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.

glanced over at

back was turned to him,

her for a while, sensing their relationship had grown

and said, “I’ll

on, he exited their

the early summer warmth, a coldness settled between

next morning, Raphael

his bathrobe loosely

smoked a cigarette, and then returned to the main bedroom to

the door,

likely her father on the other end, his voice

you lost your senses? You’re married to him, and pregnant with his child! Don’t even

affection! Make him end it with that other

isn’t just about

embarrassing our

Elissa listened in silence.

closed

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