Chapter 2 She's awake

Iris

Everywhere was darkness as I struggled to open my eyes, the first view that came to my sight was blurry, and slowly everything began to clear till I could see a white ceiling, an unfamiliar environment looking so luxurious and exquisite,

“Ma you're awake?!” I heard a lady's exciting voice and looked beside me to see ladies in uniform lined up in a row, I sprang up from the bed immediately but the pain in my tummy was so excruciating 

“Ma are you okay?” The maid from earlier asked, and just like flashes of light, everything that happened began to rush back into my memory, how my family betrayed me and killed Edwardo and me and we both fell inside the river, 

“No….no….no…my baby”

“My baby……!”

“Edwardo……”

“My Edwardo, where is my husband!” I yelled holding my head like I was about to go insane, I tried to come down from the bed but the maids held me back 

“Get me my Edwardo, where am I you people should take me out of here please”

“Get the young master!” The maid from earlier yelled at one of them and they rushed out

“I don't fucking need your young master, I need my husband and my baby please, just let me go….!” I tried to fight them

One of the maids rushed in immediately looking tense

“Lucianna?” She called and the woman who was holding me loosened her grasp on me, I think she's the oldest of them

“Where's the young master?”

“He's here” 

And just immediately, the huge door was pushed wide open, and someone dressed elegantly in a suit began to walk into the room but the sunlight was too much that I could not see properly, I used my hand to cover my eyes till the person was close

“Mi amor” I heard that voice that I will recognize even in my grave and their only one person that calls me Amor, which means…….my eyes widened in surprise as I slowly took my hand away from my eyes and there he stood, 

My man,

My sunshine

My everything 

The only reason why I chose to live again

“Edwardo…?” I called as tears streamed down my eyes, and that's when I realized that everybody else in the room was gone and it was just us now, 

“Mi amor” He called in smiles his eyes glistening with sparks and without saying other words, he engulfed me in his arms 

“I miss you so much, I thought I was going to go crazy waiting for you to wake up,” He said and cried in-between tears, he wept on my shoulder, I couldn't stop my tears either, we hugged like that for minutes with none of us ready to let go each other. 

He finally pulled away and sat beside me on the bed, 

“What happened to us, how did we get here?” I asked looking all over the place

“We own this house that we are in, are you now working for them?’’

“Amore, you have to calm down, and let me explain”

“Oh okay,” I nodded in assurance looking at him. He smiled lovingly at me and took my right palm which he placed on it caressing it 

“We were rescued by a group of fishermen, and it turned out that one of them was a man that my father saved a long time ago, and since then he's been grateful to my father”

“Okay……I still don't understand a thing”

“I know Amor, and I promise to explain everything just listen to me” 

“Hmmm” I nodded

“Actually the truth is, I'm not from New York like I told you”

“Huh…? Then who are you”

“I'm still me I'm just not from New York”

“Then where are you from?” 

“I'm from Korea”

“Huh….but I never noticed from your skin color,” I said in confusion and he smiled 

“That's because I'm mixed I'm half Korean and half New York”

“Ohh okay” I nodded in understanding 

“Actually I was never poor,” He said making my eyes widened

“I..I….I…don't understand what you're saying

“Mi amor promise you won't hate me after this” 

“Can I hear your reasons first” 

“I wasn't poor, the first time I saw you was on TV you were on the news, the heiress to Vanchez Empire in New York, and that moment I fell in love with you, it was love at first sight, I did a background check on you and realized you hated rich people because they comes to you to take advantage of you just to shine in the business world, I didn't have that kind of mindset, my family is already the third best in Korea”

“Huh…..!” I yelled out my lungs this time, who doesn't know the third richest family in Korea

“You….you…you ….” I pointed shaky hands at him and he nodded

“Hmmm, that's me the heir to Kuwaiti Group, my name was never Edwardo my real name is Ji-hoon Kuwaiti

“How long have I been unconscious?” I said still cannot believe what I heard

“Three months” 

“And our baby?” 

“I'm sorry armor, but it's gone”

“Hmmm,” I nodded, 

“So you were never poor?” I asked, laughing at how stupid I was not to notice that my smart husband was Korean all those years I lived with him, married for two years, and never found out. 

The door suddenly opened, and a guy dressed in a black tuxedo walked in 

“Young master” He called with a bowl

“Your parents are back” 

“Huh….?!” My eyes widened in shock,

The Kuwaiti family? No…no…I don't think I'm ready to face them