-INDIGO-
Mr. Grey is kissing me. Well, more like Mr. Grey kissed me. The kiss didn't last upto two seconds before he ended it. There's no wedding reception. Jax and Matilda are commanded to go home immediately the wedding ends.
I'm left alone with Mr. Grey in his huge mansion. He sits on a chair in his living room, tapping on his phone as I stand a few feet away—still wearing my wedding dress—watching him.
"What now?" I ask awkwardly, and it's only then he turns to me.
"The second room upstairs by the left is yours. Mine is the one at the end of the hall. Your things were brought here during the wedding. If you're hungry, there are ingredients in the kitchen, make something. If you're not, sleep. I'm busy, don't disturb me." He says in a curt tone and I nod my head.
Good to see he's the still the same Mr. Grey as last week.
I take his directions and go to the room prepared for me. I see that most of my stuff are already here. I drop on my bed and it bounces as my gown flares.
I stare at the empty wall in front of me. I'm now Mrs. Indigo Grey. Both my names are colors now. I don't know how, but I sleep peacefully that night. So peacefully that I even oversleep.
I carry out my morning routine a little bit longer than I usually do. Mr. Grey's bathroom is overly fancy than I thought it would be. I jog downstairs to the kitchen to prepare something before I head for work.
I see eggs, flour, milk and some other things. I decide to make pancakes. I'm on the fifth one when Mr. Grey storms into the kitchen. He scowls at the sight of me.
"Good morning, sir," I greet him.
"How do you like your pancakes?" I ask him in urgency.
"What are you doing?" He asks slowly.
"Making pancakes," I say as I flip one on the pan. "Hurry and pick, we're going to be late for work." I add.
"There's no work today—"
"What?"
"And for the rest of the week." He continues, despite my question.
"I don't understand." I say in confusion.
"We just got married yesterday, we can't report to the work the next day. As much as I enjoy making money, it would seem more believable if we stay back for the rest of the week, then resume next week." He explains.
"Oh okay." I answer in a deflated tone. We have breakfast in silence. We have lunch in silence as well. We have dinner in silence also. Repeat the same the next day, and the next, until Monday comes rolling in.
I noticed three things over the break from work, and time spent with Mr. Rowan Grey.
Number one - He hates people, that's why he has no workers at home and barely speak to the ones he has at work.
Number two - He is very untidy when it comes to things other than himself. The other day, he ate and left his plate on the sink unwashed. And he piled up his laundry for me to do.
Number three - He hates me. He refuses to touch or talk to me. The only time he actually does talk to me is only to lecture me. And he scowls a lot.
Mr. Grey and I go to work riding his limited edition Mercedes. I feel so self conscious as I step down from the car. We walk into the office building, with me tailing behind Mr. Grey.
Something is off.
Everyone is staring at us and whispering.
They always do so when Mr. Grey is in the building, but they're not this obvious. Mr. Grey seems to ignore everyone as he steps into his office and shuts the door.
I take on my cubicle and start the work for the day. Matilda comes in seconds later with a wary look on her face.
"What?" I ask her.
"They know," is the only thing she says.
"Who knows what?" I ask, still confused.
"Everyone knows about the wedding between you and Mr. Grey." She whispers to my side and my jaw drops.
"How?" I ask her.
"Some blogs posted about it last night on their site, and everyone has been reposting the news. You're Mr. Grey's mystery wife and everyone hates you." She explains.
"I don't understand..."
"Mr. Grey is young, handsome, rich and famous. You are not his standard, no offense. It's surprising how he married you and not some billionaire heiress. Everyone thinks you're some whore who married him for his money." Matilda adds.
"But that's not true. He's the one who forced me to marry him," I say in my defense.
"I know that, but they don't." She says, casting a glacé at two female employees that pass by us, giving me condescending looks.
Wow, so this is my life now. I should've known something like this would happen, but I didn't prepare. I hate being unprepared. Marrying Rowan Grey was something I jumped into unprepared. Now, I have to suffer the consequences for it.
Lunch time is the worst. Everyone is gathered in gossip circles, and I'm the gossip topic. I'm not really friends with anyone except for Matilda in this office, so that gives them more reason to hate on me. I take a seat at my usual table and begin to eat.
"How can she eat comfortably knowing that she seduced her boss to marry her?"
"I always thought she was uptight, I didn't know she was just a conniving slut."
"I wonder what she did to poor Mr. Grey to capture him in her trap."
"She looks so bland, what could he possibly have seen in her?"
I hear every single one of their words. They're not even trying to be discreet with insulting me. I stand up from my chair abruptly to defend myself when I hear—
"The boss's personal whore."
"How—"
"You're fired!"
My words get drowned by the loud booming voice that tears through the lunchroom.
I turn to the source of the sound to see Mr. Grey standing over one of the female accountants, a few tables away from me.
"W-what?" The girl stutters in confusion.
"I don't know if you're aware, but this is my company. And you have the guts to talk trash about my wife. How dare you? Do you know who I am? Do you know how many seconds it would take me to totally destroy your life? One second!" Mr. Grey says, snapping his fingers, and for a second I start to feel bad for the lady.
"But, she seduced you. She's nothing but a—"
"Complete that sentence and I'll blacklist you. I'll make your life so miserable that dying would seem like a luxury you can't afford." Mr. Grey threatens the lady and she closes her mouth.
"Get out of my building." He says to her in an impatient tone. She fumbles in standing up and he snaps.
"Get the fuck out of my building right now!" He booms and she vanishes from our sight.
"And for the rest of you all—" he says, looking at every corner of the lunchroom. "If anyone of you dare to disrespect my wife in any way, I promise to make your lives a living hell. And you all know how serious and true my words are." He continues and the tension in the air rises.
Everyone slouches their shoulders and start to look down, as fear grips them. I've seen Mr. Grey get angry a lot of times but nothing like this. He looks like a monster.
"Indigo!" He calls out, and I flinch at the sound of my own name.
"Yes, sir," I answer shakily.
"Report to my office." He says, before storming out of the lunchroom.
I married a monster.
Chapter 5-ROWAN-I shouldn't have done that. Indigo is looking at me like I'm some sort of twisted hero. She shouldn't even be looking at me at all. Her innocent green eyes should be focused on the floor and not on my face."You called for me, sir," she says respectfully. "Ms. Reid and her partners will be coming here to speak on the Alpha project. Prepare the board room and bring out the charts." I tell her in a straight voice. She nods her head and starts to leave the room. Before she crosses the door, I stop her."Indigo," I call out, and she turns."Sir?" She answers. "If anyone makes you feel uncomfortable here because of any vile comments, tell me." I tell her in a serious tone. She looks taken aback by my words, but covers it up a second later."I'll be fine on my own." She says, puffing out her chest a little, feigning confidence. "I didn't ask for your opinion on the matter. Something happens, make sure to tell me. If I find out on my own, it won't turn out so well for y
Chapter 6-INDIGO- Mr. Grey's hands are cold. Mr. Grey is awfully slow. Mr. Grey is dangerously handsome. These thoughts skip spinning in my head. He loosens the buttons of my shirt slowly, with his fingers grazing my almost see-through singlet. He takes time doing each of the buttons, and there are a lot of buttons. Is he feeling the same amount of heat I am feeling? If he is, his expression gives nothing away. As usual. He has the best control over his emotions I have ever seen. I'm sure not even the angels knows what is spinning inside that head of his. He's so unreadable. And it's annoying. Very very annoying. As he gets to the upper part of my shirt, I start to shiver. I'm tempted to moan at his slow touch but I control myself. His eyes still show nothing. Is he that unimpressed with my body? Not even a single groan or a breathless sigh. Wait a second, why am I even concerned about what he feels towards me? I shouldn't even be thinking like this. He's my empl
Chapter 7 -INDIGO- Everything is back to normal now. Well, as normal as things can be when you're married to a billionaire and working for him. "So, you're trying to say you and Mr. Grumpy pants have been married for close to two weeks and you guys haven't done anything dirty yet?" Matilda asks me and I nod slowly. I continue to ask myself, time and time again, why am I friends with Matilda Fuentes? She is literally the most annoying person to ever walk on this earth. But one thing she knows how to do is to pry out personal information from a person. After delivering morning coffee to Mr. Grey, he dismissed me like a pest in front of her and Matilda—the real pest—started to pester me for information. She asked about Mr. Grey and I sexual lives and I told her that we don't have any. To say she was shocked is an understatement. How hard is it to believe that two responsible adults that are married are not having sex? Apparently for Matilda, it's very hard. She sighs, lean
Chapter 8-INDIGO- Is it just me or has Mr. Grey become more cruel and grumpy than he used to be, before we got married? "Indigo, I'm not paying you to stare into space. Sort out the files faster!" My husband cuts into my thoughts with a sharp voice. Nope, it's not just me. Before we got married, he never use to order me around like some slave. He had some unspoken respect towards me. But now, all that is gone. I'm like some kind of errand girl to him all of a sudden. It's all 'Indigo, do this!' 'Indigo, do that!' 'Indigo!' 'Indigo!' 'Indigo!' Ugh! I'm starting to get sick and tired of my own name.I seriously have no idea what I'm doing. Mr. Grey just rang me up and told me to sort out files into his locker. His exact words were 'Indigo! Sort out these fines!' He didn't even tell me what order to do it in. Who the hell does that?! It's because I'm readily at his disposal. That must be the only reason why. "Yes, sir," I say respectfully in contrast to how I actually feel
Chapter 9-ROWAN-I've lost my mind. That's the only reasonable explanation for the things I have been doing lately. Marriage is horrible. There should be a cover for marriage spelling out 'Do not do this. You will run mad.'Yes, surely it must be marriage madness. Nothing else. That is the main reason why I sent for Indigo to come to my office and asked her to review reports that are perfectly okay.Madness is the only valid reason why I am straining my eyes, trying to look for a cleavage between the tightly knitted turtleneck that Indigo is wearing.As if she notices my heavy gaze on her, she immediately looks up. I frown at her. Her face is even more of a distraction than her body."Mr. Grey?" She calls out in a sweet voice. "What?" I spit harshly, I shouldn't give off any vibe that I actually like the sound of her voice. What am I even saying? I do not like her voice. I do not like anything about her. She is Indigo, my secretary wife that I will divorce after six months. That
Chapter 10-ROWAN-"Is it too early to file for a divorce?" I ask Jax in a serious tone.He laughs, probably thinking I'm joking. I wait it out for a few seconds before he calms down and realizes that I'm not joking. "Is being married that bad?" He asks, with humor laced in his tone."It's horrible." I say, gulping down half the contents of my glass and slamming it against the table in front of us, harshly. "She's everywhere. I wake up, she's there. I'm at work, she's there. I'm eating, she's there. I can't stand it! It's like she's a witch!" I growl in frustration and Jax chuckles.He thinks it's a joke. I'm starting to suspect Indigo of witchcraft. It's not normal to be everywhere, every single thing. Even when I don't see her, I think of her. Of her voice, of her face, of her body, of her eyes, of her everything. I'm losing it. My sanity. She's the cause of it all. We've only been married for two weeks and I'm fed up. How am I supposed to manage five months and two more weeks
Chapter 11-ROWAN-"It's time for you to do those things you said you would do to me soon." Indigo says in a seductive voice and I'm at a loss for words.I clear my throat awkwardly and take a good look at the woman beside me. She's biting her lips and continuously winking at me.Sober Indigo would never do this. This is her intoxicated self. Indigo that almost never looks up at my face, this is just the drink talking.But still, my body reacts to everything she does. Temptation. Temptation. Temptation. That is what this woman is. She starts to thread on my left arm, humming an upbeat sound which is very annoying. "Stop it," I warn her in a sharp tone. She sighs heavily, before placing her head against the glass. "Ugh! You're such a fun sponge!" She remarks, flaying her arms mid-air, and I frown. She turns away from me and starts to trace her seat belt with her finger nails playfully, making a weird sound. I should be staring at the road, but every two seconds, my eyes glance at
Chapter 12-INDIGO-"Ah, my head!" I groan loudly as I try to open my eyes.I slowly take a sitting position on my bed, before opening my eyes fully. I look around me and it's still somewhat dark. The light entering through the closed windows are dim, so I take it the sun hasn't risen fully yet. I check the alarm clock by my side to see that it's 5:32am. Shit! I'm supposed to wake up before five. Why didn't my alarm go off? Oh, my gosh, I'm going to be late for work if I don't get up now. Everything is spinning as I take weird shaky steps to the bathroom. As I turn on the shower and step underneath, a memory slams through me. "It's time for you to do those things you said you would do to me soon." No no no no no no no no. That was not me. I was not the one who said those words to Mr. Grey.What the hell was I thinking?Memories of everything that happened last night floods my mind and a shiver runs down my spine. I can't believe I did all those things last night.Oh no! I knew I
Epilogue-INDIGO-"I feel hot. I don't know why. Do you feel hot as well? Or is it just me?" I rant to Matilda and Henry.Matty places her hands on my bare shoulders to caress me. "Indy, you're hyperventilating right now. Cool it." She says, and I realize that she's right.My chest is heaving up and down in an erratic manner. I feel like my head is about to explode. I don't know if it's because I'm nervous or if it's because of something else entirely.Why am I nervous a person might ask? Well, that's because I'm getting married today. Yep, you heard that right. I'm getting married to Rowan today. Again. We're going to have an official wedding today.It all started last two months after Frederick got arrested. The proceedings for the court were wrapped really quickly because of the confession I had. Charlotte and Frederick got long prison sentences. Rowan and I started to hang out more. Though I didn't return back to the company. Instead, I'm now working for Henry's restaurant with no
Chapter 71-INDIGO-"He might not have proof, but I do." I say as I step into the room, holding up my phone with a sardonic smirk on my face.Frederick pales immediately at the sight of me. "Wh-what are you doing here?" He stumbles on his words.I turn my attention to Rowan and throw him a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry for ever doubting you, Rowan. When I saw you with Charlotte, I just totally lost it. I thought- I thought so many things and I needed time to think and reflect."I thought about it so hard. But you never liked Charlotte, did you? Even before you got married to me, you hated sharing meetings with her. I thought about it and found it so hard that you would want to bed her. It all sounded so mixed up to me."I came here today to ask you more questions about it, then I ran into your conversation with this man," I spit out with venom laced in my voice. "I couldn't be sure what was happening, but since I've always known that he's a no-good sleazebag, something in the back of
Chapter 70-ROWAN-Ah, shit. Shit, shit, shit. I've finally done it. I've ruined my life through and through. I take a huge gulp from the champagne bottle in my hand and set it harshly against the bar slab."Fuck." I curse out loud. This is all my fault. If I had just told Indigo the truth when I found out maybe things wouldn't turned out this way.I was so fucking foolish to think that pushing her away was going to help matters in anyway. I didn't think things through that time, and my decisions are now biting me hard in the ass. I wish I was more sensible.I take another huge gulp from the champagne bottle, then groan loudly afterwards. I feel like I'm being ripped apart from the inside. Nothing in my entire life has ever hurt this bad. Absolutely nothing.Heartbreak is the worst pain imaginable. I never thought it was but now that I'm feeling it, I know it is. Indigo hates me now. There's no coming back from that. I bet she's going to move on from me sooner than later, leaving me a
Chapter 69-INDIGO-I can't believe the scene in front of me.Rowan and Charlotte are kissing. I feel like my head and my heart are about to explode. I can't think straight. I'm shivering all over.My exclamation makes them pull apart from each other. Charlotte, who is wearing a thin silky robe, breaks into a sly smile as she notices me. While Rowan, there's guilt all over his expression.So he knows that he's done something bad. This isn't even supposed to be hurting me the way that it is but I can't help myself. I knew him to be a liar and betrayer but not a cheat. Never a cheat.I guess I was wrong about that too.Tears prick the corner of my eyes but I try as much as I can to suck them back in with little to no success.Rowan reaches for me, but I flinch away, not wanting his dirty hands to touch me."Indigo, it's not what it looks like. I can explain." He says in a desperate tone as he pushes Charlotte away and starts to walk towards me.I'm backing away from the door, shaking my
Chapter 68-INDIGO-I don't know why I keep thinking about Joshua's words. It's been two days and still. I still can't get over it."How much he loves you..."Loves me? Rowan doesn't love me. He only Loves himself and his lies so why can't I get it out of my mind? Anyways, since I have no job now, thanks to the lying bastard, I have to start updating my CV to find a better one.Henry offered me a spot in his company but I'm still thinking about it. I don't want to be the girl who divorced a billionaire and now works for said billionaire's best friend. It has an odd ring to it.Though it would be very beneficial. I'd have a friend at work, Henry, and I can bet that his working environment won't be as toxic as Rowan's. Henry is a much nicer person. Or worse comes to worse, I could take up a waiting job at his cool ship restaurant.I think that's even a better odd. I miss that place so much. I hate that my first and only memory of it is tainted with a man named Rowan Grey. My goodness, e
Chapter 67-INDIGO-"Hi, guys." I say to everyone as I step into the kitchen.Matilda, Jax, and Henry are all caught off guard at the sight of me. I mean, I haven't read the room that Jax graciously spared to me since the day Rowan came by.They've been the ones to come checking up on me and all of that. Yep, I've been heavily depressed but last night, I don't know. I had this self discovery thing happen to me during a whack dream I had.I can't keep pining over Rowan my entire life. It's not like I'm the first person in the one who has been lied to, betrayed, and heartbroken, nor am I going to be the last.I'm not going to let a little set back in my love life predict the rest of my entire life. I had a pep talk with myself. Yes, I know it's going to be incredibly hard but I need to move on.Find a new job, a new house, something to love for. Rowan has moved on, he hasn't been back at the house, he hasn't been pining over the place, begging for another chance do why should I be the o
Chapter 66-ROWAN-Fuck, I can't think straight anymore. Everything is all blurry in my head, my eyes, my everywhere. But I have to attend this meeting.Even if it's just to tell the investors fuck themselves. The cab driver that drove me tontge office kept asking me if I was okay? What the fuck is that question all about?Can he see that I'm not fucking okay? I can't even remember the last time that I was okay. Wait, scratch that. I can remember. It was when I was with Indigo. When she was looking at me like I was the most important thing to her in her entire life.I just had to ruin that. When I get down from the cab, I stumble on my tracks. A few people on the streets throw curious glances my way but I ignore them. I don't give a shit about all of that.I choke on a cough as I manage to get through the front door of the building and into the lobby of my company. Everyone freezes as they spot me. It's been a while since I came to the office.Without her it doesn't feel worth it anym
Chapter 65-INDIGO-Rowan's eyes go dead at my words. Perhaps he was expecting me to listen to what he had to say and continue deluding myself blindly. But I'm not going to do that."You heard her, Rowan. Just go." Matilda points at the door as she speaks. Rowan stares at me, hoping that the last few seconds was just a figment of his imagination and I hadn't truly just told him that I would murder him if he got too close.Sadly, it's not. I harden my expression more and better. When he sees that I'm not budging. He sighs and his face falls. "Believe me, I'm sorry." He says one last time before steering around and walking out of the house.Once I can no longer make out his figure, I let out a choked sob as I fall to the ground, smashing my kneecaps against the cold hard tiles hard. The loud sound seems to pull Matilda's and Jax's attention as they rush to my aid.They try to help me to stand up but I'm totally a mess. I hear myself blubbering and spewing out useless rants. I cry and cr
Chapter 64-INDIGO-"Do you want ice cream?" Matilda asks and I shake my head, clutching onto my blanket tightly."Should I turn on the tv?" Henry asks and I shake my head."Should we run a bath for you or something?" Everyone of us turn to stare at Jax, he shrugs. I shake my head.I want to be happy. I want everything that's happened within the last two days to be a dream, a nightmare, that I'd just wake up from one morning and let out a sigh of relief. I want to be able to go back to the mansion to prepare breakfast for the person I thought I love.I want to not feel so horrible and betrayed all the time. I want to be able to eat without the good tasting sour and causing me throw up. I want to be able to smile without having to cry afterwards. I just want what I lost.I don't say any of that though. It sounds very pathetic in my head, I don't think I could summon the courage to actually say it out loud. So instead of voicing out of my thoughts and freeing myself. I shake my head and