Chapter 7. Her New Home

Rayne's POV

Tears formed at the back of my eyes as I said those words to him. I didn't dare to look up at him at that moment as I didn't want him to see my tears. He was a stranger and I could afford to show him this vulnerable side of me.

"Get her luggage." I heard his authoritative voice speaking over my head, then his strong big arms encircled my waist and pulled me forward. "Let's go home, wife."

Each time he said that word, my eyes stung and threatened more tears, tears of disappointment. The disappointment of ending up with a total stranger after hoping and dreaming all along that it would be Fred with whom I would be spending the entirety of my life. Yet, I was getting married to a man I didn't even know his first or last name. I barely even knew anything about him.

As he walked me to the car and opened the door for me, my head remained bowed while I continued to bite on my lower lip, trying so hard to hold myself from crying aloud.

When I was in