The next morning, Raven opened her eyes and let the feeling sink in. It was her wedding day to the man she loved! Her eyes sparkled with anticipation. She went to take a shower since they would have to leave in an hour. After getting ready in a deep, blush-pink dress, she went out of her room to find Ralph at the dining table, fiddling with his phone. His face brightened as he saw her emerge. The truth was that it took him all his willpower to stay away from her last night and now seeing her looking so delicious and curvy right in front of him, all his self-control crumbled to dust."Hi, good morning, " said Raven shyly, not knowing what to say to him. She couldn't just ask him, 'Hey Ralph, is our wedding for real? Will we do it tonight?' Although it was the question that was topmost on her mind since today morning. More so now after seeing him looking all rugged, handsome, and delicious in a blue muscle tee shi

The kiss turned more heated and Ralph just picked his wife up in his arms and carried her to their bedrooms his mouth still fused to hers. He lay her down on the bed and hovered over her. "Raven," he moaned her name as his mouth left hers and sucked at a spot on her neck. His hand went to her neck and he untied the clasp of the halter neck dress. It came off easily leaving her just in a strapless bra. He took it off easily, his eyes blazing with desire as he took her in. His fingers touched her like she was precious to him, his thumb caressed her peaks arousing them beyond imagination.A moan escaped her mouth and he lowered his head and took them into his mouth, sucking like a baby while his one hand teased her other one. She gasped and moaned, grabbing him by the shoulder. His other hand went down pulling her dress down further. His roaming warm fingers went down to her panties, pushing them aside and plunging into her."Oh, Ralph, " moa

"No one is responsible for what happened to your dad. It's his fate. Ralph tried to help in his own way. There was no compulsion yet he helped because he cares about you. Any other person would have just shrugged helplessly and left us to deal with our problems ourselves but Ralph didn't. He married you because he apparently cares about you, Raven. Even a blind person can feel his love for you. How can you not? I saw it the day he first came to our house. You've done a very bad thing, Raven. You've hurt a pure heart and pushed away a man who truly loves you, " said Raven's mom, starting her car with a sigh.Raven frowned at her mom's words. Although she didn't agree with her mom, she didn't argue. "Can we stop discussing him, mom?" requested Raven. She didn't want to go into details of her relationship with Ralph. She didn't point out that there was actually no love involved in their relationship, it was clearly a physical attraction right from the start.

Six Months LaterRalph continued like an automaton. His life had lost its meaning a year back when Raven had walked out of his life. After an immensely successful Paris trip, he had returned back to London two months back. Ever since he was restless as memories of the times he shared with Raven became more distinct and robbed him of his sleep. He had immersed himself in work while in Paris to the extent that he would just drop off to bed and fall asleep out of exhaustion, but now? What about now that he was back in the city where he had only memories of her? How would he escape now? After his return, when he had followed her to her office the last time, he'd seen that she had lost weight. She didn't look happy as he had expected her to be. He heard that Frank had married Stanley. The news gave him more happiness than any other in the last few months. So she was still his, she was still married to him.He returned tired fro

Ralph's chauffeur brought a few clothes for him an hour later. He didn't yet wake up and his temperature didn't reduce. Raven was worried about him but decided to wait for the twenty-four-hour period to be over to take any action. She was just about to take a call from work when Ralph's hand shot out and caught her wrist. "Don't go, please," he pleaded hoarsely.Raven switched off her phone and cuddled with him. "I'm not going anywhere, Ralph," she said lovingly. "You have to eat something. Can I go and get you your food?" She asked him. He shook his head."No, I don't want food. Stay please," he begged hoarsely. Her mom peeped inside and Raven gestured to her to get her Ralph's food. Her mom nodded and left."If I stay will you eat?" She asked him tenderly. He didn't answer, just opened his eyes and stared at her. She felt his forehead. The fever was still there. Her mom brought some porridge and she fed him tenderly. She