🙍🏼♂️ His Average Wife 🙍🏼♂️
( Not like a model )
Written by Authoress Yesha 📒📒📒
Episode 20
She stood in front of the mirror staring at her reflection wondering just one thing
“What makes you beautiful?”
And to her surprise, she heard a reply that made every ‘it’ thing around her burn in jealousy.
“The very fact that God has made you”
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He sat at the table eating his breakfast when he saw her enter.
Looks like last night was not enough.
She still looked angry.
Her soft hand ban-ged on the ha-rd table and he didn’t look surprised.
There was a brown envelope in her hands and he sighed.
“Just let me finish my breakfast first”
He said ignoring her pres£nce and enjoying his waffles.
“Are you serious?”
She said rolling her eyes at him and taking a bite from his plate.
“Are you serious? That was mine!! Go make yourself a new one!”
Ashton said glaring at her with irritation.
She moved her hand to take another bite when he pu-ll-ed back his plate.
Ignoring his childish behaviour she sat at the seat next to him and stared at him eating his chocolate waffles.
“You love waffles?”
He didn’t reply, instead, he kept eating them fast so that she doesn’t take them away from him.
“Don’t tell me a cold person like you can like something so sweet! I mean even your coffee is black with no sugar!”
“You don’t know me well then”
Ashton said moving aside his plate fully satisfied.
“So what is it? I only have 15 minutes or else I will get late for my meeting”
He said looking at his watch and tapping his f!ngerson the glas-s table.
She placed the contract papers in front of him
“What is this?”
“What?? This? Can’t you re-ad yourself?”
“Ashton come on!! I am serious”
“See Elle everything is written down there…I don’t think I nee-d to explain to you anything except for apologizing to you”
She waited for him to continue.
“Okay!! I am sorry for not telling you, I thought you won’t un-derstan-”
“I still don’t un-derstand”
“Just let me complete for once women!!”
She nodded listening to him silently.
“You alre-ady know I was not re-ady to marry you, Dad was forcing me and I couldn’t say no to him.
He threatened me with my lineage and I had to do it.
But still, there was an escape …I know it was not very ethical but still, it was the only way out.
If we marry for a year, till then dad will transfer everything in my name and I could divorce you later.”
“So you mean to say you couldn’t even give this marriage a try? You wanted a divorce since the day we got married?”
“See Elle you don’t un-derstand….all my life everything I have done is on my father’s choice.
He controls everything I do even when I am fully capable.
I just wanted a beautiful,elegant…smart wife to be proudly called mine…. someone I feel in love at first sight, someone who takes my breath away and I feel….I feel like at t©p of the world when I am with her …..but again I never got a choice.
He liked you and the very next day I was told to meet you”
Elle couldn’t look into those eyes.
His eyes had so many dreams, the way his eyes shined with excitement on talking of his dream girl.
The way a small smile escaped hisl-ips as he told her with excitement.
It was painful to see that she will never be this lucky dream girl.
“I mean you also must have dreamed of meeting a prince charming who would tell you how beautiful you are, how nice your voice is, how cute this nose is”
He said pu-lling her alre-ady red nose and her pushing at his arm.
“A man whose pres£nce alone is enough to complete all that is missing.
The one who will make you laugh till your belly hurts and cheeks burn?”
“I feel like you are a girl and I am a man? Like seriously? I never thought so much about someone I didn’t even meet!! ”
Elle said surprised of him talking of such cheezy things with so many hopes.
“Don’t girls usually dream of their Prince in shining armour? What kind of girl are you? How come you never thought so?”
“I am realistic mister dreamer!! There is no-one like that! Such people only exist in dreams”
“Well, dreams do become reality if you think so ….anyways ya so that’s why I made this contract.
I thought I will make you hate me…..and then it will hurt you less when it ends.
But now as you know it we can maybe agree to some kind of a mutual arrangement?”
“So you mean to say you will not give this marriage a chance….I mean I un-derstand I…I am not what you expected but maybe you can try?”
“See Elle I don’t want to hurt you okay? I don’t want to give you false hope… it’s better if we keep things clear ”
She nodded trying to show him she un-derstands.
Even when her insides were breaking.
“Anything else Elle?”
Elle nods pointing to the line where it was said that the child’s custody goes to the dad.
“It’s unlikely Elle….this clause was just for legal purpose.
We both know that’s not gonna happen!”
“But still….I want this clause re-moved ”
“Okay, I will contact my lawyer tomorrow…it will be re-moved.
Anything else?”
She moved her head in a no as he proceeded to take his coat from behind the seat.
“One thing more Elle…now that everything is clear I still want you to be obe-dient.
That little stunt of yours that day made a lot of distractions for me.
You can enjoy it but plea-se tell me beforehand where you are going and with whom”
“Okay, but you also have to do the same thing”
“Oh come on Elle I am a busy man…you will go crazy keeping tabs on me”
“Maybe ….maybe not? At least I can try?”
“Best of luck wifey ”
“Ashton?”
“Yes”
“I was wondering…you said I should try to love myself….so can I start by loving what I do….can I open my own clinic?”
He st©pped to stare at her unsure self.
“That’s a great Idea…but one thing is missing”
“What?”
“Confidence….try asking it again with more confidence.
If you are doubting the very idea, how can you make it a success?”
She nodded lifting up her chin, straightening her back and raising her che-st.
“I wish to open up my own clinic, do I have your approval?”
He chuckled at her over professional attitude.
As she stomped her feet in irritation.
“Ashton!!! St©p ma-king fine of me!! I was-”
“Okay..okay it was fine. The keys are in the second drawer to the left”
“Which keys?”
She asked confused
“Keys to your new clinic silly! I have a road facing empty showroom on street 10. You can start today”
She jumped in happiness as he left for work with a broad smile on his own face.
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“No, not here….take it in that corner”
Elle stood in her new clinic designing the waiting room.
Her eyes shined with a different kind of happiness.
It was her lifetime dream of opening a clinic but no one ever supports her.
She will make this place her little heaven.
A place where she will save lives.
“And where do I keep this?”
He asked referring to a big cat-shaped pot.
“There in that corner!!”
Picking up a cloth she was re-ady to get to work.
She will start with dusting and end at sweeping.
Her excitement had no limits, she was so engrossed in her work that she didn’t even realise that she had not eaten her lunch.
Only when her stomach made noises and her head started throbbing did she realise her mistake.
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“He is here Sir, right on time”
His as-sistant said entering his office room.
“s£nd him in”
Ashton said leaving the papers he was working on and pushing back his seat.
A few minutes later Jack entered looking a bit scared.
He was just a common man with nothing extraordinary but this man was anything but ordinary.
“Jack Miller, plea-se have a seat”
He sat down carefully as he met the gaze of the cold man.
“Is this…some kind of interview?”
Jack asked a little confused as to why he was feeling like he was here for one.
“Not at all Mr Miller…feel home just like you feel in my house.”
Jack un-derstood his sarcasm well, he s-en-ses that Ashton was not happy with him visiting his wife quite often.
“I…I just wanted to make sure she is fine… that’s why I -”
“She is my wife Mr Miller I think it’s my responsibility to make sure of that, not yours?”
Jake maybe not equal to this man in wealth matters and maybe in looks but this didn’t st©p him from uttering the truth.
“If you were fulfilling your responsibility so well….then I don’t think she should have nee-ded my help in the first place”
Ashton clenched his fists at this man’s audacity.
But still, he knew whatever he was saying was true.
He had alre-ady failed once in taking care of her.
“I know you are a busy man Mr Lockwood…you wouldn’t have called me here for a mere friendly chit chat I think?”
“I like your personality, Mr Miller, straight to the point I see?”
“Well you see I was just eager to meet this new friend my wife has been so fond of!
She is easily gullible you see
Just wanted to make sure she has good company… nothing personal Mr Miller”
“She was drinking like a crazy woman that day….she had this bottle in her hand and was unaware of everyone around her.
I just happen to visit the pub with my friends and they had left me alone there.
My eyes fell on her and I felt like it was not right of her to be so irresponsible.
She was hitting people around, they were cursing at her…so I just decided to help her out.
Later she emptied her stomach on the street, she couldn’t walk….so I just picked her up and helped her to reach home safely.
The very next day I woke up to see that shocking news and couldn’t help not worrying about her.
As I said I didn’t know who she was or if she was married. I just helped her and she was really fun talking to”
Ashton sat silently searching his eyes for the truth behind his words.
Finally nodding at him.
“I just wanted to tell you this because I see how much she cares about what you think of her. ”
“That’s nice of you Mr Miller but plea-se enlighten me if I am wrong but you are a pharmacy tech right?”
“I just…did it as a p@rt-time work to earn my college fees.”
“Good, then I hope you won’t mind working with wife in her clinic?”
“What? Elle finally opened a clinic?? Like seriously!! She must be so happy!! I nee-d to congratulate her!!”
“Can you calm down for a minute Mr Miller? You can go out and scream if you wish to but not here”
“Oh Sorry …I just got excited for her…”
“My wife enjoys your company and you look like a nice guy to me.
I am offering you this job on the basis of your own talent..you have 5 years of experience so I think you can help her fine.
So from today itself, you are to join her and help her in all her work.”
He nodded with excitement!
He was in desperate nee-d of a job and he just got it without even knowing
“My driver will take you there after this meeting. You can leave now Mr Miller”
Jake wanted to hvg this man.
Did this man even know how badly he wanted a job?
Since how many days he has been giving interviews in different laboratories only to be rejected?
He felt like this man was s£nt to heaven by him.
“One last thing Mr Miller”
Jake looked back at him to see how serious he looked.
“Break my trust or my wife’s heart and I will break all 206 bones in your b©dy”
Jake was not scared, instead, he smiled seeing how much this man truly cared for his wife.
“This man only learned to join things Sir, never to break them”
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TBC 💢💢💢