C3 His Rules

Maria's pov~

Throughout the drive to his house. We sat in a cold and uncomfortable silence.And I finally had the time to look at the man I married closely.

He looked so mean and heartless but very handsome as well. His jet black curly hair was styled to perfection. His jawline was chiseled to perfection.His has large blue eyes which looked so intimidating but yet fitted him perfectly .He looked even more handsome with the black tuxedo he was putting on.

“What's wrong with me,I thought to myself..here I am admiring a man who obviously is not happy about marrying me

I just hope he doesn't take the anger out on me and treat me badly”.

“What are you looking at?” he asked with his eyebrow raised quizzically at me. His voice was very deep and masculine but it sounded oddly pleasant to my ears.

I quickly remembered that I hadn't answered his question,I gulped silently and lowered my eyes as I replied to him “nothing sir”. He didn't say anything to me in reply.

We finally arrived at his house and it looked every inch majestic . He stepped out of the car first and a part of me wished he could be a gentleman and open the door for me. But of course he wasn't.I stepped out of the car and followed him but not too closely. When we walked into the mansion some maids were standing to greet us.

“This is my wife, make sure you treat her well,” he said to them. I doubt he even knows my name but hearing him call me his wife sounded both cringe and sweet to me.

The maids in turn introduced themselves to me starting from the eldest.

“I'm Mrs Bella, Mr Rafeal's personal chef. '' She was an elderly woman of about fifty years old. I smiled at her in greeting.

The others then proceeded to introduce themselves to me. They were Joy, Purity and Ethan all maids working for him though Ethan was the butler and Joy and purity were to be my personal maids.

I smiled at all of them in greeting. Then Rafael instructed Ethan and the girls to bring in our bags to our rooms. I wanted to ask him if we were to share the same room but I realized that it was not really my place to ask since it was his house and rules.

He began walking inside towards the rooms and I followed him as usual then he turned and said to me.

“The maids will show you to your room, it isn't far from mine, we will talk in the morning”. And then he left me standing all alone. I was actually glad he didn't try to force me to consummate the marriage with him. That was what would have scared me the most but I guess he wasn't attracted to me at all for him to suggest we sleep in separate rooms not that I mind.

The maids came and ushered me into my room which as he said wasn't far from his. It was a beautiful and large bedroom with a more beautiful bathroom attached to it. It was painted in white and pink which was a really nice color to me. I basked in the peace and quiet of the room and then I decided to have a bath before laying on my very soft king sized bed and drifting off to sleep.

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I woke up quite late the next morning. I guess it was because I was so tired after the wedding and all. I stood up and proceeded to the bathroom to take my bath and brush my teeth.

After doing that I went to the closet and I was surprised to see my clothes had already been brought out of my bags and arranged nearly in the closet. I guess it was done by one of the maids. I was highly grateful for it though.

I picked out a simple blue and white flowery gown to wear and sandals to match. I didn't know how I was supposed to dress as someone married to a billionaire but I decided to just keep it simple.

As soon as I was done with dressing up I heard a knock at the door. I opened the door to see Joy, one of my personal maids standing outside.

“Mr Rafeal requested your presence at the dining table immediately, he said you should follow me now”she said.

It sounded more like a command from him than a request and I knew I had no choice but to obey so I followed her to the dining table where he sat having bacon and toast with eggs for breakfast.

“Good morning” I said to him before sitting down

Rafael's Pov~

I couldn't hide my irritation as soon as she walked in. She looked beautiful in the dress she wore but still how could she keep me waiting. I ignored her greeting and said instead.

“Why are you just waking up now?” I asked her with irritation in my voice.

“I was very tired so I didn't know when I slept in” she answered with her eyes lowered looking at her plate of food.

“Look at me when you're answering me” I growled. I guess that scared her because she shrieked and forced herself to look at me.

“That's better, I told you last night that we have a lot to discuss, so I won't waste time and hence speak my mind now. Firstly, what is your name” I asked

“Maria Roberts Sanchez” she replied quickly. I guess she was now aware that I value my time.

“Ok, why did you agree to marry me,is it for my money? I asked, looking straight into her eyes. I could see how nervous she looked as she fidgeted with her hands.

“Your dad asked me to marry you in place of the debt my father owned him” she said

I was shocked I didn't know of this, I thought it was just an arrangement for more money and power for my father. But still I felt like there was more she wasn't telling me.

“Why didn't you object to the marriage”? I asked

“Because your family is very powerful and I didn't want my father to suffer when the power to save him was in my very own hands”

I scoffed and said to her “ so you stupidly sold yourself off to the devil but no withstanding you do understand that I do not like nor care about you”

“I know you do not but I wish you would at least not make me frightened of you”

“So you are scared of me” I said smilingly “you should because you I didn't get to marry my girlfriend so tell me why I should go easy on you”

“Because I did nothing wrong and I didn't also want to be a part of this marriage, I was also forced just like you were”

“Well then I guess for us to make this arranged marriage work the need to be some rules and I had them drafted out already” I said as I handed a document containing rules “make sure to read it and behave accordingly to them”

She took them from me and began to read it and then she looked at me in shock “what do you mean by you are allowed to bring your girlfriend to the house? She asked

“Why not? It's not as if we are in a real relationship are we?I smirked

“But still it's disrespectful to me, you can go and meet her in her house rather than bringing her here.”

At this point I was getting very infuriated with her. “If you do not like my rules then I suggest you leave…oh but wait you can't because you're a loyal daughter” I laughed and stood up leaving her alone at the dining table.