"Why were you late? Where have you been all this time?"
Jordan's deep and dark voice echoed round the space of two, with domination as his dark eyes stared at the woman standing in front him without any easy emotions.

Yet, Hattiea being strong enough showed no signs of weakness or any signs of submission on her face instead she still stood in front of him maintaining her posture professionally.

She was not scared of his outburst like others and that's what made her different than the rest too, she knew her husband wasn't a man to harm anyone especially not her.

She was the best to deal with him because she understood him in right manner and better than others did.

"Something came up."
Hattiea answered in short.

But clearly not having any of her attitude at the moment of heat, a deep yet scary chuckle from Jordan was heard.

He sounded threatening and Hattiea well knew the reason behind his sudden anger as she just chose to not mind him much at the moment.

"What was it? I would like to know the reason."
Jordan uttered next, still glaring at her dangerously before laying his back on the chair more in order to have a better look of her.

The tone of his was a lot more deeper than before now, making the environment more gloomier than it already was.

But Hattiea still chose not to react until the next second he shouted at her loudly.

"ANSWER ME, HATTIEA!"
She took a sharp breath, her chest rose up and down not because of nervousness or fear for him building inside of her but in fact she was just tired.

She was just not ready to start any argument with him at the moment. That was all!

"Today was father-in-law's birthday, someone had to visit him if you didn't care to do so!"
Hattiea replied surprisingly annoyed while Jordan was not even shocked after hearing her answer.

He knew everything and that was what making him more mad at her audacity.

The reason behind his anger was one that she dared to go against his words.

No matter what he always said to her she had always obeyed his wishes being polite.

But regarding this matter, she never behaved well with him.

"HOW MANY TIMES DID I TELL YOU THAT I HAVE NO FATHER!"
Jordan slammed his hands over the desk angrily banging it loudly while causing immediate disturbance at the silent cabin containing the two.

Hattiea sure flinched at his sudden action but she still didn't feel much intimidated by him just yet.

She knew he was only being a coward to hide his own feelings deep down, Hattiea had always tried to help Jordan to face all of his difficult circumstances with enough dare to fight those off.

And the case was same with him too, he had always supported her in the very same manner.

He too helped her out in many hard situations of life since he met her.

Hattiea understood him the best at this moment of time but the fact that he would always lie about was his relationship with his parents, caused Hattiea to put herself forward and make everything right in his family.

She knew he was not in a good terms with his father as he had experienced a broken family since childhood.

Jordan was raised by only his mother half of his childhood while his father abandoned the both without any care. That's what angered him till this day.

For him, his only family was his mother whom he deared to no end, no one else held any importance in his life other than her.

No one else!

"HOW DARE YOU TO MEET THAT MAN, HATTIEA?"
Jordan shouted again with the same anger. His reason of anger was valid for Hattiea who eyed him with no complains.

She sure respected him but she pitied him more. Witnessing all the ugliness of his parents' relationship, he grew up to be a man with no love.

Till this day he feared to get into any relationship.

He hated his father because he abandoned him and his mother when they needed him the most and today he believed that the same abandonment was the only revenge for his father for all of the struggles him and his mother bore, all alone.

But that's not how world works...

Hattiea knew well that he was not happy doing all that, she wanted to bring happiness in Jordan's life which he never had.

Hattiea wanted to repay everything he had once provided her, that even included the faith in relationships and love.

Hattiea wanted to make his life beautiful like he made hers and in order to do that, she knew that she needed to fix his relationship with his father first.

Hattiea there, standing was soon about to prepare a polite reply for Jordan's angry statements but just then hearing his next claim, she immediately felt devastated.

"Aren't you taking this fake marriage way too seriously?"
Jordan questioned her out of momentary rage while instantly regretting what he just said out of anger.

That was it...

The marriage which confused the entire world even their perfect pair was actually one fake tale and a mere compromise between the two.

Nothing more else was it, than a black lie.

Even though they both knew boundaries of their fake relationship, they still respected each other very much to the possible extend where they promised to never even hurt the other one's beliefs.

Both had been broken and hurt at some point of their life, which was why both decided to become the medicines of one another's wound too.

Until today, he had to bring up their reality of relationship this harshly. He indeed crossed his limits by humiliating Hattiea like that.

Jordan unknowingly drew a line of dare between them both.

Which didn't make both of them feel good, including Jordan himself who was even more surprised that he said what he shouldn't even have said at the very first place.

Hattiea's eyes glistened a little, she was disappointed now.

No words then came out in reply for minutes from either of their mouths, until again Hattiea decided to speak.

"If he is not your father then I got not explanations to do to you about meeting him and if this marriage is fake for you, then you got no rights to question about my whereabouts Mr.Lawrence."
Hattiea spoke with her broken voice while addressing him formally.

As that was when Jordan knew that she was suppressing her cries within her. Her red and glossy eyes glared at him making him more guilty than he already was.

"I have kept the file for you to check."
Hattiea exclaimed next while turning around and exiting the cabin of Jordan not even hearing what he has to say next.

Jordan was still speechless to acknowledge his words that he exclaimed earlier.

He didn't mean to hurt her like that at all, he never intended to cause any harm to her feelings then how come, he ended up making her cry today?

Jordan closed his eyes cursing out loud but soon opening them and breathing deeply he successfully got his senses back again.

He did reacted way too much harsher with her but all of that wouldn't have happened in the very first place if she didn't have gone to meet his father, with whom he had cut all ties.

Jordan looked at the door of his cabin from where his pretend wife just exited herself, to stay away from him.

Regret was now eating him, he respected her to no end and he never intended to cause any harm to her.

Even if they both shared no love relationship, they did shared the closest and the most comfortable friendship with one another.

"Why are you always so stubborn, Hattiea?"
Jordan mumbled to himself gulping a hard lump down his throat with regret.

The reality of their marriage was painful, they had to be one for a difficult reason.

He knew the circumstances pained the both but they both were trying to deal with it at their very best possible ways.