Chapter Five

The morning sun shines brightly into Zane's room. Reflecting its blazing light right on Naevia's back.

Naevia was fast asleep on the bed. She had her face the other way, as she turned over towards the window, sleeping soundly.

"Daddy, who's this? Who's this?" She muttered in her sleep.

The blazing light of the sun shone brightly on her face. Disturbing the sleeping beauty and waking her out of Dreamland.

Naevia opened her eyes and groaned at the ray of sunlight shining right through the window and on her. "It's too bright!" She complained and sat up immediately.

Naevia scrubbed her eyes gently, trying to get herself. She recurred her dream of her father giving her hand in marriage to someone she doesn't know.

Gasped, Naevia looked up to see if indeed everything that happened to her was indeed a nightmare. But she was left disappointed when she realized that she was still inside Zane's mansion, right on his bed.

She groaned and took a look around. Naevia discovered how messy she was through her hair. She tried to arrange it when her eyes fell on Zane at the other side of the room. He was standing in front of a mirror, dressing up. 

Naevia gently placed both legs down from the bed. Making a screeching sound that got Zane's attention.

"Good morning. How was your night?" Zane asked Naevia without turning back to look at her.

Naevia doesn't respond to Zane. She gets out of bed, checking herself.

"Pass me my cufflinks please," Zane requested. Pointing towards the bed for Naevia to see.

Naevia glanced at the bed where she got out from and spotted a small box at Zane's side of the bed. She glanced back at Zane and found him smirking at her through the mirror.

With a big squeeze on her face, Naevia dragged herself to the other side of the bed, picked the cufflinks and walked up to Zane.

"Here, take it," she said, stretching out the hand that held the cufflinks.

 Turning over to look at her, Zane stared at Naevia's hand which had the cufflinks then back at her face. Which she still squeezed, making her look ugly.

Zane couldn't help but gaze at her lovingly. Naevia noticed Zane hadn't taken the box containing the cufflinks from her hand. She navigated her eyes right at him and found him staring at her.

Feeling strange, Naevia exclaimed, "What? Take your damn cufflinks off my hand. Geez!"

Still, Zane didn't stop his stare. This made Naevia annoyed that she had to grab Zane's hand and put the box of cufflinks on it. "Since you're too lazy to take it...Here you go," she said, closing his palm on the box.

Naevia turned back to leave only to hear her name from Zane's mouth. She faced him and saw him pointing out the cufflinks and his cuffs. "Won't you help me out? After all, you're my wife," Zane said, grinning.

The word wife almost made Naevia throw up. But she maintained herself and quickly helped Zane with his cuff. Avoiding eye contact with the handsome man, who won't stop admiring her.

Done, Naevia turned her back on Zane, about to head for the bathroom. Only for her to feel her right hand being pulled back by Zane.

She quickly turned over to use her left hand and hit Zane's hand off her. But her plan failed.

Zane got hold of the two hands and turned Naevia over. Pushing her to the wall and pressing both hands against the wall.

Naevia gasped when she realized what had just happened. She looked right at Zane, who stared down at her with a smirk.

"You're not the only one with Naevia skills," he said, reminding her.

Naevia's eyebrows narrowed down at Zane. Now she was angry with him. "I hate you, I'm sure you know that. Don't think I find everything you're doing impressive because I don't. I...hate...you," she expressed furiously.

Zane scoffed at her. "I hear you," he said, letting go of Naevia and stepping away from her.

Naevia groaned and held her wrists. Touching and stretching it out.

"Get ready and come down for breakfast. Don't delay," Zane ordered. Walking out of the room.

Upset, Naevia walked up to the bathroom door, opened it and got in.

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Later at the dining room, Naevia and Zane were done eating their breakfast. Naevia got out of her seat before the maids could come and clean up the table.

"Wait a minute Naevia," Zane quickly called out to Naevia.

She was a footstep out of the dining room when Zane called her back. Naevia turned back to look at him, as he too rose from his seat and walked up to her.

"I'd like to give you a tour around the mansion. I want you to be familiar with your new home rather than getting lost in it," Zane said, taking the lead by stepping out of the dining room.

Naevia followed him from behind. She glanced back at the dining room then forward.

The  couple went through the mansion, from one room to another. Zane was showing every area of the mansion to Naevia. She was taking note of every area and part of the mansion.

"And here's the kitchen. I see no need to introduce you to this part of the mansion, since you and the kitchen are familiar with each other already," Zane pointed out before chuckling.

Naevia scoffed at him. "I don't need any introduction to the kitchen over here. Like you said, we already know ourselves," Naevia said, stepping away from Zane and walking ahead.

"I'm not your enemy Naevia. I'm your husband. I don't want you living in this house, under my roof, labelling me as an enemy to take down just like every other enemy you take out for your father," Zane pointed out. Looking at Naevia.

Naevia came to a stop. She turned over to look at Zane, as he stared right back at her. She smirked at him and said, "At least you know what I see whenever I stand before you."

"You'll have to accept the fact that I'm your husband. We both got married and became one. You're in my house as my wife and I want you to remember that every morning you wake up," Zane said, walking up to Naevia.

"You won't live in peace if you keep on venting your anger on me for what happened. That's in the past now. Life goes on." He walked up to her, standing right in front of Naevia.

Naevia didn't move or take a step back. She stood firmly without looking scared. "Life goes on you say? You make it sound like it's an easy thing to do Mr. Lonely," Naevia said rudely.

Her statement got to Zane. In a swift, Naevia found herself against the wall again. Zane was pressing both of her hands against the wall. She was astonished at this sudden move from him.

She looked up at Zane. His face was closer to hers that she found it hard to stare at him.

Zane said, looking down at her lips then at her eyes, " I won't repeat myself Naevia. I've told you this before. You'll only get peace in this house when you behave and submit yourself to me. Or else you won't like to see the other side of me. I'll forget that we're married and..."

Zane paused. He kept on gazing at Naevia's eyes. Naevia wondered why he stopped talking suddenly. Before she knew it, Zane stepped away from her. Giving her the breathing space she needed.

"There are still some places I have to show you. Come with me," Zane said, walking ahead of Naevia.

Naevia held both hands and followed Zane from behind. All that he said to her, she didn't give a damn about it. She didn't care about being submissive or acting all goodly towards Zane. All that was bothering her was the betrayal that her father made.

Up till now, Naevia still doesn't know what she had done to deserve such an injustice from her father. What he did to her was difficult and hard to forget.

She recurred her last mission and the revolver given to her as a gift by her father. It hurt her deeply just thinking about that moment.

"After everything I did for you father, you went ahead and betrayed me like this. What did I ever do to you? You gave me away to someone I know nothing about. You didn't care about my feelings or my opinion. You just went ahead and finalized my wedding with this stranger. You've really hurt me father. You've hurt me." Naevia sadly followed Zane from behind.

  Zane and Naevia arrived at a different room. Zane was about to tell Naevia what room was that. That's when Kelvin showed up.

"Good day Mr. Ash. Good day to you Mrs. Ash, " Kelvin greeted them both.

Zane and Naevia looked right at him. Kelvin's presence suddenly brightened up Naevia's face.