Chapter 1

• Monalisa's POV
• I turned on the shower and let the warm water flow freely down my bare, tired body. I hope this helps! I hope this would aid to wash out the helplessness or should I say regret that I feel right now. I have been hiding in the bathroom for almost an hour. For a bride on her wedding night, that was at least thirty two minutes too long.
• I, Monalisa Lucas just got married to a billionaire! A billionaire!
• Was I supposed to be happy? Hell no! My new husband is from one of the most popular influential families in America and the heir to the Lucas empire. He is a freaking billionaire and I hate it. I hate billionaires.
• My new husband?.. None of this seems real. This should be a dream and I pray to snap out of this nightmare sooner than later or I would end up losing my mind.
• I had fantasized about standing at the altar beside him. I had dreamt of cooking him corn dogs and hot chilies - his favorite. I had imagined massaging his tired body each day he gets back from work and cuddle him to bed. But those dreams had gone up in flames because I ended up getting married to my worst enemy.
• Now here I am, a twenty year old woman, embarking on a two year marriage of convenience with an annoying billionaire who only cares about his shares and sees marriage as a game. How absurd those words sounds.
• I closed my eyes as the water poured freely on my skin. If only it could wash away the guilt and anger that I feel right now. Yes, I am so angry right now. I am angry at life for playing such a scary game at me. I am angry at myself for not being able to provide mum's hospital bill, if I had the huge amount of money the doctor had asked, I wouldn't have signed any contract with this jerk.
• I was still lost in my thoughts when I heard someone banging.
• "Hey! What are you doing inside?" Alexander hoarsed.
• "Playing football" I snarled. Such a dumb question!
• "That is not what I meant. You have been in there almost forever." He said, stating the obvious. " Can you get the hell out of there or I will be forced to break open the door"
• Pervert. Thank goodness I had shut the bathroom door earlier, I don't trust him even a bit.
• " You don't have to threaten me, I am coming out already" I hissed. I turned off the shower and wrapped the white towel around my breast region before stepping out from the bathroom. I unbolted the door and without uttering a word to him, I walked past him and sauntered over to my dressing table. I heard him bang the bathroom door behind him making me flinch.
• What is his problem?
• I ran my hand through the dressing table which was covered with different stuffs, creams, jewelleries. I really have to arrange my stuffs, probably tomorrow. Right now, I am so tired.
• I rubbed some cream all over my body and slipped into my night wear. I let out a sigh of relief and laid down on the king sized bed. Three of my bed can't even measure up to this. I felt so much comfort as my skin came in contact with the bed. All of my life I have been laying on a bed which is just a few metres away from the ground, so uncomfortable and hard that I wake up almost every morning with pains all over my body.
• But Alex bed is different. So soft, big, many metres above the ground. It felt so good!
• I kept on rolling on the bed smiling and enjoying every moment of it. I didn't notice when Alex came out of the bathroom.
• "What are you doing? Get off my bed now!" He roared making me flinch back in fear. I looked up to see him dressed in black pant and white singlet. Did he got changed in the bathroom?.
• "Hey! Don't you dare yell at me, you almost scared me" I scowled, sitting up.
• He shot me a hard stare. " Can you please get off my bed" He repeated, a bit calmly.
• "No. I won't"
• " What do you mean by you won't? This is my bed and I don't plan on sharing it with anyone, not even you."
• I don't plan on sleeping with you either, jerk.
• I scoffed. " Your bed? Looks like you are forgetting something. We are now married so whatever belongs to you, also belongs to me"
• " Really? Does that include your body?" He said slowly walking towards me with a mischievous smile on his face.
• I crawled backwards as he climbed unto the bed. "Don't you dare come closer to me, I am warning you"
• He didn't say anything rather he pinned me to the wall. I felt my heart beat increase, i tried to put on a brave look but I was really scared. Is he going to force himself on me?
• "What are you doing? Don't you dare lay your filthy hands on me" I stuttered.
• "Why darling? You just said that whatever belongs to me also belongs to you and vice versa. So I am just following your biddings" He spoke softly into my ears causing shiver to go down my spine.
• I pinched him hard on his hand, he groan out in pain and quickly let go of me.
• "Have you lost your mind?" He yelped.
• "It fits you right" I snapped.
• I picked up one of the pillows and continuously hit him with it. "Next time, you will think twice before laying your filthy fingers on me"
• He dodged it and picked up a pillow too and struck me with it.
• "Ouch" I exclaimed and hit him back. He retaliated and hit me again on my head with the pillow.
• I won't spare him.
• We kept on hitting ourselves without any of us willing to give up, more like those wrestlers in the television. We suddenly heard a knock on the door and that made us stopped fighting abruptly. We looked at each other, thinking of what to do next and without uttering a word, we quickly dived under the duvet, this was the best thing to do.
• After another knock, the door cracked open to reveal Alex mother, Anita. We both sat up on the bed with our bodies still under the duvet and breathing heavily.
• "Sweet Jesus" Anita exclaimed staring at the floor. I and Alex looked down and was surprised to see cottons scattered all over the floor, it must have fallen from the pillows during our fight.
• Alex cleared his throat. "What are you doing here mum?"
• "Sorry. I came to check up on you guys because I was scared that.."
• Alex cuts her off "scared of what?"
• " Forget about it. I am happy with what I am seeing. You guys should continue with what you were doing before i came in okay?" She chuckled and left.
• Is she serious right now? Looks like Alex is not just crazy but everyone in his house. I quickly pushed the duvet off my body as soon as she closed the door behind her and let out a deep breath of relief.
• We both shot ourselves a hard stare waiting for the other to take a step first.