At the movies, we got a large cup of soda and a large cup of popcorn which we ate to our fill while watching a Korean movie called ‘The dude in me’.
We laughed like we were long time friends and I enjoyed every bit of it.
At intervals, she looked at me laughing and I couldn’t help but smile bad.
One time in the movie, the male lead called an older woman by her name and Jason’s mom told me her real name was ‘Mia’ and I could call her that if calling her mom was awkward.
After that, we went for a second round but the genre was different. Instead of a comedy, we watched a tragic movie where the female lead died and we cried like kids.
It felt like I was spending time with Max but Max wasn’t a female and Mia’s older so it was different.
It was kinda overwhelming but cool. I loved it. I enjoyed it.
And soon the movie was over and we stood outside while she called her driver over. We hadn’t realised that rain was falling while we were watching the movie so it was kinda shocking when we came out and since we both didn’t have an umbrella, Mia suggested we wait for her driver to come and drive the car to pick us at the front.
Typical rich people stuff. Something I would never do, I would rather run straight to the car than wait for someone to come get me but I couldn’t say that to Mia because she was doing it for me and she had probably never ran in the rain before.
” Why don’t we get some steak next time?” She said invading my thoughts.
“Next time?” I blurted out before I could stop myself.
“You don’t want to spend time with me next time?” She asked with a small frown.
“No.. no.. no..” I said quickly.
“That’s not what I meant, I was just surprised.” I said quickly.
“It’s fine if you don’t want to spend time with me.” She huffed. So she holds a grudge!
“No, I want to spend time with you, I just didn’t think you liked me.” I said truthfully.
“Ofcourse, I like you, you’re the right person for my son.”
“You know they said opposite attraction, you’ve lived different lives so your love would be stronger, I didn’t really want my son to end up with one of those rich rude ladies that I’ve been taught to live like a doll. Like I was taught.” She mumbled the last part but I heard her.
“You see Eve, you’re ordinary so you value most things that we don’t and i envy you for that.” She said looking at me with a small smile.
I smiled back but I didn’t really understand what she was saying.
Okay, maybe I did understand but just to some extent. I still wouldn’t choose being born poor if I was to be reincarnated just to be able to value some stuff.
“Eve, I’m glad I met you.” She said,
“Thank..” I was about to reply when her phone rang and she picked it up immediately.
“Son!” She beamed.
“So you’re monitoring your wife?” She furrowed her brows.
“You wouldn’t let me meet her so I thought I paid her a visit in person.” She snapped.
” Jason, don’t yell at me, I’m your mother.” She snapped again.
I felt weird eavesdropping. Although I couldn’t hear what Jason was saying from the line, I could tell that he was pissed especially with the way Mia looked sad like she got scolded.
“Such a filial son” I mumbled with sarcasm laced in my words.
Jason was the direct opposite of his mother. Besides their uncanny resemblance, he didn’t seem like he took any good characteristics from her or maybe I just didn’t know that yet.
Soon the call was over and she turned to face me with an apologetic smile.
“Jason is coming here.” She said quietly and I felt my throat dry up.
Was I scared of my own husband?
Why did I feel a sense of panic when I heard that Jason was coming?
“It’s fine, he’s just angry that I didn’t tell him before bringing you out.” She said still smiling but I could tell it was a fake smile.
I nodded slowly.
Soon, her driver arrived and Jason got to the theatre too.
He had a cold look on his face and he glared at me the moment he came out of his car.
“Get inside the car.” He said to me coldly and walked to his mother.
I got into the back seat and I could hear muffled noises coming from the both of them. They were yelling at each other. Or from what I could see from the rear mirror, Jason was yelling at his mother. Did he hate the idea of me meeting up with his family so much that he could yell at his mother? I couldn’t help but wonder as I stared at them both. Soon Mia left and as soon as her car drove past Jason’s, he came to his car and opened the back seat door.
“I’m not your driver, sit at the front.” He said coldly and I got down and did as I was told.
We drove quietly back to the suite and the silence was killing me. I wanted him to lash out instead of keeping quiet which was suffocating.
We soon arrived at the hotel and we quietly got into the elevator straight to our floor. Jason opened the door with his car and we both got inside the suite then he turned to face me and I looked down.
The floor suddenly seemed like there was something interesting about it because I couldn’t look up to Jason’s burning gaze. If eyes could kill, I would probably be six feet under ground.
“Are you dumb?” He yelled, breaking the silence.
“What?” I snapped my head towards him.
“You heard me, are you stupid?” He asked again and I frowned.
“No.” I said.
“Well, act like it.” He yelled.
“What did I do wrong?” I managed to ask him.
“Are you seriously asking me that?”
“Why did you go out with my mom?”
“Are you that desperate for money that you’re trying to grovel to win my mom’s favour?”
“Did you think becoming friends with her would make me give you extra cash?” Jason yelled angrily and I could feel my eyes watering.
Did he really think of me that way? As a money grubber?
“I..” I tried to form words but there was a lump in my throat and I couldn’t talk.
“Look at me when I’m talking to you.” He snapped at me.
“Eve, I asked you to do one thing and you just go around playing like a five year old, do you want my mother to find out that all this is fake?”
“What exactly is your problem?” He yelled again.
“Your mom showed up here, I didn’t go to meet her and was I supposed to ignore her or say I wouldn’t go with her when she offered to go out with me?” I said suddenly finding courage as tears spilled down my face.
“Why didn’t you call me?” He asked in his normal voice now.
“I..” I mumbled. Why didn’t I call him? I didn’t know why I didn’t call him or maybe I just didn’t want to.
“Exactly, you don’t know.” He said glaring at me.
“From now on, you do as I say and stop acting like a child.” He said going into his room and slamming the door.
I stood there for a while sobbing profusely.
I couldn’t help but hate Jason. I mean I didn’t even do anything wrong, Mia seemed lonely and I just wanted to keep her company.
Was that such a bad thing to do?
I know that not calling Jason was wrong because this was a fake relationship but one of the clauses in the contract was that no one would know what exactly was going on between us both but he didn’t exempt me from meeting his family. Not like I wanted to meet them but if they came to find me first, wasn’t it common courtesy to be friendly towards them?
I was still crying when the door to Jason’s room opened and he had changed from the navy blue suit he was putting on earlier to casual clothing.
“Pathetic.” He said as he looked at me before leaving the suite. I flopped on the couch as I got lost in thought.
Was I really going to survive for the next few weeks?
I looked at the time and it was already pretty late, where was Jason going by this time and why did I care?
He didn’t care about me one bit and here I was wondering where he went and worrying about his safety. I really am pathetic.
Nevertheless, I sat down waiting for him to come back home.
He was right. I had no right to meet with his family especially since he didn’t want me to. He had no right to assume all those things about me but I couldn’t blame him. It was simply how he was wired. A rude selfish jerk.
It wasn’t until midnight that Jason returned home. I had fallen asleep on the couch only to hear the door click open and my eyes flung open immediately because I am a light sleeper and I was really worried about Jason.
It was pretty dark and because of the fight earlier, I didn’t switch on the light and I simply sat in the dark.
Jason however switched on the light and was surprised to see me seated on the couch waiting for him. I stood up and walked towards him but I stopped when I had almost gotten in front of him. He looked at me with a frown and I looked at him with an unreasonable gaze. I was trying to figure out what I was seeing and smelling.
He smelled strongly of a woman’s perfume and his hair was dishevelled like someone had pulled them or ruffled them. His shirt was buttoned wrong like he did them in the dark and in a rush. He had a hickey on his exposed collar and he reeked of sex.
How did I know that he reeked of sex? One time Max crashed at my place after having breakup sex with his ex boyfriend and this was exactly how he smelled but the difference was that this was a woman’s perfume.
“Did you…” I stopped.
I didn’t know how to ask the question.
Did you sleep around?
Are you sleeping around?
Are you cheating on me?
Did you just go out to have sex with someone else when you’re married to me?
I couldn’t ask him all those questions when we were not in a real relationship or even in love with each other. But I didn’t like this weird feeling in my gut.
How could he cheat on me? My eyes were watering and I could see the smirk on his face like he noticed that I already knew what he went out to do.
I quickly turned and ran to my room. I slammed the door behind me and flopped to my bed.
How could he do this?
So disrespectful!
So disgusting!
Even if we weren’t real married couples, he had no right to cheat on me to my face!.
God! What did I get myself into?
Oh no! I cried sadly. I was heartbroken. This was definitely not what I expected.
I understood that Jason was a rude obnoxious annoying jerk but I never thought that he could be so cruel. Did he really not regard me as a woman?
And here I was trying to apologise to him?
No! He doesn’t deserve my apology. Not now, not ever.
Since he called me a money grubber, I might as well be that.
I wiped my tears as I had made up my mind. I was going to do things my way and nobody was going to stop me. I was his wife on paper not his real wife so I had a right to live my own life as long as I followed the rules.
From now on, it’s a project glow yourself up.
I am going to make him want me. Make him desire me and then dump him. Yes! , That is exactly what I would do since he has no respect for me
Yes! That is my plan.