A Marriage without Love

Being Stupid

I was baking some chocolate cookies for the kids when I heard the doorbell.

I opened the door revealing Camila.

"Hey Mila"

"Hi Tia. Where are the kids?" Mila asked searching for the kids. Since I told her that I was babysitting these kids, she was impatient to meet them and to help me with the task.

"They are at the swimming pool." Once I said that, Camila disappeared to find the kids. I can say this girl really loves children.

After the cookies have been cooked, I went at the swimming pool to give the cookies to kids.

"Here are your cookies, cuties" They rushed towards me and took the cookies from me.

"Mila can you take care of them? I have to meet Anna at the shopping mall. I'll be back as soon as possible." Anna wanted me to choose a dress for her for the drama she is doing at school.

"Sure Tia. You can take your time, we are having fun here. Right guys?"

"Yes. We are having so much fun with Mila." The kids shouted while pushing Mila into the pool.

"Great. Bye kids. Be careful and no mischief. "

I went to the Shopping mall and helped Anna choosing her dress.

"This one looks good on you and it'll be great for the drama." She was doing a sketch on 'Beauty and The Beast'. Her character was beauty and we finally got an awesome yellow dress.

"Yeah it's perfect for beauty." She said looking at the mirror.

We paid for the dress and existed the shop. We were walking towards the car when suddenly Anna stopped in front of a jewellery shop.

"What? You need jewelleries too?" I asked when I noticed she had stopped walking.

"Isn't that your husband there with some model in his arms." What?

I went to stand where Anna was and looked into the shop only to see Ethan buying some necklace for the woman.

Before knowing what was happening, Anna grabbed my hand and stormed towards them. I tried to walk the opposite way but Anna gripped my wrist tightly. Yes, she has always been stronger than me.

"Hi brother-in-law. Are you buying a necklace for my sister? How romantic!" Anna said while standing besides Ethan.

Ethan was caught by surprise while the woman was looking at us confusely.

But the surprise expression on Ethan face had quickly replaced by anger. He was glaring daggers at me. If looks could kill I would be 6 feet under the ground. This is going to turn bad especially for the kids. I know he will hurt me by kicking out the kids.

"Ugh we are sorry. She thought you were my husband. Sorry again for disturbing you." I apologise while pulling a furious Anna out of the shop.

"What the fuck are you doing Tatiana? This is your husband out there with some other woman. Are you crazy or stupid?" She yelled at me.

"Maybe both. It's his life. Our relationship is fake. I don't care what he does." I argued.

"You don't have any feelings for him? You are not feeling jealous right now?" Anna asked while studying me carefully.

"No, I hate him. Now can we go?" I turned around and started walking to my car.

When I arrived home, I rushed towards the door when Lucy stopped from moving ahead.

"Stop nana! Don't move!" She shouted.

"What's wrong?"

"Mike did this" she said pointing up the ceiling.
I lifted my head only to see a huge bucket hanging in the air with only one rope holding it.

"What is this?"

"If you open the door, the rope will break and the bucket, full of mud will fall on you." Jeremy explained.

"That's not all. The funny part is you slip on the banana peel and fall in the mud pond which I created. I know I'm a genius." Mike explained the rest of his masterpiece. He is really a genius in pranking people.

"Listen Mike, you need to get this off. I told you no pranks."

"That was yesterday's plan. Today's plan is to prank your lovely husband." He argued.

"I know he hates you and vice versa. If you do such thing, he will hate you more." I tried to think of a reason for him not to prank Ethan.

"He is a devil and deserves it."

"Fine but you are not a devil or monster. Right?" He nodded.

"So why are you doing the work of a devil. You are a good boy then why are you doing this?"

"I want to teach him a lesson." He pouted.

"This is not the appropriate lesson. You need to prove him wrong and show him you are a good boy unlike him."

"Yeah. You are right nana! Sorry. I'm going to get it off." He said. He went to clean the mess when I got an idea.

"Ugh wait. Leave it." I said.

"What? Why?" Both the kids and Camila asked.

" You know sometimes the devil needs mud shower." I smiled thinking how I hate him. Actually I was a little jealous afterall.

We went inside through the back door. After night, Camila left.

The kids were in the T.V room, playing some video games while I was preparing the table for dinner.

I decided to change into some comfy clothes as I was tired walking with heels. I didn't had time to change when I came back home.

I grabbed a bottle of water and took a sip of the cold water when suddenly the door burst opened making me spit the water. There standing was a furious Ethan covered with mud. I couldn't hold back my laughter and burst out laughing.
The kids came to see who was it and when they saw it was him,  they ran back to the room.

"You think this is funny. Don't you?" Ethan smirked. I stopped laughing. Why is he smirking? He needs to be angry.

When he started walking towards me, I understood why he was smirking. I stared at him in horror.

"You know what I want?" He asked towering me. I moved backwards until I hit the back of the sofa and he was in front of me. Great, there was no escape now.

"I think you need a shower so if you will excuse me." I tried to walk away but he gripped my shoulder tightly.

"No I want to hug you." With that he gave a bone crashing hug making me covered with mud. He untied my hair and runs his muddy hands in them. I tried break free but it was in vain. After being satisfied with my new look, he pulled away from me.

"I never thought you got a mischievous mind. I like it." He started laughing at me. I glared at him and stormed to my room. Ugh! I really need a shower now. I hate him so much.

We sat quietly for dinner, the kids was relieved when I told them Ethan won't do anything to them.

"Okay, babies go and take a shower. Don't forget to brush your teeth." I took all the dirty dishes from the table. I was washing them when the devil took a towel to dry the plates.

"What are you doing?" I asked. I wasn't believing my eyes. The devil is doing household!!

"Can't you see? I'm helping you." He replied.

"We need to record this." I laughed at him.

"Will you shut up or I won't help?" He glared at me.

"Okay fine. By the way how you'd known that it was my idea?"

"You won't let the kids do such thing and these kids listen to you. Thus, it must be your master plan." He smirked.

"Oh.. " I didn't know what to say. How can I be so stupid?