Marriage Fabrication

Chapter 6: Adjusting

For the first time Mina slept until early afternoon.

Well, it was less like sleeping and more like experiencing a mini-coma because she didn't so much as shift in her sleep. In fact she might have slept through an entire day if it hadn't been for Sunmi.

Mina woke to insistent knocking at a little after one in the afternoon. Her head shot up from the pillow as if it was spring loaded she held her breath for a moment, knowing that a sound had woken her but not what the sound had actually been or where it came from.

Sunmi knocks again. Mina's automatic response was to half-slide, half-fall out of the bed and scramble to unlock the door. When she pulls it open her nose was was assaulted with a positively delicious array of scents.

Sunmi was smiling. "I know you had long night, Mrs. Son but you must eat now."

Mina blinks owlishly, Sunmi was already partway over the threshold, hands weighed down by a polished silver platter and so she had no choice but to step back.

Mrs. Son ? Oh!

"Your suitcases are in the hall I gave strict orders that you were not to be disturbed but now you must really eat. Can I bring you anything else Mrs. Son?"

Mina was dumbfounded for a second. The woman in front of her was smiling kindly and didn't seem in the least bit curious or confused as to why her door had been locked or why she wasn't in her supposed spouse/Chaeyoung's room or even why the door adjoining their rooms was locked (if she'd even noticed) the helper was simply standing there, smiling at Mina as if she was an old friend and there was nothing remotely odd about the situation.

In a way it was reassuring. The less questions that were asked the less Mina had to answerand lie.

"Uu.hh I'm sorry" Mina stammers "I'm afraid I didn't catch your name."

"Sunmi Mrs.Son ."

"Thank you Sunmi for the food and for well everything but you really don't need to call me Mrs. Son Please call me Mina."

Sunmi nods and heads for the door. "Of course Miss Mina."

"Oh um no just … just Mina please." Mina protests

"Can I get you anything else Miss Mina?"

She opens her mouth to correct Sunmi again and then thought better of it. She just shakes her head and smiles.

"No thank you."

When the maid housekeeper? Cook? Sunmi had left, Mina transfers the tray to the bed and climb onto the mattress. She tuck her feet underneath her and then studied her new room as she ate.

The space was huge. The en-suite bathroom was to her right also on the right, the room bottlenecked into a short hallway that led to the door. Directly across from her was the door that connected her room to Chaeyoung's and a large television that was mounted to the wall beneath the television, a dresser in dark wood ran almost the length of the wall to her left there was a large bay window and a beautifully crafted if simple, writing desk.

A nightstand stood on either side of the (ridiculously large) bed. Her glasses, tablet, and purse took up the surface area of one of the stands.