Calista was still in shock. She was very sure that she was not interested in meeting anybody's family. Especially not Maverick's family. She was the wrong bride, a fake wife and she simply was not in support of meeting the Atlas family.
What if they know am not Izara?
She had escaped being punished by him but she was not sure about his family. What if they decide to punish her and her entire family? She was not ready.
"Maverick... Sir...hey ya.."she called as she stood from the chair she was seated on. Maverick sure heard her call and but did not bother to stop. He is the great and famous, Royal Maverick Atlas and he waited for nobody.
She ran after Maverick who was now almost at his room.
"Hey...just wait right there,"Calista began again when she was a step behind him. She had ran all the way up there and Maverick heard her running steps. He knew she coming after him since she had been calling him but he ignored her and kept walking with a smile on his lips. It seems he was deriving joy in seeing her this way. She looked so cute calling his name while running after him.
This time, Maverick stood erect before turning to her. She was panting,her bossom heaving up and down as she struggled to catch her breath.
Everything about her was cute and he was loving watching her doing everything. Like right now,he loved how she parted her cherry red lips as she gasped for air. There were some bead of sweats on her forehead that wetted her baby hair a bit making them lay in beauty.
She was now finally catching her breathe gradually. She moved closer looking at him steadily. He patted his lips to speak before she could say why she was chasing after him.
"Why are you running around like a puppy?...I married a wife not some puppy,"he spoke. His voice was low and calm but it was stern and there was no warmness in it. It was as though it was not him she was talking to comfortably earlier.
"Running around like a puppy,huh!?...did you not hear me call your name.I almost turned the whole place inside out while calling you but you were deaf enough not here me and here you call me a puppy,"she complained harshly.
This man was really a freak. He did not waste any second he got to make her feel useless and a fool.
"I did not call you a puppy wife...you just did so why are you running after me?...want to get to my bed?"he asked casually as though it was really nothing.
"Shameless pervert..."Calista cursed him under her breath but he sure heard that making him let out a loud chuckle.
"A shameless pervert for a husband for you but trust me you really are gonna love my bed..."he continued.
He was even caught off guard by his own words. He had never been so shameless with a woman. Even Addison,she was after his heart and he liked her so much but he had never been so shameless with her but here he was.
Calista did not expect that from him either...why is he being a pig! she wondered silently but did not dare say anything. She was afraid she would end up say 'ofcourse I will and I would love to try that'.
"You do not have to feel shy my beautiful wife...we are married after all,"Maverick continued as he now took a step close to her. Calista wanted to take a step back but her feet denied her that right. She remained rooted.
She never knew that the said cruel Maverick could be so sweet.
From his statement,three words continued ringing in her mind,making her heart bubble with joy.
'My beautiful wife...'
'Wow! How sweet dear hubby' she wanted to answer back but her lips remained sealed as she gazed at his handsome face.
Maverick knew that she as beginning to get carried away by his words. He could not even remember the last time he was this cozy with a woman who was not Addison.
He smiled a little. If she expected Calista to be on her best of behavior then he had to do the same as well. He remembered that she had something to say before he began all the drama.
"So what made my pretty wife come running after me?Wanted to tell me something?"he finally asked getting back to what brought all this.
"uuhm...uuhm,"Calista began with clearing her throat. She seriously was already off her feet. She was carried away by his beauty,his sweet words and how he was just gazing at her.
"Uuhmm what?"he asked with a smile. He was now teasing her because he knew she was off and she was expecting something from him.
'What did I want to say!' she asked herself silently. Why was her body and mind determined in a shaming and making fun of her sometimes!?
Oh the dinner! she finally remembered what made her run around like a puppy as Maverick said.
"The dinner..."she muttered looking at him. He remained silent as he looked at her. He wanted to know what was wrong with the dinner.
"I think it's too early to meet your family at a family dinner. I really don't think am ready yet,"she really struggled to put her thoughts and feelings in words for him to understand.
Maverick looked at this petite beautiful wife of his and smiled. She was talking as though she really had a choice in this. Like seriously,he was informing her earlier not asking her but again he did not want to be rude to her.
"Calista,we are not dating. We are married so there is nothing like being too early to meet my family. It has been about two weeks since our wedding. My parents wanted to meet with you days ago but I had to come up with some reasons so as you could atleast get used to me before we can put an act before my family and I think we have archived that now so it's better of we got to that dinner,"he explained.
Calista understood all that and she was grateful that he thought of her before making such a decision but he should atleast informed her days ago and not just a day after.
"Can we do it the day after tomorrow?I need to prepare myself psycologically,"she asked with a pleading voice and puppy eyes.
"Calista it's my family you are meeting with not some competition that need psychological preparation," Maverick could not understand her reasoning at all. Was she afraid or she just did not want to meet his family.
"You already met Aldo though I doupt if he will be present, you met my sister's already. They are the kind of people you would love to be around with so I don't think there is anything to worry about. Besides,my parents already love you and so does my grandmother," Maverick tried to make her feel comfortable. It's not like he really cared but he really wanted her to be comfortable.
If she was comfortable then they put up a good act and that's why he explained all that or maybe,that's just how he wanted to convince himself,that he did not care.
'Your sisters are chatter boxes and speaking of Aldo,he is the last person I want to see. He saw how tarnished my reputation and carrier got but did nothing despite claiming to be my friend' Calista mused as she digested what Maverick told her and about his parents loving her,'do they love her or Izara?'
"How do your parents love me?You were to marry Izara and not me,"she unhesitantly spike her mind.
Maverick did not understand why she was getting worked up for no reason.Even if his parents knew who he was to marry and married somebody else,it would be upto him to get worried and not her.
"That's up to me to worry about and you Calista. I believe we're are done now, goodnight,"he spoke then strode to his room.
"No we are not,"Calista found her voice after the surprise attack from him.
'It is ever hard to understand these stinky rich people'she mused as she also turned and vegan towards her room.
If he could not care less that he married the wrong girl and his family would find out soon,then she really had to keep calm about it as well.
She got to her room and prepared for her beauty sleep.
She would have her sleep and calm down,let the dinner take place tomorrow night and everything would unfold there after.