Chapter 5: Wedding Night

Her hands unconsciously dragged her clothes to cover her lower part when she caught the sight of the man staring at her exposed legs.

“I’m the first daughter of Ann’s, and my mother died when I was little, my aunt is burnt beyond recognition lying in the hospital. I don’t know when she will leave me and, for the reason why I married you…."

She looked at herself and laughed a self-depreciating laugh and said “I married you for my sister, but now I don’t regret it because I know I will have my own family and will also be loved by them.

Rex Anderson looked at her coldly and sneered with a cold and hoarse voice.

“You think I will fall for your words, right? Love and family? How dare you take your sister’s place in marrying me? Oh, I guess she refused to listen to Timothy Ann and Fidelis Anderson.”

She shook her head vigorously while trying to explain herself to him.

“No, you misunderstood me. I was really forced to marry you and I really want to be family with you, since I have just one family member left to call a family. I understand you can't trust me now, but I believe with time you will find out the truth that I wasn’t sent to spy on you. Right now, I swear all I wanted was to form a family with you and take care of you. Please just trust me, for once, if you throw me out of here, I will be homeless.

Ariel guessed that Rex was wary of her father and his uncle, Fidelis Anderson, and his condition would make him be suspicious of every activity around him. She knows she has to be over a hundred percent honest and patient so she won’t be thrown out on the street by the monster in front of her.

Sitting on the wheelchair, Rex wanted to tease Ariel more.

“Come here” Rex said.

Ariel came down from the other side of the bed and walked towards him without hesitation, knowing Rex to be wheelchair bound. She squatted down in front of him as she looked up at him.

Rex pinched Ariel's jaw lightly as the other half of his face that was covered in burn scars appeared in front of Ariel.

Her eyes widened.

Even though she had seen it some minutes before, she was still frightened by the scars covering half of his face.

He smiled evilly waiting for her to scream like before or even run away in fear…..

However, Ariel calmed herself down as she looked at him and asked.

“Does your wound still hurt?”

Rex did not expect her to ask him such a question and her reaction made him a little surprised, as he was well aware of the various names people call him “monster, flesh eater etc”. There was no longer disgust or fear in her eyes.

Rex pinched Ariel’s jaw harder and she gave a little gasp of pain as the man refused to let go of her jaw but pinched it harder instead.

Knowing fully who the man was, Ariel endured the pain and smiled sweetly.

Rex glanced at Ariel’s hand on his lap, “Mrs Anderson, are you trying to fool me?”

Ariel shook her head.

“I swear I didn’t want to fool you, just give me a chance. It's okay if you can't trust me, but please don’t send me out. You can treat me as your maid or your nurse. I’m sure one day you will accept me”.

Her innocent and harmless appearance made Rex's heart ache. He wanted to comfort her but he can not afford to bruise his ego.

Rex Anderson continued taunting her.

"You are now my wife. Just take care of yourself. I have no interest in women, especially women like you. Besides, I have someone at heart. Don’t fall in love with me, you won't get a response and, as you have heard, I don’t have a good temper. I’m scarier than I look” he said as he helped himself to sit in his wheelchair.

Ariel looked at him and felt he sure knew how to give himself a face, as it was clearly because his body wasn’t strong enough, yet the devil still insisted that he wasn’t interested in women.

She looked at him and sneered.

“Young Master Anderson, I’m not going to argue with you. After all, it's my duty to preserve your male dignity. I promise not to tell anyone that the young master of the Anderson family can't get his thing up”. Ariel realized she had just misspoken. She thought this sentence would anger Rex Anderson, but instead of getting angry, he laughed out loud.

“Are you sure I can’t get my thing up?

“………”

Satisfied with Ariel's frozen face, Rex Anderson chuckled and turned on the wheelchair ready to leave the room. When he was already at the door, his hands suddenly paused as he turned his face to look at her. He had just told her he had someone else on his mind and also told her not to fall in love with him.

Such a fool, he thought.

“Young Master Anderson, you said you had someone in your heart?

“Yes”, Rex Anderson replied without hesitation. “I love the foolish girl to the point that I want to die for her, so don’t push it. I definitely won’t have any feelings for you!”