"Easy.." I breathe out, standing on the bed while holding the bedpost, trying to stay composed and not freak out. Sweat rolled down from my forehead as I was panting heavily.

"Watch it!" I shouted as Christian turned to look at my scared form and narrowed his eyes at me in annoyance. "It's just a lizard." He sighed.

"You know me, damn it! I am scared of any kind of insect!" I whined.

"It's a reptile." He corrected me.

"I don't care what it is! Just kill it already!"

I just woke up and saw a lizard on the ground and my terror took over as I screamed, waking him up. And now he is looking for the lizard as I was standing on the bed in dread.

"You have such a castle-like mansion can't you watch it out from insects!" I complained. He spares a glance at me and said, "It's not my fault. And Lizard is a reptile." His stressed face turned into a wicked smirk as he said, "I'll catch it and throw it at you." My eyes widened in horror as I shook my head no. His smirk grew wider.

"I swear. I will never forgive you for it." My whole being trembles just by thinking about it.

"Relax. I was kidding. Come on, I don't think I can find it, let's go." He said. I held the post tightly and shook my head no. "No! Kill it first!" I remained stubborn.

He walked towards me, "Come on. I'll tell Samuel to kill it. You go and freshen up." He said.

"I won't!" I shut my eyes tightly and heard his another sigh.

"I'll carry you to another room." He suggested. I slowly opened my eyes, "You sure?" I asked. "Only if you want." He shrugged. My shaky form gave him a hesitant nod. He sat on the bed and I looked at him perplexed.

"What? You expect me to carry you like a bridal style?" He asked- almost mocked with a smirk. "I don't," I said grumpily as I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist and let him give me a piggyback ride. He stood up and walked but stopped in the middle,

"What now?" I asked.

"If I drop you here..." He smirked again as my grip tightened.

"You're the worst!" I growled being scared. He laughed as he walked out of the room. We went to Samuel first, he was shocked to see us like this. We had never been like this before so it was a moment of stagger of everyone who saw us.

Christian told Samuel about the Lizard while I was stilled glued to his back. After talking to him, he took out his phone from his trousers and began to use it. After a while being irritated by his oblivion, I said, "Take me to the room first then do whatever you want."

"Oh, I forgot that you are at my back. You are so light that I thought that it was air." He joked and chuckled, putting his phone back and grazing at me from the corner of his eye. I let go of him and stand on the ground, puffing. "Go to Hell!" I shouted angrily and turned to leave,

"Oh, Look! Another Lizard!" He said as I squeaked and jumped back falling on his chest but he took a step back as I fell on the ground. My mouth gaped as I looked at him.

"You're supposed to catch me!" I said in disbelief but he just yawned and left with saying, "You know why I didn't do it." Because you don't want to touch me. I looked down and smiled.

I stood up and left to some random room to freshen myself.

I let the cold droplets of water soak me as I lost in my thoughts. Christian stopped touching me. He didn't try to touch me intentionally but our relationship has become a little friendly. I still want to know how he knows me. How am I related to him? I want to know everything but I have to wait for him... Does Mother know about it? And if she does, then why didn't she tell me? What are they hiding from me? I want to know about him as well. Why is he like this, why his Mother attempt suicide, Why his wife cheated? He doesn't seem like an almost 30 years old. He's really funny and caring, Now that I cam to know about him... I kinda liked him...

Back then, he was just pushing me away. That's why reacted that way but now he knows I won't fall in love with him so he has begun to show me who he really is. He is not putting up his cruel facade me and reflecting the way he truly is.

I walked out as he smiled and walked towards me, "What happened?" I asked.

"Eugene has been discharged, we are going to meet him." I smiled widely as I squeaked. "Let's go," he said but I held his cuff.

"What about breakfast?" I asked, looking at him with my big hazel eyes. "We'll have it there." He smiled as I nodded and we went.

I entered Mother's place as I saw Eugene and Mother.

"Mother! Eugene!" I shouted and hugged them.

"Why do you tell her mother? I was hoping to give her a surprise." Eugene complained.

"You should have told me before." Mother defended herself. I laughed a little as I saw him standing. My eyes teared up seeing him like this. He hugged me and rubbed my back, "Hey, don't cry."

"I longed to see you like this.." I whispered, hugging him tightly. I pulled back and stood beside Christian. Christian gave Eugene a side hug, "Congratulations." Christian said.

"Thanks, brother."

We all began to chatter as Mother served breakfast.

We all sat down to have breakfast. As we were eating, Eugene asked, "Sophie why did you marry that early?"

"Well... Christian proposed and I couldn't say no." I said giving a glare to Christian who wasn't looking at me. "Oh, When did you start dating?" He asked intrigued.

"Four years ago," Christian replied.

"You never told me. I was awake at that time!" He said in disbelief. I chuckle nervously. "You know.. Our age difference, so I got scared ..." He nodded understanding.

"Well, You could have waited for me to wake up." He said nonchalantly. I did it to wake you up! I remained silent and just hummed. And the rest of the breakfast went normal.

"You're leaving for work?" I asked Christian. He nodded. "Take Care." I smiled as he smiled back and left.

"Aw, That's cute!" Eugene awed as I glared at him. "What? You two seemed so cute." He complimented. "I know," Christian smirked as a blush appeared on my face and he left. After he left I sat with Eugene as he asked me,

"What happened after the accident?"

I looked at him for a second and sighed as I began to tell him,

"You were in a coma. Mother continued giving tuition to kids as I also get a job to pay for your expenses." I stopped for a second to make our marriage convincing, I began to say again,

"Christian always tried to help but I never accepted his help. I then lost my job and our condition worsened then I began to work as a waitress in Amber One but then Christian proposed to me he said if I became his responsibility, I'll surely accept his offer. I refused but he insisted so I agreed. This house is also a gift from Christian to Mother. If it isn't for him you won't be here..." I said.

"So you marry him to escape your desperation." He said emotionless. I looked at him in disbelief. "No... I love him." I said vaguely. He laughed and leaned in staring at me. "Love.. that's what I don't see in your eyes for him." He gave me a seething look which startled me.

"I will rather be asleep forever rather than waking up knowing that my sister married a rich guy just for me to be recovered." He said sadly. His eyes flicker with grief as he said,

"I will never forgive myself for it. I'll be drowned in guilt forever." I hugged him as a tear release itself from both of our eyes,

"Don't worry. It's nothing like this. We truly love each other." I reassured him as I pulled away. "I hope so." He wiped his tears as he smiled.

"Oh, tell me how he proposed?" He asked. By intimidating me and leaving me with no choice but to obey.

"A dinner at his place. He made me angry and when I was about to leave he then proposed to me saying I want you to be mine.." I smiled giving him a hopeless romantic look.

"He seemed like quite a charmer." He complimented.

"Less than you," I said cheekily. He pinched my cheeks as we began to talk and the rest of the day flew by. It's night and Christian came to pick me up. The drive was silent as I spoke up,

"Never let him know about the reason for our marriage." Christian looked at me for a moment and replied, "Okay... But, if he came to know, what would you do?" He asked.

"I don't know.," I whispered. He nodded as we went home. I was about to enter our room but took a step back,

"Samuel killed the Lizard. Isn't he?" He laughed, "Yeah, don't worry." I took a deep breath. Christian opened his mouth but I glared at him to shut him up. He smiled sweetly as I understood he must be planning something.

"Don't you dare..." I threatened him.

"What? I didn't plan anything." He said innocently. I narrowed my eyes at him and laid on my side to fall into a deep slumber. After a few moments, I felt something on me. I thought it was Christian's hand but it wasn't. I gulped and put my hand over my arm. I felt it's something and I caught it. My heart skipped a beat because I am holding something. I turned on the lamp and saw a cockroach as I screamed from the bottom of my lungs and threw it away as I fell on the ground.

"What happened?" Christian asked, waking up from slumber.

"I-it was a-a" I shuddered.

"Cockroach?" He smirked as I realized that wasn't moving and it's a fake one. Tears brimmed in my eyes as I stood up,

"I hate you! You know how I am afraid of these types of things!" I shouted but he was laughing loudly because of his so-called 'prank'. I stomp on my feet and walked out of the room with his voice, "Sophie, wait! I am sorry!"

"You are not! You are still laughing!"

I went to the rooftop as I wiped my tears.

"Stupid! Jerk!" I continued to curse him as I closed my hand at my chest.

"Hey.." I heard his voice but I turned my head away from him.

"Okay, I am sorry. I won't do it again." He said smiling.

"Go away!" I pouted.

"hey, it's been a while since I have someone." He said looking at the moon.

"That doesn't mean you can prank them." I hissed.

"I am sorry. I won't do it again... probably."

"Probably?!" He laughed again.

"At least, I am being honest." He defended himself. I kept moving my head from him as he tried to convince me. "Okay, here you go. Accept my apology." He said, offering a bucket of ice-cream. "I am sorry." He said sincerely.

"Fine." I rolled off my eyes and took the ice-cream. He smiled as I smiled back. I put the ice-cream in the fridge and went to sleep.