You Are My Life

Chapter 16

The day Chris brought Bryan home; he was in a foul mood. "Why would I ever fall in love with you?" He yelled as they were in the room.

"Bryan, after Suzanne cheated on you; you went to live at our house and we got close. We fell in love."

"You were just a brat that used to follow us around all the time. You were like that annoying little sister you can't get rid of."

"You're hurting me with your words." She said as he grabbed a picture of them on the nightstand where they looked happily into the camera.

"Well, I'm sorry, Chris. But I don't remember any of this." He said throwing the picture on the bed. "If I'm this important businessman, do I have an office in this house?"

"Your study is on the first floor next to the backyard doors." Chris said and with that he stormed out of the room.

Later that night as Chris slept, Bryan walked drunk into the room. He got in the bed and started kissing Chris as she woke up. "Bryan?"

"Yes, baby. I'm so sorry I treated you like that. You're my wife, my one and only." And they kept kissing. He took off her clothes and unbuckled his pants. He thrust into her roughly.

"Slow down, Bryan. You're hurting me." Chris said. He pinned her arms on top of her head and kept thrusting hard into her and covering her cries with his mouth. When he was done he just turned around and fell asleep. Chris put on her clothes and ran out of the room. She went into the guest room and locked the door.

The next day, when Bryan finally came down for breakfast, Chris didn't even look at him. "Where did you go last night?" He asked her.

"For a moment I thought you got your memories back, but you raped me. You think I was going to stay in bed next to you like nothing happened?"

He grabbed her wrist hard. "You're my wife, right? So you have to do your wifely duties."

"Bryan, let her go!" Gabriella said entering the dining room.

"And who is this sexy young thing we have here?" Bryan asked.

"You disgust me. Let's go Chris, we'll be late for class." Gabriella said, grabbing her other arm and pulling her away from him.

When they got back from class, the house was quiet. Then Chris heard laughter coming from the pool. "You think he has company?" Gabriella asked.

"Go help your mom with dinner, I'll find out." Chris said walking outside. She could see Bryan dancing very close with a woman. As she got closer she saw Suzanne was the woman dancing with Bryan. "Excuse me, what is going on here?"

"Oh, no. The wife is home. We've been caught." Bryan said, grabbing Suzanne and kissing her.

"Bryan, I won't permit this in my house. I don't care if you have amnesia or not. You are not going to disrespect me like this."

"Oh, Chris, you're so cute. But really, this is Bryan's house. He can do whatever he wants." Suzanne said.

Chris walked towards her and tripped on a chair. She would've hit the ground if Bryan hadn't caught her. "You need to be more careful. Just because I'm stuck married to you doesn't mean I don't care about the kid you're carrying. You've always been so clumsy. Go inside the house and do your job, make sure the dinner is ready for all of us; Suzanne would be staying for dinner."

Ashamed Chris ran back into the house embarrassed. Gabriella was ready to console her after seeing the exchange. "Are you okay?"

"Do I really have to accept that woman in my house and do nothing?"

"I'm so sorry."

That night at dinner, Chris decided to have dinner in her room. She could hear them laughing at her expense. She heard the doorbell and a few minutes later, Joe walked into the guest room. "What is that woman doing here?" He asked. "And why are you hiding in this room? That's your husband down there."

"I don't have the energy to deal with all of this Joe. He humiliated me in front of Suzanne and I can't deal with them anymore."

"I know your situation is hard, but you remember Bryan around that time. He's never been an asshole. He was always sweet with you."

"He hasn't been sweet, Joe. He's hurt me with his words."

"Come home with me then."

"Believe me, I'm tempted. But I don't want people talking."

"If you need to come home, just do, okay?" He said, kissing her forehead and leaving.

Later that night, Bryan came into her room and lay on her bed as she studied. "What do you want?"

"You're my wife. Do I need a reason to come into your room? You should be in our room."

"That's not happening until you regain your memory. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to study."

"Chris, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for last night and I'm sorry for humiliating you today. But I can't be sorry about Suzanne. That's all I know, that's all I remember, her being my girlfriend and being in love."

"Fine, Bryan. We'll get a divorce and be done. I'm not going to be living under the same roof as you two."

"You can't leave. You're having my kid. What would people say?"

"What would people say of me living with you and your mistress?"

"First, she's not my mistress, second she's not living here nor would she while we figure this out. I wouldn't disrespect you like that."

"You're disrespecting me already by having her here. You don't know how much it hurts seeing the man I love all over another woman; a woman that broke his heart many years ago."

"You're not leaving, understood?" He said leaving the room.