The bright light streaming into my room woke me up and I wondered who had pulled the drapes. I turned to stretch and the bed was empty.
I opened my eyes and closed them shut a minute later as all the light was too much. Vincenzo was no longer beside me and I wondered if he had already gone to work.
I made my way downstairs and I heard some chatting and I wondered who was talking. I went to the dining room and I found Vincenzo and some man who I had never seen before.
"Good morning ", I greeted them as I sat down.
"Good morning ", said the strange man.
"This is your chauffeur, Raul. He'll drive you to wherever you want to go ", said Vincenzo.
"Oh thank you ", I said as I served myself some breakfast.
"Well you're dismissed ", said Vincenzo to Raul and he left.
"Immaculate wanted to see you ", said Vincenzo without looking at me.
"Oooh I'll go by the hospital to see her then ", I said and we fell into an uncomfortable silence again.
"So any plans for today ?", I asked him trying to start a conversation.
"Yeah I've got work ", he said as he continued scrolling through his phone.
"Oooh okay", I said.
"Is there anything that you wanted ?", he asked.
"Not really and oh your mother was here yesterday she was asking why you are not picking up her calls ", I said and on the mention of his mother he looked up.
"Did you tell her anything ?", he asked me.
"No I just told her when you'll be home I'll tell you to call her ", I said.
"And why didn't you say anything yesternight?", he asked me looking pissed.
Was he being serious?
"I forgot and you looked pretty tired you fell asleep pretty quickly "_, I said.
"Well I was drunk ", he said as he went back to his phone.
"You didn't smell like liquor though ", I said under my breath.
"What did you say?", he asked me.
"Nothing "_I said as I continued to take my breakfast.
Just when I had thought things were going pretty well he had to come up with stuff like that. All he was trying to say was that if he was sober he would have never slept in my bed.
"Oh, and ill be going by your mother's house later "_I said to him as I stood up.
"Why ?", he asked.
"Cause I feel like it ", I said as I left the living room and went to my bedroom.
To be honest I missed the days that he was not home. On the days I would be all alone and not have anyone stressing me out.
He pissed me so much that I couldn't even comprehend how one person could be that annoying.
When he was around I was pissed a lot more often. He made me think of things that I didn't want to think of.
For some stupid reason I was falling to him and I wanted to know why. He was not the typical guy that I would go for. The guy who would assume your whole existence.
It was just a contract marriage for both of us to get what we wanted and so far I was getting what I wanted. By being his wife I could not be with other people so it was normal for me to want more.
Every time I smiled when I remembered a memory of him I reminded myself that was not supposed to fall in love with him.
I remembered the days that followed the ball and they were the best days I had since I had met him.
Waking up together with him in the same bed after a tedious night of coming over and over again. Waking up to breakfast in bed for a moment I had thought that it was going to last for a while.
It didn't obviously because the moment he left the house to go to work he came back a different person that I didn't know.
I entered the shower and took a quick shower. Instead of staying in the house and stressing over someone that did not care about me, I would at least go to the hospital early so that I could spend time with immaculate.
I did my hair and dressed up and in an hour I was already done. I looked myself over and I was ready to go.
I didn't know how Immaculate was going to react when she saw me but I hoped that she would be elated to see me.
I made my way downstairs but before I could open the door of the house and leave I heard Vincenzo behind me.
"Wait up am driving you to the hospital ", he said as he took his car keys and followed me.
I really couldn't escape him, could I?
"I thought you hired a driver for me so you wouldn't have to drive me wherever I went ?", I asked him as I followed him to the garage.
"Yeah that was the case but I was heading to the hospital and decided to drive you instead or would you rather prefer Raul to take you ?"_he asked as he opened the passenger door for me.
"No ", I said as he closed the door after me and came to his side, and started the car.
"Will you still be going to my mother's house ?", he asked me.
"No ", I said.
"Okay ", he said and the rest of the ride was silent and in no time we were already at the hospital.
He packed the car in the garage and like always he got off and opened the door for me.
"I will pick you up in the evening when you're done ", he said as held onto my hand and started walking to the building.
I could feel how loud my heart was beating as I stared at our intertwined hands and it seemed like he noticed as he let go if I had immediately.
"Okay sure, have a nice day ", I said as he walked off.