Chapter Two

Hope

I stepped out of the Limo into the well polished compound that held the beautiful home of Damian Spears. It was a mansion built on only God knows how many acres of land. It had what looked like an infinity swimming pool going all the way to the ocean. There was a garden full of different kind of flowers, there was even a play area for kids and a fish pond. Not exactly what I had imagined his home would look like. 

He however had men in black suits in almost every corner of the house. That part I had imagined. 

A woman who seemed little older cme our to greet us. 

"Good afternoon ma'am." She said with a huge smile on her face. "Am Alba the house keeper,i will take this upstairs for you." She said taking my bag. 

"I have known Alba since I was a young boy myself. She will get you settled in okay." Damon said gesturing for me to follow Alba. 

I walked slowly following Alba, as soon as i stepped through the front door it leaked sophistication. The house's interior was breath taking. 

Damian's home was beautiful as the man himself. It was sleek, modern, warm and sumptuous, filed with antiques and art. The house smelled like heaven with a cool but warm breeze i couldn't help but admire the excellent decor as Alba led me downstairs. I don't know why I expected his home to feel different. For a man as cold and heartless as him, I expected his home to reflect that, not warmth. 

She led me down the hall to what seemed like master bedroom. The room was huge with a big bed that am sure could fit ten people. There were no pieces of decor on the wall but there was a large window with the view of the ocean from up here. 

The color scheme for the room seemed to be white and gold with a touch of black. 

I opened the bathroom door and right in the middle was a huge bath tub that could fit two people, maybe five. it was beautiful. I guess being a real estate mogul helped with that, him getting a house with the most beautiful view and the perfect pieces. 

Alba showed me where the towels were and then walked me towards the massive walk in closet that was big enough to be someone's bedroom. 

"I need to take a shower, am really tired." i said to Alba, "do you mind?" 

"Of course not miss Hope." She said cheerfully. 

"Just call me Hope please." i said with a soft smile. 

"Okay Miss Hope, am sorry Hope. When you are done just come down for dinner."she left the room closing the door behind her and I fell into the middle of the huge bed. 

I have no idea how long I lay there before I finally decided to get up and go take a shower. 

I slowly walked to my unpacked bag and fished out my phone and sent out a text to Landon. 

He was the only friend I had made over the five years I was away studying in London. 

I then slowly undressed and stepped into the bathroom standing I the cool granite floors as I stared at my reflection in the bathroom window. I wasn't the fifteen year old girl anymore. I had grown so much over the past five years. I had curves now, I had the body of a real woman. 

All the happenings of the last twenty four hrs ran through my mind as I sat there. Reaching for the shampoo, i uncapped the bottle and squeezed out a generous amount into my hands. Massaging it into my hair. I didn't have much time to continue relaxing in this beautiful bath tub before i heard the bathroom door creak. At the sound i froze and glanced over my shoulders eyes wide open. "I'm not done yet" i spoke out loud over the running water. Though it didn't make any difference because whoever it was just ignored what I had said 

"What are you doing? I am naked." i yelled covering my tits with both my hands as he barged into the bathroom with absolutely no respect for privacy at all. 

"Oh come on Hope, there is nothing I haven't seen before." Damon said leaning back against the sink with his arms crossed over his chest, watching me from under his dark hooded eyes. "You are my wife now Hope, and of age remember. Yoi can't hide your beautiful body from your husband." he said mocking me. His words pierced through my stomach like a sword as i blinked back tears. The water from the shower masked my tears, I couldn't let him see me crying.

I hated him, his family, i hate that they destroyed my family, and right now I hated how sexy he looked standing by that sink mocking me. 

He stood there just looking at me like I was a piece of meat refusing to move. My first instinct was to step out of the shower and just assume he wasn't standing there, but i still had shampoo in my hair. So i just ran my fingers through my hair trying to wash it off as quickly as possible to get out of this awkward moment.

As soon as my hair was clean i reached out to turn off the water wishing i could actually dissappear since he was watching me intently. Refusing to look at him i reached around him to where i kept my towels, but to ny surprise there were none.

"Looking for something?" he said holding out the Towel i was looking for. I snatched it from his grasp and held it to my chest, desperate to cover myself up. He was more than half a foot taller than me, i didn't like feeling this small, i walked out of the bathroom quickly towards the closet completely flushed with embarrassment. 

It took me half an hour to get dressed, i put on just simple pajamas and went downstairs for dinner. Damian was already there sitting to the head of the table which made me a little bit nervous. Being around him made me really nervous. 

He hadn't changed much since the last time I saw him five years ago. He was still handsome with his hair a little bit grown now. He didn’t have a beard five years ago but now it was like a huge bush which made him more attractive. 

"You look beautiful with your hair down," Damian said looking at me innocently. He seemed like a totally different person from the one who just terrorized me in the bathroom minutes ago. He was now the head of the spears empire, but in this moment he seemed so cheerful and happy. 

"Thank you," i said shyly heading to the table. 

There was an arkward silence before i finally spoke up. 

"How many people are coming to this dinner exactly?" i ask amused at the different types of food displayed on the table. 

"Just you wifey," he said chuckling in the most sexiest grin I had ever seen. 

"Then why did they prepare so much food?" I asked completely shocked. 

"So that you can choose whatever you want to eat." he said gesturing me to sit next to him, which I weirdly did like an obedient little wife. 

We sat through dinner silently, eating in silence making small remarks every now and then. As soon as we were done Damian excused himself and said something urgent needed his attention and left the house. I went upstairs and slipped out into a small black satin night gown and got into bed. It had occurred to me earlier how weird it was, i didn’t see any of Damian's clothes in the closet, but I chose to ignore it. I will ask why tomorrow maybe. 

I checked my phone it was almost ten thirty. I put it on silent and, turned off the lights and fell asleep almost immediately.