Fleeing my wedding

Nina's POV 

The moment my relatives thought their message was being passed across, they sauntered out one after the other. They left me to get drenched by my devastating life. I was replenished with annoyance, rage, and hopelessness, but I was too overwhelmed with fright that I couldn't mutter a word to decline their decision. My chest heaved with emotions as I struggled to contain my tears. I could feel my breath coming in short shallow gases as panic began to set in. I would be more than grateful to start a new life, but how could I possibly be expected to marry a man whose part of a world I knew nothing about?

The thought of being forced to marry a man who was rumored to be heartless and cold-hearted made me miserable. I wouldn't even be meeting him until the wedding day, and what is worse is the fact that the date was fixed on the same day as me and Gabriel's meetup. The thought of marrying the opposite of my crush makes my heart shatter into pieces, but one thing is for sure, I wouldn't be informing Gabriel about my arranged wedding so that he wouldn't feel intimidated by Arthur. 

I thought it would be easier to quit begging them not to sell me in a twist of arranged marriage, and pretend to accept their decision but instead, I was trapped like a bird in a cage with no way to escape. 

Day by day until the wedding day, I kept praying for my aunt and her family to lose guard, but they rather put in more effort in satisfying all my excuses and needs for me not to go out. Drake had come to me a few days ago and proposed to help escape but in return, I had to have sex with his friend to make him win a bet which I stubbornly declined. 

The more I thought of my situation, the more I felt my world closing in on me. I could feel myself sinking into a dark place, a place with no light or hope. The last few days had been lonely and threatening to my health. 

But this morning, at a point I admired the silk chiffon wedding gown perfectly hung opposite me as I sat to get my make-up done. It was just too beautiful with the delicate lace and beading. It was adorned with intricate embroidery while the seams were lined with gold thread. The veil was also of the same material which makes it perfect. It was beyond magical and screams extraordinarily expensive. But the moment the stylist instructed me to go change it, I felt like a piece of my soul died. I reluctantly did and watched how gorgeous I was as it accentuated my body perfectly. A tear dropped from my eyes as I reflected on the fact that the person I was getting married to wasn't worth it as he doesn't value women. 

If only I could change my fate, I would marry Gabriel in this same dress. 

I aggressively wiped my eyes the moment Sandra bagged into the room. Yeah, my aunt had spared her room for the whole preparation. That is how much they respected and feared Arthur King. 

"What have you been doing? I was informed that the guests were arriving already. By the way, you all should leave! I need to speak to my dear cousin's sister" She eyed me in disgust. The loathe that overshadowed her eyes was visible. 

Immediately everyone was gone, Sandra cat-walked to me in an intimidating slow motion. Her nipples nearly broke out of her extremely revealing dress. She crossed over from my front to the other side of the standing mirror while I breathed out in relief. She carelessly picked up the nude red lipstick and applied some on her lips. "You know…I will forever despise you with your acceptance of marrying Arthur. " She paused while my beating heart stopped to realize her real opinion on my forced marriage. 

She was happy about me living with a monster right? 

"I did not believe my father would ever be able to work as a bodyguard for him but he was acting like an in-law for your sake." Sandra folded her lips to smooth the lipstick. "I am not a pretender not to let you be aware of how much I want to smash your head to the wall and make you lose your soul for taking everything away from me. You have always been a proud jerk since when your parents were alive, and I was beyond happy to see you shriek in distress when they died" She laughed evilly and stared at me with a gaze that sent a shiver to run through my spine. 

"I was mad about the majority of the male students falling in love with you which made me get my parents to kick you out. And about the watch, my mother had purposely framed you for you to accept it as a reason for them to sell you. I should be glad that you are getting married to a monster you have never seen…but I feel badly angry about it. You will be the wife of an extremely wealthy man. The information irks'' She hissed with unhappiness dripping out of her body. 

My heart clenched at her hurtful words, but I still wanted to bring her senses back to normal. "This isn't something you should be jealous of. You are envious of a marriage where you have never seen your husband until that day and who knows if he will show up today?" I trembled as tears threatened to fall again. 

"Then escape?! Flee if you aren't pissed!" Sandra screamed and raised her hand to hit me but suddenly held her hand "This is driving me crazy!" She cried out and kicked the make-up kit. 

"How?! How the hell do you want me to flee? When you and your mother made me locked and watched over like a caught criminal. I would do anything to escape." I cried helplessly. 

Most importantly, how do I trust her?