A Loveless Marriage

Chapter 4

The Next Day

I used to hear from my friends and family that love is the most beautiful word and being loved is a feeling which can’t be described in words. They were right. I still remember the day when I first saw Sophia in the orphanage.

She was carrying a small child in her arms and was cooing to him like a mother. Unknowingly, I moved near to her and observed her delicate body. Her pale color, brown hair, pink lips, and there was no layer of make-up on her face and still, she was looking like a fairy coming down from the sky.

I was staring at her for a long time and when she noticed me I got a glare from her.

That was awkward, so to ease the situation, I complimented her that her child looks exactly like hers, and the very next moment she was laughing out loud and ran away from there, leaving me confused.

When I was leaving, I got to know that she was also an orphan and the child she was carrying was the same child they found near the gate today.

That beautiful face of hers is still fresh in my mind. But as we say, if we love someone more unconditionally, then they will leave us at the weakest moments.

Exactly that’s what happened to me when I lost her. She took her last breath in my arms with a promise to fulfill all my duty to our daughter.

I was lost in my thoughts when I heard a knock on the door and found the maid standing. She informed me about the arrival of my best friend and I stood to meet him.

I was in front of my room when I shouted, “Hi Andrew”.

“I am coming. Just wait for me for a minute.”, he nodded and I moved to Natalia’s room thinking, “I have to tell her not to come out of the room.”

Yes, no one knew that I was married again because I didn't want anyone to know that.

As soon as I entered her room, I found her wearing a low-neck dress giving a full view of her cleavage. She was looking at herself in the mirror and I was standing behind her. Her lips were covered with red lipstick and she was looking no less than a beauty pageant, but soon I realized what I was thinking and asked her, “What are you wearing?”

She observed me and looked at her dress, replying, “Magnus, I-”

“Are you trying to seduce me by this?”, I asked, grabbing her arms and pulling her body into mine and she immediately shook her head, “No.”

I heard her and finally got it and asked sarcastically, “Ohh then you are trying to lure my friend who is sitting outside to fulfill your needs.”

“No, Magnus.”, she immediately defended herself and I took her to the walk-in closet and found a dress that would cover her.

I threw the dress to her and asked, “wear this” and turned to leave, but before that, I ordered, “Natalia, stay in this room until I call you out.”

I waited for her reply but heard nothing. I turned around and asked at a high volume, “Do you understand?”

“Yes.”, she replied and I left without any single word.

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After leaving Natalia in the room, I moved to the drawing room and found my friend Andrew having coffee and giving me a smile like he had won a lottery. I know what that smile means but he doesn’t know that his bubbles will be blasted soon.

I sit in front of him and he commented, “Hey man, you look good.”

“Come to the point.”, I said, putting my cell phone on the table and picking up my coffee. The very next moment, I found him right next to me and he asked, “What happened last night?”

“Nothing.”, I replied, sipping my coffee, and he was looking at me like I had grown two horns, so I continued, “She was a virgin and I can’t-” and after that, he was at his full volume yelling, “So what? I brought her for you because she was a virgin. I was sure that you would have loved banging her.”

“Andrew.”, I warned him, but he didn’t shut up and continued irritatingly, “No Magnus, I am not going to hear anything from you now. I will call her again and you will try this time.”

“Andrew, I -”, I tried to speak and suddenly my eyes went to Natalia’s room and I found the door slightly open, meaning she was hearing what we were talking about.

I knew I was not going to do that but it would hurt her a lot.

“Shut up Magnus, you need your release, and trust me Jenifer is the best choice for me.”, Andrew argued, bringing me out of my thoughts, and I finally declared, “Okay, I will do it.”

I was loud enough that my voice reached her ears.

After that, Andrew gave me an invitation to a party that his father was organizing for the opening of a new hospital and left, leaving me to stand alone in the drawing room.

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