Chapter 1

     The house boy

"It's after five" Samantha should be home by now" Walking down the hallway Brian reached out for his cell phone just to put a call through to her, he tried a few times but there was no answer.

"Maybe she's still got work to do," he said to himself.

Getting closer to the room he heard the sound of the TV, he took a deep breath, adjusted his shirt, and entered.

"Welcome home babe" Brian grinned at his wife Samantha sitting on the couch in front of him, Samantha lifted her hands and politely waved. Staring at Samantha's bright eyes and luscious lips, Brian thought to himself 

" I still get butterflies anytime I look at her. Samantha's beauty is undeniable but that's not why I love her. She's the most driven woman I've ever met, I mean just in a few years alone she had worked her way up from the assistant to being the boss herself she's just so wonderful.

"Hey Briannnn" a woman can only be described as basic chimed, Brian's thoughts evaporated as he nodded to his wife's best friend "Hi Rachel it's good to see you".

Sitting next to Samantha on the couch Rachel smirked, "Nice shirt"

Looking down Brian noticed he had spilled on his shirt again, feeling his cheeks blush Brian replied " I was doing the dishes"

"Oh that's so cute, at my house, I just paid someone to do that for me" Rachel cattily responded.

Samantha turned to Rachel "Well not everyone can be born into wealth like you are, some of us have to work for it".

Looking at Brian, Samantha continued " and some of us had to try even harder but when the hard work pays off it will all be worth it Samantha secretly winked at Brain, he winked back and thought to himself "I feel so guilty about hiding my past from her maybe she will understand if I just explained it to her but at this point, it might just be too late, I owe her a lot I would have been dead in the deep sea if she hadn't found me on the time it's funny she didn't know anything about my background and still get married to me I just wish I could make her happy someday".

Brain took a deep breath as he remembered how he was thrown into the deep sea by his brothers "How could they do that to me!" he murmured with a furrowed eyebrow and clenched his fist.

"Are you okay" You look like you're going to punch someone in the face"

Smiling it off Brian responded "That was nothing" 

Samantha got up from the couch and came over to kiss Brian on the cheek,

"Brian no offense but you look like a complete mess right now maybe you should go freshen up" Turning back to look at Rachel sitting on the couch Samantha continued "Especially since we have a guest over" 

Brian nodded "Of course I'll go change right now," he said and bailed out.

After changing his shirt for the second time that night, Brian walked towards the room but stopped when he heard Rachel whispering to Samantha.

" I don't know how you do it, you're this badass boss bitch and honestly he's kind of pathetic, he feels like the 'before' picture in a commercial why do you stay with him". 

After a long pause, Samantha whispered back,

"He wasn't always like this when we first met. He was charming and confident. I don't know what happened to him but keep thinking if I stay with him long enough maybe he'll find himself again because I really love the man he used to be.

"Do you love him now?" Rachel asked.

Samatha bit her bottom lip " I don't know, I'll be lying if I don't admit that sometimes I just feel like a caretaker in our relationship he's so close off these days it feels like the romance is completely gone and I know if I talk to him about it directly I will lose him, even more, he's got nowhere to go I don't even know where he's from I think got a bad memory or something".

"I love him but I don't know if I'm in love with him anymore"

"Rachel nodded "Well you could have any man, you're stunning, kind and you're killing it at your job. Have you ever thought of getting a divorce? You shouldn't stay with someone because you pity them".

"My family wants me to divorce him" Samantha responded " I just wish he could become a better man to take care of him. I thought he would make it off. I helped him a little but now I don't know anymore".

"I honestly don't wanna talk about this right now I spent my entire day putting out fires at work, the last thing I wanna do is put them out at home" Samantha concluded.

Rachel had no choice but to let it go since her friend seemed more stressed than usual. She didn't want to upset her anymore.

"But what's going on at work?" Rachel asked.

Samantha signed " George has been on my neck lately he gives me difficult tasks all because he wants to f**k me he's been making advances towards me now I have to make 7 million sales in just a month if I don't want to lose my job"

"That's not difficult, he's way better than your good-for-nothing husband if you would ask me," Rachel said bluntly.

Brain's heart sank heavily as he overheard his wife's conversation with her friend. The weight of insecurity and doubt pressed heavily on him, stirring a mix of hurt and betrayal. He couldn't blame anyone but himself.

Feeling distraught over his wife's pain he went back to his room and promised himself " I have to help her, I will prove to Samantha that I'm the right man for her not the shell of a human being who I've been this past few years.

" I will get her seven million sales!!"