Lady in champagne gold

Chris bit his lip as he walked away from the room. He had managed to put up his calm, understanding act long enough to fool the young lady but there was no way he could hide the truth from himself. 

He wanted nothing but to pull her off the ground and press her body against his. 

Maybe. Just maybe. He could steal a piece of the chunk of pleasure he had experienced the other night. 

“Are you alright, sir?” One of the maids asked, knocking him right out of his thoughts. 

His hands immediately went to his chin to make sure that he wasn't drooling. 

It wasn't until then he noticed that he was leaning on the door frame. 

“Yeah, I am. Just lost my balance,” he said, pushing his body upward to regain his composure. 

Only that, there was no way in hell would he be okay the way he was at the moment. A man who was okay would not be leaning on the door frame of his son's room fantasizing about his daughter-in-law. 

He straightened himself and cleared his throat before turning to the maid in hopes that she didn't get the wrong idea. 

“Tell the chef to ensure that dinner is ready in ten minutes. Any later than that and I'll personally fire him.” He commanded, his voice gruff and emotionless as he walked off. 

The maid hurried off. She had never heard Chris speak that way and she knew better than to ask for a bite of his enraged mood. 

She was rather used to Adams cold mood and aloofness to everyone around. Everyone was. 

The whole house had been on high alert, with tension thick in the atmosphere since they brought in the new bride. 

No one had heard of Gina until she walked into that front door. So no one knew what to expect or how to deal with her. To be on the safe side, they all braced themselves to be yelled at, spat on or worse still, been hit on the head. Who knows how crazy some of these rich house wives could act? 

At least they were prepared. 

Guess who wasn't prepared? 

Gina. 

Today had been a lot. First, she was married off to a complete stranger and now she found out that the man who had made love to her at the club was her father-in-law. 

She picked up her phone and called the only person she knew was looking out for her best interest. 

“What do you mean you wish you could return home?” Mia asked over the phone. 

“I’ve only been here for barely a couple of hours and I already feel like I'm walking into a cell. You should see the long list of rules that my ‘supposed’ husband just gave me.” She rolled her eyes and made a gesture with her index and middle finger for emphasis on supposed. 

“What? He really gave you a list?” She snickered, her voice cackling over the phone. Why she found the situation amusing baffled Gina. 

“You're supposed to comfort me.” Gina complained. 

“Uhm…sorry sis. I haven't heard of such before. Can you at least read them out or something?” Mia requested, quite at a loss on what to say next. 

“I'll send it over to you right away. That is if my husband doesn't seize my phone before then.” She quickly took a snap of the paper and sent to her sister.

Gina could feel the smile vanish from her sister's voice. “Don't tell me that the man is already controlling you like a puppet. I'll come down there and kick his ass myself.” 

“Quite the opposite. He asked that I stay out of his life and promised to stay out of mine. It's more like living with a room mate. The only time we will get to have a proper relationship as a couple would be whenever we are faced with a camera or in public.” she hissed.

“At least, he’ll take good care of you.” Mia comforted. She had quickly gone through the photo Gina had sent to her. 

Gina could see where this was going but decided to play the fool. “What do you mean by that?” 

“Oh, come on sis. Do you really want me to spell it out to you?” Mia chuckled.

“I would like to understand what you're talking about, Mia.” She feigned ignorance and slight annoyance.

“Fine. Have you guys fucked each other yet?” Mia inquired with a heavy dose of sassiness laced in her voice.

“Christ! Mia, what the hell did you just say?” Gina was astounded. She knew her sister was a good girl who had quite a healthy dose of sassiness. What she did not expect was that she would be so carefree to say something like that. 

“Oh, come off it, sis. I'll come of age in a fortnight. So tell me, have you guys done it?” She asked with excitement evident in her voice.

Gina sighed. “Not yet. That is just one of the many issues. The man complains that he is too busy with work hence he cannot make time for me. I'm starting to think that he married me to be kept as a fancy object in his home.” 

“That's sad. He looked like the kind that would be fierce in bed.” 

Gina's eyes widened. “Mia!” 

“What! Dad showed us a picture of you and Adams at the courthouse and he's so hot.”

“Are you having your eyes on my husband, Mia?” Gina questioned. 

“Of course not. I'm just saying that you're a lucky woman.” Mia was quick to add.

Gina sighed. “At this point, I am sure I'm rather unfortunate.” 

“That sounds bad. I heard that hot men are difficult to deal with though. I didn't know he was one of them.” 

Gina couldn't believe the smile that lingered on her lips at the mention of ‘hot men’.

“If you think Adams is hot then I'm sure you're going to throw your pants in the air when you meet his father.” 

Gina bit her tongue. She had said so much. She hoped that she hadn't exposed herself. 

As much as she wanted to tell Mia all that happened, she decided that she was never going to let anyone know about what had happened between her and Chris. The last thing she wanted was the tale of her one night stand falling into the wrong ears.

“Lucky you. You get to stay in a house alone with two hot men. I, on the other hand, have to deal with two women who keep nagging all day trying to force me to do more chores at home. At this rate, they're going to nag me to death.” 

Gina felt for her younger sister. She had feared that it would get to this.

“That's not fair. They should get more maids since they're so lazy to do a thing in the house.”

“You know they don't ever listen to others. I'm not mad anymore, I'm just happy that you got free from their claws.” 

“Thanks Mia. Me too.” A knock on her door signaled that dinner was ready. “We'll talk later, Mia. I have to get down for dinner. They're hosting a little get-together to celebrate our marriage.” 

As soon as they said their goodbyes. She freshened up and changed into a champagne gold dress. It was among those that were flaunted in the wardrobe. She had decided to pick from the bunch of beautiful dresses. 

As she looked over her dress in the mirror, she knew that Adams really wasn't kidding when he said he wanted her to look beautiful at all times. 

When she had made sure that she looked great, she began making her way down to the dining hall, her high heels already heralding her arrival. 

As soon as she made her way to the bottom of the steps, her father-in-law's eyes were all over her.