SCARLET'S POV
I knew that something was wrong with Mav. He had seemed angry earlier, and I knew that I needed to straighten things out with him. As I opened the door, I saw him talking to a woman. My heart sank as I saw how beautiful the woman was. At first, it didn't bother me, but as the woman continued to talk about me, my jealousy started to get the best of me. She said she and Mav once had sex, and I couldn't help but feel like I was not a match for him. I wanted to trust Mav, but... I couldn't help but wonder if this was how it was going to be - meeting his exes. I knew that Mav was like a demi-god, but I'm married to him now right??
"Scarlett?" Mav's voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Yes?" she replied.
"About earlier..." Mav started to say.
"Who's she?" Scarlett interrupted, unable to contain her curiosity. Okay no, the question should be, ... "What is your ex doing here?" I asked curiously.
"I don't know...I just...she bumped into me while I was coming back to see you," Mav explained hesitantly.
"Mav...she's your ex. And what's it with all the women?" I asked, feeling jealous. The way the woman had talked about me made me feel insecure.
"Scarlet..." Mav started to say.
"Mav...why did you marry me?" Scarlett asked, cutting him off.
"I..." Mav struggled to come up with an answer.
"You know what? Don't say anything. I just want to rest. You can leave me alone," Scarlett said, adjusting herself to a sleeping position. For some reason, she felt disappointed. Mav had no reason to marry her. She was just a woman handed to him. Was this what marriage was all about? She wasn't sure if she could handle it.
"I'll just sit here till you're willing to listen to me," Mav said. Scarlett heard the chair move as he sat down.
"You should just leave because I have no intention of talking to you!" Scarlett said, still facing the window. She felt like Mav was only acting the part of a caring husband.
"I'm not leaving! I'm staying," Mav said firmly, refusing to budge.
Beryl's Pov
I know I'm surrounded by women I don't care about, but I'm married now and I stand by my word. I know I don't have any feelings for her yet, but I also know that there's this protective feeling I develop whenever she's put in harm's way. I've never loved before so I don't think this feeling has anything to do with love. I just want to stop arguing with this innocent bird.
"Why? Why not? I'm not that important to you, but here you are acting the part," Scarlett said bitterly, feeling like she was nothing but a pawn in Mav's game.
"You don't even know why you married me!" I yelled, my voice shaking with anger and hurt.
"You are important to me Scarlett!" he tried to explain, but I wasn't having it.
"Prove it then!" I challenged. "You're always surrounded by gorgeous women, and I'm left feeling like I'm not enough for you."
Scarlett...
"My wedding night almost got ruined because another woman showed up. How many more are left for me to see? I'm going insane just thinking about it."
Scarlett... "Why are you making a big deal out of a woman you just met? I'm your husband Scarlett!" he said not understanding why she was so furious.
Because she's your ex! It would have been better if she was just saying hi but she even asked if I was good in Bed Mav and we both know I know nothing in that area.
"Good, so what if you don't know anything about sex? Who cares if you know nothing at all? I haven't complained even once but here you are getting paranoid over nothing!" he spat defensively.
Between the two of us who looks better? Who has numerous exes who won't let me breathe with the man I married?" I retorted ". Look... Mav... I don't like the fact that I'm slowly falling for you but all you're doing is breaking me into several pieces. You're supposed to love me too.". I know you respect me and you always compliment me but I need you to love me too.
"I do feel something too Scarlett... But I've never fallen in love before, so it won't be easy doing so... I have a lot of strange feelings going on within. But I don't understand any, I just need you to trust me as much as I trust you. Let's start from somewhere." He begged.
I felt my resolve breaking as I listened to what he said. "I don't know... I think I need some space to process everything," I whispered. "I'm scared Mav... So I need to clear my head."
I'm sorry if I'm not the man you imagined, and I'm sorry for making you feel like this. I really wish there was a way to make you feel better and happy but I'm just trying to be myself without hiding anything from you.
When you said hide anything from me what did you mean? I asked with keen interest.
A lot... Scarlett... I want to keep you away from everything, the chaos, the drama, the exes and everything dangerous including myself...
Wait... I don't understand, what are you talking about? I asked confused.
I'm talking about you and I.meIt's been a question of do I tell you or not. And...
He paused and messed up his hair with a frustrated sigh and for some reason, I felt tensed waiting for him to continue as I asked still holding my breath. And what Mav?
Well...