CHAPTER NINE : I BOUGHT YOU LEGALLY

The man walked down the hall , as his long legs made powerful strides , his eyes roaming round the room , as he examined the dining hall .

The maids retained their frightened expression on their face , as they behaved like they where on pause , and any mistake can lead to their death .

"Good morning Mr Shane " , they all thundered immediately he stopd Infront of the table , he nodded his head , without acknowledging their greeting nor did he bother to look up , keeping his eyes trained on the table .

He passed by Sophie without looking at her like she was inviscible as he took the sit in the front of the table representing the head .

Sophie then took her seat at the opposite end of the table as directed by Madam Sandra .

The man gracefully picked up his fork and knife from the table as he cut into his eggs , then picking it up with his knife , exhibiting all examples of table courtesy , as Sophie just sat still on the table without any motion ,as she shifted in her seat due to the uncomfortable silence , looking at the maids who stood at the side of the table waiting eagerly for the man to put the fork in his mouth tasting the egg , as they folded their hands with a nervous expression not knowing of they are getting fired today or not .

He finally put the fork in his mouth tasting the egg for the first time as they all waited for a reaction , as the man retained gos expressionless face and continued eating , as they all let out a low sigh of relieve .

He finally raised his head up to make eye contact with Sophie since her stare seems to burning through his skull disrupting his peaceful breakfast .

"EAT" , he said looking at her without any expression on his face ,

as Sophie opened her mouth to question him with some many questions flowing through her brain ,

"EAT " , he said again shutting her up , this time leaving no room for her to argue , as she retracted to her self and faced her breakfast .

He stood up the table as he smoothed his suit with his hands as he turned to face madam Sandra who just walked in the room as he gave her a nod , his dull and lifeless eyes seemed to harbour the most kettle bit of emotion for her as she gave him a motherly smile .

As he took steps to walk out of the room . Sophie immediately jumped from her seat noticing his actions,

"Wait" she shouted as he immediately paused in his steps , not saying anything ,

"Who are you , and where is Mr Shane ? " , she said as she finally gained the courage to ask , she stood in front of him , as he raised his head to stare at her , ' his eyes ', Sophie repeated in her mind , those unique eyes again , the same eyes that stared at he in the darkness last night , his blue eyes at his left , reminding her of the ocean the waves from the sea, and his hazel eyes , completely different , blue , mixed with flecks of yellow and red , looking into it , you can see a completely different world , a world filled with beauty , but a storm hiddening at the ending , the dullness in those beautiful eyes made her chest squeeze uncomfortably , "who is he " the question repeated in her mind , and as if he heard her thought , as he replied immediately,

"I am Mr Shane , Shane Collen " he said as he , as Sophie's eyes widened

' what is going on ' , she wondered in her mind ,

"How? " , she questioned , as that was the only word she could make .

He looked at her shattered face , as his face creased between his brows in anger , wondering what kind of drama she is putting on now ,

"How ? " , he asked her back wondering what type of stupid question she was asking ,

"I am Shane COLLEN , heir to the COLLENS INDUSTRIES , do you have any other question " be asked her with a frown of impatience ,as he continuously checked on his time ,

"Why did you marry me" Sophie asked the obvious question , if he is the heir to the COLLENS INDUSTRIES, he does not have to trick any girl into signing a marriage contract with him to get a wife , girls and noble families will line up to get their daughters married to him .

"If you are Shane Collen , the heir to the COLLENS INDUSTRIES, then why did you marry me " , she asked again ,

"You can get any girl you want , so why did you choose to marry me " she asked as he looked at her with disgust and anger in his eyes ,

"Don't think you are anything special , I married you to see you suffer " , he said as his eyes glinted with disgust , as the conners of his lips twitched upward with a sneer, with the rest part of his face hidden by his black mask , although she could not see his entire face just his lips and eyes , she knows his facial expression must be one of mockery .

It was no news that the young master of the Collen never reveals his face , and so nobody had caught even a glimpse of his face as it is always protected by a black mask he always wears , she had seen it in so many magazines before ,but never truly paid attention .

Although she had heard rumors like ,

'he wears the mask because he is very ugly ' ,

'he has a scar , which he got from killing his mother , and he wears the mask to cover it ' ,

the last one seemed a bit more reasonable ,she thought to her self at that time .

Last night when she was attending to his illness , she did not have time to get a clear view of his face, bit could only see his eyes as they shined in the darkness, but even in the darkness she could at least make out his facial curve, and is so sure he has a god like face .

"Make me suffer why" , Sophie asked with confusion in her face , as her anger grew ,

"That is not for you to ask " he said as he took stepps to walk toward leaving Sophie behind,

"I don't agree to this marriage " , she shouted making him halt in hos steps , he then turned his back to look at her, as tears from anger glistened her eyes , and his lips twitched in disgust from seeing her tears ,

"You have no choice , I bought you legally' " he said as ....