Chapter 4 New life

After hours of Athena just sitting on her bed doing nothing, it was time for dinner. She had refused to eat lunch and she had also not eaten anything in the morning either so she would be able fit into her wedding gown. This was the advice of her mother although Athena is already thin as a stick.

Her stomach grumbled for skipping two meal time and after an hour and no food came, she had to get out of her room and get something herself.

On getting to the kitchen, at the dinning room she found her husband eating happily without a care in the world.

The food he was happily eating looked so delicious. The aroma filled her nostrils and her stomach grumbled again. This caught the attention of her husband and he turned back to see a wide eyed lady behind him looking pale and weak.

The steak cooked really good, perfectly made and it was calling out to her and her stomach answers every call for her.

She gulped down.

But then she thought, why was he the only one being served the delicious meal? Why didn't anyone call her? There was obviously a mistake or make the servants forgot about her because she just got here and not used to an extra mouth.

"Umm you are I believe there is a mistake, no one came to call me that dinner was served." She said as politely as she could. Her voice was low and it shook in every word she said. She was very tired and was starving but she cannot believe that her new husband has been eating here all along without even checking up on her or asked if she was eating. He did not care at all and was just focused on his meal, this made her upset.

"No one called you because there no one to do such a thing. I do not have any cook in the mansion. I do all the cooking." He said to her simply.

Wow that was great that hw still had time to learn how to cook for himself and actually do it and judging from the he made, she was convinced he was very good at it and should consider being a chief instead but there is one problem in this set up, if he cooks for himself and doesn't have any cook then who would cook for her all the time?

She was sure it was certainly not her husband.

"Wow that is great, it's truly wonderful and very admirable that you prepare your food yourself but umm I can't cook." She told him and waited for the solution he would give to her.

Will she have to order some food? Thinking about that, this does not sound like a bad idea to her. Because of the wedding, she was not allowed to eat any junk food or any food other than leaf and grass that her mother says it's vegetables.

"You can't cook? Okay well why are you telling me that?" He stopped eating and looked up to her looking really confused. His brow was raised up and confusion was written all over his face.

Seeing the confusion on his face, Athena got confused herself. What does he mean by why is she telling him? Of course she will tell him, she is staying at his mansion and there's no cook available for her and she can't cook, it should ve obvious what she meant and what he his meant to do for her. She is his wife after all.

"I can't cook, how will I eat when there's no one to cook for me?" She asked again?

"Well it's obvious what you should do, learn how to cook or order some food or get a cook for yourself. Do I have to state the obvious for you?" He replied her with coldness in his tone.

Her heart sank, she wasn't expecting to be loved and appreciated here, definitely not but she was definitely not expecting to be treated this coldly? So they were going to live here like two strangers in a big house? So she wouldn't even be given a simple thing as a cook? So she was just going to live like she was before but just with someone else?

This made her upset, she knew there was no need talking to him. He obviously had something against her with his tone of voice.

She just mumbled an "okay" then walked away with her head hung low. She was deflated and her hunger left as well.

Her appetite was gone so she just retreated to the room given to her for the time being. She doesn't want to call that place her room because she knows this was definitely not her home and she was going to leave this place some day.

She sighed as she pulped down on her bed. She fell with a thud then she turned to lay on her back and look up at the ceiling.

From the ceiling her eyes diverted to the room around her. While she was in college she has developed a preference and style and the decoration on the room was definitely not it but she was not going to waste her time doing that.

Athena sighed again. She just left her school to Leave here as a decoration with no purpose. She just left her life, she threw all her opportunity away and will stay with someone like him for years and just wasting her life.

She knew her life didn't have any meaning but all this just makes it more clear to her.

She hers got heavy and she knew she will soon fall asleep so before that happens, she went over to her things and took her cream. She went completely naked and applied it all over her body.

When she was, she felt all body getting warmer. She walked over to the bed and lay down on her back. Slowly her eyes became heavier and she couldn't stop herself anymore and she gave in to the darkness but not before hearing the sound of the door opening...