𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞

5

3 years ago.....

Even after last 4 years, America was still new enough for her, everyday she'd look around in wonder.....to others her face may have the blank expression, but then she knew enough to not show emotions on her face.

It's been 2 days her whole family landed in Manhattan in her would be husband's newly acquired house.....

Mansion...... Not house!

just 13 miles from main city of Manhattan with breathtaking Hudson River view, the custom built five acre estate with a combination of old-world craftsmanship and state-of-the-art technology......

Ideally between the waterfront Westchester towns of Irvington and Tarrytown, estate was located on Hudson's richly forested area of at least one-hundred-acre, an at the elevations up to 450 feet above the Hudson River, this place over Hudson offers breathtaking views in multiple directions. Individual estates are carefully sited to offer sunset views of the river above a canopy of century-old specimen trees........

Not that Mayur wasn't used to seeing luxurious things......it just nothing surprises her anymore, but yes, given choice she would choose to stay here. For one It's breathtaking view and second, this forest trail...another idea came in her mind that, she'd love to see this place in fall season !

Her home, this would be her home in few days......

with a smile, she started walking toward the main house and then she stopped feeling a presence behind her, Sun was peaking through the trees, on It's way down,......she turned only to see no one, but she heard footsteps.....so instead of panicking she started walking again, same thing happened again,...

with a smirk she started walking fast and then stopped abruptly then she heard a gasp, a woman....Mayur realized

she scoffed and said little loudly
tilting her head ...."i can do this all night you know ?"

then turned around to see a beautiful dark blond haired woman with very typical facial features of blue doe eyes, a small proportional nose, perky cheekbones, a well-defined jawline, soft pink lips

She was looking at her as if deer caught in headlight, she frantically looked around as if trying to find a way out.

realizing that Mayur said crossing her arms....."I'd tell you to go to the opposite way and take the forest trail but it's already sundown so not a good idea.... Or there is another way, jump over the wall and take a dive at river Hudson but since It's built maybe 450ft high up, not a good idea either"

shoulder stiff regarding Mayur's sarcasm with restrained fury she pursed her lips and said "no idea what you are talking about, the forest trail__

"may not be private but the property is"

"y-ou are mistaken....i di-wasn't following you"

"you have been here since the first day i came here, if you were trying to be invisible while following me around you weren't doing a very good job.

And i may have an idea about why"

the woman blinked as if she doesn't know anything...."as i was saying you are mistaken___"

"I'm Mayur and you are_ ?"

with sudden change of topic the woman looked little surprised, but squared her shoulder and answered......"Kira...Kira Santiago"

Spanish.....Mayur thought!

"As i was saying i do understand your reason of following me around"

Her angry expression came back, with, "i __

but Mayur wasn't finished, so ignoring her expression she continued....."for first a woman fancying herself in love with certain someone ____

"I WAS NOT....

"second, the feeling of being intimidated by someone who you never knew and never saw before___

"you think too highly yourself....woman" Kira said harshly

Mayur raised eyebrows, she successfully provoked her real face out.....and then with a sigh she nodded

''hm...alright then, Let's get this over with"

"you are not even that beautiful......I'm the woman he always desired, whereas marrying you is just an obligation, look around you'll be marrying in two days and he isn't even here, just wait for awhile....soon your marriage will turn to mockery" Kira sneered crossing her arms ....

Mayur would have laughed did she not feel little sorry for the woman infront of her. For a position she was recently offered.....as "Mrs.King" she deduced that she'd have to face many invisible competition and if not competition then jealousy. So, no, none of it surprised her.

But since delusion has no cure, Mayuree thought ......

"but where only obligation matters desire becomes useless"

Kira just looked at her awhile as if trying to see inside her.....then scoffed "two days and i couldn't for the love of god find one reason of why he would agree to marry you"

Mayur knew she wasn't some great beauty, for nor she had figure like peony nor her skin was as pale as moon but that doesn't mean she'd just others put her down, although with a black american father and a fair west bengali mother, she definitely felt blessed with her long loose curly hair and hazel brown pair of eyes, so often she's praised for those.

but funny thing was she didn't feel an ounce of jealousy toward her, infact she was enjoying gaslighting this woman. She smirked inwardly

"i guess desire doesn't matter after all" Mayur shrugged again

Kira's jaw hardened even more, if that's possible. Though Mayur hated close proximity, she continued stepping closer until Kira was forced to take a few steps back......"he stayed with you until he wanted to, so if now he chose not to, learn to accept it gracefully and maybe __

"are you threatening me ?" with tear full of her eyes.....Mayur noticed so many other emotions, but mostly hatred for her or her position.....

She sighed again......

"you'll see he'll come back to me" Kira smirked

"wouldn't you like that !" Mayur frowned at her and said ''but i won't be so over confident if i were you sweety, in two days we'll be married, who knows what happens then"

Kira's smirk vanished into thin air.....

"so, hopefully.... See you never ?" with a nod, Mayur turned and left.

Parrish couple never presented their daughter in the creame of society, reasons unknown to them....absence of the younger daughter was alway a mystery to those who actually knew of her existence.

And ever after Mayur's return at the age of 15 Alec Parrish, Mayur's father and Noyon Parrish Mayur's mother didn't bother her with all the introductions,......not that Noyon didn't want that, no she wanted this to be a huge occasion but Alec and Ferdousi voted against it, beside even psychiatrist suggested that they better let her adjust first, so Noyon's dream of presenting her daughter infront of everyone perished.....

though another dream of her that came true when Mayur turned 20......which was marrying her daughter into high society, to her chosen man AKA her Godson Ezekiel King, their family friends son.

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