said glaring at me.

" You know what? Fuck you, fuck you too" I snapped at him and his eyes went wide open.

I'm sure no one has talked to him that way and I don't care.

"Mom!! I didn't put that in my purse, believe me" I said, turning my attention to Nicholas's mom.

"Mom!!, please say something", I said again tugging at her arm when I got no reply.

"Mom I want a divorce

nothing more, there's no way, I'll let this slide" Nicholas snapped.

"Fine!! I want a divorce too, do you think I like you?"

"I hate you, I despise you".

"Do you think I'm happy living with you when my boyfriend is dead?".

"He fucking died all because of this godforsaken marriage" I yelled, poking his chest hard as I tried holding the tears which threatened to fall.

"I want a divorce too" I yelled as some tears fell freely from my eyes.

"That's enough for you both, no one is getting a divorce" Nicholas's mom finally said.

"You're such an idiot for calling me a slut" I muttered facing Nicholas who held an emotionless face before storming out of the house.

Right now, I wish Jeremy was alive.

I wish I could run into his arms sobbing while he would kiss me and tell me everything's gonna be fine.

All these were mere wishes.

I hate my life so much right now.