The Beauty Of Love

It has been one week, 7 days and 168 hours, when her name was officially changed from Fiona McGuire to Fiona Carter.

A week has passed by and still, there is no clue of her so-called husband. Like normal couples, after exchanging their vows, they go for their honeymoon in a romantic place. But unlike any of them, Fiona was still sitting on the couch in her new home, thinking about her perfect marriage life which was far from being perfect.

Except for his name which is Justin Carter, Fiona knows nothing about him. Before marrying Justin, she knew that their relationship would not be like other couples, but she thought that they could at least be friends and give their marriage a chance. Maybe they could start over. But she was expecting too much from him. She was being delusional that Justin would want this arrangement to turn into a proper marriage.

To others, Fiona and Justin are a happily married couple, but only her dearest father in law and Grace know the truth about the deal of their marriage and probably her mother in law. Grace is a housemaid of Justin's apartment. For the past few days, Grace had been an ideal friend and mother to Fiona. She is in the late 40s and like her name she is very graceful in everything she does. She has been with Justin since he was born and took care of him along with his mother. So you can practically call her his second mom.

Fiona's thoughts were distracted as soon as she heard the doorbell.

The first thought that came to her mind was that her dearest hubby finally decided to show his face after the night of their marriage.

When Grace opened the door, Fiona saw a six-foot tall, gorgeous man entering the house in his gray business suit. He had ocean blue eyes which looked tedious at the moment. His dark chocolate brown hair was disheveled probably because of working a whole day... oops; she should say a whole week.

Without even glancing at her, he went directly into his room. But not before saying, "Be ready by 11 tomorrow. We are going to have lunch with my family."

Fiona sighed and sat down on the couch trying to stop the tears running down from her eyes. He didn't even glance at her. She was confused about whether she should burn with rage or cry her heart out.

But, at least he knows she exists. That's something, right?

When Fiona was going to her room-the guest room of Justin’s apartment, she heard faint noises from Justin's room. She was about to enter her room when she heard her name so she figured that Justin was talking to Grace about her.

Curiosity got the better of her and she went across her room to his and started to listen to their conversion.

Fiona knew for the fact that eavesdropping was wrong but hey! They were talking about her so she did have every right to know about it.

So she stood in front of the door with her lips pressed in a thin line and her hand softly placed for support. "She is nothing but a gold digger. I can't believe she even has the guts to show me her face." Justin angrily said to Grace.

"But Justin..." Grace was interrupted by Justin's harsh words. "I don't want to listen to anything, Grace, and she is just like every other woman who wants my money. She hasn't even been in dad's office for the past week. Instead of being an independent woman that she should be, she just wants to spend my money and shower herself with power, fame, and gifts."

Double Ouch! That really hurts.

Tears were threatening to come from her eyes at the same time she wanted to burst through the door and tell him the truth, but instead, she stormed into her room. She was hurt, angry and did want to bawl her eyes out. She couldn't take it anymore. He knows nothing about her.

Instead of working in the office, she was working from home not because she wanted to but due to the fact that if Fiona showed up in the office, their little marriage setup could be ruined. If she showed up at his dad's office, people might know something was up and they might start doubting their marriage which was not good for the company. She didn't want to give anyone the benefit of the doubt. Justin knew nothing about her and the fact, why she married him.

Only if he knew that she was not a gold digger, then she might have not cried herself to sleep.