Feeling upset, she opted not to go downstairs for dinner.

Instead, she requested that the meal be brought to her room.

Raphael extinguished his cigarette and joined her for dinner.

It was their wedding night, yet they ate in silence.

After dinner, they went to bed.

Lying side by side, neither offered any tender words that a couple might typically share.

Raphael lay on the bed.

He couldn’t fall asleep and tossed and turned on the bed.

In the dark, Elissa said, “Tomorrow, I’ll assist with the PR crisis.

Please just go to sleep.

Your constant moving is keeping me awake.

over at

to him, signaling

stared at her for a while,

said, “I’ll

on, he exited their bedroom silently,

warmth, a coldness settled between them, marking the space

next morning,

headboard, his bathrobe loosely draped,

cigarette, and then returned to the main

opened the door,

was likely her father on the other end, his

an explanation from Raphael! Have you lost your senses? You’re married to him, and pregnant with his child!

affection! Make

just

embarrassing our entire

Elissa listened in silence.

quietly closed the

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