Owned by the father, loved by the son

Aria’s POV My alarm rang exactly at 6:00 as I woke up as the CEO’s wife for the first time. Just yesterday, I was just Aria Vale, the popular masked stripper known with her mask only. I watched the decor, the beautiful cage I got in exchange for my mom’s safety. I paced round the room since I didn’t get a proper look yesterday, after the necessary process to marry Mr. Damien Laurent, the popular CEO of Laurent Empire. While my eyes continued roaming around the room, two ladies around my age came in. From their appearance, you can tell their work. “Good morning, Mrs. Aria,” one of them said. “Mr. Damien asked you to join him in the living room.” “Let me take my shower and join him,” I said as I made my way to the bathroom. “Sorry, excuse me,” I heard one of them speak again. I paused and looked back. The skinny one among the two introduced herself. “I’m Angel, and the person beside me here is Rose. We are both here to help you dress. We are both your maids.” “Maids? No, I don’t need that. You can leave,” I said that as I opened the bathroom door and slid in to take my shower. The cold water splashed on me, and memories of the past few days flashed in my head. Starting with how my mom collapsed and the same day a random old CEO proposed a marriage contract to me. Where would I have gotten $500,000 for my mom’s surgery if not for this Good Samaritan that came my way when I found myself in my lowest days? I let myself get vulnerable under the water as tears slipped down my eyes again. What an unfair world, I whispered underneath my breath. “Bang,” I heard the door of my room open and shut right back. I washed as fast as I could and left the bathroom with a small towel wrapped around my boobs to around my thigh. I was checking how my collarbone had become more visible in the past few days as I walked back to my room and didn’t realize someone was standing in the room. And if someone would be in my room, I wouldn’t expect it to be some strange-looking man. I looked up and saw a young man looking at me. Fear gripped me, and I didn’t realize my towel was already way past my boobs. “Get out!!” I yelled as I covered my exposed boobs with my towel and ran back to the bathroom. I heard my door bang shut again, and I let out a sigh of relieved. Fuck…Whoever he is, I was scared to know now. I just hope I don’t get to see him every day. My hand grabbed the first dress it touched, and I slipped inside it. It was just a short classic blue gown that hung perfectly on my petite body. I checked myself in the standing mirror, and all I saw was a full face card that can pull any man. And a body that can be called a full temptation. In everything, my body is my biggest asset as of the moment, or maybe things have changed now that I’ve become a wife to one of the biggest CEOs in Los Angeles. “Mrs. Aria,” a voice called me from outside, but even though she didn’t say more than that, I could tell she meant I should hurry. I took just my phone and walked down to go meet my husband for the first time after we signed the contract at the court. I walked down the stairs as Angel and Rosie walked me to go meet him. They could tell I was scared as I walked. I looked them eyeball to eyeball, and they both nodded and left when we got to the dining table. My eyes locked with the man I met earlier, and he gave me a hard dangerous stare that sent chills through my whole body. “Hmmm… Sit down and let’s eat, after that we can get to introduce each other,” Mr. Damien said, looking at me. I sat down quietly like a terrified puppy when Lucien hit the table and directed our attention to him, then stood up and stared at me. “What’s there to introduce about the gold digger you brought hom…” “Shut up, Lucien, and sit down right now.” “I wouldn’t eat on the same table with an intruder you brought from hell,” he said the last word as he stared angrily at me again. My eyes drifted from the father to the son as both strong men stared at each other angrily. Whatever is between them, I know I am not the only reason. “It’s okay, I’ll leave,” I said as I took a step. “No, he’ll leave instead. Sit back and eat. I’m still the owner of this house and your father, Lucien,” his father roared angrily. “You both need to calm down as you can see she’s uncomfortable,” Adrian finally spoke up to ease the conflict. “Well, I wouldn’t mind if she suffocated and died on this spot,” Lucien finally said as he left the house angrily. I watched his back, and Adrian’s voice brought me back. “You’ll get used to it,” Adrian said as he removed bones from the fish and gave it to me. The rest of us ate our food quietly and with a high level of awkwardness among us. I guess this is the price for the money I took. I just have to avoid him as much as I can. Just then, we heard a knock on the door. “Time to go, my driver is here already, Bye Aria” Adrian stood up, washed his hands, and left for work and I waved back at him