Overwhelmed with emotions of confusion about what had just happened, she walked over to him with both hands on her waist as she stared at him. He was seated on one of the sofas and slowly looked up at her with confusion as to why she was acting like that."Am I miserable? Do I look like I need pity? Or sad?" She asked."What are you talking about?" Levi could not understand her; he thought back to the entire day, and he could not pinpoint anything he had done to cause such a reaction from her."Why did you tell my mom all of that?" he asked. "Was that the reason you did that in the morning?" she asked as things began to make sense to her."Lila, listen to me.""Oh my goodness!" she exclaimed, running her hand through her hair angrily. "You must think that I am pitiful," she added with a scoff. "I can't believe this," she added as she began to pace around the room."You are getting all of this wrong.""Was the reservation even made before we left this house?" she asked, and when he did
Lila felt a sense of relief overshadow her as she saw her sister stand there. She rushed to her and wrapped her hands around her body, holding her tightly. Elizabeth raised her hand to her sister's hair, rubbing on it gently as the little one, Charlie, stood there confused as to what was happening. Noah cleared his throat to alert Lila, who slowly let go of her sister."Hi, brother-in-law," she greeted as if she had not just created a scene unknowingly. She smiled at him, and he greeted her back with a warm smile."Hello Lila, I have to say the marriage glow is on you." He trailed off when his wife shook her head at him. "I apologize," he said immediately and held his son's hand, leading him in."What are you doing here?" Lila asked as soon as Noah was out of hearing range."I am here to see you. I am so worried about you; I know how difficult it can be to live with Mom, so I came here," Elizabeth said. Lila felt touched by her words, but at the same time, she felt weirded out to hear
PLACE: CARRINGTON'S MANSIONTIME: SUNDAY 6:45 PM"Everyone, listen up," William said from the head of the table, tapping the edge slightly to catch the attention of everyone. Williams was a family man, and for that reason, he had the entire family back at his mansion every Sunday for dinner to get away. That way, they could discuss and gloss over the events of the week and give each other updates. After dinner every night, the men got together and watched a sport regardless of what was airing at that time. They all seemed to enjoy the time together. The older women would go out to the balcony and have tea while talking; they called it talking, but everyone knew very well that it was gossip. The younger girls would cluster in Lila's room and try to really catch up on what had been going on. Everyone raises their head to William at the head of the table. He dropped his spoon to his plate and propped his elbow on the table so he could intertwine his fingers. Seeing his posture, everyon
LOCATION: BEAUMONT MANSION TIME: SUNDAY 8 PM"You are asking me Levi Beaumont to get married to Lila Carrington?" Levi asked for the tenth time in just a few minutes. He was standing in his dad's home office. Daniel was sitting behind a huge wooden table, and Levi was standing across from it. He had been called in by his father to give him some news. When his father asked him to come into the office after dinner, he expected anything else, but this was not on his bingo cards, and he was sure that he must have heard it all wrong. There was no way his father, Daniel Beaumont, who was the chairman of the Beaumont group, was asking him to marry a Carrington. "Dad, Beaumont's and Carrington's do not mix; they have nerve mixed for one day," Levi said before his father could say anything. Daniel took off his glasses and let them hang from his neck with the glasses rope, dangling it gently in the air. "They have never mixed for six generations." "Exactly, so I am confused as to what you
LOCATION: CARRINGTON'S MANSIONTIME: SUNDAY DINNER TIME"Sit back down this instant," William commanded. She looked around at the faces of the people she shared the table with, and she could tell that they were all telling one thing, and that was that she better sit down at once. She swallowed and sat down, facing her father. In as much as she always tried her best to obey him, she was not going to let him have his way this time around. This was not going to be in her favour in any way, and she could not just knowingly walk into it. "You would listen to me, and you would do what I say," he added. She shook her head at him. "Lila, listen to your father," Eleanor said. "But mom..." Lila whined. She could not believe how easily her mother had switched sides. She was just definitely on her side a moment ago, but all of a sudden she was telling her to bow her head and listen to her father because apparently, he was the one who had the final say. "There is no but here. I think it would
"How can Dad think to do this to me? This is very unfair," Lila said, pacing the entire floor of her room. The diner finished earlier than they would expect because of the awfulness. The men still stayed downstairs in the living room to still watch golf; Eleanor, Carrie, and Lucy went to the balcony. You have tea even though it was scorching hot that night. Elizabeth, Victoria. Amelia and Sophia were next in her room. If this was last week Sunday, they would have gossiped till midnight, and then everyone would have gone back home in preparation for the next day, but since the situation was different, Lila seemed to be the one in need at that time. "Why did you try to drag me into this?" Amelia asked lazily as she dropped to the bed, her head on Elizabeth's lap. Elizabeth ran her hand through her hair gently, which made her even more sleepy."Because none of you have thought of trying to help me out. You all just sat there like some statue watching him ask me about Marru Levi," Lila
THREE WEEKS LATERPORCH OF CHARITYWEDDING VENUE"Did Dad need to go all out for this? This is a contract marriage, yet he is celebrating it as if they were getting married for real," Elizabeth murmured to her sister. "I know right, he sure does not like to lose in something," Victoria replied as they walked to the bridal suite, where their sister was now sitting and waiting for them to call her so she could walk down the island and get stuck in the marriage of her nightmares. They opened the door and walked straight into the room; they turned a corner, and Lila was sitting there with her bouquet in hand. "Oh my gosh!" Victoria was excited, clapping her hand in the air. "Oh my days!" she added in excitement. "Do you think you are a little too excited about a fake marriage?" Lial asked watching her sister really get excited. "Why are you excited anyway?" "I mean, I have always imagined what you would look like in a dress as pretty as this," she said with tears falling in between he
"You may kiss the bride." Lila took a double take at the priest; she definitely remembered telling him to take out that part. She was getting married to him, but there was no way she would be doing anything intimate with him."Come on, sweetheart." She saw Levi's expression and could tell that this was his doing. How dare he think of doing something like this?She turned to the priest and smiled forcefully at him with gritty teeth. "I told you to take out this part.""Your husband asked me to leave it in."She turned back to him, ready to rain hell on him. She looked at the congregation, waiting for them to kiss. She knew that anything she did now would be remembered for a long time, and all of these people seated in the church on a Saturday afternoon were there just to know if the two families had gotten together. She pressed her lips and leaned into him.He held her by the waist and pulled her in. "I am going to kill you," she murmured against his lips."How can we make this believa
Lila felt a sense of relief overshadow her as she saw her sister stand there. She rushed to her and wrapped her hands around her body, holding her tightly. Elizabeth raised her hand to her sister's hair, rubbing on it gently as the little one, Charlie, stood there confused as to what was happening. Noah cleared his throat to alert Lila, who slowly let go of her sister."Hi, brother-in-law," she greeted as if she had not just created a scene unknowingly. She smiled at him, and he greeted her back with a warm smile."Hello Lila, I have to say the marriage glow is on you." He trailed off when his wife shook her head at him. "I apologize," he said immediately and held his son's hand, leading him in."What are you doing here?" Lila asked as soon as Noah was out of hearing range."I am here to see you. I am so worried about you; I know how difficult it can be to live with Mom, so I came here," Elizabeth said. Lila felt touched by her words, but at the same time, she felt weirded out to hear
Overwhelmed with emotions of confusion about what had just happened, she walked over to him with both hands on her waist as she stared at him. He was seated on one of the sofas and slowly looked up at her with confusion as to why she was acting like that."Am I miserable? Do I look like I need pity? Or sad?" She asked."What are you talking about?" Levi could not understand her; he thought back to the entire day, and he could not pinpoint anything he had done to cause such a reaction from her."Why did you tell my mom all of that?" he asked. "Was that the reason you did that in the morning?" she asked as things began to make sense to her."Lila, listen to me.""Oh my goodness!" she exclaimed, running her hand through her hair angrily. "You must think that I am pitiful," she added with a scoff. "I can't believe this," she added as she began to pace around the room."You are getting all of this wrong.""Was the reservation even made before we left this house?" she asked, and when he did
Eleanor was waiting at the front door for them with an angry expression on her face. As soon as they came down from the car and began to walk to her, she put her hand on her waist and threw the second hand in a finger wiggle at her daughter's face. She was so angry that she felt she might slap her daughter if she could not pull herself together. She took a deep breath before they stopped in front of her."Where did you go all day? I thought you would come to the hospital to see your father. Why didn't you think about being a good daughter? Why was all you thought about just being a bad child? What else is more important than your father? You put him in that position; shouldn't you at least try to check in with him?" The woman's words poured out without any compassion. Levi frowned because he did not like her tone, and her words were even worse. He began to wonder if Eleanor was the real child of the Carringtons because nothing they had done to her made sense. How could her mother be
Levi brought Lila to the restaurant, and it was then she discovered she was underdressed for the occasion. When he had asked her to hang out and said that he had made reservations, it did not occur to her that it would be something fancy at all, so she was still in the same clothes she was going to wear to the hospital. What she could not understand was why he was also casually dressed. He knew where they were coming from, so why did he not dress up to par? Her thoughts were immediately cut short by the waitress, who introduced herself as Moon. She left them at their table and announced that she would be serving them for the day. "Thank you," Levi said after her little introduction, and she giggled as if he had said something funny. He smiled at her, and she wondered who was flirting. Maybe Jasmine was right about his beauty because everywhere they went there always seemed to be a woman who was interested in him. "We will take a minute to get our orders together and call you as s
Lila could not believe that the monsters she was expecting turned out to be really sweet people. With the way his mom welcomed her from the door, one would never believe that there was truly a war going on between both families. It made her wonder if it was only her family that was keeping up the war or if the Beaumont family was just a bunch of really good actors. She was leaning towards the latter because there was no way they were going to be really sweet towards her that way.Her mother was the exact opposite but she began to think otherwise with the way Levi's twin sisters interacted with their mother. She would get heavily scolded for speaking with her mom in that manner. She saw Daniel smile at his son and there was no mention of the news about them and their marriage.Eventually, when Catherine brought it up, Lila was shocked at the direction the conversation had gone. "I am sure it must have been strenuous for you," Catherine began."What?""I mean, having to be constantly wa
Lila could not sleep the entire night; her mind kept going back to what her dad said, so as soon as she saw the sun peeking out of the clouds, she was in the bathroom freshening up to go see her father. She could not let her mom think she was an unreasonable child; after all, she had scolded her about it yesterday, and she had promised to do better.Levi had gotten up at the same time she did, and he had gone out for a run. "He really does take his fitness seriously," she murmured as he stepped out of the room. At the moment, she barely had her act together, so how could she be thinking of getting fit?Levi walked back into the room after a few minutes and she was all dressed, ready to go. He knew that she was going to visit her father, but he felt bad that she had to be gaslighted into going there. He understood that as a child, you'd feel some certain obligation towards your parents, but he did not like the way her mother had made her feel last night. He wanted to stop her, but he k
Levi and Lila went down for dinner. She knew that if her mom was at home, they could not sit at home without sitting at the dinner table to have dinner. Levi was not a fan of the stick rules, but he did not have any choice. It was quite obvious that Lila was serious about obeying her mom's rules even in her absence and she knew it made no sense for him to discourage her about it."This is a feast!" Levi exclaimed when he saw the spread on the table. He wondered why there was so much to eat when it was just the two of them. He thought of how much work the kitchen staff must have put into the meal to have it looking like something that would only be gotten on palace grounds."Yeah, it would have been more if Mom were around." Levi did not like the sound of what he heard."But this is a lot. I doubt if both of us can eat enough to go halfway.""Of course we can't; if we do that, it would just be overeating," she said, shaking her head as if she was disappointed that he suggested they eat
"You are sorry? Is that all I get? No explanation of any sort? I came to this island to keep you company, and all you can say after leaving me here is that you are sorry?" Jasmine said, and Lila could imagine her rolling her eyes at her with her hands on her waist."Well, let's not distort the facts; you did not come to keep me company; you came to spy on me," Lila replied with a laugh still on her lips. She did not know why but the effect that Levi left on her did not seem to wear off."Potato potato," Jasmine replied, seeing she did not have a reasonable comeback. "Are you okay though?" Her voice was back to normal. "For you to just stand up and leave without any explanation, it must be serious.""I don't want to talk about it over the phone, so as soon as you are back, we'll get together and talk about it," Lila responded."Well, get your lungs and lips ready because you are going to be talking as soon as I touch down at the airport tomorrow. I am at the airport to get ticket but I
After Lila helped Levi out of the pond, they left the room, but Lila could not help but keep laughing. The scene kept playing in her head. "I am so glad that something that brought me pain is so amusing to you," he said in a pretendedly hurt voice."Oh come on, it's so cute; I should have taken a video so I can watch it from time to time," she said and laughed again. She looked behind to see the trail of water they were leaving behind, and she became concerned. "You know if my mom were home, we could never play in that room and the fountain, and most definitely we could not leave a trail of water behind us like this," she explained."Well then, I'll say it's a good thing she isn't home," Levi replied. Lila did not know what she was supposed to reply to that, so she nodded, and luckily for them, a staff member passed by immediately. She knew she had to get somebody to clean up the mess and the thoughts of having to climb down three flights of stairs were tormenting for her."Hi, please