Chapter 5 Gloomy night

" Do both of you know each other? " She asked and Carla shifted her gaze to the direction of the voice with her eyes widening a bit before trying to cover upher surprise.

Carla knew she was far from being pretty but the lady in front of her wasn't just pretty, she was alsosexy. At that moment, she knew she had seen herlady crush. She could look at the lady's face andbody for the whole day without getting tired.

" Oh! Yes, we attended the same middle and highschool, though we weren't close. I just never expected her to get married to Lucas. You know, thislife can be so surprising, " he answered her. " You two look good together, " he teased while wigglinghis brows at Lucas who sneered at him knowing wellwhat he was trying to do.

" I'm Nora, Noah's girlfriend, " Nora said as sheextended her hand for a shake which Carla gladlyaccepted but to her surprise, she was pulled in for ahug letting a light gasp out of her mouth.

" Sorry about that, I'm just too excited 'cause I now have someone to talk with, these boys can beexhausting, " she giggled as she let go of Carla.

Carla smiled at the thought of it, she had never hada female friend as all the ones she thought she hadwere always jealous of her. Having one who wantedto become her friend didn't seem like a bad idea.

' Maybe my life now won't be as hard as I thought, 'she said in her mind nodding her head inacceptance of Nora's friendship.

The party was finally over and Carla drove with. Lucas to his house. She couldn't believe she was now a married woman, to her childhood friend andcrush to be exact.

The ride to his house was silent, none of them said aword and Lucas appreciated it as he had a lot of things to think of. He had gotten married to someonehe barely knew. They were friends, but not close enough to know things about each other.

They finally got to his house and the designated driver parked the car. Both of them came down from the car, but Lucas walked away, leaving her to dealwith her bags alone.

Twitching her lips together, she struggled to drag herbags inside the house but was assisted by an elderlyman. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow andhe bowed his head slightly in respect.

" Mrs. Grayson, I'm Jonah, the butler of this house, "he introduced himself and she nodded her head,smiling softly. He offered to help her with her bagsand after much argument, she gave in at last.

After all her bags had been successfully carriedinside by Jonah, she asked for directions to Lucas'sroom and went upstairs. She looked around thehouse, mesmerized by the size. There was no doubtthat his house was way bigger than hers.

She finally got to the front of Lucas's door as perJonah's direction and she knocked softly on the doortwice before she heard a faint ' come in '. She turned the knob and entered inside, just to see Lucas,sitting on his bed, glaring at her bags that Jonah hadkept there like it was some kind of mistake.

" What do you want? " he asked, his gaze shiftingfrom the bags to her, his cold glare making her wantto cower and run away. Instead, she smiled at him,taking a bold step forward. She was his wife at least,or so she thought.

" You sound like you don't want me here, " sheteased as she took a seat on the sofa there. Lucasscoffed at her audacity, she couldn't just sit down onhis sofa without his permission. It was his room andnot hers.

" That's because I don't, " he responded, and sheturned her head to look at him. She furrowed herbrows at him, wondering if she heard him well.

" Excuse me? " she asked, blinking her eyes. Hestood up and walked up to her, grabbing her by thearms and forcefully pulling her up.

"I believe you heard me right. I said I do not wantyou in here, in my room, so get the hell out, " hecussed, snapping at her. She creased her brows indisbelief, wondering if it was Lucas she knew thatwas with her in the room.

" Lucas, are you okay? " she asked softly but heignored her, only to press the intercom on the wall.

" Jonah, come to my room right now, " he orderedbefore cutting the call. In a few minutes, Jonahknocked on the door and came inside the room. "Accompany Carla to room no 5, that's where she'llbe staying from today, " he ordered, and despite theevident shock on the elderly man's face, he had nooption but to do as his boss ordered.

" And you, " he turned to Carla. " Don't you darecome to my room unless you have something veryimportant that I must know about, " he warned,eyeing her, his eyes filled with disgust and pure hatred.

" Lucas, what the hell is wrong with you? " shequeried, pulling her arms roughly from his firm grip. "Why are you acting like this? ".

" Have you forgotten? You said this was a marriage of convenience, I don't think I have to dedicate my time, and my bed to you, do I? " he firedback, raising his voice slightly.

Did you just say that to me Lucas?" Carla asked, her voice almost chocking with tears ,but she tried her best not to show it, she can't believe that she is going through something like this on her wedding night, this is supposed to be her happy day for crying out loud

Lucas laughed out loud, he can't believe that she was expecting that they would be sleeping in the same room, this is crazy, he told her he is not ready to commit to anyone and anything, he has no idea why she is behaving the way she is.

"Come on carla , have you forgotten the reason why we are doing this? For our father's company remember?" Lucas said and Carla was stunned, he is really taking that serious, isn't he ? And he is going to continue using that against her.