Chapter 6
The aroma of something sweet reached Fernando in the master's bedroom and his stomach growled.
The food, the caterer that had been hired for the wedding had made didn't quite do it for him. If the food Amelia was cooking tasted as good as it smelt then, he was never letting her go.
He loved food. Being a chef himself, he had installed his own gourmet kitchen so he could produce his own food.
He had lied, he didn't have servants. Apart from Liam who was his driver, Susan, his housekeeper and the gardener, he had no other workers. He told her that so she could behave.
Amelia was a sweet girl, innocent in every sense of the word. She didn't deserve to be punished for her mother's crime.
If his plan worked out perfectly then Janet Lawson and not Amelia would pay for her crimes.
He just had to play his cards right. In the meantime, he planned to enjoy his time with her. If she could cook this well, then perhaps this wouldn't be such a bad arrangement after all.
He'd hate to punish her for a crime she didn't commit but he couldn't turn a blind eye to what Janet Lawson had done to him.
No one had ever humiliated him as much as she had. She did it and without much effort.
He was so close to letting Amelia go but when she kept defending Janet, he got angry and reacted.
Marrying Amelia was an impulsive decision he hoped he wouldn't come to regret when all this was over.
No doubt she hated him and never wanted anything to do with him. He couldn't blame her but he also couldn't let her go.
He had to make one of the Lawson women pay dearly. If ber mother took his bait then she'd be free to go.
His phone rang pulling him out of his thoughts and he sighed reaching for it. It was his business partner, Adam.
"Congratulations on your wedding man. How is the Mrs doing?"
She ran away. He thought but said instead. "She's fine, cooking dinner."
"Already? That's not right man. Couldn't you have checked into a hotel for at least this night? It's your wedding night man."
'Wedding night ' Fernando thought in disgust. "Well I wanted to sleep in my own bed. What's wrong with that?"
There was laughter on the other end. "Nothing man. Don't you dare show up for work tomorrow, you're fired for the week."
Right, it was his honeymoon. Fernando scrubbed his hands over his face and sighed. How had everything gotten so bad?
Why did Janet leave? Did he offend her without knowing? Everything had been going so well. Why did she have to ruin it?
The door of the room opened and Lia walked in looking beautiful in her mother's wedding gown. Fernando tried to imagine what Janet would have looked like in it and anger bubbled inside him.
"The Mrs is here man, I've gotta go. Take care of things and call me if anything…"
Adam hung up before he could finish, the dialing tone ringing in his ears. Fernando gritted his teeth in anger.
He used his eyes to follow Amelia's movements and knew the exact moment she felt his eyes on her.
She stiffened and pulled her gown closer to her chest.
Time to execute a part of the plan.
Fernando rose up from the bed and walked towards her aware of how uncomfortable she was getting as he inched closer.
Be scared and hide , Amelia. You have to pay, you have to.
"It's our wedding night Amelia."
