The Demon King Forbidden Bride

Chapter 37

“Bang!” The bottle of whiskey abruptly fell to the ground, I opened my eyes and Slightly groaned while massaging my temple as I had developed a splitting headache. “What happened yesterday? I was definitely here drinking. I must have cried myself to sleep. That's why I’m having a splitting headache. I dragged my aching body up and moved up to my room.

“See what I was saying? I told you that the plans would fail” shadow said to Ryan as I strode past them. Shadow had slammed the bottle of whiskey beside hoping that it would scare and make me leave the house but rather got stunned that I got up and walked upstairs.

“You! How can that scare her? You’re becoming useless to me, I think I would really consider sending you back. You slammed an empty bottle of whiskey to the ground and thought it would scare a sleeping lady?” Ryan huffed and sat down on the sofa as he was placing his back on the wall.

“What! This has been the way we’ve dealt with the six people that have lived here” shadow retorted as he wasn’t ready to take the blame. That made Ryan groan angrily as he placed his hands on his head.

I’ve always liked a calm place. That was why I left Astor’s mansion, I couldn’t even stand the chaos and fight so I left taking shadow with me. Now, how am I going to cope with this? He thought to himself, feeling despondent. “I think I should do this myself” he forced out a word and strode up to my room.

“Omg, such huge dark circles! How will I go to work with this?” I shouted, alarmed. I gazed at my reflection in the mirror, caressing my eyes. “Creak” I heard a sound coming from my door, I stepped out of the washroom as I had not begun bathing.

“I remember locking this door, why is it open?” I thought as I moved to the door and locked it, “oh! It’s the wind” I uttered as I noticed that the window was left open, I strode towards it and locked it. I looked around the room and went back to the washroom.

“Damn! What does she think she is doing walking around naked?” Ryan muttered underneath his breath while staring at my bare body, “thankfully she couldn’t see me, she would have sued for harassment” he continued bickering but still decided to join me in the bathroom. I applied a face mask and sat on the toilet to apply my body scrub, I suddenly recalled that I haven’t gotten in touch with my parents.

“I’m sorry mom, dad. I will call you guys when I’m done bathing” I said out loud. Ryan watched me through the whole process and left when I was drying my body with a white towel. I wore a bathrobe, moved to the vanity table, and grabbed the old cell phone that I’d locked away for months. I went through the contact and stopped at my mother's number, I contemplated whether to hit the dial button or not? Mom and dad might be pissed at me, I thought, biting my lips.

Abruptly, my hand unknowingly hit the dial button, my jaw dropped as I realized what I had done. Attempting to end the call, it went through.

“Oh my, Audrey! Is that you? My dear” I heard mum's cracked voice.

“Mum” I uttered softly, having nothing to say as I was tongue-tied.

“Where have you been? We’ve been worried about you” she let out excitedly the moment she heard my voice.

“Is that Audrey? Give me the phone I want to speak to her” dad asserted. “My dear, how are you, why did you stop answering our calls? We’re your parents Audrey and we’re prone to worry about you”

“I’m sorry dad, I’m sorry mum, I was just afraid that you both would restrain me from pursuing my dream so I had to change my line. I’m really sorry” I apologized continuously.

“You should talk about it with us, why must you change your line? Your mother nearly had a heart attack when we couldn’t find you at Harvard, where are you now honey? We miss you” dad asked with a calm voice.

“I’m sorry but I can’t tell you that now, I’ll bust you guys later. Just know that I’ve bought a villa, my store is doing well and I’m living well. Please you both should take care of yourselves”

“What do you mean? Honey, we need to see you” mom snatched the phone from dad and said. I sighed deeply, it’s hard to deal with mom and dad, they’re both stubborn and wouldn’t take no for an answer.

“Mom, dad. I’m going to work, I’ll speak to you guys later” they disagreed and continued speaking against my decision, I disconnected the call and threw the phone on the table. “This is hard, but at least I have talked with them and they’re aware that I’m fine” I mumbled while moving to the closet. It didn’t take time for me to get ready and leave for work.

“You look downcast, did your plan fail too, why are you down so quick?” Shadow threw different questions at Ryan as he stepped down the stairs. He hissed and ignored shadow, “wow, I knew it. She is one strong-hearted girl, this would be hard” he continued to speak, which pissed Ryan off as no one has ever resisted his evil tricks.

“It would be nice if you keep your mouth shut. I’m trying to think of something” he let out shooting daggers at shadow who zipped his mouth and sat back on the sofa.