Since I was at home, I had decided to clean up everything. Hopefully if he finds the house clean, he wouldn't be that mad at me.
I had put on the cooking gown, and was preparing his favourite meal, when I heard the sound of the keys rattling. Even his footsteps behind the door, would make me jump.
Taking a deep breath, I brought my focus back to cooking.
'Something smells nice', He was smiling, as he held the bouquet of flowers in his hands, along with a chocolate.
It was going to be a good day. He was happy.
Slowly putting his arms around my waist from behind, he placed a kiss on my cheek.
'You know how nice you look when you are cooking. I wish you would do it everyday for me. I would be a happy husband, who would bring flowers for you everyday, finding my wife barefoot in the kitchen, making my favourite meal'
I smiled at the beautiful thought.
'Maybe then we could invite more people to our..', He sighed a little, looking around the house, 'to this small house'
I was glad that he didn't let the thought of the small house, bother him in this perfect mood.
'Here now my would be wife eat some chocolate I bought for you', he unwrapped the big chocolate as placed a little bit in my mouth.
I giggled but as I tried to do the same, he simply shook his head and scrunched his nose.
'I couldn't dare to gain weight, I am not like you, so confident with this big belly', He chuckled patting on my stomach and kissing my cheek again.
'Also I work during the lunch hours and everyone praise me for being so fit at this age'
My gaze fell down again on my body, and instead of feeling the sweet taste of the chocolate, I felt a metallic taste in my mouth left after his inconsiderate comment.
'Oh babe, don't take my words in a negative way, I like the way you look, it makes you more desirable for me'
I looked at him and smiled again
'I know, you like me'
These were the day, he was in a good mood, the day I could breath properly without worrying that I would be sleeping on the couch again.
Even though he wasn't my mate, and I didn't know if he was, I was looking to find my happiness with whatever the moon goddess has blessed me with. If it wasn't my family, if it was him, and few nights with him being nice to me, I would take it, and thank her.
I heard a chime on his phone, and he quickly stopped hugging me and grabbed his phone. There was a smile on his face, as he looked through his phone and clicked on something. I didn't know what it was, and I had learnt enough to not let these things bother me.
'Doesnt she looks beautiful?', He showed me the pic on his screen and I recognised the girl quickly from yesterday's meet. She was his colleagues, whom he was trying to flirt with, even though I was sitting right in front of him.
'Looks like she works out after work, her waist is so slim. I think you should start exercising too. It would at least help you with your mood', He said with a smile and I didn't understand if he just compared me with his colleague and told me to be like her, even though a moment ago, he had praised my body and how he likes watching me cook.
I nodded my head and returned back to cooking.
He moved further back and I felt something has shifted instantly in the room. Some energy. Even though I had no wolf, some of my senses were still better than of a human. I turned to look at him, and I could see the veins in his head beginning to form. The color on his face has disappeared, and the smile had died.
With the look of a mad man, he strode towards me, and grabbed my arm so hard that I knew it would have left a mark for sure.
'Whats.... what's wrong...what did I do?'
I was in the habit of accepting that anything wrong with his mood was my fault, and most of the times it had been.
'Did you just upload the pics of our house on your social media account, when you should know how much I hate this small stinky place'
For a moment he felt so inhuman that I wanted to run and hide somewhere. He had cornered me against the kitchen stand, and I could feel the heat of the pot on my back. It was only a little away from my back.
'Answer me, Nicole!'
I flinched and he moved closer, making me retreat back.
My back hit the boiling pot, and the warm dish fell all over my back
I screamed on the top of my lungs, immediately falling down on my knees, in a lot of pain.
The burning so intense that I had completely went blank in my head.
'Look what you made me do. Now don't sit down like an i***t, go to the shower and turn it on'
I looked up at him, and then quickly rushed to the washroom, turning on the shower completely cold and screamed again as the cold water hit my back.
'Do you want our neighbours to think that I am torturing you? Shut your mouth now', He stood at the gate, glaring at me, as the cold water poured on my burning back and I nodded again.
Tears fell from my eyes, as I placed my hand over my mouth, and kept nodding until he had left me alone, finally falling on the floor and bringing my knees close to my chest.
I heard him slam the front door and knew that he won't be coming home tonight. He would rather spend the night outside instead of taking care of me, and knew that if he stayed he would have to cook or order from out, which he wouldn't want to waste money or time on.
He didn't care that if I had eaten, or what will I eat at all.
If....if only I knew my mate, or had a mate, I would have called for him, asked him to come for me, to look for me, to save me....but I was only blessed with darkness and pain in this life