5. WEDDING NIGHT

After Lena wore the clothes Tina gave her, she went back to the bedroom and positioned herself on the edge of the king's sized bed. She expected a large room with different fixtures in it and so it was.

She realized she hadn't eaten, she rubbed her rumbling tummy and made for the kitchen, she remembered it wasn't her house, she went to the living room instead and waited for Tina to show up again.

When she did, she requested food and in no time, Tina set the dining table and invited her over.

"Thank you, Tina." She smiled and went to sit, she looked around but didn't feel the presence of Darian, she wondered where he could be.

She set the food well and started to devour it gently. She was some minutes into eating when her phone started to ring —a call from her father but she didn't pick up, she stared at the phone while it rang. After the call ended, there were two more attempts from her father before Lisa placed a call to her.

She picked up Lisa's call, pressed the phone to her ear, and she smiled.

"Hey," She whispered in a low voice.

"Lena, how has it been so far?" Lisa demanded. Lena could sense the concern in her friend's voice.

"I don't know for real, I'm just here trying to get used to the place. Everything here seems strange." She retorted, her eyes roaming the dining area.

"You should calm down, okay? Have you had something to eat?"

"Yeah, I'm eating right now." Lena muffled a response.

"Good! I'm glad you're able to eat. Where is your husband?" 

It sounded strange to her, she didn't reply to her friend. The word 'husband' was new to her and she doubted if she would ever get used to that word.

"Maybe I was too forward but is Darian at home?" Lena sighed when her friend reconstructed her words.

"I can't find him," She told her. "My dad has been calling but I don't want to talk to him just yet." She said.

"You should, he would be worried about you."

"I don't just want to..."

The door flew open and a lady entered the living room. Lisa's eyes captured her at once, she wore a red body-fitted dress that highlighted all her curves, her hair was red too, she wore low-heeled stilettos, and had a red Gucci bag on.

Her gown barely reached her knees, revealing too much skin on her thighs. Lena ended the call with Lisa and walked up to her. She was about to say a word when Darian walked into the house, he slammed the door shut and the words couldn't leave her mouth anymore.

The red-haired lady threw her hands around Darian's neck and kissed his lips softly, Lena stood disgusted, she looked at him and he seemed happy, he hit the lady's ass and winked at her.

"Who's she?" Redhead asked Darian.

"A woman I married today." He chuckled nonchalantly.

"Oh, you got married today?" The lady asked as she rolled her eyes at Lena.

"Yeah and that's why I came late but not to worry, she won't disturb us. Her father gave her to me." Those words hit Lena hard,  how could he say such things about her?

She glared at him, wondering what more he had told people about her. but Darian didn't care, he had his eyes on the Redhead that whole time.

"Let's go in." He linked his arms with that of the redhead, giggling as they walked towards the bedroom, he stopped when he remembered something he had to tell Lena. "Hey, you!" He turned to her. "Don't come in till I'm done with her." He instructed and left without looking back.

Lena lost their balance but all thanks to Tina and the couch, she was able to use them as support.

"Am I dreaming?" She asked Tina, "Did that just happen?" She crashed on the couch and rubbed her temples down to her chin. "Tina, for crying out loud, we just got married today. We got married some hours ago and he's doing this?" She sobbed gently, but Tina was kind enough to soothe her.

"He will get used to having you around." She assured her.

Lena sat in the living room all through the time Darian was inside with the lady.

It was getting dark and she wondered if he would stay with her till morning.

She was still lost in thoughts when the lady came out, she was dressed just the same way she went into the room.

She rolled her eyes at Lena and let out a loud hiss before storming out of the living room.

Lena stood up and walked towards the room, she knocked before going on.

Darian was on the chair and his computer was on the vanity table, he had his glasses on and his eyes were fixed on the screen.

She sat on the bed and didn't say a word to him, he didn't notice her presence either.

After several minutes, she broke the silence.

"I want to get my clothes tomorrow," She began. "I would like to go to my father's house to get them." She told him. She regretted doing that after she did. There was no point telling him she could go wherever she wanted without seeking his permission but she felt it was best for her to let him know.

He didn't respond to her, he continued typing on the keyboard.

She knew she needed to take a shower before going to sleep, that was her usual routine at home but his presence was disturbing.

She remembered there were other rooms in the house, a hopeful smile appeared on her face and she swiftly left the room.

She got to one of the rooms and tried the lock but it didn't work. She did the same for all the rooms but no one opened them.

Tina walked into her, and she told her the doors were not always open and all the keys were with Darian, Lena thanked her and asked if she could have a shower in her room. She agreed without hesitation and they left for her room together.

As they got inside, Lena was wowed, when it came to spending money on exotic and expensive decorations, Darian was good at that. Everything she'd seen so far in the house spoke about money, she gently did what she wanted to do and left the room afterwards.

She opted for sleeping on the couch in the living room but he didn't complain about her in the room earlier, she changed her mind and walked slowly back to the bedroom.

This time she barged in without knocking and she met with the great body of Darian, naked, she saw his sexy butt before quickly turning away, she ran back to the hallway and regretted not knocking before barging into the room.

She stood there for a while, she walked back inside shortly after, and now, he was in shorts and a transparent white shirt that revealed his perfect body outline but she took her eye off his body.

She sat on one side of the bed and played with her phone.

"Tessy brought you some clothes," He coughed out, Lena stared at him and he continued, "That closest over there..." He pointed at it. "Is mine and the one next to it will be yours, I got some clothes before you moved and she brought new ones today. You should check them out." He told her and sat on the bed, Lena shifted to the edge, he ignored her and covered his body with the duvet.

She wanted to thank him, her father taught her to thank people whenever they did something for her. "Thank you." She murmured but it was loud enough for him to hear. 

'Was he being nice?' She thought but didn't get an answer.

"You should get to sleep." He switched off the lights, and Lena whined, she didn't like that she was alone with a man in a dark room.

"Could you please turn on the lights?" She requested.

"I don't sleep with the lights on. You can go sleep on the couch in the living room if you're not comfortable here." He said harshly.

Lena sighed, his words didn't affect her though, she expected him to act that way towards her.

She picked up about two pillows, wearing her crocs, she  left the room.

Darian didn't bother to call her back, he faced the other side and drifted to sleep very quickly.

When Lena got to the living room, she met Tina cleaning up. Smiling, she arranged the pillows on the largest couch and turned back to her.

"Wide enough to contain me!" She screeched and jumped on the couch. "Why are you cleaning tonight though?" She asked Tina.

"I want to leave for my place very early tomorrow morning." Tina answered, wondering why Lena wasn't sleeping in the same room with the boss.

"Oh," Lena smiled, she watched her as she cleaned up and she was impressed at how seriously she handled her work.

Lena took an utmost interest in watching Tina until she finally drifted to dreamland.