ZOE
I couldn't shake off the feeling of rejection as I left Ethan's house. His words still echoed in my ears: "my wife needs me." It hurts me so much to hear him call another woman his wife and not me. As I reminisced on the embarrassment at the launching in Florida, tears pricked at the corners of my eyes. "Why can't he see me the way he sees her?" I thought to myself. Deep down inside my heart, I feel like the marriage is fake but the way Ethan acts cool towards her makes me doubt if it's fake, the Ethan I know doesn't tolerate women staying close to him but that particular girl touches him and even kissed him. I Paced up and down in my room, the door opened and my mom came in.
"Mom." I weakly walked to her and hugged her.
"My baby." She hugged me back. "It's okay." She rubbed my back.
"He doesn't love me, he embarrassed me in public, in his house, in front of that silly girl." I cried.
" Don't say that, he loves you, trust me. "
" It is written in his eyes, he doesn't love me."
" He does, it's that girl that is stopping him from noticing you."
I broke the hug and looked at my mother in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"Ethan loves you but that girl, what's her name again?"
" Luna." I
" Luna is the one making things hard for you, her presence makes it hard for him to notice you."
" But... He didn't seem interested in me even when she was not in the picture."
" How did you know she wasn't in the picture? He might have been seeing her secretly, or didn't he say he wanted to keep his marriage secret?"
" You may be right mother"
" Not maybe, I'm right. Or don't you trust your mom anymore?"
" Of course I do." I replied quickly.
" That's good."
" What do you think I should do to make him mine?" I asked.
"Be close to him, frequent his family home, make his father love you more than he already does."
" His father loves me so much, Ethan is just too stubborn to listen to his father. "
" Don't give up, endure all the embarrassments, make him see you worthy of being his wife."
" Okay Mom, I will. " I nodded.
" And make sure that Luna girl is not comfortable in the house, make her regret marrying Ethan."
" That's what I'm planning to do."
" That's my girl." My mom smiled. " Come here." She spread her arms, inviting me for a hug. I sank into her waiting arms and hugged her tightly.
"I love you Mom." I whispered.
"I love you more my baby. Get some rest okay?"
"I will."
My mom walks out of the room. " Oh God." I sighed and dialed Emilia's number, she is the friend that is always at my Beck and call. The phone rang for a few seconds before she picked it up.
"Zoe, how are you doing?" She asked.
"I need you to come over, at my house."
" What's wrong?"
" Ethan." I said and hung up.
Twenty minutes later, a knock came on my door.
"Come in." I said. The door opened and Emilia rushed in.
"What did he do this time? She asked.
" He chose her over me." I stood with my hands on my waist.
" Choose who?"
" That silly girl that he brought from nowhere."
" Who's her father?"
" I don't know, and I don't care." I shrugged.
"You don't care? Are you serious? What if her father is the one who forced her on Ethan?"
" He can't force her on Ethan."
"Then Ethan must have married her because of the influence her father has."
" My father is influential too."
" Her father might be more influential than your Dad, Ethan won't go for a poor girl."
" But if she is the daughter of an influential man, she'd be familiar."
" Yeah." Emilia nodded.
" I need to know who this girl is."
" But why can't you forget about Ethan? I mean, there are many handsome men out there dying to have you, wealthy men at that."
" I don't want them, I want him. They're not as handsome as Ethan nor popular like him, I deserve a man that is known across the country, just like him."
" Girl, you need to think twice."
" I didn't call you here to indirectly insult me, if you won't support me then you shut your mouth up."
" Sorry." She said,
" Whatever." I unlocked my phone and dialed Sylver's number, an accredited background investigator and one of my admirers during my highschool days. He has been professing love to me but I rejected him. He's from a wealthy family too but he's not my type. Now is the time for him to prove his love for me.
"Hello beautiful." His voice was full of excitement.
"Hi. I need your help."
"Anything for you my Angel."
I rolled my eyes. "I want you to run a background check on someone."
" Sure, who's that?"
" Her name is Luna Suarez."
" Alright, I'll do it now and get back to you"
" Alright." I hung up.
Few minutes later, Sylver's call came in.
" Did you find anything?"
"I'm still on it, I sent you different pictures on WhatsApp, check and tell me the one you're talking about."
I quickly entered my WhatsApp and checked Sylver's message, I scrolled through the pictures and saw Luna's picture at the bottom.
"She is the one in the last picture."
"Alright, hold on." I heard the clicking sound of the keyboard in the background. "I've found it."
"What did you find?"
"She is an event planner."
" What?" Emilia and I said in unison.
" That's all I found, but I'll do another research if you want."
" Yes, I need you to find out who her father is." I said.
" Who is she by the way?"
" That's none of your business, just find out about her family and get back to me." I snapped.
" Easy my love, I'll do it for you."
I ended the call.
Few minutes later, Sylver called back. I quickly picked the call.
"Did you find more information?"
"Nothing much about her family, she stays with her father and her step mother?"
" Is that all?"
" Yeah, she stays in Atlanta too."
" Who are her parents, what's their occupation?"
" Nobody, her step mother is a local hairstylist"
" A local hairstylist?" I was shocked, I expected her to be from a well to do family.
"Yes, do you need anything else?"
"No, not for now."
" Alright, have you changed your mind about my proposal?"
" Bye Sylver." I ended the call before he could say more.
" What did he say?" Emilia asked.
"She's a nobody, can you imagine? "
" How did Ethan meet someone like her and even marry her? "
" That's what baffles me, and she had the guts to talk back to me." I folded my hands on my chest. "We shall see." I smirked.