Capture Her Heart After Marriage

When Evelyn didn’t get a response right away, she spoke again. "Who are you exactly? Tell me now or I’ll hang up the phone and block you."

"Wait a minute!" Alexia said urgently.

Evelyn paused. "Tell me then."

"OK." Alexia took a deep breath and calmed herself down. "I am Chaim's wife. And you are?"

"His wife?" Evelyn scoffed. "Let me get this straight. You’re Chaim's wife?"

"Yes."

Evelyn sneered, "Miss, you should know Chaim has never been married and as such has no wife yet. Next time you should find yourself a better story excuse."

Hearing the Evelyn’s cruel words, Alexia’s heart sank. She was legally Chaim's wife, but Chaim had forbidden anyone from speaking of the marriage so to the rest of the world, Chaim was still single. It also didn’t help that Alexia felt that she was a terrible wife, so Evelyn’s word cut right through her.

It was late and instead of Chaim answering, it was some other woman. Unless Chaim had a close relationship with the woman on the other end of the phone, it didn’t make sense for a random woman to answer Alexia’s call.

Realizing all of that, Alexia had to fight down her anxiety and jealousy as she continued. "Miss, you didn't answer my question. Who are you?"

"Evelyn," the woman replied curtly.

"Wait, you’re Evelyn!" Alexia asked in surprise, her voice rising in pitch as her eyes widened in shock.

Alexia might not have been able to meet Evelyn that afternoon, but she was speaking to Evelyn on the phone.

"Wait, how do you know who I am?" Evelyn asking in surprise, raising her eyebrow; or brow bone seeing as her eyebrows had fallen out from the chemo.

Alexia held the phone tightly, "I don’t know who you are specifically… but I have heard of you."

"You have?" Evelyn squinted at the phone in disbelief.

“Yes,” Alexia mumbled, before gaining the courage to ask another question. "Miss Evelyn, is Chaim there with you?"

"He’s taking a shower now. Do you want to talk to him?"

Alexia bit her tongue hard, struggling with her emotions. "No, never mind. I… I just called to say hi…"

‘Taking a shower…’

taking a shower at

was sick. Chaim was so insistent on needing Alexia’s bone marrow that he wouldn’t want to

but the two of them being together still hurt. She threw the phone on the table and curled

the dishes by then and headed to the living room to check

what's the matter?" Aunt Song asked,

Alexia mumbled, from where she buried her

patted Alexia on the shoulder. "Did you have a fight

Alexia shook her head.

she had guessed right and sighed. "Will Mr. Lancaster be home

sadly. "He

gasped,

looked up. "No, he isn’t sick. He’s staying there to take care

say Evelyn?" Aunt Song asked, failing

scared Alexia as she responded. "Yes,

I do." Aunt Song nodded, unsure how to respond. "She’s the daughter of the

looked at Alexia and stopped talking

asked, a ball forming in the pit of her

waved her hands and started backing up toward the door. "Never mind what I said, dear. Since Mr. Lancaster won't be home tonight, you should go upstairs

even bother to take off

whole situation growing even more complicated as Aunt Song

Alexia’s suspicion that Chaim and Evelyn had some sort of history. That just left Alexia to wonder if Evelyn was

situation. Alexia patted her face and

*****

Evelyn called to Chaim

drying his hair. "Who

text but you don’t have the number saved." Evelyn peeked at

‘It’s that girl again!'

finished getting dressed and picked up the phone

looked at the message. "I’m not waiting up for you

like this? I told her to wait for

being upset, Evelyn chose her next words

You can ignore her," Chaim said placing his phone in his

happy with Chaim’s response. "By the way, she called you before too. Can you guess what

went back to drying off his hair, not really listening to

she was

his hair and spoke slowly.