MARRIED TO MR SMITH

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Camella's POV:

"Are you sure you are going to be okay with my mum, she can be a little bit much.."Arthur Samuel Smith! How dare you call your mother who carried you in her womb for nine months, much?" Arthur's mother said as she hit him on the back of his head and continued to sack him with her slippers calling him all kinds of colorful names that are definitely not PG13. "Darling I think the boy has learned his lesson for a lifetime", Arthur's dad said coming into the living room and potentially stopping a murder from occurring. "Even though we have not had time to introduce ourselves properly, my name is, Richard Smith and this is my lovely wife, Esme Smith." Richard said holding out a hand for me to shake. "Nice to meet you Mr and Mrs Smith," I whole both hands nervously, I mean come on, they could potentially be my in-laws.

"We would like it if you call us by our names, Mr and Mrs Smith makes us sound old, besides we are going to be family", Esme said as she pulled me into a hug as I nodded my head. "Are you sure you are going to be okay on your own," nodding my head as Esme and I saw the two men off to the office. "Take care of yourself and don't move around too much, your ankle is still not healed, have your dinner on time if we are not back and apply the ointment to your wounds when you take your bath", Arthur said pulling me away from his parents. After replying with a "yes", he placed a kiss on my forehead, before he could enter his car, I told him to be careful and to not be too late with her replied with a nod of his head and a small smile.

We made our way back into the house or more like mansion, Esme reduced her steps to match mine because I was practically limping my way around. "Judging by your expression, I assume you have a lot of questions on your mind", Esme asked as we settled on the couch in the living room. "I do, I mean why are you not angry? Any mother would have refused this marriage especially since their child is being taken advantage off", I said trying to make sense of why this family is being so nice and accepting towards me after knowing everything.

"You are right, any mother would have refused this marriage especially since their child is being taken advantage of; I thought I lost my son years ago after his aunt died, something broke in him, my cheerful boy who would always play around and joke with everyone became cold and distant at such a young age. I kept praying and hoping that one day my baby boy would return to me but everyday my hope kept diminishing, my husband was hanging on for both of us, it was like the joy of our family was suddenly locked away in a container and thrown down the river. You ask me why I am not raining down hail on this alliance, it's because I can finally see that light which I thought he had lost, my son who barely spoke more than two sentences has suddenly began to speak more."

I never knew that such a family who have everything and seem well put together has been slowly drowning without anyone noticing. "Do you know that it's the first time in years I got to treat my son as a kid? He has finally began to show more emotions than anger and disgust and let's not forget his usual blank face. How can I now fight or pursue someone who has brought a ray of light back into this gloomy house." Esme concluded wiping away a few tear drops that escaped her eyelids.

"How can I bring light when my own family consider me a curse in their existence?" I asked remembering every vile name my family has called me. "Everyone has a different perspective on how they were things, they might consider you a curse but we as a family consider you a blessing in disguise, I am sure your grandparents and your uncle think the same", Esme said pulling me into a hug as a few tears escaped my eyes. "What if I am not enough for him, and he falls in love with someone else and leaves me?" I asked pulling away from the hug and collecting a tissue from her after muttering a small thanks.

"I can assure you my son loves you and only you, my son chose you not out of pity but because of his heart. There have been girls like you who suffered more than you but he never helped them or even battered an eyelash in their direction but from the moment he saw you last night I could see that you are 'it' for him and no one else, no one else can take your place n his hearts, so just keep being you," Esme said placing her hands on my cheeks. "There is no doubt that I am attracted to Arthur and can see myself falling in love with him but I don't want to get hurt", I said thinking about all the possible outcomes. "Love is about taking risk, it's not love until you are willing to risk everything even getting hurt, see where life takes you."