chapter 2

Chapter 2

That one statement made Emmy to feel as if all the life has been sacked away from her body. Her body became rigid and her mind seemed as if it had suffered an electrocution as it stopped working.

He found out! Meaning he had seen something earlier on when he took her phone away from her. Or else, he would not have gone around snooping through her phone.

What to do! What to do now!

How do I get myself out of this mess.

Emmy felt as if she was on a rollercoaster. The highs and lows of her emotions made her to not perceive what exactly was going on.

Vince looked at Emmy’s changing expression, and he quite enjoyed it. The anger that had been simmering in his chest seemed to have quietened down a bit.

He twirled Emmy’s phone in his hands and laughed, “Haha, twins… huh! I have never thought that the Sharma family would give me such a surprise. Tell me something, do you switch places so often?”

“I… we…”

“You were very talkative yesterday, what has happened? Did the cat eat your tongue while you were sleeping?”

Emmy was so embarrassed that she felt like dying. The man had already figured out the truth, so why was he teasing her now?

The truth was already out so there was no need of denying it. When Emmy thought of her ailing father, her heart was filled with so much heartache and grievances that she did not know what to do.

Her eyes turned red as if she was fighting her tears from falling.

Vince ignored her reddened eyes and asked in a bone-chilling cold voice, “Who did I have the wedding ceremony with, three years ago?”

Since it had already come to this, Emmy could only still herself and speak out the truth, “It was I!”

Vince followed with more questions, “In the past three years, has your sister ever stayed here?”

Emmy shook her head as she hurriedly explained on behalf of her sister. She did not want to create any more misunderstandings, “My sister is a pianist as you already know. Her schedule is always fully packed, and you weren’t here, so…”

“So, it is you who has been staying here for the past three years?” Vince interrupted in his cold voice.

Emmy could only feebly nod her head as she reflected everything that had happened for the past three years.

She felt like she was more of a Lynn shadow than a person. Every day, she had to coordinate with Lynn as she travelled all over the country for her performance. She had to do so that no one suspected any foul play.

Vince looked at her and handed her the phone. Without so much emotions in his voice, he commanded, “Call her.”

Things had already gotten to this point and Emmy felt that the only solution would be to call her sister, Lynn, so she took her phone and dialed her sister’s number without hesitation.

But her dismay, Lynn did not answer her phone again.

She was about to lift her head and looked at Vince when a cold voice interrupted her from above, “Call again.”

So, Emmy kept on calling until the twelfth time when the call was finally answered.

She quickly heaved a sigh of relief in her heart.

But before she could even finish sighing in relief, Lynn’s angry voice came through the phone’s speaker, “Emmy, are you out of your mind? How dare you call me so many times, and that so, in the middle of the night? Do you have a death wish, or do you wish to see your dad’s corpse?”

Emmy had no words to utter.

When she was young, due to financial difficulties, her mother had divorced her father. She later found a rich business and quickly got married, taking along with her, her sister, Lynn.

Her poor father and herself were left to rely on each other. But four years, an accident happened that left her father in a vegetative state.

And although Emmy was in college then, she had to work and support her father. Life became so difficult but she did not even complain for once.

It was not until one day, three years ago. She had gone to visit her father like she always did. But when she reached her father’s ward, her father was nowhere to be found. Her mother and her sister, whom she had not seen for so many years were the ones waiting for her in the ward.

They told her that they took her father away and for her to be able to ensure that he stayed alive, she had to get married to Vince Young on behalf of her sister.

Since her father meant everything to her, and they also promised that they would be offering better medical care, Emmy quickly agreed to their condition.

But now, they have been using her father to threaten her every now and then that she was getting fade up.

Hearing Lynn’s words, Vince deep eyes narrowed dangerously.

Emmy became afraid when she heard that her father might be in danger so she quickly responded, “Lynn, please come to the mansion tomorrow, your husband is…”

Before Emmy could finish, Lynn cut her off, “What are you panicking for? I know that Vince is back in the country already.”

“Then why… you…”

“Why are you afraid? do you think that he will pounce on you the moment he enters the house? Haha, Emmy you need to look at yourself in the mirror first before such a thought crosses your mind. But even if you become lucky and Vince wants to sleep with you, you will be the one benefiting, so you should pray that such luck finds you.”

“Anyway, don’t call me when you have nothing important to say. You know how precious my sleep is. If you dare call me again, I can’t promise what will happen to your useless father.”

Emmy’s heart sank when she heard that. She could not help but growl, “Lynn…”

“Enough, Emmy! You should know when to stop. Anyway, let me tell you a little secret, Vince is not really into women. He only married me to hide his true sexual orientation, and to continue the blood line of the Young family. So, you can put your mind to rest.”

After dropping such a bombshell, Lynn quickly hung up the phone without even waiting for Emmy to reply.

The impact of her words was so much that Emmy felt as if her heart had just dropped to the ground.

What the hell had she just heard? Vince did not like women? Did that mean that he was into the other side.

Oh, my goodness! Lynn, what have you done? How could you speak such nonsense without even thinking?

She could feel the temperature in the room drop to absolute zero. When she looked up, she was scared by the expression on Vince’s face that she almost felt as if she had stepped on a broken glass.

…

The next morning…

Emmy and Vince both walked out of the marriage registration office, each holding a red booklet in their hands.

Vince had a relaxed expression on his face but Emmy was not quite happy.

She was still sulking about how the man had also used her father to threaten her into getting this marriage certificate. Looks like everyone now already knows her weakness, and unless she did as they wished, her father would never know peace even though he was in a vegetative state.

In her absent mindedness, Emmy heard someone call her by her sister’s name, “Lynn.”

She did not quite follow so, she did not answer immediately.

Then, a big hand drew her into a warm embrace and the following words rang in her ear, “What car do you like?”

“Huh?” Emmy was confused by the sudden question.

Vince looked at her animated expression and smiled slightly. His smile was so cute that Emmy felt her heart pound hard.

“Consider it my wedding gift to you.”

Emmy finally understood. So, this man wanted to gift her a car as a wedding gift? But she did not feel comfortable with the way he called her Lynn. It seemed like he had no intentions of revealing her identity so she had to continue acting like Lynn.

Ha, since this man looked like he owned all the money in the world and the fact that he cornered her to marry him, then she was not going to spare him.

She looked up to him and spoke, “I want the latest Rolls Royce. Oh, I like sports cars.”

Vince looked at her quietly without saying anything making Emmy to think if she had asked for too much.

But before she could take back her words, the man tussled her hair and his lean fingers gently touched her nose, then she heard the man say, “You have good taste.”

‘Boom!’

It was like a huge explosion had just occurred in Emmy’s head.

Before she could indulge in the man’s tenderness, Vince returned to his cool self and spoke, “I will order the car for you, but first things first, let us go for dress shopping. Today is our wedding night but before that, I want to introduce you to my good friends. Make sure that you make a dazzling debut, as a pianist, Lynn!”

Emmy wanted to roll her eyes, but when she heard the last statement, her body stiffened.