Long Awaited Lover

Chapter 6

Raven pov

I cannot believe this, a damn girl stopped me, even had the courage to call me shameless and threaten me. I guess my mother is dumb if she fell for this woman’s tricks. She just proved mu suspicions, she is just nothing but a shameless woman. From the moment she accepted to sign a contract showing that she will respect my lover as the mistress of the house, and even marrying me so willingly and shamefully. My anger was through the roof thanks to her disrespect, I will make that woman pay for ever even setting her eyes on me or my fortune. I was about to chase after her as she left, but a hand grabbed me and pulled me back. I looked at the beautiful woman standing next to me, her cheek swollen, a cut on the corner of her lip, red eyes form crying, messy hair.

 I felt my heart ache at the sight, I can’t believe that I let her feel and look this way, when I thought about how that wretched woman was the one that made her this way, my hatred towards her doubled. I hugged Kate, feeling terrible and responsible for her state, but my hatred for that woman was able to rise above all. “it’s ok baby, I will make that woman pay for hurting you. She will regret the day she agreed to this damn marriage. Just you wait, just one year, one year to settle my things and get my parents off my case, I will expose her and will give you the title of my wife.” I tried to coax her while gently rubbing her head. She continued to cry heavily as she talked about how she was the one at fault since no woman can handle living with her husband’s mistress and I just held her, she is just too innocent, she’s even protecting that vile woman, how could she handle that cruel woman. ‘just you wait woman, I will make you regret coming into this house, that’s a promise’

I put Kate down on the bed and covered her. Looking at her, I just felt pain, how can anybody not like her, she is just an angel, an angel that I will protect no matter the cost. I made my way downstairs to the kitchen, I wanted a glass of water. As I approached I could hear people conversing in there. “…he is going to make your life difficult, so be careful” that was what I heard clearly, Mrs Jones’ voice ran through my ears, seems she was warning that woman. She went and hugged the old woman and I watched leaning by the door. How can the old woman be this blind, I always thought she was a good judge of character, but now I’m not too sure, she can’t see past this woman’s skims. My anger just got worse but I smiled, I was going to enjoy this year, “you should listen to her, this won’t be a merry-go-round” my voice came out more evil that I intended, but hey, I was not trying to hide it.  

She let go of the old woman and turned to face me, she showed a bit of hurt and that made me happy. So I smiled wider then left, I wanted to go back to Kate, only she could calm me down. I had made it to the stairs but then I was stopped. “do you mind if I ask you a question Raven?” she asked me with a bit of pain in her voice. I turned to face her and just as I thought, her eyes held pain which made me happy, but looking into her eyes, it made me uneasy. “yes, but just one question”. She kept quiet for a while and I was getting impatient. “will you ask or should I leave” my voice came out louder and stronger. She looked me dead in the eyes “do you not remember me at all Raven?” she asked in a whisper. I looked at her like she was a total fool, how can I remember someone who I have not met before, and if we had met once, does she know how many new people I meet in a day that I never have to see again. Why must I remember someone as insignificant as her, does she think this skim of hers will work on me, trying to make it seem like we are familiar. “no I don’t, now do me a favour, don’t act like we have met before, it’s pathetic and disgusting” I didn’t even hide the disgust I felt. I looked at her as her eyes filled with tears, but she blinked them back. I just turned and went to m bedroom where Kate was sleeping, I hugged my sleeping beauty as I fell into deep sleep, my anger disappearing.

Chrystal pov

Three months later

I was awoken by the light that was coming through the window. I got up and stretched. ‘I wonder how today is going to be’ I sighed at the thought. I looked at the time only to panic, it was only twenty minutes left before nine, I have to be down for breakfast at nine, it’s sort of one of the things that changed during these three months. I got out of bed then went to take the quickest shower I have ever taken, then ran down to the dining room. I got there with three minutes to spare. As usual, Kate was sitting on Raven’s lap, it how they have been dining since that day. I ignored them and went to take a seat, from the moment I entered the room, Raven has been staring at me like I killed his ancestors while the b***h had a triumphant smile.

You see, during this pat three months, a lot of things happened. Kate has been more shameless than when we first met. She goes to extents of bashing herself up and pinning the blame on me, which ended in me sleeping in a freezing basement for a week with no food. Then there was a time she set an assassination on me but it failed, when I confronted her about it, she twisted the story to Raven saying I’m the one who wants her head, and just kept apologising, and for that I was beaten to a pulp, if not for Mrs Jones, I would have died that day. Then there was a case of where she had food poisoning two weeks back, were she told Raven that I poisoned her because I have a problem with them sleeping together, so I was ‘rewarded’ as he put it. I must say being raped and tortured was not how I predicted my first time to be, especially with him, so since then, he looks at me with nothing but disgust, saying I’m nothing but a slut after his money, so I have been ignoring him. Btu it’s not been all bad these months. His family visits often, and we put up a front while Kate hides in the bedroom. Mrs Jones has been keeping my secret. I get to play with Skyler, the girl I met that day, when she gets home from school. We made rules that everyone eats at exactly the same time for breakfast and dinner, which results in Raven getting home early with no more overtime

. Don’t think it was easy to get him to agree to any of this. It nearly took my own life because the damn guy lost his temper when I suggested this.

I have tried to give him hints that it was me all this time. One time, I came out of my room with my hair pulled out, you see, I always wear a hoodie because it helps to hide the scar I have above my left eye, true my hair could hide it, but when it blows away, people can see it, it’s terrible, I was labelled ugly for years because of it, so it makes me insecure. I got it after that accident, daddy always said it made me more beautiful and so did Raven. So that day, I exposed my shoulder length sliver blonde hair and exposed my scare, this two coupled with my eyes should have been enough to remind him, but when he saw me, he had been in a daze for such a long time that I thought he did remember only for his hatred to come back stronger, I had been called ugly for having a scar and told to at least dye my hair black and not look so ridiculous in my own hair colour. One other time, he had talked about how my eyes look dark, just like storm clouds, I had used his special name ‘maybe that’s because I’m Stormy’ but damn, just for that, it was back to the basement, something about being unqualified. So I figured that he truly never meant the promise and that he would never love me. Just the thought made my heartache and my eyes burn. “SLUT!!” someone shouted and that snapped me out of my thoughts

I looked up to meet with a very much fuming Raven. “didn’t you hear me calling you. Is this one of your plans, since when do you have the right to eat at this table?” he held my face roughly, his eyes red in anger. That’s when I remembered, my body just brought me here because this is where I have been eating this past week when Mrs Stone was still here, if not, I don’t eat here. You see, everyone in this house eats at the same time, but on different tables. I usually eat with the workers since this was one of the conditions to getting this rule placed. But it’s not bad, I’m used to being around them, after all, I sleep in their quarters all thanks to the help of Mrs Jones, if not, I would be sleeping in the artic or the freezing basement. Despite her help, Raven still treats me lower than a slave but what can I do, I have to honour my promise. “I’m sorry, I was late, so I came here by mistake” I apologised trying to get out of his hold, but his hand just tightened, “let this be the last time, I have been tolerating you for three months now. I’m tired of you skims, they are either to kill her or to get into my bed. Are you trying to get my attention this time as well?” he looked me dead in the eyes, his body shaking in anger.

 I shook my head to disagree, but it just made matters worse. “listen, I don’t care what you are planning but just do me a favour, don’t you ever think that you will get money out of this, I have met gold-diggers just like you before so I know how to deal with your kind. One wrong move, I will kill you, your family, and everyone you love and hold dear. Give up and leave” he left me there and left the room with a cheerful Kate, who kept putting up pretences of feeling pity for me. I fell down, feeling broken, my saviour now wants to take my life. If I cannot find a way to repay my life’s debt to him, I will give him mine as compensation for his bravery back then. ‘how you see me as evil and Kate an angel is completely beyond me Raven, but I promise you, I will repay my debt then leave this house, leave you, because though I might love you, my greatest happiness lies in your happiness, even if it will not be with me. Like you said three months back, all you need is a year to break me so I could leave on my own, now I tell you, by the end of this year, I will either repay my debt and leave or give you my head, I promise.’ I got up from there determined to succeed or die trying.