Genevieve.The whole ride was silent, I couldn’t make a sound nor move nor could I even speak up. It felt like my ass was glued to the seat as I looked ahead, hell I couldn’t even look at the man beside him. He seems to be radiating anger and I don’t want to say anything that would anger him more.I have already done worse by telling everyone that he’s my new fiancé even though we don’t know each other. If I was the one in this position I would be angry too.I’m scared, all the confidence I had back in the hall was gone. All I wanted to do now was go to my room and sleep on my comfy bed. I didn’t want to be here, I didn’t want to be in the same car as this fine angry man.If it was another situation I would be more than happy to share a ride with him but now, I have done something terribly wrong. Something I can get punished for.I have always known my mouth would put me in trouble one of these days and that’s today, today I dug a hole for myself. From how everyone acted around him I
Alexander.She was more tiny than I thought, seeing her squirming in her seat beside me made me feel a bit happy. I sound sick but there’s this feeling in my heart, I was excited to see her squirm around in discomfort.She deserves that, I was on my own when she decided to drag me into her mess. I did a little calculation on our way to my home, and after thinking very hard I got the reason why she did this.Her fiancé who she was supposed to get engaged to tonight ditched her for someone else and to save face she decided to call on some random dude as her new ‘fiancé’ even without knowing the person. But unfortunately, she picked me, out of all the free men at her stupid party she decided to pick me.She definitely didn’t know about me because if she did I don’t think she would have bodily said my name like she did.Throughout the ride, my phone didn’t stop ringing and since I already knew who it was I didn’t pick up; what was I supposed to say to her? I knew she was calling because o
Genevieve.I looked at him in shock, the only thing that came to my mind was why? Why was he going to help me when I’ve caused trouble for him?He must have seen the doubtful look on my face because he went on.“I didn’t say I would help you, Miss Parker, it’s under a probability,” he added and I gulped.I played with my fingers as I contemplated what he said, I wondered if I should tell him why I did that back at the party or if I shouldn’t. I didn’t want to add to the people who looked at me like I was a failure, I didn’t want him to look at me that way.“I…” I blinked,“It’s…..it’s nothing Mr King,” I lied and bit my inside cheek after doing that.Gosh, I think I just dug a bigger grave for myself.I refused to look at him after saying that and after not hearing from him for about two minutes now I was getting scared. I wanted to know what he was thinking, he shouldn’t be silent.He should yell at me and perhaps call the cops on me, that would be ten times better than him keeping s
Genevieve.I blinked once, twice then uncountable times, I couldn’t think properly after hearing that. I wonder what he meant by saying that and why. I wasn’t his in the first place so why did he call me that?I looked at him quizzically, with my eyebrows furrowed.“I….I don’t understand,” I whispered, looking at his eyes.“What I mean is that you are already mine after the stunt you pulled back at the party. You don’t think I wasn’t going to react and your plan would work right?” He asked and I didn’t know what to say.I was speechless.I shouldn’t have done this, I should have done what Mother wanted and then I wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place. Just when I thought I had control of my life, I lost the damn control and gave it to someone else. Someone more powerful than my family, what the heck was I even thinking by mentioning his name?“I will help you, Miss Parker,” I snapped out of my thoughts.“Help me with what?” I asked since I didn’t get what he had said before.And
Genevieve.I stared at the mirror, trying to breathe properly even with this goddamn tight-fitting corset. I still find myself ugly. Well, that’s what I have been told for quite some time now and I’ve come to acknowledge that.I sometimes see myself as the ugly princess, the one who barged out of nowhere into a happy family life.I let out another sigh, “you can do this Eve,” I whispered to myself for what seemed like the umpteenth time tonight.No matter how many times I repeat those words, I can’t seem to have the confidence that I can do what I really want to do.My courage seems to slip through my fingers as the minute passes and I hate myself for that.I hate myself for being this weak and useless.I closed my eyes but snapped them open as my room door opened violently. I turned and forced a smile when I saw who it was.“Mother,” I called, watching as she took calculated steps towards me like I was some kind of prey.I gulped in fear, seeing her standing in front of me was taking
Genevieve.Seeing Marcus here meant two things; it’s either he was here to make my life a living hell or he was here to go on and on about how unladylike and stupid I was, how he wouldn’t marry me if this wasn’t signs years ago.That is what Marcus is, he thinks the whole world revolves around him because his family is rich.If it was up to me I would have done everything possible to break this engagement because lately, while I’ve taken my head from cloud nine, I could see how he looked at me and treated me. He didn’t act like someone enthusiastic about the engagement and I didn’t want to end up marrying someone who didn’t care about how or what I felt but that of society. But I have no choice, he’s been the one for me since I was young, and as stupid as this sounds, I like him. “About what?” I asked, seeming more intrigued by his response.“About our engagement,” he said.I’d thought I would feel bad that he was going to talk about this; something he hasn’t done since I returned. W
Genevieve.Marcus stood in front of me, his eyes moving from Dahlia to me and then to Dahlia again who was still sitting on the floor.I don’t know when it has suddenly become comfortable for her.“What’s going on here?” He asked, bringing his gaze back to me.Dahlia sniffed and looked at him with teary eyes, “I was only trying to help her but she pushed me,” she said.She was lying, that wasn’t what happened.I wanted to scream out but I kept quiet.I have done this with her for so long now that I’ve known her tricks, she should keep on acting.“Why would you do that Genevieve?” He asked, already taking sides.“I don’t have any reason to explain to you Marcus,” I said and started walking away but he stopped me from moving.“I’m not done talking to you Genevieve,”“Look Marcus, one of us has to be downstairs with the guests, after all this is our engagement,” I tried to take my hand from his but he wouldn’t let me go.“You aren’t leaving until you tell me why you pushed your sister,”
Genevieve.The party was in full swing now since every guest had arrived; I looked around and saw my parents speaking with people of high power. I know they didn’t invite them because of this engagement, they only brought them here because they wanted to be a part of their world.This party is getting boring.I let out another sigh again, I wanted this to be done and over with.I took another glass of champagne as a different waiter walked past me, I had no idea if this was my fourth or fifth glass. The champagne was the only thing keeping me company, my said fiancé was nowhere to be found and neither was my troublesome sister.Although Dahlia acts like a bitch at times, I still love her for being my sister; even if she wasn’t truly my biological sister.I would have wanted her nearby to keep my calm, instead of me being this nervous and fidgety about the engagement.The party wasn’t much of a big deal—I was the one looking at it that way, with the loud laughter and chatters here and