Spades & Hearts

The King

Suzy was pretty. That was the only thought that crossed Chanyeol's mind when his parents introduced her as his soon-to-be wife several months ago. Pretty. Nothing more. He had met her when they were kids several times, but they were never friends. Growing up, he had seen her a few times at some events before they were formally introduced again.

It was not surprising when his parents told him that he had been arranged to marry the girl of their choice. It was a given situation that he had long known. After his older brother had gotten married and with him having completed his conscription, he knew it was only a matter of time until he was told to marry too. However, he was surprised when he found out Suzy was the one he had to marry. She was well known amongst his family's social circle to be elusive. A lot of guys had tried to catch her heart but to no avail. What could have happened to make her agree with their arranged marriage?

At first, he thought that she might have been attracted to him. But when she told him on the day before their wedding that she wish to have no emotional connection or romantic relationship with him, he concluded that he misjudged her and she was indeed elusive as others had said.

Chanyeol actually had mutual view with her regarding relationships. Besides few-weeks-long relationships, he had never been in a long-term serious one. He could care less about marriage. His life had pretty much been party, study, party before he graduated university. Then, it became work, work, party, and work. Working hard and partying hard was his thing, but settling down and giving up on partying weren't hard to do either. Despite his lifestyle, Chanyeol was one who valued work and his parents. Besides, he knew tying the knot with the right girl could benefit the family's business too.

As he alighted his car, he saw Suzy's car coming to a stop in front of their house too. He checked his watch and frown a little seeing the time. It was a little too late for a lady to be coming home from work at this hour. But he soon smiled to himself knowing Suzy was a hard worker much like himself.

"Working overtime again?" He asked offering a smile when she was about to walk past him.

Suzy only briefly glanced at him before looking away again. He saw that little roll of her eyes before she entered the house first. He sighed and mentally scoffed at himself for even trying.

He thought marrying Suzy without having feelings for her wouldn't be hard. They just needed to continue their own lives while living under one roof for a long time. It really was not hard for the first two months of their marriage. That was until he met his high school friends in a reunion. With laughter, they brought up his past relationships. They laughed at how most of the times Chanyeol got himself into relationships because the girl kept on chasing him. He rarely dated because he felt something deep for the girl. It was usually because he saw how much the girl valued him to continue on chasing after him.

That was when Chanyeol realized that Suzy was the first girl he was in a relationship with who did not even bat an eye on him. On top of that, she was the only one to make him feel powerless. It was as if she were the only one he had no control over despite her being his wife.

He became curious about whether it was true that she really did not have the slightest feelings for him. He wondered how valuable he was to her or if he even had value in her life. He wondered when he would be able to have control over her. Slowly his curiosity turned into attraction. And he was not just attracted to her appearance this time, but also to her very being. He learned the harsh truth, though, that he was nothing more than a housemate to her.

Chanyeol felt a hand gripping on his shoulder. "Whoa! So this is your house?"

He turned to his side and found Lay staring at his house with mouth agape. He lightly chuckled seeing his friend's reaction.