Maria was in the kitchen carrying out the dishes she made to the dinning. She was so excited, her husband would be back soon.
A crack was heard on the door and she turned around to see her husband coming in. He was breaking taking but there was a smile on his face.
Her husband stormed into the bedroom without casting a glance at her. She felt invisible.
'Maybe he had a bad day at work' Maria thought to herself as she went after him.
Jacob stormed angrily into the spacious and massive master bedroom and threw his suitcase on the giant king-sized bed.
He loosened his black tie, took it off his neck, and flung it aside before sitting on the three-seater couch beside the bed. He bent down and took off his shoes and sat back with his face wrinkled with anger and a mask of fury to fit.
The door opened to reveal a sad-looking Maria walking into the room.
She stood in front of the door watching her so-called husband as he glared back angrily at her.
"Jacob..?"
He stared up sharply at her, cutting her short with the hostility in his eyes.
"I never asked you to follow me up here. Tell me, Maria, why are you bent on annoying me every passing second?" he asked her in fury.
Maria stared at him confused. "I do not know what you are talking about, Jacob. I only asked you to come to the dining room for Pete's sake, that's all!"
"Away and to hell with the dining room and the meal you prepared; can't you read the handwriting on the wall? I want to be left alone! Now!!" Jacob baked back at her.
Maria shook her head in utmost disappointment and walked out of the room more sad than when she had come in.
Jacob frowned deeply at the door as it jammed to a close. He would never understand the girl. Why wouldn't she just mind her f*king business?
He stood up and walked into the bathroom to take a chilly shower before going to bed to rest his head from the day's activities.
Maria got back downstairs and sat at the dining table, staring hopelessly at the empty chairs and all the delicious delicacies she had put in so much effort to prepare for her dearly beloved husband.
A tear rolled off her eyes and she quickly wiped it off and sniffed. The hurt and pain of being turned down and rejected by a loved one like a husband is far worse than the pain of a hot iron burn.
This wasn't the life she envisaged for herself at all. It wasn't something she even predicted was going to happen to her; not now in her current marriage, not ever at all. Slowly, her hands slid down to her stomach and another tear rolled down her cheek.
She was almost always heartbroken and weeping, making tears to become her regular companion every passing day. How did she end up getting pregnant for the ruthless and cold-hearted billionaire?
"…but I never threw myself at him at any point in time. I did not like him enough to want to hurt my friend by taking away the man she loved and who equally loved her in return," she thought to herself. It became a norm that she basked in thoughts in thoughts like this every passing moment of the day.
What happened that night? Why did life present such a situation to her? Where did she ever go wrong? Was she paying for sins she committed at some point in her life or the other?
Maria sighed as she continued staring at the table, with tears rolling down her cheek.
Slowly, her mind crawled back to the past... how she ended up mysteriously pregnant for a beast like Jacob.
Yes, it had been at a party; party that would forever be regretted in her life.
"That old wrinkled hag of a woman!" Stephanie grumbled as she walked into the room angrily.
Maria looked up from her iPad and giggled as she stared at her friend.
"I don't have to ask you whom you are quarrelling with, do I? Nah… I know already. Let me guess… It is Mrs. Mallory, Jacob's mom, right?"
Stephanie sighed and sat heavily in a corner on the big bed that filled the most part of the room. "Who else would it be if not her?! I just don't know why she has to be a persistent pest in my life! I just wished she just dies and be gone out of my face forever. I hate her!!"
"You should…," Maria laughed and turned back to what she was doing.
Stephanie looked at her and shrugged. "Well, well, well… that won't stop me from going on with the party," she said in amusement.
"Oh my gosh! It is going to be so much fun with lots of people in attendance! I had a lot of cards printed out and distributed for this, bestie." Stephanie said with a smile as she added.
"Happy twenty-fourth birthday my darling; I hope mine turns out to be this grand too," Maria mumbled in uncertainty.
"That's for later! For now, I got to go see how my dress is coming up at Choices. See you!" Stephanie winked at her dear friend and left while Maria only shook her head and continued with what she was doing.
She suddenly looked up with a smile, thinking about her best friend who just left.
Stephanie Maris and her have been friends for as long as she could remember. Such a lively and fun-filled girl, who would do anything to have her way; she is crazy, but undeniably sweet. She can be a loving angel in time of need, and a daring devil if she needs to.
Maria had always loved and cherished their friendship, always placing great value on it. In fact, it was the one thing that mattered a lot to her at this point of her life.