When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." ―Helen Keller
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"why are you wearing this" he asked looking at her legs
Normally at work, she wears a floral top and a formal skirt or a shirt and a lady's jeans trousers but now she was wearing a high school skirt which revealed her long legs
"oh I found these clothes at the bottom of my bag while packing isn't it pretty," Emma said
She looked down at her clothes and blinked at him with her doe eyes
"no...." Alex said curtly
"It's too revealing"
"How is it revealing... I don't think it is so I'll wear it" Emma replied and walked towards the door... She was about to open the door when she noticed that the boxes were gone. She looked back at Alex "Where are the boxes" she asked
"Samuel arrived with the car when you were in the bath so I told him to take them " Alex answered
"ok" Emma replied
They left the house and Josh drove them to the courthouse... They signed all necessary documents and took a copy of the marriage certificate.....
"so where are we heading to now"Emma asked when they were inside the car
"'re going to see my grandpa now," Alex said
The journey continued in silence with Emma looking out of the window
"Why did you agree to the marriage" Alex asked suddenly
"Because you asked me," Emma asked without taking her eyes off from the window
"you must have a reason for agreeing so easily," Alex asked looking at the girl who was looking out the window
He could tell that something was bothering her by her expression right now he could see determination as well as worry in her demeanour....
"I want to protect my mum," Emma said absentmindedly
"you want to protect your mom?"
"yes" Emma breathed
"from who," Alex asked looking at the girl who sat far from him starting off the window
"it's nothing " Emma replied without looking at him
"look at me Emma " Alex ordered and Emma took her eyes off the car window and turned towards him with her eyes on her hand which was fidgeting
"we're a couple now so we should share everything... And your problems are also my problems so don't you think I have the right to know what's bothering my wife" Alex said trying to make her open up to him... Ever since he knew Emma even when she was Jessy he had never seen such an expression on her face and it made him curious
"Now tell me what's wrong darling," Alex asked giving no chance of contradiction
"I don't know...." she started
"to be honest I don't know what I'm protecting her from... But what I do know is that it's related to my father... Whenever I talk about finding him her aura changes and I can tell that she's scared of something but I don't know what it is... She told me that she loves my father and he's a good person and I could feel that she was telling the truth but what I don't seem to understand is why she's always scared whenever I talk about finding him... And ever since I noticed that she was scared of something I rarely bring up the topic of my father to avoid making her uncomfortable so when you talked about marrying me, I thought of my mum... The only way I could protect her from whoever she is scared of... Irrespective of how influential he or she was, is to marry someone more powerful you may see it as me being selfish but believe me I had no other option..." Emma explained trying to fight the tears which threatened to fall from her eyes
Alex looked at the girl whose head was hung down trying so hard to hide her pain
He gotta admit that she hid it so well... He didn't notice that she was hiding the reason she easily agreed to marry him until today... She always kept a smile on her face like she had no problem... But looking at her trying so hard to hide those tears... He knew that not everyone could bear it... She lived all these years without her father and to top it up she had to witness her mother trying to conceal her fears...
He slipped his hand through her waist bringing her closer to him his sudden action made Emma gasp in shock as she looked into his eyes
Alex looked into her teary eyes and made a mental note of how cute she was right now
"what's mine is your love so don't call it selfishness" Alex said
"I'll make sure to protect you and my mother-in-law you both are my responsibility so rest assured... Now clean those tears or else I'll have to kiss them away" Alex smirked
Emma wiped her tears with her sleeves and looked at her boss who became her husband
She couldn't believe that she ended up marrying this man
She looked down at her fingers remembering the first time they met... How they argued... How this spilt coffee on his shirt and called it fake
After Her first meeting with this man, she labelled him as arrogant... But right now he was the one who reassured her and made her feel warm...
'he isn't as bad as I thought anyways' Emma mused looking at the man who was now typing on his laptop
'he doesn't give himself a day off does he?' Emma asked and took her eyes off him she couldn't resist glancing at him again the second time taking note of his features... From his hair which was as black as night with a single strand falling to his right eye to his grey eyes which looked like they would draw her in when he looked unto her eyes then his pointed nose and then to his heart-shaped lips...
She was surprised that he still looked so clean even after helping her pack he nonetheless maintained his clean looks...
'How can someone be so beautiful while working ' she thought as her heart skipped a beat.... She asked sneaking glances at him until the car suddenly came to a halt... Judging from the way the car stopped She expected to bump her head on the front seat but the pain which she was expecting didn't come instead, her head came in contact with something soft
she looked up and found out that it was Alex's hand which prevented her from hitting her head on the seat
"drive slowly Josh my wife would have had a swollen forehead" Alex warned looking at Josh
"I'm sorry sir, there was a car which suddenly overtook ours" Josh said