23 Clarissa

Clarissa

I sat in the backseat of my parent's limousine feeling upset and troubled. The ring on my finger felt heavy and foreign, like a shark sucking the blood in my finger and I shifted my hands nervously.

My heart was a heavy stone sticking in my chest as the thought of marrying someone I didn't love scared the hell out of me. My mum and dad kept gushing about how beautiful our kids would be and it was so annoying that I had to stop them.

"Dad, I can't do this. I'm not in love with him."

My mum, dressed in a fancy gown, turned to me with a look of disappointment and her eyes felt like daggers piercing my heart

"Love grows. You haven't even given him a chance and you are already canceling him. You can't back out now. Ivan already proposed. You should be lucky to have someone like him and you better not mess things up

"Clarissa, Ivan is a good guy," my dad said with a much calmer tone."He's a good match for our status.

I huffed, looking out the window and tuning out of the conversa