Love and Distrust
"I now pronounce you husband and wife."
Marriage. What is marriage?
It's been 6 months since my arranged marriage with Natsu Dragneel by my father Jude Heartfillia, the founder of the Heartfillia Konzern. Not once had we ever had a normal conversation. I was a mere decoration to him, bought in a whim.
I work at Fullbuster Inc. as a journalist. It has always been a dream to become the head journalist at this huge company, but for now, I'm still a junior journalist. My husband on the other hand, is a successful entrepreneur and the president director of Dragneel Studios, a movie studio.
At home
"Click"
The door opened to reveal my husband. His facial features were wrinkled and tired, his shirt was sloppily tucked in, and his tie was undone. He was what I could describe a mess.
"Welcome home Natsu." I called out to him.
"Oh its you." Came his blunt reply. Without saying another word, he disappeared into his bedroom. That's right, we have separate bedrooms. His lame excuse for wanting separate bedrooms was that he usually stays up late into the night.
Heaving a sigh, I cleaned up and went to bed.
The next morning, it was the same as usual, I would get up, make breakfast, call Natsu and he would come up with some lame excuse and choose to not have breakfast with me.
At work
"Congratulations, Lucy!" Mr. Fulllbuster congratulated me. Gray Fullbuster was a handsome young man with messy raven hair, a good build and was also very successful. He is my boss.
"Your article on healthy lifestyle is a hit!"
I felt ecstatic and glad to hear that the project I was working on became one of the best selling articles of the year. Trying to distract myself from Natsu, I decided to focus on my work and be engrossed in it. By the time I finished today's work, it was already evening.
That night, I had a party hosted by my colleagues to congratulate me on my success for the project.
I was showered with compliments and congratulating words but I still felt empty inside. I wanted to be loved, not only by my colleagues but also by my own husband. Was it so wrong to want to be loved in return?
I felt like drowning myself in alcohol but tonight, I just couldn't get drunk.
It was almost midnight and we all parted ways.
On the way home, I spotted Lisanna Dreyar, a beautiful actress with snow white hair that was cut shoulder length and had a slender figure. Then I remembered that she was starring actresses in one of Natsu's current projects and married to another actor, Laxus Dreyar. She was giggling and laughing gaily when I noticed she was with a man other than Laxus.
His build was too small to be Laxus's. I just stood their rooted to the ground as she jumped into the mysterious man's arms and kissed passionately while embracing each other.
That's when I saw a glimpse of salmon-coloured hair and I'm sure I'm sober and not just imagining things.