Chapter 6
Nina rode home with a new found hope and purpose, having to live with the fact that her chances of having Marcus to herself were slim was not something she had expected.
Caroline had never been competition enough, she was more beautiful, slimmer and stylish than her and even socially capable but trust a child to spoil the whole thing.
Her vehicle made a turn while turning and the Uber collided with another one, also an expensive looking vehicle.
"What is your problem!"
She watched in horror as a tall stranger stepped down from the other vehicle and walked over to her Uber.
"Can't you watch where you're going?" He basically roared and Nina knew she didn't like him instantly, a gentleman didn't shout.
When she couldn't hold it any more she spoke up. "It's your car that rammed into ours so you're the careless one, don't bully him!"
It was then Bryan noticed the pretty lady seated at the back seat and just as it has always been for him he snapped out of his rage, but he wasn't going to appear so vulnerable, not this time.
"And who are you?" He asked her, his gray slits narrowing even more.
"His passenger, and you're holding us down. Who are you?" Nina snapped back at him and immediately he knew he had become a fool for looks once again.
"You wouldn't know would you?" Bryan muttered and turned to leave. "I would see you around," he called out as he settled in his vehicle stared intently at Nina's before he drove off.
"Rude," Nina said under her breath as the driver continued, slower now and more watchful, though Bryan hadn't caused any more trouble, his headlight was still spoiled and so was the front of his car.
Nina knew that somehow, someway she was going to see him again.
The Lionel house was not far from the Robert's Nina had to live just five blocks away from her childhood lover's home was difficult for her.
She knew she didn't love Marcus the way she was supposed to but she also knew his love for her made up for it all, as she paid the driver she tried not to think too much of how Caroline, poor awkward Caroline now stood as a threat and now for some reasons she had a reason to fight for Marcus, she wanted him back.
Four houses away the door in the servants quarters opened and Caroline slid inside quickly, trying not to be heard by anybody, closing the door behind her.
"Don't tell me you have come again tonight, what is it Carol?" Gina, the main housekeeper of the house asked her with a look of exasperation and a hint of fear on her face.
"I needed to speak with you, it's boring up there," she responded and settled on the bed in the small servants quarters. The irony of it was that it was the biggest of all the rooms designated for servants.
"You know housekeepers and the pregnant boss wife do not have any business together," Gina responded and continued folding her clothes.
Caroline always wondered why she had a lot of pretty clothes (and never failed to buy more whenever she received her pay) but never wore them. She didn't even leave the house.
"Does it even matter, do you know what I'm thinking?" Caroline asked her and Gina stopped her folding and looked at her.
"What now?"
"We're 26 and we've never experienced true love. I thought of it while I was on the way to the hospital with Mrs Cranky and pretty trouble," she said using the nickname they gave to Mrs Roberts and Nina. "I thought this was going to be it, I was done with this family but then, I had to get pregnant, honestly? I feel cheated."
"Why are you so keen on falling in love? From what we see here in society, I would rather be a spinster forever," Gina said but Caroline knew she didn't mean it, she had also been in love once but she didn't talk about it.
"I know that line, it's getting old too."
"Why are you here? Return to your abode before they come seeking you out here," she advised and Caroline knew it was true, she stood up and just before she left the room, she told her the main reason she came.
"Firstly, Jason thinks the child is his and also, my nightmares are back." She hurriedly left the room before Gina could say any more.
Tiptoeing around her own house was not the wisest decision because sometimes these households never slept.
She got to her floor and as she turned to go to her room, collided with another body, another familiar, breathtaking body.
"Oh, hi" Caroline muttered and Marcus raised a suspicious brow, he looked breathtaking in his wine robe, his blonde hair fell stubbornly over his forehead. Caroline wanted to reach and brush it off his face but she knew better.
"You're up. Why?" He muttered and she swallowed nervously, after dinner she had bade the family Goodnight while Emily(Mrs Roberts) had smiled at her in unheld back pride.
"I wanted to have a drink of water," Caroline lied and the thing she didn't know about when she lied was that her cheeks turned more pink and her lips pouted.
Marcus knew this. He lifted her jaw up so she could face him with his index fingers and narrowed his eyes.
"If you think of running away, I will track you down, and keep you prisoner until my child is born. Do you understand that?" He asked and she nodded, her hands were shaking and she was wary.
"I am not trying to run away," she countered and he nodded, releasing her shoulders from his grasp.
"I know. I am telling you just Incase you're thinking of doing just that. Have a Good night moon,"
He said and walked away, Caroline watched with horror as he walked away realizing just now that she was a prisoner in her husband's home.