Prologue

It was already 1:30 am. Tina, my bestfriend was snoring beside me, her head leaning in my shoulder. I chuckled at the way she looks. She looked like a five old kid and I was her mom.

I carefully lay her down in the sofa and turned off the TV. It was nice to spent some time with her again, the mansion was rather...lonely.

Nate would only come home by 3 in the morning and sometimes he never comes home. He was awfully workaholic, he doesn't rest and never did spend a day off. Or I thought so.

A year and a half. That's how long we've been married. Despite his coldness and not so much caring attitude I still loved him as my husband and always have been a good wife.

Until,

I found out he had an affair. It was painful. I've felt so betrayed by him. I was so sad to the point that I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. I often had panic attacks and I thank Tina for always being there to comfort me.

Nate didn't know anything about this, I kept it all from him. Even though it was hard for me to know that he will never love me, I was contented that I was his wife. Even if it's only in papers.

Leaving a note at the table, I kissed Tina in the forehead and left. I drove my car heading back home and hoping Nate hadn't come home yet.

The gates opened, I thanked the guard and went straight to the garage. I parked the car and noticed that the lights were out. Nate wasn't home yet and it was a relief for me. I have been ignoring him for the past week and I was not ready to talk to him.

Took the keys out of my pocket and slowly opened the front door. I was about to reach for the switch to turn on the lights in the living room when,

"Where have you been?"

I stiffened when I heard a cold voice coming from the kitchen. The lights were off and a silhouette of a man was visible, leaning against the counter.

What was he doing home? He wouldn't come home 'till 3 am and here he was leaning against the counter.

There was this sudden silence between us, he was waiting for me to answer his question.

"It doesn't concern you where I go nor what I do." I said sternly. Not minding his presence I started to walk up the stairs.

"That doesn't answer my question, Blair. Where have you been? I called you a thousand times but your phone was unreachable. Just where have you been, Blair?!"

He called me? That was a first. I didn't think that his number would show up on my screen once.

"Where I went... You don't need to know."

"I'm your husband, I have the right to know!"

I clenched my fist.

Was he really worried? Why was he getting furious? Did I have that much of an effect on him? Did he realize that he was starting to have feelings for me? I smiled, it was so ridiculous of me to think that. Why would he? We were only married in paper. Nothing serious at all.

I looked at him and smiled.

"You are my husband."

"But, you don't act like one."

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