"Welcome to Greece, Mrs Black," the household staff of Enrique's mansion greeted in Greek and then in English.Grace smiled and greeted them back in the little Greek she had learnt from Enrique.Enrique did the introductions, making sure that Grace was familiar with every single one of the household staff. "Congratulations on your wedding," they all said."Thank you," Enrique and Grace said in unison.They had landed in Greece about an hour ago and Enrique had been doing most of the talking because Grace couldn't utter a single correct word in the native language.Their chauffeur couldn't speak English, so Enrique had been doing all the translating. Grace was glad that the staff could speak English, she was definitely going to learn some Greek before the end of their two weeks honeymoon.Enrique spoke in fluent Greek to the staff and they all smiled before leaving the house."Where are they going? What did you say to them?""I told them they could all leave until tomorrow afternoon."
Enrique felt his hands around the bed to hold his wife, but all he felt was the softness of the bed. Groaning, he wiped his eyes and got out of bed.She wasn't in the bedroom nor was she in the bathroom, so he wondered where she could have gone so early in the morning without him noticing.After taking a quick shower, he took out his toothbrush and put on some paste before brushing his teeth and splashing some water on his face. He smiled, thinking of how great things had been between he and Lila the previous night. She had been so responsive to every kiss and touch. It was as though she had been created for him, to suit him perfectly.They had made love all night until 2am when exhaustion finally brought them into the comforting arms of sleep. Enrique had never felt as happy as he was right at the moment.He left the room and went downstairs in search of his wife. A bright smile fell on his face as soon as he spotted her in the kitchen. The speakers were on, playing a hit from the
"How do you always manage to wake up before me," Enrique asked Grace who was sitting by the pool.He trailed lazy, lustful eyes over her body which was clad in a skimpy red bikini. She had a hat on and as usual looked flawless.He bent to kiss her briefly and Grace smiled before replying, "you sleep a lot. I guess you're making up for the little amount of sleep you get on a regular due to your work.""Not just that, I have the perfect sleeping medication by my side. So what's up? What are the plans for today?" Enrique smiled, sitting by her side.Grace had been the one deciding what they got to do since the past week. It was a Monday which meant they had six days left to spend in Greece before going back to New York.They had gone fishing, skateboarding and swimming in the ocean, though Grace avoided more than one round of swimming to prevent her makeup getting ruined.They had also been doing cooking tutorials on YouTube and even shot an episode of Enrique's cooking show in their kit
"What exactly is it?" Grace asked while Enrique led her out of the house.She was blindfolded and couldn't see a single thing through the material over her eyes. Enrique had promised he was giving her a surprise a while back, but he had delayed it so she couldn't wait to see what exactly it was.Grace had been receiving texts from an unknown number. The person had been threatening her with her secret, causing Grace to be continually on edge for the past four days. She hadn't checked the phone since the previous morning, so she was glad that she could have some rest for the time being.What she was sure of was the fact that she was going to tell Enrique everything as soon as they returned home to New York."We are here, you can now open your eyes, my love," Enrique said, smiling at his gift."You got me a car?" Grace exclaimed, smiling at the sleek black car in their parking lot with her name on the number plate."Not just that, I got you something else," Enrique laughed at the fact th
Grace got up slowly from bed, when she heard the doorbell ring. Throughout the past three weeks, she had been at an all time low.Enrique had been flying all from city to city on business trips. Having worked as his assistant for a while, Grace was aware that he didn't really have to personally attend to all those business meetings.He probably wanted every reason to be away from his dishonest and lying wife. Since they arrived at the airport, three weeks ago, Grace hadn't set her eyes on Enrique again.He had taken every necessary measure to avoid seeing her. They had driven in separate cars from the airport. Even on the few late nights when he stopped by the house, he used one of the guestrooms and made sure to leave very early the following morning.Grace had only found out about his presence through the household staff and felt too ashamed to even enquire about how her husband was doing from them.The household staff were off duty that morning, so she had to drag her feet downstai
The entire drive back to their mansion was spent in an uncomfortable silence. The radio wasn't even turned on which made matters worse.After an entire hour of driving, Enrique parked his car in their parking lot and got out to open Grace's side, but she beat him to it by getting out and walking angrily into the house.She made sure not to look back at him despite the fact that he was hollering at her.Catching up with her in the bedroom, Enrique said, "Lila, we need to talk.""It's Grace and I have absolutely nothing to discuss with a husband who abandons his wife and then shows up embarrassing her in a public place like that," Grace snapped."Whose fault is it? I can't even believe I've been addressing you as Lila when in fact you were Grace. How did it make you feel, fooling me like that?""I had no choice!""Did you now? That isn't even what I want to discuss. Why in God's name were you dancing so erotically with that random guy like that?" Enrique retorted."Erotically? I wasn't
It was a great struggle for Grace to mask her excitement at seeing Enrique when she opened the door for him that Sunday.She had woken up at 4am to get herself ready for his visit at 7am. She had done her utter best to look flawless and nothing like a woman who had spent the past few weeks consumed in depression.Enrique had sent a simple text stating what time he was going to pick her up so that they could head to church together and then his family house later for brunch.Since their argument the other night after her episode of clubbing gone wrong, Enrique hadn't reached out to her. That morning was her first time seeing him and she tried her best to sound casual when she said, "you look well."Enrique scoffed, pushing back a stray lock from off of his face. His was breathtakingly handsome as usual. A true sight for sore eyes in his charcoal black suit which hugged his muscular physique."You look good too. Are you ready let's go," Enrique said after taking his eyes off of her beau
"So please tell us, Lila. Why did-" Aunt Was saying when Grace cut her off with, "it's Grace."Aunt Lucia wrinkled her nose in displeasure and said, "why exactly did you lie about your name? Did you perhaps commit some crime?"Grace turned to Enrique who was by her side. She wasn't sure just how much Enrique had told his family.Just as she was about to speak, Enrique said, "Aunt Lucia, I would prefer it if we didn't discuss this.""Why do you sound so cold to her? Is it because of this slut? She has been nothing, but trouble since she came into your life. A cheap escort who even faked her true identity, I have to ask if you are under some spell or something, Ricky!" Aunt Maria raised her voice.Grace felt like she was just slapped hard across the face at that comment. Enrique got to his feet and pulled Grace up."That's enough! Mum, Dad, you can now see why I didn't want to bring Grace here after all that happened. Why won't Aunt Lucia and Maria just leave my woman alone? Why can't t