LORE
A wife,my Wife.Mona is the perfect woman,the perfectly created woman for me. The moment I saw her at that fundraising,the very second I laid my eyes on her,I knew she was the one. I still remember every detail perfectly like it all happened yesterday.I was talking to my friend Damien and an Asian couple who are our investors when she walked past us. My whole world stopped, I, stopped speaking,she was that perfect. She was in an emerald green dress and her blond hair was neatly tied on the top of her head,she walked to the farthest corner of the room and accepted a glass of champagne from the waiter, elegantly taking a sip.A young lady, probably her age,walked to her and started a conversation, seeming so excited to chat with her. She watched as the lady spoke with charisma,she wasn't smiling and she definitely didn't want company. There was this sadness etched on her face that drew me to her. A face like that deserved to smile,to be happy. In that moment,I wished to see what she would look like smiling and I made it my mission to make it happen.The lady seemed to have given up because she turned away and left.I wondered what her laughter would sound like,I wondered how her voice sounded.I've met many beautiful women in my life but I've never been so enchanted by one as much as I was with this girl.She sighed and turned to her side,then those beautiful eyes clashed with mine. I couldn't see their colour from here but I saw everything I wanted to see. At some point,it was like she was looking through me and not at me. That didn't matter though,all that did was the fact that she looked in my direction. I couldn't see the colour of her eyes from here,but I saw everything I wanted to see.One look,just one look in my direction was all I needed.That was my wife.I vowed to make her my wife at all costs,so I asked around and It didn't take me much effort to find out that she was the daughter of Henry and Rose Morello,the Duke and Duchess.The only problem though was nobody knew who she was,well, because apparently,they are twins. Identical twins who gave people a hard time to differentiate who from whom.So I strategized,I got to meet her parents,I pretended to be interested in their family business and was ready to invest any amount of money just to find a way into their daughter's life. I asked them if they had a son and that was my ticket to information about her. They glady told me about their family with two perfect daughters.They mostly praised one. She seemed to be their favourite of the two,It wasn't difficult to pick that up.I asked around,again, because I had no idea which one of the twins had flooded my brain. I found out that the youngest of the twins was a bit rebellious and had a sharp tongue. Later, Henry and Rose approached me with their daughter,I finally knew her name.Mona,Mona Morello.They were so proud of her. She spoke and her voice was perfect,her smile was perfect and she was a hundred percent perfect up close. It wasn't just about her looks,which by the way, were carved to perfection like those of a goddess. It was her personality and how she carried herself that made me even more drawn to her,sealing the final nail in the coffin.So now,here we are. I finally married the woman I wanted.I walk into the room, taking off my tie and shoes,I round to the left side and sit at the edge of the bed, watching my wife sleep. I brush the strands of hair from her face then run my knuckles over her cheek.Her eyes slowly open and lock with mine and i smile down at her."Hey," I whisper."Hey," she sits up and leans her back against the headboard. "What time is it?""It's eleven pm."I haven't really had time to spend with Mona these past few days. It's been a week since we got married and there's something really off about her. It's like the woman who whispered sweet nothings to me just vanished and left nothing but her body behind. She's made it her life's mission to run away from me every time. It's moments like these when she's asleep that I get to touch her. I'm a patient man,I will wait for her to feel comfortable enough to trust me with herself,I won't force her to sleep with me."I'm sorry I woke you," I apologize."It's okay."She doesn't even look at me when I'm close,her eyes only meet mine when I'm at a very unreachable distance,and only for a brief second.She was never like this,we got along perfectly. In the first few days of our marriage,I thought she was being shy but things escalated to a whole different level.I let her go back to sleep and slide in to my side of the bed.The Next Morning"What do you think the reason is?" Damien asks while playing with the beard of his jaw.Damien is my best friend, we grew up together and have been inseparable. I trust him but i won't tell him every single problem in my marriage. The only thing I told him was the changes I've noticed in Mona."So you're saying your wife doesn't let you touch her?""I didn't say that.""You didn't have to say it for me to know,Lore. If she can't even look at you or stay in the same space for more than five minutes,how do you expect me to believe she let you get intimate?"I run a hand over my face as I sigh in frustration. My eyes meet his and he shakes his head."Do you think she was pretending to be interested in you all that time?""No,that was a lot of pretence to keep up with. I was a hundred percent sure that she liked me enough to marry me, I saw it in her eyes,in the way she looked at me. Love was too strong of a word to label what we had but trust me,it was very special.""Well,did you perhaps say something to her that rubbed the wrong way?"I frown then shake my head."No,I would say maybe unintentionally but no,I never said anything that would make her distance herself from me."He sighs."If you say so."After Damien left,I was left alone with my thoughts,wondering if maybe I did say something wrong to her but i can't pin anything.*Four Days Before The Wedding*She giggled and pulled me in the opposite direction of where we were supposed to go,then she backed me in a corner. The gracious and poised woman only acted that way around me,she only let me see that funny and carefree side of her. I couldn't ask for more.Seeing the seriousness on my face had her lips pursing in a thin line."What's wrong?" She asked."You're perfect.""And you," she paused, placing her palm in my cheek. "Are the perfect man,the only man I've ever felt this way for. The only man I want to call my husband and spend the rest of my life with." She smiled at me and got on her tiptoes, kissing me with so much need that confirmed her words.When we pulled apart,she hugged me tightly and whispered."I can't wait to be Mrs Cavannaugh."Coming down from that memory lane, I pull out my phone and make a reservation at a high end restaurant.I will corner her tonight,I will find out what is going on and i definitely will pull out the Mona i fell in love with.LISAI get dressed and head out. Lore insisted we go for dinner at a restaurant,of course my first answer was a No. I asked if we could just eat from home instead because public appearance means me playing the romantic newly and happily wedded wife. He'll have every right to touch or kiss me and I'll have no choice but to let him. Of course he didn't take no for an answer,so here I am,being picked up by his driver on the doorstep.The moment we get to the restaurant,I'm escorted to the table where he is.When Lore sees me,he pushes from the chair and takes my hand to place a kiss at the back of it,then he leads me to my chair."You look perfect.""Thank you," I try my hardest to smile.We order our meal and he tells me about his childhood then asks me about mine. I tell him the highlights of course,in perfect Mona style,without, looking at him of course."Hmm,you and your sister are obviously close but different, you're so well collected and poised, while she seems to be...wild and out
LISAFor the past two months,my life has been completely miserable and uncomfortable. Sleeping in the same bed with a man who belongs to my sister has been difficult,a man who I don't love,a man who thinks I'm someone else. I've never entertained the idea of marriage but this definitely isn't the marriage I thought I'd find myself in.A fake one.Where I'd have to disguise myself, pretending to be my sister.My routine has continued of course, run,hide and pretend.Lore seems to have given up on getting me to push the walls down. Silas has been cold as usual,I almost died of a heartbreak when he told me whatever we had between us was over.My parents have been highlighting the name Mona and everyone envies their perfect daughter, who caught a young billionaire Lord's eye without any effort,not even the lifting of a finger.As for Mona,it's like she's now completely vanished into thin air. Her number now says, "Does not exist."Mama still cries over her precious girl, praying for her re
LISACome on,come on.I try to pull the zipper of the dress down to no avail."Let me help you with that."I pause when Lore's voice sounds closely behind me,then I feel his presence.He gently removes my hand and starts to slowly unzip my dress. I tense and stop breathing. I don't know how long I can escape this,if Mona doesn't come back soon,am afraid i won't be able to hold off his needs. It's been two months for god's sake,I don't want to make him feel like he's nothing, because that's the way this is going. It's like his wife doesn't even want him to touch her,like she can't even stand him to the point where she doesn't look him in the eyes.My eyes lift and I find him watching me in the mirror,our eyes hold contact and I can't help but feel guilty.I'm sorry,I'm so sorry. We didn't mean to lie to you this way,I shouldn't have tricked you,I did it to save my family. I bow my head in shame but he must think it's because I can't stand him,so he drops his hand from my back.Just onc
LISAI keep giving Silas the signal but he doesn't walk out of the room. It's not like he can't see it or doesn't understand, he's just flat out ignoring me. This is something we used to do back then,so I'm a hundred percent sure it's on purpose.When his phone rings,he excuses himself and walks out.Papa seems busy on the phone as well,when he turns away,I take that as an opportunity to follow Silas out.I see him in the hallway and follow him there,his back is to me,so he doesn't notice when I approach him. In that moment, I don't think, it's been months since I last saw him, since I touched him. I wrap my hands around his waist from behind and he startles, then abruptly turns around,making my hands drop from his body."Lisa?" He frowns then looks around behind me with worry etched on his handsome features. "What the hell do you think you're doing?""I wanted to talk to you,you wouldn't listen,so I had to follow you out here."He looks around our surroundings one more time then drag
LOREWhat the hell did I just see? I don't think my eyes and gut deceived me, not this time and not in the next life time.I've always been sharp at picking up hints in a situation, that trait came along handy in my career as a businessman. That's how I grew my empire, how I expanded what was left of my mother's title. My father died when I was just twelve years old, my mother was a dutiful housewife who only focused on me.She and my father loved each other to the core,that's why I grew up believing in true love. When my father died,it was hard for her to pick up on the Noble lifestyle, business wise of course. She was a true lady but when sharks sniff out a weakness,they come for you with a hunger that doesn't seem to be satiated.I knew something was wrong the minute she started entrusting the business to my uncle,my father's younger brother. The man was a sneaky snake hiding in the perfect camouflage. One day we were rich,the next day we were losing everything. When word spread ou
LOREHillary stares at me like I've grown two heads."Lore,you know that's not a good thought to have. The last time a woman married a Lord by tricking him,she was disgraced and so was was her entire family. They lost their business and honor, their titles too. I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to make the same mistake, besides, that's why there are checkups before marriage nowadays,right?"I think about what she just said and some bit of relief I didn't know I needed washes over me.When she leaves, I'm left with the thoughts of why she even gave me hope that day. Why did she kiss me and act like she didn't want me to stop?After a long day of stressful work, I delay going home because the thought of seeing Mona and enduring her cold attitude towards me is something I don't want to deal with tonight.I stop at a restaurant and have dinner alone,then I finally i head home.It's awfully quiet in the house, my guess is Mona must be in the library, like usual, hiding away from m
LISALately, I've found myself watching Lore more often. When he's working out, driving, chatting with people and most especially, when he is too focused on his phone and then his brows crease in an attentive way.Today, he seems to be in an awfully bad mood. I wasn't expecting to see him this early at home, it's only three in the afternoon. I was in the garden, tending to my beautiful babies that just blossomed when I saw his car entering the driveway. I thought he just came to pick something up, so I did my thing, took a bath and then grabbed a book from the library to sit at the window that overlooks the beautiful backyard.The idea of focusing on reading immediately vanished from my mind the moment my eyes landed on a very toned and rippled back. Lore.After the wet dream I had about him a week ago, I've been doing my best to stay at a good distance when I'm around him, I'm actually even afraid of sleeping because it might happen again.I, Lisa Morello, had a dream about a man to
LISAIt won't stop, it just won't stop.Even after my hot shower, I can't seem to stop the aching between my thighs.Well, it's not as aching as it was before but it's still silently there, bothering me.Although what bothers me the most is how he kept talking about me being kept busy with something important. I've been very careful, he can't possibly know or suspect something about Silas, right?I stand at the staircase and see him pressing his phone, I slowly walk down the stairs and clear my throat when I'm close to him."I'm ready."He turns around and sweeps his gaze over me. I grip my purse tightly and watch him carefully, afraid he'll corner me again.I'm wearing a green silky dress which reaches my mid thighs, it hangs low on my chest, showing the skin there and is open at the back. I paired it with black string heels and held my hair up in a tight ponytail.I start to think he's going to send me back to change because he's stared for too long. This is the part where papa woul