married at first sight

Chapter 7

Hanna roused from her sleep and stretched her body. Her eyes caught sight of the extravagant room she was in. She sat up slowly and took in every detail in the room. From the light brown walls, to the dim lamp perched on a drawer next to the bed, then her fingers caressed the smooth linen blanket covering her lower half.

Christian sat on his brown couch deeply engrossed in the book he was reading when Hanna walked into the room, saying,"Christian? Where are we? How long was I asleep?" She said while looking around the house. Christian withdrew his attention from the book, saying,"A few hours. You had a really rough day." He then continued on seeing Hanna staring at the house intrigued,"Look, this is my house. Well, could be your home too. If you like I can get you water, coffee,tea?" Without waiting for her answer he called out,"Betty? Betty," A voice sounded,"Good. Good!" Grandma Norton then came into the room. Christian said,"Grandma." While she continued,"You're both here!" Christian then tried to speak,"Grandma-" But she cut him off and turned to Hanna, saying,"I didn't get a chance to get you a wedding present,so I brought you" Then she turned to Betty and took the countless shopping bags from her and handed them to Hanna whilst saying,"a little something!" Hanna looked at the bags in her hands in surprise and tried rejecting them,"Oh, but this is too much. Grandma!" But grandma Norton stopped her,"Oh, nonsense, nothing is too much for my granddaughter in-law!" Then she chuckled softly while caressing Hanna's hair in a friendly gesture.

Then she said,"Oh, I have to take care of something in the kitchen. Betty. Let's go." Then she turned and left the room with Betty accompanying her. Christian said while looking at her,"Grandma likes you." Hanna turned to look at him saying," I don't want her to get too attached because we're gonna get divorced soon." After saying that she stared at Christian and saw a flash of hurt in his eyes but it quickly disappeared making her think she imagined it.

The scene changed to show Grandma Norton and Betty in the kitchen. Grandma Norton moved closer to Betty and whispered softly,"Pour this into Christian's soup and make sure he drinks it." She said giving her a glass jar with some suspicious looking contents.

Christian accompanied Hanna to the his bedroom and while entering she said,"Are you sure you want me to stay here? I can just take an Uber to my sister's house." Christian spoke while taking unnoticed deep breaths,"No it's-, it's late." Both of them didn't notice Betty closing and locking the door as Hanna looked at Christian and said,"Are you okay? It's like you're sweating." The scene changed to show a flashback of earlier that day. Mrs Norton spoke facing Betty who seemed to be intrigued by the glass she was carrying. Betty asked,"What is this Mrs Norton?" Grandma Norton answered in a proud voice and placed her hands on her hips saying,"I got this from an apothecary. It's a potent aphrodisiac. A few drops of this, and I will have a great grandbaby very soon." Then she laughed happily with her hands clasped together then said,"Shh." Then she ran out of the kitchen.

Back to present day. Hanna looked at Christian worriedly," Are you sure that you're okay? You're sweaty." Christian answered her tiredly,"No,no,no, I'm fine. I'll just...go throw some cold water on my face. You... Have a good night." Then he made for the door intending to leave. He tried opening it only to find it locked then he shouted out,"Betty! Betty." Hanna saw him struggling with the door and couldn't help asking,"What's wrong with the door?" Christian slowly turned towards her and looked at her with clouded eyes. Then he crept towards her saying,"It's grandma... She...she locked us in here." Hanna looked at him clearly and couldn't help but feel like a helpless rabbit infront of the big,bad lion but she couldn't help but worry about his health,"Are you sure that you're okay?" Christian advanced towards her and she couldn't help but touch his forehead to feel his temperature as he was sweating profusely and said,"It looks like you have a fever." On feeling her cold hand against his forehead something inside him raged and he looked at her with half lidded eyes saying,"I don't have a fever." His hand moved to cup her cheek then his mouth met hers. For a moment she stood frozen but then her eyes slowly closed as she melted into the kiss. Her hands moved from his shoulders and wrapped around his neck as the kiss turned passionate. As it got deeper Hanna suddenly snapped out of her trance and hurriedly pushed him away while panting. Christian quickly said,"I'm sorry. I think grandma put something in my food. I don't... I'm gonna... I'm gonna go rinse my face, I'll-." Then he moved towards the washroom but Hanna firmly held onto him stopping him. Countless thoughts ran through her mind,"I can't believe I'm doing this, but that kiss now felt so passionate and it made my heart beat like never before. Maybe I have fallen for him, and he has helped me so I should also help him." "Wait. If you want...we are married after all..." Christian looked at her intently saying," Do you know what you're saying ? I won't be able to stop." Then he took her in his arms and gave her a searing kiss.

The night was filled with screams and grunts of passion. Hanna felt her insides melt with every kiss and her skin tingled as his hands caressed her. They both bathed in the flames of their desire. The night turned long and strenuous.