Cassandra signed the document together with Leonard, who looked like he wanted anything but to get married , she wondered if he had been blackmailed too and if yes what it was based on.
He had only one condition which was that their marriage shouldn't be made public which was alright with her.
'Benjamin first and after that I'll think of an escape from here' she thought.
They were in his car and they were heading 'home' . They sat at the back of the car while his driver drove the car.
The drive 'home' was eerily silent, with him sitting at one end of the back seat while she sat down at the other end almost wanting to make her self one with the car door.
They had driven for a long while and she had begun to feel sleepy but held the urge back as she didn't feel safe enough to let herself relax.
Looking over at Leonard, she noticed he looked the opposite of her, he looked completely relaxed and leisurely, the rising and falling of his chest was even so he felt he was probably at sleep.
He looked so peaceful and harmless sleeping ,almost like and angel and though she tried to will herself to look away she just couldn't, soon her eyes were drawn to his red lips making her get perverted thoughts.
In the next second however his black eyes fluttered open, staring directly at her. Making her heart skip a beat.
"Enjoying the view dummy?" He asked smirking.
"Uhm..I'm sorry…i…i… thought you were sleeping"she stammered.
"Hmm.. I was until I felt you gaze on me, face your front, or you stare outside the window, you're making me have bad dreams " he said frowning and turning on his side.
'How could someone look so innocent and yet act so evilly' she thought.
'Bad dreams huh? You deserve them' she thought not looking away from him. If her looking at him was making him have bad dreams then she intended not to stop .
After about 4 seconds as though he could still feel her gaze on him , he turned around to face her. Almost immediately she faced forward forgetting her earlier resolve to keep on staring at him.
Leonard raised an eyebrow at her behavior "What a cowardly dummy" he muttered smiling to himself but soon the smile was gone as though it had only been imagined.
After the long drive they finally got to Cassandra thought was Leonard's house. But the didn't drive in, instead he asked the driver to stop the car some distance from the house.
With an expressionless face he glanced at Cassandra and said lazily "Get down "
"Huh?, aren't you coming too?" She asked panicky as her mind began to think of a thousand different things none of which were good for her. 'What if this wasn't his house but a place for human trafficking?!' She widened her eyes as she thought of this possibility, after all he was indeed unwilling to get married to her and had forced into this marriage just as she had. She panicked at the thought of that,as he was fucking Leonard Charlton, he probably wouldn't be punished for that , hell she was sure nobody would even find out about it as she was nothing compared to him.
"Get down, dummy" he said again sounding like was tired of talking to her.
"Umm.. is this your home?" She asked hopefully.
He looked at her for a minute and looked like he was about to say something harsh before he drew in a tired breath and said smiling, his eyes twinkling
"Yeah, go on now"
His smile was beautiful despite the fact that it had no warmth in it and for a minute she was lost admiring his perfect teeth, although she liked his smile, she wondered why he was smiling and felt he was up to no good.
Well, since she was sure now that they were indeed at his house and not some slave establishment she supposed she could get down and enter the house right?
Giving him a nod and a faint smile she opened the car door and came down , feeling the warm natural air brush over skin.
She stood there by the side of the road watching as his driver reversed the car and speed off in the direction they came from , her eyes glued to Leonard whose arm once over his face, he didn't even bother to glance at her she thought.
Taking a deep breath, she started making her way towards the gate , taking in her surroundings as she did. She noticed that there were no other houses around, the neighborhood was eerily silent like there was no human activity in this side of town. The fence of the compound stretched farther than her eyes could see and she wondered if the house belonged to only one person .
She noticed that there were guards around who eyed her quizzically as she made her way towards the gate.
When she got to the front to the beautifully built gate, she smiled sheepishly at the guards and said "Hey, I…" I would like to enter the house? I'm your master's wife?" She wondered what she would say under their unsmiling and scrutinizing gazes , she felt like an intruder but then wasn't that what she was? To Leonard at least! She rolled her eyes internally at him she didn't ask to married to him either!
"Who are you?" One of the bulky guards asked seeing as she made no move to complete her earlier sentence .
"I'm…I'm Leonard's wife " 'more like 'useless' wife'
The guards looked her up and down, disbelief evident in their eyes.
She knew what they saw; an overweight woman, with dark brown hair, and deep green eyes. Surely not a pleasant sight to the eye , she wouldn't be impressed by her appearance either if she were them.
They were probably wondering how their undeniably handsome and attractive master got married to a fat potato.
And she was right, the guards took in her appearance and wondered if she was saying the truth. The would have driven her out of the area by now or even shot her for daring to trespass but they had seen her alight from Leonard's car and they were sure he wouldn't drop just any one by his house but was she his wife?