The Ugly Billionaire

Episode 2

ZOEY

After dinner, Ma'am Rose and I went home. Sir Anthony went with his friend, Sir Rafael Johnson.

When Ma'am Rose and I arrived at the condo, I wondered why we stayed on the 6th floor and not the 9th floor.

There are only three doors that I can see on that sixth floor. Ma'am Rose and I entered the first door. That area is big, but I wonder why there are only three units there.

I looked around because of the beauty of that room. It is even better compared to the room on the 9th floor. There is another sofa in front of the elevator.

"Zoey, this is your husband's condo unit, so you will live here, too. There are two rooms here, and that is your and Rayden's room,” Rayden's mom told me.

I just nodded, and I looked at the big aquarium with a big fish inside it. I was amazed by the design of Rayden's unit because its interior design is clean and beautiful. And it was adapted to the white and gray colors of the furniture.

Rayden's condo unit is large and has a large smart TV attached to the wall.

"Your things are already in the room because I asked Divina to move them there. Divina will be with you here, so you have someone to be with aside from my son,” Rayden's mom said while showing me around her ugly son's condo unit.

The dining room has a table with six chairs. I was even more amazed when we passed the tinted glass bathroom. You can even use the glasses as a mirror. The dining room of his wife's condo is as big as his and his aunt's house in San Francisco.

"Ma'am Rose, can I work even though your son and I are already married?" I hesitantly asked my mother-in-law.

"Zoey, the decision is not mine but your husband's. But I don't think he will let you work for someone else. Unless he gives you a job in the office. And please, don't call me Ma'am Rose, just call me Mommy. You are our son's wife, and you are one of us now, so you can call me Mommy and Anthony as Daddy,'' said Ma'am Rose.

"All right, Mommy Rose," I replied shyly to her.

She smiled at me sweetly and said goodbye to leave. "All right, Zoey. Be patient with your husband. Just wait for Divina to be with you while your husband is away. Just look at your stuff in your room and Rayden’s.”

I just nodded in reply. After she left, I entered the room she was talking about.

When I entered there, the big bed was the first thing I saw. It is king-sized and covered with a gray bed sheet. Inside is another room where there is a cosmetic cabinet that contains different brands of perfume. It also has wardrobes where his ties and tuxedos are kept. His white and black t-shirts are separate. I noticed that his clothes have no other colors aside from black and white.

I opened the other cabinet and saw women's clothes there. The clothes I brought from my traveling bag were also there. The other clothes were brand new, and below that were the bra and underwear. These are new and have more feminine scents.

There are also wallets and bags that are all branded in the glass organizer. The room also has its own bathroom, and the walls are also made of glass.

It also has its own TV and sofa. He also has a toy collection. But most of them are motorcycle toys of different designs. I left the room when someone rang the doorbell. I opened the door and saw Divina.

"Good afternoon, Ma’am Zoey," she greeted me.

"Good afternoon, Divina. Come in,'' I said to her, and she went inside.

"Would you like to have a snack, Ma'am?" she asked me.

"I'm still full, Divina. Can I rest first?'' I asked .

She nodded and replied, "All right, Ma'am. You may go and sleep in your room while I prepare some things here."

I wasn't able to sleep last night because of anticipation and now, my body is getting week from lack of sleep. I entered Rayden's room and laid down on the soft bed. I was so tired and sleepy that I took a nap, so I forgot to call my friend, Ruby Rose. I was jolted awake when someone threw a pillow at my face.

"Who gave you permission to sleep here in my bed?" I heard a baritone voice ask.

I slowly opened my eyes and saw my husband's ugly face, so I screamed in shock.

"Monster! Monster!" I suddenly got up and clutched my chest when I realized that this monster was my husband. He looked at me in disdain.

"Get off my bed!" he ordered me rudely. I went down and fixed my hair past my shoulders.

"Sorry, I fell asleep," I said.

Instead of paying attention to me, he called Divina.

"Divina!" he almost screamed her name.

She quickly went to his room while I remained standing on the edge of the bed.

"What is it, Sir?" she asked becoming pale because of this ugly monster.

"Change my bed cover and also the pillow cover!" he ordered angrily and he looked at me sharply. “Who told you to sleep here in my room? Did you think you hit the jackpot because you married me? I know you only want money from this family, but you can't outsmart someone like me! You sleep in the other room! Bring all your things there!" he shouted at me in front of the maid.

I felt embarrassed by what he said, so even though my eyes were getting blurry because of the threat of tears that wanted to fall, I resisted his gaze.

"Never once did I think I hit the jackpot for marrying you! But I am the unluckiest woman to marry a monster like you. As ugly as your face is, your behavior is just as ugly! Yes, I agreed to marry you to pay my family's debt to your family, but you have no right to insult me. All you have is money. Do you think someone will actually marry someone as ugly and evil as you if you don't have money? I swallowed my pride and married you because I was the one who paid my family's debt to your family! So, you have no right to insult me!"

After I told him that, I turned and went to the kitchen. I cried because of resentment. Does he still need to make it seem to me that I only want money from him? The rumor is true that he is ugly, and his behavior is even worse. Why am I so unlucky in life? If only there was a way to prevent me from marrying this man, I wouldn't have agreed to marry that monster.

I left the condo unit bringing my phone with me and headed outside. I sat on the single sofa and had a view of the City of Los Angeles from there. I remembered to call Ruby Rose. She answered it in just three rings.

"Where are you? I went to your house, and there was no one,'' she said on the other line.

"I am here in Los Angeles. I didn't get to say goodbye to you because we left early,” I explained to her.

"Why did you go to Los Angeles? What are you doing there?" she asked in surprise.

"I'm already married, Ruby. I married Mr. Harris, the ugly billionaire's of Maharlika," I said, answering her questions.

"That ugly billionaire who doesn't want to appear on camera? The son of Sir Anthony Harris and Ma'am Rose? The owner of the Multi Tower Condominium and the Construction Magnate and Real State Owner there in Los Angeles and Holand City?'' Ruby asked me in surprise.

"Yes, Ruby. That’s him. It was sudden. I have to marry him because you know we are in debt to his family. I want to hang myself if it's not that bad,'' I can’t stop crying while telling those things to Ruby.

"Uh, how about your dream of marrying a tall, dark, and handsome man even if he is not rich?"

I held my breath. "Is there anything else I can do, Ruby? This is my fate, so I just have to accept to myself that this is the fate that was given to me."

“Well, congratulations to you. At least you can taste heaven,'' she teased me.

I was shocked by what she said. "What heaven are you saying? Hell, Ruby! It was hell! I won't just give myself up to that man!"

"And what are you saying, Zoey? Just close your eyes when you go on your honeymoon,'' she laughed teasingly at me.

"Damn! Never mind. Let’s stop this conversation. Bye, maybe you're doing something else," I responded rudely.

"Okay, take care. Good luck on your honeymoon with your ugly husband, hahahaha!'' Ruby said, then turned off the phone.

I just sighed at my crazy friend. Just as I put down my cellphone, Divina came out.

"Ma'am, please come inside because Sir is being stubborn. I'm going back to the 9th floor because Sir doesn't want my services."

"Go ahead, Divina. I'm going in,” I answered, and I went back inside the unit as Divina went to the elevator that would bring her up to the 9th floor.

When I entered the unit, I met my monster husband, who was carrying my things from inside his room. He stood in front of me and threw my clothes like stones. My things fell at my feet.

“Move that garbage to that room. I don't want anything that looks like money with me!" he shouted angrily at me, which made my muscles tremble.

My hand was fast, and before I was able to stop it, I slapped him hard on his right cheek. His face turned sideways, and he immediately turned back to look at me. The reaction on his face told me that he couldn't believe what I did to him.

"Even if I look like money in your eyes, at least it's just a face. How about you? You ugly demon! If I can just do anything to pay off my family's debts to you, I will do it just so I can be free from this useless marriage!''' I shouted to him, letting my tears fall from my eyes.

"Want to pay? Well, be a maid here in my house. Don't expect me to consider you my wife!"

"If marriage is just a joke to you, Rayden, not to me! Because no matter what you do, in the eyes of God and in the eyes of people around us, we are still married! If you don't consider me your wife, then go ahead because if I reciprocate the evilness, you showed me, I will be like you, who has no manners!” I picked up my clothes and went into a room, leaving him speechless. That room was big and had a cabinet, too.

I wanted to show him that even if he is ugly, I could love him as long as he is kind. I'm not going to look at his face, but at his attitude. I wanted to prove to him that not all women are only after his money. Yes, money was the reason why I agreed to marry him because of the wishes of his parents and aunt. But it is possible for me to love him if he’s not as evil as he is right now.

Aunt Hilda and Mommy Rose have been best friends since they were in high school. Since I was little, the couple has always come to the house because they have businesses in San Francisco real estate. When my dad was still alive, they were always with him. My life was good then, and I was able to study in college.

But I only made it to the first semester of my first year of college because we were drowning in debt. Mommy Rose and Daddy Anthony like me very much. So, when Papa and Aunt got into debt, the couple said they wouldn't charge us as long as I married their son.

They begged me for several months before they made me agree to get married. So, this is it and my ugly husband, and I got married finally.