Arranged To Marry The Enemy (a Mafia story) by Zainab Ajike (books for men to read .TXT) 📗

Chapter Twenty Three

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A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." ~ Mario Puzo

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Irina's point of view:

 

I woke up to an empty bed. My husband was nowhere. His side was empty. What was I expecting? I was expecting him to be on the bed.

I should have known this was going to happen.

It is not like he cares about me. It is not like we love or care for each other so I shouldn't be disappointed.

But why did I feel hurt?

That's a question I couldn't answer.

I stood up from the chair and went to the toilet to freshen up. After taking a shower I used his towel to go out of his room to my room but not before packing my clothes and underwear. Thank God his room is opposite my room.

On getting to my room, I met Loana packing my clothes inside  a traveling bag.

"Hey." She greeted me as she looked up from what she was doing.

God, this is so embarrassing.

I hope she doesn't tease me about this.

"Good morning." I said in a low voice. I feel so embarrassed.

"I hope you are not angry that I am invading your privacy. I just wanted to help you with packing your clothes for your honeymoon." She said.

"It's okay. Thank you anyway. I haven't even thought about packing my loads and even the honeymoon as a whole." I told her sincerely.

"Oh! You should start thinking about it. You are going tomorrow." She said as she stood up.

"Sure." I muttered.

"I can see that you are uncomfortable with me being here. I will go out now." She expressed my thoughts to me.

"No, no. I will just go to the closet and dress up. I am okay with you here. You can stay here if you want." I said to her, It is a total lie. I am not okay with her being here. I want her to leave so I can dress up. I am not used to having people around me when I want to dress up. 

"I will go out so that you can dress up. I will come back later and will have it packed together. Moreover, you need to rest. I am sure it was a long night." She teased me and she winked at me on her way out.

Gosh I know she was going to tease me.

I jumped on my bed and laid down.

This is so freaking embarrassing.

"I should just dress up and go out." I said to no one In particular. I was talking to myself.

I went inside my closet and dressed up. I wore Jean and a shirt as always. I packed my hair in a ponytail. I used my ear ring and went out of my room and made my way to the kitchen. I am freaking hungry right now.

When I got to the kitchen, I saw my husband and his twin sister talking. 

"You look stunning." Loana complimented me.

"Thank you." I appreciated her.

I ignored Roman and went to the gas cooker. 

"What did you make?" I asked loana.

"Nothing much. I ordered pizza for us." She said.

I should have known that she can't cook. I am even better than her. At least I can make some American breakfast.

"I am sorry for waking up late. I would have made breakfast if I woke up earlier." I apologized to her.

I felt his stares on me. Will he just stop glancing at me?

"It's okay, at least we ate something. Anyway your portion is inside the fridge.

I don't really feel like eating pizza this early morning but I couldn't reject her kindness.

"Thank you." I said as I went to the fridge and brought out the pizza. I microwaved it and munched on it.

"It's delicious."I said. 

"Hmm. That's Roman's favorite pizza. " She said as she smirked.

Why is she smirking?

"Hmm" I nodded In response.

"She looks so pretty cute at the same time even when she is eating. Am I right, Roman?" She looked over to Roman as she asked him.

"Hmm" he hummed.

"What hmm? Answer, yes or no" Loana said sternly.

"It's okay" I said to her,I don't really want him to answer that because his answer might be bad.

"She always does." he said as fast as he could.

My cheeks are freaking red right now. I couldn't stop blushing. My God, this is the very first time he would say something so nice to me. That's really so cool of him.

"Thank you." I muttered. Our eyes met, I was so quick to look away from him. I am still embarrassed about what happened between us yesterday's night and also pissed about what he did this morning.

"You see I am right. You always look pretty. You are so beautiful. If you weren't born into the mafia world, you would have been a model or actress or even a singer. But I think  modeling should have fitted you better. You will have men lining up to date you. And you slide have a great body for modeling. You will have so many endorsements waiting for you to sign them." She explained to me.

I love that. It sounds good.

"Thank you. Is it too late for me to become a model? I love that. It sounds good." I said thoughtfully but jokingly.

"I don't know. You are already married. You can ask your husband for permission but it is too dangerous for you. If the opponent knows who you are, your life is in danger. And they can also use you to get hold of anyone." She told me.

"I was only joking." I said as I looked over to Roman. His face seems relieved. He smirked as he now's his head on the ground.

"Good morning." Someone behind me said. I turned to see the person. The person turns out to be Ruslan.

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