Chapter 65 NO MARRIAGE FOR ANN
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I think Ann is still mad at me, what should I do?
I can't leave my room and neither call my husband at this critical moment but I am dying to know what they both are discussing downstairs without my presence.
I look at the food that Miss Celine has placed on the table before, I even asked her about the matter but she is also not aware of anything at all and told me that she had informed Ann that I have got my periods for this month.
Suppressing a frustrating groan, I nod expressionlessly and she then walks away steadily.
I hear footsteps and turn to see my husband approaching me, "Andrew…" I exhale with relief and immediately hug him, "What happened, Andrew? I swear I didn't mean to make Ann angry… I will be careful next time. I swear, I will." I slur feeling nervous.
"Tessy… What is it? What are you talking about?" Andrew pulls me back, looking blank, he seems to know nothing about what happened in the morning after he left.
"Why did Ann not call me for dinner and what were you both discussing without me?" Instead of replying to him, I ask anxiously.
"Miss Celine told Ann about your periods and…" He paused, looking tense, "Ann is insisting to have a check-up of yours, she thinks there might have been a reason as to why you didn't conceive this month?" He explains and I frown in surprise.
"So, now?" I ask.
"Now, you have to go for the check-up with Ann, and please for God's sake, Tessy, don't reveal to the doctor that we had been using protection, ok?" He says looking exasperated, his one hand resting on his forehead as he looks deeply bothered by the thought of my visit to the hospital.
"I can trust you on this, right?" He looks at me, looking distressed and I nod my head in assurance.
"Tessy, please, don't let them know about anything. You know I am doing this for our good." He holds my face and says all the things like he is convincing me that he is right in everything and I should really give up pondering on this decision anymore.
He kisses my forehead and his face looks at ease now after I assure him that I won't tell anything to anyone. "So why didn't you ask me to join you for dinner tonight?" I ask him, feeling curious.
"Ann wasn't in a good mood and also you had cramps last night, so I just wanted you to rest in your room. Nothing big, Tessy… Now you tell me what you were talking about?"
Andrew asks as he steps away from me and takes off his coat. He then sits on the sofa lazily unbuttoning his sleeves and the upper buttons of his shirt.
"Oh about that," I remember and then sit beside him, "Today, after you left Ann scolded me pretty badly and even asked me to maintain some distance from you whenever we go around her.."
"Really?" Andrew frowns deeply, "But she didn't say a single word to me." He reveals and I frown, shrugging my shoulders, "She gets very loud today, Andrew. I have never seen her like this before… She was angry with me, very angry." I say quietly with a bitter heart.
"Tessy, don't worry, we would be careful next time, ok. I don't want Ann to get angry with us so it would be better if we maintain a fair distance next time in her presence." Andrew states calmly and I nod in agreement.
He then looks at the untouched food and looks at me, "Tessy, why haven't you finished your dinner yet?" He asks sharply.
"Uhm… I wasn't actually having an appetite…" I tell him nervously.
"Tessy, you can't skip your meals like this. I am telling you everything is fine. Now, I am going for a shower and when I return I want this tray empty…" He commands and then stands up and then pulls his shirt out getting ready to go naked.
I groan unhappily and ignoring it, he walks towards the washroom, "Start eating." He shouts before entering the washroom.
I look at the food and feeling compelled I begin to eat. By the time my husband came out, my tray was half empty. "I am full," I tell him with a puppy face but his gaze stays stern on me.
"Please… Hubby." I try again and his eyes soften.
"Fine, finish the juice at least." He says looking at the half-empty glass of my juice, "Okay." I obey instantly and then gulp down the remaining juice in my glass.
"Finish…" I wipe my mouth and announce proudly.
"Great…" Andrew gives me a huge smile and I return his smile happily.
Then, I call Miss Celine asking her to collect the tray of food from my room, she appeared after a while.
"Miss Celine, please inform the yoga instructor that I won't be taking the yoga classes for a few days," I tell her and she nods her head politely.
"Good, Miss Swan has also suggested the same for you." She informs me, making me stunned for a moment.
"Tomorrow you will be going for a check-up with Miss Swan in the morning. Do you need me to help you pick an outfit or will you help yourself?" Miss Celine asks politely.
And after thinking for a moment, I nod my head, "It would be better if you come up for help."
She gives me a gentle smile and then nods her head, "I will be here, then." She picks up the tray and leaves the room respectfully.
I turn to look at my husband who is busy reading some documents and his hair as usually dripping water from the shower. I pick up a towel and then walk toward him.
Standing beside him, I start drying his hair with the towel.
"Andrew…" I call him after a while, and gathering my courage I finally ask what has been bothering me for the whole day, "Why Ann didn't get married yet?"
I feel Andrew's body getting tense and he suddenly closes his file as he looks up at me with a dark gaze, "Why are you asking this?"
I feel frightened by his gaze and start to falter, "Actually… I feel like… Ann also needs someone to make her life beautiful, no?"
"That's none of your business, Tessy… Never speak of her marriage again, not to me, not to anyone, even the walls in the mansion are forbidden to hear anything related to Ann's Marriage, so never ever bring up this topic again." His face turns gloomy and he scolds me badly.
"But… I just wanted to…" I begin to explain but my husband snaps at me angrily… "What… What did you want huh…? Her marriage is not your concern, focus on your own marriage instead of poking your nose in her marriage…" Andrew suddenly becomes rude and throws away his file. He then storms out of the room.
I watch his back absentmindedly, I don't understand why my words hit his nerves so badly? Why Ann's marriage topic is so sensitive and why is everyone in this mansion are forbidden to talk about it.
I pick up my husband's file that he had just thrown and keep it carefully at the table. Then, I start to wait for him to come back, but he didn't.
Even when the time comes to sleep, he didn't show up, frowning, I walk out of my room in search of him. At first, I check his room but he wasn't there, then I decided to check his study but it was also empty.
I look around my floor and I find him nowhere. Then I decided to look for him on the terrace because whenever he gets tense he goes to smoke and he smokes on the terrace only.
Taking the elevator, I reach the upper floor and then walk straight to the huge terrace that is filled with multiple flowerbeds and many kinds of beautiful and different flowers.
I smell the unique smell of cigarettes and following my nose I walk in the direction to find my husband standing straight with his back on me.
His aura tells me that he is pissed and angry, but still giving myself courage I walk towards him, I hug him from behind and his body stiffens in response.
"I am sorry, I shouldn't have picked out Ann's marriage topic," I apologize and then continue, "I swear I didn't mean anything bad… I just thought she is… very lonely, Andrew. and maybe it's the time she should search for her soul partner."
"Tessy..." Andrew hisses and then pushes my hands away from his waist. "Ann can never get married, there is no soul partner..." He says displeasingly.
"But why?" I ask, I am not able to let this topic go.
"Because God has never been kind to her and that is why her life has been marked with cruel and dark events that no one... No one could erase them from her life..." He seethes looking extremely angry not on me actually but on himself.
"Andrew, why do you look so angry? Why do you look remorseful? What have you done?" I ask in horror.
No... No... No... her marriage issue must not be related to my husband, No.
"Ann had been assaulted, abused, and raped by her adoptive father."
BOOM
Andrew reveals and I widen my eyes in extreme shock.
