MARRIED TO ANDREW

Chapter 3

It was a long journey for Melissa as they arrived at Andrew's house. Melissa looked at the house that seemed to be lodged for a husband and wife living there alone, so Melissa thought "how can a young bachelor be living in this house alone?" She asked herself.

"You may have your seat now." Andrew said, startling her.

She sat on the couch but her eyes could not but wonder about the living room as she sat on the couch.

"Wow, this is great." She said, smiling as she could not help but marvel at the beauty of the house.

The wall of the living room were painted in peach color. She rose to her feet with her mouth open.

"This is amazing." She said.

Andrew looked at her and smiled.

"I will be back." Andrew said, then left the living room.

Minutes later, he walked out with a cup of water which he gave to Melissa.

"I guess you'll be tired by now." Andrew said.

"Oh, thank you." Melissa said, collecting the cup from him.

"You are welcome." Andrew said, taking his seat on a couch next to her.

He sat looking at her as she gulped down the water.

"Thank you for this." She said when she was done drinking the water.

She was happy. He was behaving like the kind of man she would like to marry. She had always imagined herself getting married to a man who would pamper her and give her the best comfort she needed and Andrew was just acting like one. He wasn't even like all those men who wouldn't like to give their wives the comfort they needed. She prayed this would not stop.

"I will show you to your room." Andrew said some minutes later.

Melissa smiled with her eyes on Andrew's muscular body. Andrew led Melissa to the room she would likely be staying in.

Melissa's eyes were fixed on the walls as he led her to the room she would be in and she smiled.

Getting to a room, Andrew pulled open the door as he led her into the room.

"Wow, your house is so large and beautiful." Melissa said, smiling as she sat on the big bed that was in the room, making Andrew smile.

"I think you should go freshen up." Andrew said, making Melissa stand up.

"Okay." Melissa said.

Andrew walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. He walked to the living room, then to the kitchen where he prepared rice and took it up after an hour to Melissa's room.

"Hey." He said as he knocked on the door.

Melissa opened the door after some minutes and looked at Andrew.

"Here is your meal." Andrew said, handling her the plate he had in his hand with a small glass of water.

"Thank you." Melissa said as she collected the plate and cup from Andrew.

Andrew left her room after she had collected the cup and plate from him and went to the living room.

He sat on the chair and switched on the light as it was dark. He took out his phone and moved to his video call.

"I'm so sorry that I am late." He said to the person he was speaking with on the call. "I was busy doing something."

"Alright." The person he was on the call with said.

Andrew spoke with the person on the phone for twenty minutes. It was about a business proposal.

Melissa walked down the stairs minutes later and looked at Andrew, who was smiling.

"Can you show me the way to the kitchen?" Melissa asked Andrew, who was still looking at his phone.

"The kitchen is in the left-hand corner, at the back." Andrew said, as he looked at Melissa, who was standing in front of him.

He hated the feeling he felt now.

He had chosen to immediately marry Melissa, not because he was happy with it. He had wanted to tell her father to keep her but he was betrayed by his girlfriend who chose to elope with another guy a year ago and he was yet to recover from it.

"What are you still doing here?" Melissa asked as she returned to the living room.

"Nothing. I just want to relax." He said feigning a smile.

He felt disgusted with what he was doing. He wanted her to trust him then give her the punishment he would have loved to give his girlfriend for eloping with a guy.

"Just go relax in your room." He said.

Melissa smiled as she turned to go back to her room then turned to face him.

"I want to ask you a question." She said.

"Okay, you can go on." Andrew said.

"Can I go visit my parents tomorrow?" She asked.

"No you can't." Andrew said with anger as he thought of the things he had shared with his last girlfriend.

"Why?" Melissa asked.

"Because I said you can't." Andrew said.

Melissa looked down and sighed.

"What about next week?" She asked.

"No you can't. Also you can never go back there ever." Andrew said angrily as he stood up from the couch.

Melissa looked at him with a teary eyes.

"Why can't I?" She asked.

"You can't because I have already bought you." Andrew said and left for his room.

Melissa sat on a couch as she watched Andrew leave.

Minutes later, Melissa looked at the clock which ticked. "Oh my, why is Andrew acting strange?, We just got here some hours ago and he wasn't behaving like anything was wrong but now..." She paused as she thought.

"We are meant to stay together this night but I guess he is upset about something. What is wrong?" She asked herself as she headed to her room.

She shut the door of her room close and laid on the bed looking up.

"This house is beautiful. I wish my parents could visit me in this house but Andrew won't be willing to let me see them." She said as she sobbed.

"I just finished from High school and I need to go to College." She said thoughtfully. "Is he going to allow me to go to the College?"

She closed her eyes to sleep as she was tired of the day's journey.