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

was turned to him, signaling she was done

stared at her for a while, sensing their relationship

said, “I’ll sleep in

flickering the lights on, he exited their

coldness settled between them, marking the space their closeness once

next morning,

his bathrobe loosely

cigarette, and then returned to the

the door,

father on the other end, his voice loud

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

husband’s affection! Make him end it with that other

just about

our

Elissa listened in silence.

closed the

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