Love, Lies and Legacy

Chapter 5

Yvonne's POV

The marriage happened, in the twinkle of an eyes it happened and there was absolutely nothing I could do to stop it. It still feels like a dream that I married to no one other than Xavier Black, the famous pompous billionaire who is so used to getting whatever he wants, I have been added to his collection. I moved into his mansion a week ago and Xavier has not uttered a single word to me. If someone had seen Xavier and I, they would have assumed that I forced him into marrying me meanwhile it is the other way round. He forced me into becoming his wife the moment he told me what favour he was doing my family by marrying me.

Apparently my family are in huge debt and entangled in a big scandal, the company is undergoing bankruptcy. I mean from the looks of our house and the luxurious cars in our parking lot, one can never tell that my dad has put my family in a lot of debt. That is where Xavier comes in as the lord and personal saviour, the Black family are a very wealthy and famous family in the country. Xavier is the CEO of a multi billion company, the Black groups that own hotels, restaurants, Publishing houses across other countries. Their wealth is enough to cover the debt that dad owes a gazillion times. It is why I ended up in a marriage of convenience. Just to save my family, I can not believe I will be risking my entire life just to save my selfish father. Look at where his selfishness has gotten him to and the most hilarious part is that he is still so unapologetic about things. How can someone be so heartless? A loud bang on the door suddenly startles me. I glare at the clock hanging carelessly on the wall. 2am. The time is exactly 2am and I have been in the sittinf room for the past few hours waiting for Xavier to arrive from work. Things have been this way ever since I got married to him. All he does is arrive from work late, sometimes he comes back home drunk while sometimes he comes back home with girls. For the first three days, I did not care but now I do. For some weird reason I care.

I dash towards the door and open it wide revealing Xavier with an unknown girl, her arms are spread across his shoulders. I scoff and shake my head. I am not surprised at all.

Xavier pushes me out of the way and steps into the house, the girl is about to do the same but I push her out of the way and lock the door before she can enter the house.

"What the hell is this Xavier?" I yell at him while ignoring the loud banging on the door coming from that slut outside.

"Do not dare yell at me Yvonne! Do not even dare!" Xavier yells back with a huge scowl on his face.

"Why are you doing this to me Xavier? Why are you making my life so miserable? Is it not already enough that you forced me into this marriage and now you want me to suffer in it as well?" I do not stop yelling and this time tears rush down my cheeks, tears that I have been holding back ever since the day I got married to Xavier. I tried to stay strong, I tried but now I can not just control it anymore.

"You think this is suffering? You ungrateful woman! I f*****g feed you and clothe you and even house you. You do not have to work so why do you call it suffering?" Xavier snaps at me. He takes a few steps towards me and raises a brow at me.

"You must joking, how can you not see what I am going through? I have to sit every night because my husband refuses to come back house early and you do not call that suffering?" I run a hand through my hair in frustration.

Xavier dashes towards me and pulls me by the hair, he leans closer and whispers into my ears "You must be a clown Yvonne, you have not even paid for half of your sins."

Whet did he say? Sins? What sins am I paying for? Xavier is a really suspicious person, have we met before?

He lets go off my hair and gives me the deadliest glare ever.

"Now I am drawing the line between us Yvonne. I need you to pay close attention to what I am about to say. This is an open relationship, as from now you do not have to wait for me to get home, go to bed if you want to, I have a spare key. You can stay out if you want to, have other men in your life, I do not f*****g care. Just stay out of my business and I will stay the hell away from yours." Xavier says through gritted teeth. I pay only half attention to that, the remaining half of my attention dwells on the word 'Sin' what did he seriously mean by I have not even paid for my sins.

"Do I make myself clear?" Xavier yells at me startling me and jolting me back to reality. I just nod my head frankly and watch him disappear out of my sight.

I slump to the floor in silence and lean on the couch for support. Damn, it has only been a week and I am emotionally drained.

Now that Xavier has mentioned sin, another burden has been added to my other burdens. I feel so determined to find out what he meant by that. For some reasons unknown to me, I have a feeling that this has something to do with my dad, what was my dad done?

Speak of the actual devil, my phone ringing tone blares out loudly and my dad's face lightens up my screen.

What does he want this time?