Chapter 2
The House of Royals.
At 20,000 square meters, the House of Royals was the most luxurious villa in all of Cansington.
It had everything from a garden, swimming pool, and golf course.
At the foyer of the villa.
Thea sat on the soft couch, looking around at the villa in disbelief. It resembled a palace more than anything.
When her grandfather chose a husband for her, she knew that anyone with a backbone would never agree to marry her, much less into the Callahan family.
She did not know who her husband would be at all.
However, she guessed that he would be greedy and lazy. Someone who coveted her family’s wealth.
Yet, he brought her to this paradise.
James knelt and lifted her veil.
“Don’t…”
Thea panicked and shied away. With scars crisscrossing her face and entire body, she was a fearful sight. What if she scared her new husband away? They had not even been properly introduced yet!
James removed her veil anyway.
Thea was extremely scared, her heart beating out a nervous rhythm in her chest. She felt so ashamed, wanting nothing more than to disappear and hide.
James tilted her face up gently.
It was a shocking latticework of scars.
James traced his fingers over them.
His heart ached for her, knowing that it was all his fault. If she had not saved him, Thea would not be in this situation.
He had a tender expression on his face, an unusual look for him. Almost in tears, he said, “Oh Thea, you’ve suffered too much.”
Thea did not have the courage to look at James directly. She fidgeted with her shirt instead.
Gently, James told her, “Trust me. I’ll help you recover.”
Thea panicked again, still not looking at him.
“Get the medicine.”
James stood up and barked out a command.
Immediately, the doors of the villa burst open. A few men in black suits walked in, carrying a few boxes.
Inside the boxes were expensive pills, tablets, and other types of valuable medicine.
James got to work, fiddling with items inside the boxes and mixing some of them to form a salve.
Once he was done, he crouched down by Thea. She was still playing with a corner of her shirt. He took her scarred hands in his, but she pulled away and hid them behind her back. Looking at the floor, she asked quietly, “What… are you doing?”
“Relax, Thea. Take off your clothes.”
Thea started crying at once and pulled at her clothes. With tears in her eyes, she said, “Yes, I know I’m ugly. I have scars everywhere. Are you happy now?”
for
to it over the
been plagued with nightmares. She cried every day, and she could barely remember what
her lip, still crying. Tears pooled in her
heart
hugged Thea to him, solemnly vowing, “I will never cast you aside. No matter what you look like, you’re my wife, now and
Thea was stunned.
going to
dredge
applied the salve
he wrapped her up with gauze entirely, even her face.
to
is all it takes. I promise that you’ll
though she
would never
see James’ face, she could hear his voice. Magnetic and gentle, it warmed
the blink of an eye, ten days had gone
Thea had experienced
who her husband was, but he cared for her attentively and stayed with her around the
her stories and jokes,
his
ten years, she had forgotten what
she felt like she was in
the villa, in
wrapped in white gauze from head to toe,
help but feel
she had applied the salve religiously, feeling her
as she did it regularly, she would be able to
is this really happening?” She was
slowly removed the gauze from her
it was bright, but she
on, open your eyes and take a
open her eyes. She was standing naked in front of
mirror still had the remnants of the salve all over her body, but it
mirror, her face was almost perfect. Thea was shocked.
the salve on her face, touching
“What…”
was shocked beyond belief. How could the girl in the mirror with
ago, she suffered burns and
back then,
But now…
the past ten years, she had not even looked
her perfect face in the mirror, she
into James’ arms and bawled, feeling the weight of grief and suffering
tightly. “I’ll never let
at first, then she realized that she was stark
herself from the embrace, looking away
pointed to the bathroom, saying, “I’ve prepared some hot water and clothes for you, but I don’t know your size, so the bras are of different sizes. Just
Thea ran to the
way to the foyer, sinking
“General.”
a thick stack of documents, passing it to James with his head bowed. “This is all the information
table.
word, and
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