Bound by an arranged marriage,
Rose Francis and Devin Keller are forced to work and live together. She has secretly loved him since she was little but he firmly believes that she hates him just as much he hates her.
At one point everything will c...
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"Devin" mom says. "Leave the bed, everyone's downstairs having dinner and you're sleeping."
I put a pillow on my head and block her voice. She snatches the blanket away from my grasp.
"Devin!" she's getting mad now. "If you don't leave the bed, I'm going to tell your dad"
That does it for me. "Mom" I say. "I'm tired, I just came home from my trip"
"Oh really, who told you to go to that trip? Leaving your wife alone in this house."
"You're saying this as if I got married by my choice" I say sitting straight up.
"Just come down in 10 minutes" with that she leaves the room.
What the hell.
I wear something casual on purpose and go downstairs. I pick up luna from the couch and without any words I just sit on the dining table.
Luna makes herself comfortable in my lap. "Devin." mom glares at me.
"Hello everyone" I say.
"Why didn't you wear something nice? It's the first family dinner after the wedding" mom says. "Look at Rose, she looks beautiful."
Fucking hell.
I just stare at mom, my jaw clenched. Why is she acting like this is a normal marriage.
"Why didn't you take your wife with you on your trip?" Dad asks.
"She didn't want to go" I lie. But it's not technically a lie because she wouldn't want to go with me and I would never take her with me on any of my trips.
"Rose?" Dad asks her now.
"Yeah uncle, I didn't want to go with him" she says. "Who knows what he would've done?"
She's messing with me now. Okay.
"What do you mean?" Dad ask.
"Oh nothing, Uncle. Don't worry" she says and then looks at me. "And Devin, tell your friends to not smoke in the house, you know I get irritated."
She smiles. And I want to rip that smile off of her face. I glare at her, my jaw clenched.
"Devin?" Dad looks at me. "Don't ever allow your friends to smoke when she's around."
"Of course dad" I say.
I look at her and she looks at me, her eyes smiling. She knows what she's doing.
"We have held an after wedding party tomorrow for both of you" Aunt Diana says.
"Yeah, and you both need to come on time and please come together. Try to understand each other, I'm sure you both will like each other" mom adds.
I roll my eyes, I've been hearing these words since my childhood.
The dinner ends and they leave. Rose closes the main door and makes her way towards the stairs.
She's about the climb when I grab her wrist and turn her around.
"What the hell were you trying to do?" I glare down at her, my grip on her wrist tightening.
"Putting you in your place" she says.
"My place?" I raise my eyebrows. "This house is my place, I can do whatever the hell I want. If you have any problem you can get the hell out of here"
"Why don't you tell that to your dad?" she glare at me.
"Listen to me" I lean a little closer. "If you ever say anything like that again in front of dad, I would make your life hell"
"I would say it if you do anything like that" she says and jerks her wrist away from my hand and go upstairs.
