Chapter Three

 Hope. 

This was the second night here and I still felt like a stranger. Damian had not yet returned since the previous night. I should be happy but some part of me resented him even more. 

I watched as Alba unpacked the bags that came in today, arranging my clothes, color coordinating them. 

"I noticed Damian's clothes are not there." i said it more of a statement than question. I didn’t even realize I had been loud enough. 

"That's because this is your room, his room is the next door." She said. 

I got up and slowly walked to the closet looking around.

"Oh, I just assumed we were going to share a room." my voice came out disspointed more than I intended it to be. 

"He said you needed your own space.i assumed he had talked to you aboutit."

"No he didn't." i said looking around the closet and all my clothes were neatly arranged and there were other new stuff I could not recognize, before I could ask, as if sensing Alba spoke up.

“Your husband bought those for you; he said you would like them.” She said before she brought a gown, a red dress and laid it on the table, “he said you should wear this tonight.”

I examined the gown; it was a beautiful red dress and seemed to be exactly my size, “what’s tonight?” I asked touching the soft fabric of the neatly laid out dress.

“His father is handing the company to him, there would be a ceremony and it will be filled with all the most important business men in newyork.” Alba said almost proudly. I could see her smiling.

“How long have you worked for the Spears family?” I asked her walking to the shoe section.

“Since he was little, I was his nanny.” Alba said again smiling, there was a moment of silence for a while and then she spoke up again, “such a good boy, he was always my favorite, so kind unlike his younger brother.”

I laughed out sarcastically when I heard kind, kind is not a word you use to describe Damian spears, Alba looked at me and her expression changed and I immediately stopped laughing.

“He is a good man, Hope. He has been through a lot and he may seem like his father and brother but he is nothing like them, he spent all his life trying not to be like them. He cares about you, you know.” She said it more of a question than a statement.

I chose to ignore it, instead I picked a pair of red bottoms and laid them next to the dress, “didn’t you ever want to leave them, the Spears family I mean.” I said walking back to the pulse section.

“I wanted to leave, but I made a promise to madam to look out for them, they needed me so I stayed and when they were older enough I tried to leave but Damian hired me to manage his house.”

“Who is madam?” I said and immediately realized I was asking too many questions when I felt her tense up.

“We never talk about her, am sorry i have said too much. I have to go now and start on dinner.” Alba suddenly said and left without saying another word.

I picked up the dress again and walked with it to the mirror holding it up against my body. It was a beautiful dress. 

“Are you settling in okay?” I heard his voice from the doorway and quickly turned around and there he was leaning by the door in a pair of grey sweats and loosely hanging white tshirt. The man looked good in anything, he could be wearing rags and he would still look sexy. He also had the ability to creep up on anyone without noticing. 

“I don’t need you buying me clothes, I can buy my own clothes and shoes Damian.” I said walking back to the bed putting the dress down.

“I know you can, but I wanted to buy that particular dress for you. You will look stunning in it.” He said matter of factly, “did alba tell you about the gala tonight, I will be introducing you to the world for the first time as my wife.”

“Oooh, you don’t say. So you are finally ready to give up your bachelor title for me? How sweet of you my darling husband.” I said teasing and mocking him and he smiled at me. The first real smile I have ever seen from him. He had a beautiful smile; he should smile more, but just like how it had appeared unexpectedly it disappeared.

He studied me for a while and his whole physique changed, he seemed dull now. I thought he was going to walk away but he walked towards me making me nervous, he didn't stop until our bodies were basically touching, “We all have our parts to play in this game Hope, am just playing mine.” He said before taking a strand of hair from my face, his touch no matter how little felt like electricity against my skin that sent Shockwave to my entire body. He then leaned in and kissed me on the forehead before he walked away with his hands in his pockets leaving me standing there. 

I sat back down on the bed and took out my phone and dialed my sisters number, she had given me her new number at the airport. Okay not given me, I had found a crumpled piece of paper inside my jacket pocket. Her number was scribbled there, she must have dropped it there when she hugged me. She picked up on the fourth ring.

"Hello,hello,hellooooo" I heard her voice. 

I couldn’t bring myself to say anything so instead I just hang up and lay backwards and cried myself to sleep. I was all alone; I had no friends no family. This was no way to live I thought as sleep carried me off.