He was not kidding when he gave her the marriage contract! Same room but separate beds.
It was already nine in the evening when they reached the Z subdivision where Marcus' mansion was located. She couldn't even get a glimpse of the whole area since it was already dark. Though she knew that the house is quite big and the man seemed to only keep a few maidservants.
The scene she imagined in her head about being greeted by a lot of maidservants along with the butler and guards vanished when they entered the house. It was the opposite, in fact, no one greeted them!
"If you are hungry, serve yourself. I only have two staffs here. The cook and the cleaner. They must be in their beds right now so I'll introduce you to them tomorrow morning." the man uttered.
Then Jade followed the man upstairs.
"This will be our room."
She beamed cutely when she heard that they have the same room but she frowned after when she saw two separate beds. So he was serious after all. She thought he might have change his mind after they spent some time together in the Island but she was totally wrong!
"That area will be your personal space. And I appreciate it if you keep your distance away from my personal space especially at my study table."
Jade furrowed her brows upon hearing his conditions.
"And just a reminder, mind your own business. Please don't meddle with my personal and business affairs starting tomorrow. To be fair, I won't meddle on yours and you are free to go out with anyone. Just make sure not to cause any scandal that will ruin my name."
Free to go out with anyone? Is he saying…. Jade creased her brow in confusion. "A-are you trying to tell me all this because you have another woman in mind?" seeing how his face changed, she knew exactly who it was. "I-is it Rachelle?"
Marcus took off his coat and placed it on the rack. "I see that your smart, miss Arria. So I hope we won't have any problem in the future." Then he left the speechless woman and headed to the shower room.
Jade was left dumbfounded. The fact that the man didn't marry her out of love was given, but becoming a jerk while being in a relationship is something she never expected! He should at least be human during that six months!
That's unfair. She laid her body on the soft bed prepared for her. "Jade, calm down. you should have expected a bumpy road but it's not right to give up. you haven't started your journey yet." she silently encourages herself.
Meanwhile, Suzette was in her room and was about to go to sleep when her phone rings. When she saw it was Sonny, she answered it immediately.
"What is it?" she asked.
"I'm sorry to call you this late but I just want to let you know that Miss Jade and Mr. Marcus safely arrived in the city." the man on the other line reported.
"That's good to know. Do you have both of their schedules for tomorrow?"
"Yes chairwoman. Mr. Marcus will be meeting the executives' tomorrow. As for Miss Arria, she is still on leave until for the next three days and will resume her job on Wednesday."
"I see. How about the things I told you to do before, did you prepare everything?"
"Yes madam. Everything is ready."
"Good. Then tell me how it goes, okay?"
"Yes madam."
She ended the call with a smile on her face. She's not trying to force everything to happen according to her will, but it's the least she can do to appease some souls resting for such a long time now.
*******
She woke up early to prepare her husband's breakfast and make him a lunchbox as well. however, to her surprise, the man is not on his bed nor at the shower room so she went to the kitchen to check him out. But then she only found the lady cook fixing the table.
"Good morning Miss Arria." She greeted her with a smile.
"Good morning." she responded with a smile though she was curious why she knew her name. did Marcus tell them about her? "Have you seen Marcus?" she asked.
"Uhm, Sir Marcus had just gone to work, Miss Arria."
"Eh? This early?" Jade yelp when she glanced at her wristwatch. It was only 7:30 in the morning.
"He always goes to work early, miss Arria." The woman who seemed to be in her forties replied.
"I didn't know that."
First mission failed. She sighed.
"Uhm, can you help me with something?" It took her a few minutes to ask the woman who only nodded in response. "Can you tell me what time he usually wakes up and when he goes to work and what time he normally comes home? Also, if you can tell me the foods he likes and dislikes then I appreciate it so much."
"Of course, Miss Arria." The woman beamed knowingly.
Then the maid opened a particular drawer and took a pen and a paper and wrote the answers to the woman's questions.
"Here are the information you need miss Arria."
"Thank you." she took the paper and read it. "And one more thing, can you call me with my first name instead? I'll be more than grateful if you do that."
"B-but…"
"Please?"
"Sure, miss Jade." She forced a smile.
"Thank you. And what was your name again? I'm sorry I should have asked for your name first."
"Please call me Susan, miss Jade. And if you see a young lady cleaning around the house, her name is Leah."
"I'll make sure to remember that." Jade gave a friendly smile before leaving the staff.
Since she won't be doing anything today, she decided to roam around the house. Seems like she won't be bored to death since there's a swimming pool near the garden. Also, the scenery at the veranda is a good place to treasure. Now she's thinking of what to do more to beautify the area.
She can openly watch the beautiful sky at night, have coffee in the morning while reading or listening to music. It's a good place to watch the sunset and sunrise as well--- if, there is. haha. Anyway, the veranda is a good place to relax.
"I should buy a hanging bed, I'm sure it'll be relaxing to put it here." She thought excitingly.
There was a library room as well. She can spend some time reading some books to distract herself from anything stressful. No wonder the man has a perfect body figure when she found the activity room. He has a complete workout devices and it was very clean. Hope she's allowed to use it too.
She finished the house tour at around 9am. Now that she's done, she wrote some stuffs in her planner. Something she will do for the next three days left for her vacation. After writing some plans, she decided to go on shopping. However, she somehow got a glimpse of a frame at Marcus' table.
It looks like a photo of him during his childhood.
"Ayeee, look at you… looking cute even when you were a kid." She giggled as she caresses the frame. After marveling at his photo, she placed it down but something caught her attention. It was an another photograph but at that picture, he was with some people—guess it was his mom and dad.
She didn't know but her eyes were glued at the man and woman beside him. They look familiar!
However, she immediately placed the photo back on the table when she felt a severe pain inside her head. She staggered a little and knelt on her knees while clenching her head in distress. Her head was in so much pain that she unknowingly fainted in the room.
"H-help… s-somebo-dy …."