The Revelations

Ana's Pov

"I always dreamed of a beautiful grand wedding, one of the best in my time, with 5 bridesmaids. A honeymoon abroad, enjoying different meals, and trying different kinds of drinks with my husband.

A handsome and faithful husband, one who loved me and my choices.

Unfortunately here I am, in a cage, I call a marital home, with an unfaithful husband." I thought and the door opened.

"Speaking of the devil, the devil arrives. Always entering without knocking, handsome yet mannerless." I cursed beneath my breath.

"What do you want?" I asked, not taking a glance at him as I sat straight in bed.

"Nothing much, we will be having dinner at my parents' tonight. I will arrange for your dress, you should be ready before 6:00 pm." He said, turning on his heels to leave.

My words stopped him.

"I am sorry, I am not going anywhere with you, Alex."

"I don't know why you always misinterpret my statements, I am not asking you, it's an order. You are coming with me and that's very simple and understandable" 

With that, he walked unceremoniously out.

"This bastard son of a bitch doesn't know a thing about treating women right, I still wonder why that slut cannot leave him alone. What hurts the most is that I can't do anything about it. This boils down to the stupid act of my father, never will I forgive him." I sigh, scoot out of bed, and promenade towards the glass wall.

"Another person comes to mind, Drake. He didn't even bother calling me after the incident, he should have at least listened to my part of the story. I have to find a way to speak to him, how will that be possible, he doesn't even answer my phone calls." 

The door opened slowly then Helena entered with a glass of red wine.

"Sorry, I knocked several times but I guess you didn't hear, can I enter?"

"Yes, enter, please. Thank you, Helena, are you busy?"

"No ma'am, I'm not." She answered and then I swayed to sit on the bed.

"Please sit here beside me," I said, tapping on the bed beside me. 

"Do you know the blonde-haired lady that was here earlier?"

"Do you mean Miss Walters? I do know her." She answered plainly.

"What relationship does she have with Mr. Johnson?"

"I'm sorry ma'am, I have no idea. Why do you ask? She said, taking my hands into hers. "Miss Ana, you can tell me everything, I will listen to s your mom and dad would."

Suddenly, I became emotional. " Dad, you say, he's the reason I'm here today, throwing away my dreams of becoming a renowned medical doctor."

"Can you tell me exactly what happened?" Helena said.

"Ten years ago, to be precise, he left us to God knows where. Until this day, I still think there was something wrong somewhere, and anytime I ask mom, she fumes. This is exactly what happened that day.

"I remember it was a fine summer morning when my mom felt unwell, she needed medical attention. I had to skip school to help my dad take her to the hospital. We got there just for the doctor to announce her pregnancy. Before this was announced, dad told me he had urgent business to take care of, and that he would meet us at home.

She was very happy, I was too. We just couldn't wait to break the news to my dad. We didn't spend much time at the hospital, the doctor prescribed some medicines and told us we could leave." 

"You got home and he wasn't there?" Helena cut in and I cocked my head.

~Flashback~

"Adriana? Could you fetch me a glass of water?"

"Right away, mom."

After pouring the water, I noticed an envelope on the table.

"Mom? here, your water."

"Thank you, honey."

"Mom? what is this?" I asked, waving the envelope.

"What is that? Oh, it might be for your dad.

"Can I open it?"

"Open it at your own risk, I won't interfere if he comes here scolding you." Mom commented.

I opened it anyway. 

"Mom? It's a letter."

"Let me see it". My mom said and I gave it to her.

"What does it say?" I asked mom.

"Your dad left us to be with his ex-lover,  he said he can't stay with us anymore. We shouldn't look for him because we won't find him. We should forgive him and move on with our lives."

~Present~

"I was only 10 soon to be 11, I didn't know what to say to my crying mom, I sat with her and we cried together.

Remembering all these and the discomforts we went through.  

Krista growing up without a father makes me feel a strong hatred towards him. Well, he belongs to the past. I've got a lovely family and I love them very much."

"That was so heartless of him, how could a father ever do this to his family? Do you think your mom must have offended him?"

"That's still a mystery to me but I doubt my mom would offend him," I said, seeking comfort in her eyes.

"Shush…rest, we will talk more later."  She said as she embraced me, passing her hands in my hair and I fell asleep.

 I woke up and Helena was nowhere to be found. Checking the time, it was exactly 5:30 in the evening. I dragged myself out of bed to take a shower.

After showering, I decided to read the romantic novel I borrowed from Helena.

"Oh my goodness," I whispered as he entered. He looked more handsome than ever, very smart in his expensive midnight blue suit. Hell, his perfume was all over the place. Being unable to break eye contact, I blush crimson under his skeptical glare.

"Ana?" He called and his voice brought me to earth.

"Here, have this jewel, it belongs to my mom, she wanted me to give it to my wife.

Did you not like the dress, why are you not dressed yet?" He asked, with a confused expression.

"Did you think I was joking? I am not going anywhere with you. That's your dress and jewel, take them  to your mistress and go with her." Getting brassy, I retorted.

"I wasn't joking either when I said it's an order, you are coming with and that is that," I said and shoved his hands in his pocket.

"Why would you think I would want to?"

"Because of my offer." He exclaimed, coming closer to me.

"Which offer? What do you mean?" I asked with keen interest.

"Well, I might take you to see your family."

"Alex? Do you mean it? What do I have to do?"

"Just come with and make my mom believe we are very much in love, she doesn't know anything about our marriage."

"I will go with you_," I said, cutting him off.

"Good, get dressed, I will be with you shortly." He smiled, accompanying an approving nod, and then left.

I quickly removed the dress and wore it, it perfectly fitted, as though I were measured. It was black sleeveless dinner wear, with its back bare, reaching to my lower back. The necklace on the other hand was nothing I had seen before, simple and exquisite.  I held my hair in a bun to give my back a full view.

Quickly, I reached for a decent heel to match. I was satisfied with my look, "I am all set." I whispered to myself while straightening my dress.

"Are you…" he couldn't continue his statement when his gaze landed on me. His eyes were full of lustful need.

"Well, you look spectacular, can we leave now?" He asked, taking my hand to kiss it.

"Yes," I responded.

"Sam? Stop looking at my wife like that, hand me the keys, I will drive." 

Sam smiled, saying…

"Here you go sir, safe journey."

Alex drove and pulled up in his parent's apartment. After a moment of absolute silence, he spoke.

"Shall we? Wait, Ana, don't make things go wrong. The woman has heart issues."

"I won't," I replied honestly.

"I am hoping so." He said and placed his hand on my lower waist. My heartbeat expedited, he's got so much effect on me, an unexplainable effect.

"Are you nervous?" He questioned with a kind expression.

"I will manage," I replied and then gave him a plastic smile.

After a few seconds of waiting for the door to open, a beautiful lady opened the door.

"Rose, how are you?" Alex asked.

"I am fine, mom is waiting," Rose said as she led the way.

"Who is she?"

"Why do you ask?" He smirked, then questioned.

"Nevermind, it's okay," I replied, shoving my hand under his arm.

Alexander's POV

"Mother, Dad, I am here," I said and we hugged each other. You look adorable, mom. Anyway, meet my wife, Adriana Johnson. Adriana, meet my parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson."

 My dad shook hands with her, and mom kissed her cheeks.

"It's a pleasure to meet you both," Adriana said, maintaining a neutral look.

"You look like a Disney princess, you are very beautiful. Where did you meet my son? Forgive me, I couldn't attend your wedding, was it grand? How come I didn't see the papers? Alex, why?

Son? You didn't tell me she's this beautiful, Adriana? Tell me everything I need to know." Mom was happy, asking many questions at once.

"Mom, have you not missed me? It's been a month since we last saw each other." I remarked, placing a soft kiss on her cheek.

"I have a daughter now, she's my new love. The food will be cold, shall we?" 

I pulled the chair for Ana and sat beside 

her. Ana offered to help but mom declined.

"Everyone is served, shall we begin?" Mom asked.

"Adriana? Tell me everything about how you met and the proposal. You know, my son never introduced any woman to us, it got to a point I thought he was gay. Thank God you are with him now. Tell me, I am listening."

Mom said and I watched Ana struggle with words, I had to intervene.

"Mom? Let her enjoy your delicious food, you will have more time for that."

"You are right, son. Enjoy my delicious meal first, we can talk later."

Ana kissed me out of the blue and mom commented.

"Ana, don't you think you are spoiling him?"

"Am I? I haven't realized that I will limit it. Ana said with a grin.

Husband, am I? She asked, kissing me passionately." This was my only chance, I kissed her back.

"Alex? Leave our wife for some time and tell me where you are planning to take your wife for the honeymoon." Mom said, interrupting my greatest opportunity.  

I took time to process what had just happened. She didn't circumvent her gaze, and neither did I.

"Alex? Are you listening?"

"I am Mom, but it's…it's…a surprise," I said, stammering, processing what had happened.

"Ana? You should be visiting me from time to time, I have a lot to discuss with you." Mom said to Ana and she replied.

"I will, whenever I find time, ma'am."

"You are very wonderful, thank you for being there for my son." My mom complimented.

"Alex?" My dad called after dinner.

"What is happening? Your wife's behavior." My father questioned, surprisingly.

"Everything was planned,  we are not cool, things ain't easy as I thought."

"Just give time to take its course. How is everything at work?"

"So far so good, dad. Will you tell me everything now, the reason  I married Ana?"

"Well yes, years ago when your brother was diagnosed with lung cancer, no amount of money could save him, and since he had no family of his own, he decided to leave everything in your name."

"That makes sense, why then did Adriana come into the scene? I wasn't even in the state, right?"

I commented, cutting dad off.

"Yes, you were schooling abroad. Back to what I was saying…

he had a condition, he told me directly he didn't want you to end up like him, without a wife and a child.

He asked his lawyer to finalize everything only after he had seen a marriage certificate. That was when I told my friend, Adriana's father,  and decided to help. He paused for some time, before continuing.

"The following week, I prepared a legal document, I just needed their signature to formalize it. In exchange for it, I paid a huge amount to his account, an amount you cannot imagine. 

After signing the document, he promised to tell his daughter when she becomes of age, but instead of investing,  he disappeared.

I took it upon myself, I paid her for schooling and everything, I went ahead to pay the school to make her believe she was under scholarship. Thankfully, she didn't make money go to waste, she had excellent results.

She's very brilliant and hardworking".

"Interesting…interesting I must say. What now? What are we going to do with her? You know how much I hate marriages, I don't even have enough time for myself."

"Are you asking me that? When she leaves you, so will the properties."

"What? I didn't hear you say that?" I asked, taken aback.

"Yes, I didn't say it but that is how it is. Speaking of which, you shouldn't allow that to happen. Don't make her think for once of leaving, get that?" My dad warned with a serious tone.

"What if she files a complaint? You know she was young then, she can defend her rights now and it makes sense." 

"Fair points well made son, that is why I said to treat her as though you would to your company, even better. Women can be complicated but not most of the time, they can easily be yours if you treat them right. I know I don't have to spell out things you should do, you know them already."

"Well, yes, I guess I don't have much of an option.

Dad, we have to leave now, I will talk to Mom in the kitchen. Take care of yourself." I said, getting up from the couch. 

"Likewise, son." He said as I walked to the kitchen, to find Adriana and mom involved in an intense dialogue.

"Mom? I have come for my love, I said ironically. It's late, we should be on our way."

"Darling? Please take very good care of yourself. Alex, please take care of her. Goodnight." She said, kissing her forehead.

"Goodnight, Mom," I said as we left.

During the drive home, I broke the tension between us. "What did Mom say about the jewel?"

"Nothing much, her eyes were filled with tears and she said she's happy her necklace has finally found a resting place around my neck."

"Could you repeat what you did on the table when we were alone?"

"What?" She asked innocently.

"The kiss. Ana, be frank, I know you liked it." I remarked, deliberately to make her embarrassed.

"I did not, please focus on the road." She said, tearing her gaze, while she swept her hand through her hair.

"Oh, Ana…"

The car pulled up and Ana immediately got down. "Is she running from me? We will soon find out." I thought.

We got to the entrance of my room, and I pulled her in and then caged her against the wall with my arms.

"You can deny it all you want, but I know from the bottom of my heart you liked that kiss. Well done, everything was perfect." I leaned over to kiss her but she moved her head.

"Excuse me, when are you taking me to say, my Mom? It's your turn, fulfill your promise."

"Promise? That sounds new to me, did I ever promise you?" I replied, her face suddenly fell, turning red and tears formed in her eyes.