Aidan's POV
What a night. I finally got to fulfilled my father's wishes and now my mum won't have to worry about losing her title to anyone anymore. I won't seriously be doing all of this if it wasn't for her. I entered a fake marriage with my fake wife but she doesn't seem to be interested in me at all. I had to lie to her that I wasn't interested in her either. Or perhaps she needs a break from this?
From what she told me, she hasn't dated before. It's probably the reason why I should be more careful with her. Maybe that is why she is showing less interest, or does she have someone she's crushing on?
Why do I keep thinking about this? She is married to me now even if it's a fake one. Like I've said from the beginning when I saw her, I am not letting her go. I feel like I know her already, I don't want to leave her for another man. She must be really exhausted from the meet and greet today. My entire family hasn't even met her. There's my great aunt Marietta who isn't around along with my cousin and her husband.
They went on a trip together. They are going to be back in a few days. My cousin and her husband are a bit uncultured not to say less. I am worried about what image they will put on in front of Ellen. I hope they don't ruin everything I am sincerely trying to put together.
Ellen walked out of the bedroom already wearing the sexy nightgown she took with her before. She took a long time in the bathroom that I almost thought she died. I laid on the bed, increased the music a bit and picked a book to read. I could not focus on my book the moment she walked in.
I agreed that this will be a fake marriage with no intimacy between us. I only said that to make her calm, except for kissing in public when needed like we did at the wedding. She's inexperienced in kissing, I am her first after all. Makes me want to keep this pure girl all to myself.
Her body in that dress is making me lose myself. I looked away, so she doesn't catch me and gets uncomfortable. She laid on the bed, very far away from me. I chuckled inwardly, she is quite funny. She faced the other side and turned off her nightstand.
"Good night." She said.
"Yeah, good night." I replied looking at her.
She covered herself well with the sheets. I tried reading, the image before disturbed my mind. I just kept the book aside and tried to sleep. Then I suddenly remember, this room has to look like we did something. We are going to have our privacy, but the family tradition requires everyone to come greet us early in the morning inside our bedroom. We can have our privacy after then, it's embarrassing but true. It's not why I left home though.
I did the necessary and laid back in bed with her. I wasn't wearing a shirt so I looked convincing enough. Maybe I'll wake her up in the morning, we should convince them enough. This is crazy.
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"Rise and shine newly weds." I heard a voice and knocking at the door.
My eyes fluttered open, they're coming. I looked at Ellen, she is still sleeping. I gently pulled her closer to myself and held her by her waist. We looked intimate enough, then I pretended to still be asleep. My mom and everyone else except my father, Gregory and his mom, walked in with breakfast in their hands. I fully opened my eyes, pretending to just be awake.
"Wow... We brought you two breakfast. Congratulations again." My mom said dropping the food.
"Thank you very much mom, everyone." I smiled at them, Ellen still did not open her eyes.
"I guess she is still asleep. Let's not wake her up, we will talk when she wakes up. She must be very tired." Joanna said.
My step mom and step siblings came too, they all dropped what they cooked for us.
"Thank you everyone. My wife would come thank everyone when she is awake." I continued to thank them.
"We shouldn't disturb you two. Enjoy all you want, we will be leaving now." Emma said.
"I'm so happy for you brother!" Joanna squealed running along with the rest.
I looked at Ellen as soon as they were gone. She finally opened her eyes and looked at me. She pulled away immediately and glared at me.
"What do you think you are doing?" She asked, frowning.
"You were awake the whole time and you could not open your eyes? Why didn't you push me away earlier?" I fired back.
She shrugged. "You are paying me to pretend. I should make it believable. But don't try this with me when we're alone."
We heard the door opening again, we quickly went back to our position. We pretended to be embracing each other. I saw one of the maids come in with some drinks. Then she went out right after. We separated immediately she left the room.
"I thought you didn't want us to be that close again?" I asked her teasingly.
"Well... I told you before, it's because I don't want people to suspect us. I'm going to take my bath now." She said and rushed out of the room into the bathroom.
I shook my head and heaved a huge sigh. I still find it weird that I am married now. I didn't want to come back to live here but I had to because I had no choice. Getting married is my father's dream, becoming the head of the family is my mother's dream, I just want to be free.
I waited for her to come out of the bathroom. She didn't come out wearing a towel. She took a long time and she changed back into the same night gown. She hurriedly rushed into the dressing room.
I went into the bathroom, took my time in brushing and bathing. Then I tied a towel on my waist. I bumped into her on my way to the dressing room. She quickly rushed to a side, her hand mistakenly pulled my towel off leaving me naked. My eyes widened, she almost screamed as her eyes landed on me. I covered her mouth, else it will attract attention.
"Don't scream... People will come in if you do." I told her. She nodded, I let her go.
She moved farther away, "You pervert! I know you did this on purpose."
I took the towel and tied it back. "You can look now. How can you say I did this on purpose when you pulled it off?"
She scoffed, "Stop blaming me for something that's not my fault. You're lying. I didn't do anything!"
Seriously? I don't know what to say. I went into the dressing room and dressed up. I joined her at the table when she is just having breakfast. Instead of eating, I could not stop looking at her beautiful face. The sun shone through the room making her skin brighter.
"Stop staring at me. Your food will get cold." She said without looking at me.
"I wasn't looking." I lied and looked away.
We ate in silence, we only glanced at each other a few times. After breakfast, she wanted to clear the table. I stopped her, I guess she's still used to her old lifestyle.
"You don't have to do that darling. That is the job of the maids." I told her.
"I know but I want to do it." She rolled her eyes.
I shook my head in disagreement, "Right. But then, you have to act like the lady of the house at least if you don't want them to look down on you. That's how things work around here."
"I see. What am I supposed to do then?"
"Stay indoors with me, we'll go out in a few hours to meet everyone again. Then you'll be given a tour and get acquainted with everyone." I explained to her.
"This is going to be more boring than I thought." She muttered going to sit on the bed.
I texted my assistant. I watched her sit on the bed looking at the wall. This is going to be harder than I thought. But then again, she saved me.