Chapter 2- Have Some Shame
"What do you mean by that, Marissa." Instead of Valerie, Rafael asked her, "Naturally! She is my wife, and she is the one who is supposed to stay with me. Who were you expecting by the way?"
His voice might be friendly, but the dangerous undertones suggested, he would not listen to a word against his beloved wife.
"Excuse me," His mom Nina Sinclair held Marissa's elbow, "I can take care of this," she said with a forced smile and guided her rigid figure out of the hospital room, "What's the matter with you, Marissa? Can't you see? It's just three days to his surgery. He is watching the world after three damn years. Don't you create any drama!
Marissa found herself speechless for a moment. This was the same woman who begged her two years back to marry her son and now she was ... acting so weird.
"B...but mom. You know I am his wife and..."
Slap!
"Are you fu*cking out of your mind, Marissa?" Placing her hand on her stinging cheek, Marissa stared at her mother-in-law dumbly, "Are you so much after his name and wealth that you have forgotten the fact that he might be hurt once he comes to know about our arrangement?"
Marissa couldn't believe that she was double-crossed. However, she wasn't giving up on her love without putting up a fight.
She pushed passed Nina Sinclair and went back inside the room to talk to her husband.