The Auction Night

Chapter Ten

Hiding from Aiden was harder than I thought. I was thinking of hiding in the office as I saw what was a good hiding place there but upon getting there, both offices were locked. I couldn't stay up because he'd know where I'd be so I had to hide in a dark corner and wait for him to pass by. Immediately he entered the nursery room, I ran down the stairs. The thing that helped me was the fact that I wasn't wearing any  slippers or shoes, if I were then he'd have caught me a long time ago. Since he'd think I would go into my old room first to hide and also his sister was staying in that room, I decided to go into our room but I went to the bathroom and hid in the shower. Very stupid; I know but there was a curtain that I could use to hide myself and sincerely who would ever think a person would hide there? 

While I was in the shower, I decided that I needed only to wait for a maximum of ten minutes before I could get out of the shower. Since i had nothing better to do, I began to count down in my head and when I got to five minutes the bathroom door suddenly opened.

 I suddenly felt anxious but I did all I could to prevent myself from making a noise, well a noise other than the hammering sound coming from my chest because that noise was loud enough to give me away without the help of my mouth. I thought he would just open the door and then leave but it seemed like fate was not with me at all because he did not do as I thought he would, instead I could hear his footsteps as he came farther into the room.

Thump! Thump! Thump! 

The sound of his slippers against the floor sounded  like the sound always played in a horror movie when a girl walked around without knowing that hidden in the corner she was about to turn was a guy with a chainsaw; Dundundun!!! The erratic beating of my heart seemed to become faster and louder as he became closer to me with every new step he took. I knew it would be my end if he happened to catch me but was I sincerely gonna have to run and hide throughout the night? We’ve barely been at it for three hours and I am terribly tired already. NO! This wasn’t the time to be thinking of something like this. I had to be more vigilant and measure the distance left for him to cover. 

From the sound of his steps it seemed he was six seconds away from me. What? Six… no it was five and now four… as the time began to tick I became more scared and anxious.  Some part of me wanted to get this over quickly but the other part which was actually like 70% was very terrified of what would happen if he reached me. By the time the count was up to one second I had already given up and resigned to face my punishment but nothing happened, the curtain was opened which meant that there was still hope. My hope however was stilled with the sound of a zipper being unzipped.

What the heck was going on? The next thing that I heard was the sound of a trouser being removed. You may ask how I knew that is was a trouser and the answer was because I heard the sound of the belt hitting the floor. It seemed to me that I was so distracted earlier that I didn’t hear him when he unbuckled his belt. 

For the next two minutes, I continued to hear him as he discarded his clothing and I was totally confused until I heard him open the cupboard. It was then that I knew I was absolutely doomed, he had me right where he wanted even without him being aware of it and there was no way I could escape him. In a flash the curtain was drawn and my panicked self was face to face with a naked Aiden. Immediately I was aware of that fact, my hands went straight to my eyes and I screamed.

My scream was rewarded with laughter, a large howling belly laugh that made me flush beet red. I was totally sure I was as red as a tomato and that made me squeeze my eyes shut tighter which only added more fuel to his laugh. 

Tired and totally embarrassed, I tried to make my way out of the shower without coming In contact with him and without opening my eyes as well. With a great relief I seemed to manage it but that was until I tripped over something and would have fallen if a certain person I do not want to think about did not hold me steady.

“Watch it would you baby, you don’t wanna fall and hit your head. What then will we tell my parents happened for an explanation? Would we tell them that you saw your husband naked and tripped while trying to flee?” He said with humor and I gulped as I felt his hand roam over my sides, trailing downwards to my butt.

“A-Aiden ss-stop th-that” I pleaded with him and he only hummed in response.

“You are my wife, why should I stop?”

“It wasn’t part of our agreement.” I replied after clearing my voice and he chuckled before letting me go but that was only after walking me to the bathroom door and opening it. After he let go of me, he pushed me out but he also said something that made me run to the bed and search for sleep even if wanted to elude me.

“If I finish showering and I find you awake then nothing will stop me from earning my marital right today and that is a solemn vow I am not likely to break.” 

That was what he said and not wanting to wait to find out if he was only bluffing, I jumped into the bed, grabbed the comforter and pulled it above my head and sang a lullaby my other used to sing to me when I was younger to drive away my nightmares; I needed to drive away the nightmare called Aiden.