Chapter 4 AURORA'S POV

•AURORA'S POV•

Dinner with the Rocco's ended by 10 pm and I was to move into their home as well tonight. I hugged my sister and cousin goodbye and I was broken by my sister's tears. I promised her that I would find a means for us to always be together and live together.

My sister had asked Matteo "Will you take care of my sister?" and he answered her with the most reassuring smile he could fish out (I don't like this guy)," She's going to be my wife of course I'll take very good care of her baby girl". He gave her a pat on the head and my sister smiled back happily at his words. My family finally left me behind and Matteo's mom, Evelyn showed me the way to my room alongside.

My room was on the second floor, the last room at the end of the hallway. "Thank you, madam Evelyn," I said she left and I stepped into the room and locked the door behind me.

Once inside my room, all the built-up walls of courage I had throughout the day crumbled like a mud wall and I broke down in tears. I wept so much for almost 30 minutes, thinking of my sister, and my life back home and I even thought about my mother, thinking of how things would have been if she were here and if I could have dealt with this situation differently with her words of advice.

I picked up myself from the ground and looked around my room for the first time and I was impressed. They did a good job of arranging my things in almost the same way as my previous room. I'm sure my aunty hand a hand in the arrangements, she always tried to make me comfortable no matter how hard it got.

I strip out of my gown and head to the bathroom to take a quick bath before I head to bed. It's been a long and eventful day and all I wanted to do was to place my head on my pillow and sleep off. Once I was done in the shower, I tied my

shower robe over my body and go ahead to get my nighttime skincare done.

While I was at it, I got a knock on my room door and I wondered who it may be at this late hour of the night. I wasn't scared because I knew the house was safe but I didn't just get why someone would be coming to my room so late. I opened the door without asking who it was and came face to face with Matteo. I was about to slam the door in his face when he blocked it with his foot and made his way into my room.

"Not so fast baby girl" he smiled at me and looked around my room. His eyes turned back to look at me as I stood dumbfounded at my room door. His eyes roamed my body like prey and I snapped at him," What are you staring at and why are you even here at this hour Mr Matteo?"

"I came to see if my fiancée is settling in well, is that supposed to be an issue ?" he walked closer to me and my heartbeat was so fast I swear I could hear it myself. His cologne had this effect on me that I couldn't explain and as he came towards me, I kept taking quick steps backward till my back met the wall and both hands were on both sides of the wall trapping me.

"You can see I am fine Mr Matteo, you can leave now if you're done checking."I stutter as these words leave my mouth, damn this man! He smiles," We will be husband and wife in a few days, Are the formalities necessary between both of us? I'd prefer to be called by my name Matteo, just Matteo and not Mr. Matteo." he takes his arms off the wall and jams them into the pocket of his trousers.

"We barely know each other so I'll call you Mr Matteo and you can call me Miss Aurora, I won't change that" I spit out defiantly. He's so annoying and bossy. His eyes spark with something that seems like anger but it is gone in a second.

He leans forward till his head is at the same level as mine and whispers," I'll break you Aurora, I'll make you mine and bend you till you submit to me" he smirks and pats my head.

"Go to bed, we have a long day tomorrow and I don't need you looking worn out" he opens the door and walks away, slamming it close loudly.

Ugh, I despise him with every single bone in my body. I walk into the walk-in closet and change into my nightie. I stand in front of the mirror in my room and stare back at my reflection, wondering what that feeling I had when he was close to me and why it felt so good. Waving it off as hormones I turn off my room light and crawl into bed.

As I wait for sleep to engulf me, I think about what life will be for now that I'm here about to be married to this man who I despise so much. Would we ever have a normal marriage like other normal people do or would it be a loveless contract marriage till I die? As long as my sister won't have to live this way, I will endure it for as long as this marriage lasts.

I say a quiet prayer to God for my safety here and the ability to go through this new life that has been placed before me. A life which I didn't have a say in and a life that will be dictated by a man. The very kind of life that I hated so much it made my skin crawl.

I fall asleep while soon thinking of Matteo's scent......