Amaya’s POV…….
You know how it feels when you are in the most awkward position, and you know that you don’t belong there and a part of you just wants to run away; it wants to hide, this is how I felt, the moment I walked into his home, I knew something had to be wrong, I didn’t like it.
The house looked exactly the way it did on the magazines, it was big and beautiful, spacious, and it was filled with expensive ornaments, I was glad that Adam did choose this dress, I would have ended up wearing something else.
His family is rich, from the way they stared at me, I knew that they didn’t like me, they didn’t even give me an opportunity to speak, we headed into the dining room, and right now, we are seated in the dinning room with everyone else.
I could see his brother Aiden, the wife Lisa and beside her was their eldest ten son years ago, his name is Alex, , their second son was not here; and on the other side of the table is Adam and me, and let’s not forget Laura, the lady that I met in his home, I have no idea why she is here, she was beside me, and by the other end of the head table is Adam’s father Stan and toward the other end is his mother Iris.
I knew their names because as much as I love to deny it, I may have stalked his family a little bit, I was keen to know more about them and I realized the social media will not say much.
No one said anything since I walked in, not even a hello, not even acknowledging my presence. It was like I was not here, and I didn’t like the way it made me feel, I saw the way Adam behaved differently, he didn’t talk, he was quite like the rest and I could tell there is something wrong with the family, they controlled him just like mine did, and I guess as much as I hated it, this is something we are forced to have in common.
I was pulled out of my thoughts when one of the maids walked the room, she stood beside the head of the table, and she leaned in to whisper something before she nodded and in a couple of minutes some other people walked in, there were dressed in a suit and I knew it’s as the savers, they kept each plate of food in front of us and I watched as they poured us a glass of wine before they walked out.
I need someone to say something, I didn’t think this is how it’s going to go, and I wanted then to pretend like something is actually happening.
I didn’t like the fact that I was seated beside Laura, the way she looked at me with anger written all over her eyes, I was not fool, I could tell from the first day I saw her that she had something to do with Adam in the past, and he didn’t want her; either way it’s not my business; I came here because Adam told me, no matter what happens, I should learn to defend myself and if she says a word to me, then I am going to be forced to defend myself and I don’t know how to speak without taking it far, and I knew that I was going to do that.
Not only that, but I shook off the thought when I wanted to start eating and Adam’s hand touched mine, he looked back at me, and he gave me a nod, so I can’t eat, I didn’t think there are like this, who would have known.
I watched as everyone was staring at his father Stan before the man begins to eat and then everyone else started to eat too, I have no idea how Adam is doing this or how he can live with them, I can’t do that, I can’t see myself bowing down to a mere human, having to do everything because they want me to; that was why I left home and right now, all of this felt like home again.
I shook off the thought and a breath escaped my lips, I looked away from Stan and I started to eat.
“So.” I heard his father’s loud voice, it bloomed through the room and a breath escaped my lips when I looked at him with a frown on my face. “Adam, tell us about yourself young lady.”
“She is his maid.” I heard Laura say, I watched as everyone turned to look at her, I had thought she would behave like this, Adam didn’t say a word, instead he looked at me waiting for me to say something, I have to speak.
I felt a wave of adrenaline wash over me and a breath escaped my lips.
“I am not his maid, you came two days ago, and you assumed because you saw me in his home, and you didn’t let me explain, if I were you, I will ask questions before I make assumptions, it’s bad when assumptions are made.” I gritted through my teeth.
“Brother, your soon-to-be wife has a mouth on her.” Aiden chuckled and Laura rolled her eyes at me.
I know women like Laura, they think they have everything because of daddy’s money, and they think they can get to control people and tell them what to do, she was like a head cheerlead in high school; that dated the most popular guy and thought that she would get anything that she wants, she bullied nerds in the hallways and bullied girls out of the bathroom, and she got away with everything because she thinks that her father’s money can get her anything that she wants, her father’s money can save her.
it only annoyed me when I saw someone like her.
“Enough everyone.” His father yelled. “Now Amaya it is, tell me about your family.” He said, “Adam didn’t say much about you, I didn’t even know he was with you until today.”
“My family died in a fire.” I lied, “I was the only one that survived and when it did happen, I was only ten, so I stayed with foster families throughout.” I added, that was the only thing I have been saying to everyone, and they believed me.
“Is an orphan with no money.” Iris added.
That sounded insensitive, and she didn’t even care about that, I looked away from her.
“Amaya is strong, she survived whatever happened to her family.” Adam added, I know he didn’t mean that, and he was only saying it because I am his fake girlfriend, but it did feel good for him to say something like that, I did like the fact that he stood up for me.
“It’s nice.” Aiden teased, he was trying to piss off Adam.
“What do you do and how did you meet our son.” Stan asked and I smiled weakly.
“I work at a firm, we have been working on a new project and Adam is our investor, the first time I saw him was when he walked through the hallway to talk to my boss and the second time was when we were both stuck in traffic and his car was beside mine, we ended up having a conversation then he asked me on a date, the traffic was long, but it was worth it. I ended up finding the love of my life.” I explained.
I know it’s a terrible story and Adam wanted me to go with it, he thinks that his family would believe that over any other story that I wanted to tell them and to be honest, I didn’t care, before I walked in here, I did want to impress my fake in law but right now, at the moment, I don’t want anything to do with any of them and I just wanted to leave as soon as I can, they are too fake.
Nobody said a word after I had finished talking.
“So you are basically a charity case that my brother picked up, and he thought to himself, you would make a great daughter-in-law to the prestigious family, and you thought it would be a good chance to live in wealth.” Aiden stated with a smile on his face.
I had no idea what to say to that.
“Lisa was a charity case too, she had nothing and look at her today wearing the most expensive clothes and having a baby for the rich family.” Adam added.
“Don’t you dare speak about my wife, Lisa is nothing like your money sucking girlfriend, right now, she is thinking about how to rob us all. When she divorces you, and she ends up getting half of what you own which is bad.” Aiden said.
“Boys enough.” Iris yelled; they both stared at each other with anger. “And Aiden she is going to sign a prenup.”
“Lisa didn’t sign any and to be honest, mother, you didn’t come from a wealthy family either, and you didn’t sign one, don’t you think it’s a little pathetic that dad picked you up from the trash, and you fit into his rich family, and now you think you have it all, for once, you should try to be fair with things.” Adam said.
His words cut deep, it was harsh and tense, and I didn’t think he would say something like