The Cinderella Promise (Adult Rucas AU)

Chapter 2 - Negotiations

Riley did the first thing she could, she ran back into the bathroom and closed the door. She was hyperventilating because she didn't know what happened, or what she had done. She had no memory of anything that had happened the night before. The door opened and the green eyed Adonis stood in front of her, she looked at him and knew that her eyes were blotchy.

Maybe he needed to use the bathroom, she thought to herself, but she couldn't bring herself to stand up. He surprised her when he kneeled down to face her.

"Everything is going to be fine," he said.

"Yeah right, nothing is ever fine when it comes to my life," she said with regret. "Everyone I know is in a relationship, they're all finding someone but what do I get.... I get nothing, I don't click with anyone and I go and get drunk during my best friend and my Uncle's joint celebration because I can't be happy for them at that moment."

He sighs and lifts up her chin so that their eyes meet. "You're not the only who had problems, remember that, you just need to do something for yourself for once."

"I'm starting to remember that conversation," she said as she took toilet paper to wipe her face. "You said your father wanted you to get married to inherit the company."

"And you told me about everything you've sacrificed for your friends and family, we talked and although we can't remember anything something we said pushed us together."

"But a girl should remember her wedding day," she said as the tears threatened to come back. "It's supposed to be one of the most memorable days of her life, instead I got drunk and married the first person I meet. I don't even know you."

"We could get to know each other," he said sighing. She looked up at him as though he had grown a third head. She couldn't believe what he was suggesting.

"What are you getting at?" she said trying not to sound angry. "I don't even know who you are, I don't know your name, I don't know anything about you except for the few distorted memories from last night."

"Go sit in the room, let me wash up, we'll order room service and we will figure all of this out, maybe jog our memories."

She nodded and walked out of the room, she really wanted to change her clothes and take a shower but she didn't even know what hotel she was in. Instead she grabbed the rob and waited until he finished before going back into the bathroom and turning on the shower. She needed something to do that she had control over and a shower would be it. The water was scorching hot but she didn't care, she wanted to scrub off a layer of skin as a way to give herself the strength to talk to a guy she barely knew but married the night before.

As the water went over her skin she could feel the tension in her muscles but her head was still pounding from the hangover and the freak out she just had. She felt like crying because of it all but she couldn't bring herself to do it because she knew that she would still have to face him.

A knock on the door broke her out of her thoughts, "I left some clothes for you on the bed, meet me out in the living room when you're done," he said from the other side of the door.

She could feel her heart pounding at the sound of his voice, she had a husband and it was a strange thought because she didn't know if she even liked him. She didn't know if he was an axe murderer, or a rapist, or if he collected cuddle bunnies figures. The last thought made her laugh because she thought it would be an adorable quirk for him.

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Lucas stood in the living room trying to shake any other memory from the night before to come to light but he couldn't. Yet the damage had been done, but it may have also freed him from the disaster that was his father's will. He knew he had to talk to her about everything but he also needed to reintroduce himself. They both had memories of the night before, they were the early memories but it was still something, but for some reason he couldn't remember her name and he knew she couldn't remember his. He looked down at the ring and knew that it was a quality ring which meant he had brought it from one of the more expensive stores in the hotel. Yet nothing came back to him.