Mr Wife ☑️

chapter 11: Sound system

Sky's POV

My mind is in heat right now. What's even happening? How did I end up with a guy like him? Mom said he was decent and polite. But where are those qualities? All I can see is his attitude and rudeness.

I need an immediate shower not to get rid of the tiredness of the body but to get rid of the annoyance that was caused by Eco. Discarding my clothes, I stand under the shower and let the cold water hit my body. My mind is still dazed. But I don't let that delay the things, so I take quick but relaxing shower before walking out of the bathroom with a towel wrap around me. When I open the door and step out, I see Eco sitting on the bed and scrolling through his phone with a stupid smile. Can this guy get can childish? Shaking my head at him, I head to the closet and grab a dress. I wear my clothes and get ready before walking out.

"Where are you going?" Eco asks me when I make my way to the door.

"Downstairs." I state as I open my door.

"But uncle Sidney told us to relax until they prepare dinner?" He calls out, reminding me of what my mom told.

"You can relax or do whatever damn thing you want to do. I'm going to stay with my family." I reply in a tone a little angrily.

"Now I'm your family too, Sky. Why can't you stay with me?" He queries and I turn to face him.

His face looks a little sad and disappointed but he quickly hides those expressions and puts on the poker face.

"Listen, I'm not here to argue with you 24/7. Just let me be away from you for a while. Not even one complete day and I'm already regretting marrying you." I utter the words before I could stop and actually regret when I see the almost broken look on his face, "hey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say it." I apologise immediately.

He stands still for a minute before he opens his mouth, "whatever, you idiot!"

He snaps and storms into the bathroom and slams the door close hardly. I almost wince at how hard he closed it and sigh before I leave the room. I need to go to my mom and see him. Only he can make me feel better after the ruckus I went through.

Walking down the stairs, I see my parents, River and his husband sitting in the living. They're talking and laughing, looking all happy. Why can't I be the same? When mom suddenly looks at my side, I hide the frown on my face and put on a smile. I can't let him know I didn't like the guy he chose for me and I'm kinda regretting marrying him. If he knows, he'll be heartbroken and sad. He'll blame himself for everything when it wasn't even his fault.

"Oh, brother, why are you here? Go and be with you husband." River makes fun of me when I sit on the empty side of the couch.

"He's showering." I guess, I didn't tell that out loud but he might be showering.

"Even then, he'll be alone and get nervous when he gets done and comes out. You should be in the room. It's all new to him in this house." Old man says while moving closer to mom and securely keeping his hand around mom's shoulder.

"Not really. He doesn't seem like that, if anything he'll make others nervous. He'll be fine on his own." I mumble not really wanting to talk about him.

"Baby, Sky, you can't talk like that. He's your husband now and your responsibility. Even if he's a strong person, he'll still need some assurance from you that you'll be with him, always. All these are new to you and to him as well. He even left his parents to live with us. You shouldn't treat him like this. Be good to him, love him and cherish him. I'm sure he'll do the same to you. Don't make him feel alone, that's the worst feeling." Mom explains as he holds my hand as I sat near to him.

Love him and cherish him? I don't think I can do that. Maybe that's gonna be the only thing that I can never do.

"Mama, did dada made you feel the same when you were married? You spoke as if you experienced the same?" River asks mom sadly.

"No, baby. Eli was never bad to me or made me feel lonely. I knew what I should expect and shouldn't expect from our marriage at that time. I was only there for you and Sky. I didn't expect anything from Eli. But even then he cared for me and looked after me. There were times when he behaved as if I was invisible but those were the very beginning days of our marriage. He slowly changed and cared about me. Once he started loving, it never stopped. No one loves me more than your father." The way mom says with heart eyes and looks at the old man with a smile makes me feel why can't I have the same thing?

This is what I wanted. Someone who understands me, the bad and the good in me. Someone who waits patiently, someone who is kind and never expecting. Someone like my mom. And I happen to get the exact opposite. Why did God do this to me?

"Sky, go and call him for dinner. Time is ticking, you guys also need to catch the flight." Mom tells me to go so I nod as I get up and make my way upstairs to my room.

The flight he keeps mentioning is about our honeymoon which they planned. Again Eco wanted it in Paris so mom agreed and planned everything. We have the flight in few hours, past midnight so that we can get off tomorrow early morning and then head to the hotel which is almost an hour distance from the airport. They planned everything.

I reach my room and enter in. The room is still empty so I assume the sound system is still in the bathroom. I sit on the couch and wait for him so that I can inform him about the dinner. As I wait, I take out my phone and scroll randomly. No work related stuff for 10 days for me. Mom's order. So I'm just passing the time.

After a while I hear the door sound and look up to see Eco coming out of the bathroom. He didn't see me yet otherwise he wouldn't be quite.

"Oh God! Damn it!" He screams when he finally sees me.

Didn't I say the sound system won't be quiet once he sees me?

"When did you get back? At least you could have informed me you're in the room." He tells me while angrily marching towards me which makes him slip his leg and end up falling on me as the couch I'm sitting is close to the bathroom.

His body lands on me and his hands hold my shoulders for support. Unknowingly I put my hands around his waist as I catch him. As he's in towel, I feel his bare skin on my hands. He looks at me in the eyes and I watch him as the water drops slide from his hair and falls on his face, slides down onto his chest and goes further until they disappear around the towel. I gulp as I look back at him.

"Pervert!" He yells and pulls away from me.

"Hey, be careful with your words. What did I even do? It was you who fell on me." I state the obvious.

"But you were checking me out." He accuses, well it's not wrong though.

"If you didn't reveal your body in front of eyes, I wouldn't. I just happen to see because that was what in front of my eyes. It was nothing intentional, thank you but I'm not interested in you." I say and stand up, "anyway I'm here to inform you that dinner is ready and mom called you to eat."

I inform him and decide to leave. When I reach the door and was about to open, I remember how mom told me not to leave this sound system alone. So I decide otherwise and get back.

"Aren't you leaving?" He asks as I get back.

"Dress up and get ready. We'll leave together." I shrug off and sit back as I wait for him.

"I'm ready." He returns after twenty minutes later.

I get up and together with him leave the room. We go downstairs and eat our dinner along with my family. After dinner, we start packing, actually just me since his bag is already packed. We leave the house after bidding bye to all and head to the airport. I hope this sound system won't give me much trouble during this trip.

"During the trip, I hope you keep your sound system low." I mention to him in the flight.

"What?" He asked confused, "sound system? What's that?"

"It's you. Eco, the sound system. The name suits you so well." I explain and get into sleep not before seeing how he glared at me.

The name suits him well though.