The Unwanted Marriage

Chapter 21

THEA

I had a strange feeling looking at this photo.

I wouldn't deny, a part of me believed that the person in this photo was me, but at the same time it felt like I was looking at a different person.

I had no idea who Olivia Hills was, or why she looked like me. Was she my twin? I doubted that, if she was my twin I would have remembered her or my parents would have told me that I had a twin.

Was 'Olivia Hills' my first name before my parents changed it into Althea? That could be. I needed actual answers, but my parents took the answer with them in their graves.

I grunted as headache started to get into my head. I closed my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose and let out a sigh.

"Are you alright?" Arthur's gentle voice woke me up from my deep thought. His brows knitted in confusion as he sat on the bed beside me. "You've been staring at your photo for a while."

Even he had thought that the person in this photo was me.

I glanced at the photo once again and showed him. "Do you really think this is me?"

He squinted his eyes to get a better look. "It's you, isn't it?"

"No, that's not me."

He frowned. "What are you talking about?"

"Trust me, that's not me." I said tiredly, no one would believe me anyway.

"Come here," he motioned for me. I sighed, abandoning the picture into the box. "You are rambling."

I rested my temple onto his chest. "I'm not rambling, I'm just confused."

"I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that," he said, holding me in his arms and kissed my forehead. "You're tired after work, let's go to sleep."

Maybe he was right. Maybe I was just overthinking. Maybe that picture was really me, and my parents misplaced the picture in some random file? Yeah, that made sense.

"You are right, I guess I'm just overthinking." taking a sleeping position, I turned on my left so my back was facing him. "Night, Arthur."

Closing my eyes, I didn't hear him saying goodnight to me. I was probably too quiet hence why he didn't hear it.

But I was wrong though, because I felt a soft lips on my right cheek.

"Night, my darling." I heard him said.

Smiling, I fell into a peaceful sleep.

*

The next few days had been nothing but frustrating, and intense. I was working on my new project with Matthew and Lionel, and today was the final day.

"You are all dismissed, thank you for your attendance." Matthew said, ending our daily meeting.

I sighed of relief as I watched Lionel left his chair. He was a nice man for sure, but he could be intimidating sometimes. I watched as Matthew walked with him to the lift, talking about the next schedule. I took this chance to go back to my office room, using the stairs because I didn't want to be in the same lift with Lionel.

I reached my office floor only to meet an empty room, and silence. Of course, it was already 6 in the afternoon, everyone had already left the office. I tidied my desk and brought some work home. Heading to the lift, I pulled out my phone to see 2 missed calls and 3 texts all from Arthur.

Arthur: I'm here. Are you done with work?
Arthur: You were not answering my calls.
Arthur: Been told that you're in a meeting. I'll wait for you in the car, just call me when your meeting is done.