The Fake Engagement

The Fake Engagement

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By:  Kim DanCompleted
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Shane Croven, a daughter of a wealthy businessman, who wants to run away from her home got engaged to a man named Erwan Fuenter. She always thought that her father had done nothing but to manipulate her life but the real intention of her dad was revealed when she met her fiancé, Erwan, who knew that Shane’s life is in danger and vowed to protect her even if it costs his own life. It was not his intention to fall in love with Shane Croven, but he found himself wanting more of her even though she keeps on pushing him away from her life. Will Shane finally accept Erwan if she finds out that he is the only one can keep her away from danger?

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Chapter 1

One: The Engagement

“Shane, this is Erwan Fuenter, your fiancé.” My eyes widened upon hearing those words from my dad. We are sitting on a couch inside the living room and my dad called me out of my room because according to him, I have an important visitor to meet. He forgot to mention that he came up with another mischievous plan to control my life.

Erwan, or whatever his name is, stretched out his hand as if offering a handshake. I rolled my eyes and ignored him. I heard him chuckle as he slowly put his hands down. It is my first time seeing him and I don’t have any idea where he came from but I swear, I can’t stand this guy! I faced my dad with annoyance written all over my face.

“This guy is my fiancé?” I said, pointing at my so-called fiancé.

My dad nodded.

 “Come on, dad. You must be kidding.”

“I am not, in any way, kidding about this. You’re 20 now, Shane. You must sort your life. Mr. Fuenter is an honorable man, he is the same age as you, and I figured that you will be a good fit for each other.”

The living room is silent and only the three of us are there but I wish that someone will burst open the door and tell me that he is not my real father.

“You did not even talk to me about this matter, and why are you hurrying about my marriage? It’s not like the world is going to run out of guys that I can marry!” I did not bother to hide the irritation in my voice as I stared at him with full of disgust.

“I never said that I needed your opinion about this. What is there to fuss about? I am only doing what is best for you.” His voice is calm yet superior. He did not even move an inch from his seat. It is not hard to figure out that this conversation is just like a business meeting to him, his black business suit and formal posture prove it all.

“Best for me? Do you even know what is best for me, or are you just doing this for the sake of your business?!” 

“Do not speak to me like that in front of Mr. Fuenter. I am your father and I am not giving you any right to disagree with my decision. ” The warning in his voice is enough to make me shiver but this is the only opportunity to disagree with him.      

“I do not even know him. For pete's sake, Dad, let me live my own life!”

“You have plenty of time to get to know each other. Trust me, he is a great man. Besides, I will never hand you over to a man that I do not trust.”

Trust him? How can I ever trust him when all he did was manipulate my life?

“No, Dad. I am sorry I can’t do this.” I shook my head, my voice barely audible.

“Shane.” He called my name with full of authority.

I did not speak. I did not answer him. For the next couple of minutes, the living room became much silent and I wonder if dad can hear my pounding heart and notice my trembling knees.

The decisive expression on his face made me wriggled in my seat because I am certain that if I do not act the way he wanted me, I will suffer great consequences.

He looked at me warningly and fear began to eat my system. My dad holds something in his authoritative aura that makes my stomach rumble. I’ll admit it, I am afraid of my dad and all my life, I feel like I can never get to live the way I want because he already got my future planned for me.

I tried to keep my composure and hid my fear.

 “Dr. Mavero, I think that Shane needs some time to sort things out.” Erwan butt in. For a moment, I have forgotten his existence. I studied his figure, he is wearing a fitted gray v-neck shirt topped with a black suit jacket that made me notice his broad shoulder. His alluring look screams tidiness. His long pointed nose and fine thin lips suit well with his sharp jawline. Something in his looks tells me that he is an easy-going type of guy who doesn't take anything seriously. But it makes me envious of him.. he seems free.

I look up to see his eyes and notice that he is also looking at me, I immediately diverted my gaze at my dad.

My father’s eyes were no longer looking at me, his brown eyes that are closely similar to mine are earnestly peering at the guy who is sitting beside him on the sofa.

“Do you think so, Erwan?” he asked.

“Yes, sir. I think that Shane is just shocked by her sudden engagement with me. Let us give her some time to figure things out.”

Dad turned his attention back at me.

“Shane, this engagement is arranged for your own sake, I assure you that.” His voice is rough and dismissive. I heaved a sigh of relief when I saw him sprang to his feet and walked out of the living room.

 Now, there are only the two of us here.

I breathed deeply as I gathered all of my courage to face him. My knees are no longer trembling and my chest finally relaxed.

“Mr. Fuenter, as you can see, I cannot do anything to change my father’s mind and cancel this engagement. But, I trust that you do not also agree with this kind of agreement. So, I am going to ask you a very tiny favor that can change both of our lives. I would like you to do everything in your power so this engagement will not proceed the way my dad wants it. ” I directly looked into his blue eyes and speak formally.

“You are asking me to ruin the engagement?” his eyebrow raised and his eyes intently stared back.

“Yes, Mr. Fuenter.” I gulped.

He crossed his legs on the sofa and placed his fingertips together. His lips are slightly forming into a curve but he stopped them from becoming a smile.

“It is very brave of you to ask me that thing when you do not even have the slightest idea about who am I. Indeed, I do not also agree with this agreement. However, I’d like you to know that my mom personally asks me to do this fiancé thingy with you, and I happen to love her veeery much to the point that I cannot disappoint her.” I closed my eyes for a moment and exhaled deeply. This guy is starting to get into my nerves, seriously, is he going to let that favor of his mother change his life?

“So, you are telling me that you won’t cancel the engagement?” I crossed my arms in front of my chest while waiting for his answer.

“I am glad that you are fast to get that, Ms. Croven. As a matter of fact, I will not lose anything if I participate in this agreement.” I can see that he is trying to suppress his laughter now. The nerve of this guy to laugh! Does he think engagement is a joke?

I rose from the sofa and stand in front of him, my arms still crossed and my eyes looking at him unbelievingly.

“But, Mr. Fuenter, it seems that it did not appear to you that this engagement can lead to an actual marriage, and that can absolutely change and ruin both of our lives.”

“Oh, I am aware that of that, and I do not find any reason to go against it. Now, if you will excuse me, Ms. Croven,” he paused for a second and rose to his seat, “I have to go.” He continued and patted me on my shoulder, smiled and waved his hand at me before making his way out of the house.

Wow.

I was dumbfounded by his attitude. What the fudge did just happened? Does he really want this engagement to pursue? What the fudge is wrong with him? He does not even know who I am or what am I like.  The only thing he knows about me is my name, yet he seems so driven to continue this freaking engagement.

I run to my room exasperatingly and lay down in my bed.

I stared at the ceiling of my chamber, endlessly thinking about my future that is already planned by my father, the clock loudly ticking on the left corner of the wall.

Dr. Mavero Croven, my father, is an influential man who circulated his life with his business. He was a neurologist, but most of the time, he focused his attention on running his well-established companies instead of going to the hospital. In the first few years when he was just a newbie in the business world, he believes that he can be both a successful entrepreneur and a doctor at the same time. Whenever someone calls him to attend to a patient, he will stop whatever he was doing and run to the hospital. But, everything change, his business started to bloom and became well-known in the industry. He did not throw his medical license out of the window and kept it hidden in one of his drawers.

I do not know if it was about his business but he suddenly stopped coming to the hospital and locked himself inside his office. Then when he came out, he focused his attention on the business field and I never heard a single phone call from the hospital again. Before I knew it, he became more greedy for power and connections and centered his life in the company which makes me think that he had already forgotten that he has a daughter. Maybe something happened that made him decide that being a doctor was not really what he desires.

Now, I can’t help but think that maybe, I am just one of the valuable assets that he can bargain anytime he wanted.

How can I escape the wrath of my father?

I grabbed a book from my bookshelf and read it. I do not have anything better to do anyway.

But no matter how hard I tried, my thoughts kept coming back with the idea of my engagement. I rolled in my bed and suffocate myself under the pillow that I grabbed. What is the sense of living a wealthy life when I can’t even decide what’s best for me?

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tmp828
Enjoyed reading. Loved Shane and Erwan.
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This is just too good
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Riz Agabon
worth it to read... nice story indeed!...
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Malaeka
interesting..very good one.. worth reading
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Queen Harvey
Really a good read!
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Patricia Payne
love this book hopeful it not going to be to long of a book because I'll read this book unless it get like all the other ones will it just repeat and keep going to cost us more money
2021-10-18 01:04:42
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Cherry
Ridiculous names of characters. Shane, the female dumbass is a cheater.
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Cherry
Bad writing. Its annoying. Plot and characters are ridiculous.
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55 Chapters
One: The Engagement
“Shane, this is Erwan Fuenter, your fiancé.” My eyes widened upon hearing those words from my dad. We are sitting on a couch inside the living room and my dad called me out of my room because according to him, I have an important visitor to meet. He forgot to mention that he came up with another mischievous plan to control my life.Erwan, or whatever his name is, stretched out his hand as if offering a handshake. I rolled my eyes and ignored him. I heard him chuckle as he slowly put his hands down. It is my first time seeing him and I don’t have any idea where he came from but I swear, I can’t stand this guy! I faced my dad with annoyance written all over my face.“This guy is my fiancé?” I said, pointing at my so-called fiancé.My dad nodded. “Come on, dad. You must be kidding.”“I am not, in any way, kidding about this. You’re 20 now, Shane. You must sort your
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Two: Are you trying to kiss me?
I grew up to be afraid of my father. Once, when I was little, he told me not to go near his office or even dare to enter it. But being the naïve and young child that I was, I did not pay attention to his orders and did not listen to him. I neglected him and went to his office to play.I thought he will not be mad if he caught me going there because I am his little princess and he loves me too much to scold me.. but I was wrong. That day, he caught me playing in his office and I chuckled and was about to hug him but my feet didn’t dare to move an inch when I heard him screamed at me.“You worthless child, I told you not to go here!” he threw the briefcase he was holding on the corner of a room and unbuckled his belt, he walked over my direction and slammed me. There was nothing that can be heard but my sobs and loud cry after that.That’s how I learned that he is not the same dad I used to know.  
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Three: The Danger
“We have to think rationally Erwan, the business of Dr. Mavero will be a great benefit to us.”“But, mom. Is it really needed to seal the deal with an engagement? You can just prepare some proposal to get to Mr. Croven’s good side.”“Erwan, this is the only way to gain the trust of Mr. Croven.”I remembered the conversation that I had with my mom a week ago and sighed heavily. Looks like I have no choice but to play along with this agreement.I arrived here in the city of Venile from my vacation abroad just a couple of weeks ago, and I did not expect that things will eventually turn out this way. The last thing I needed right now is a marriage, but the pursuant of my mother leaves me with no choice but to agree with the engagement.From Shane’s reaction a while ago, it seems like it was her first time hearing about the engagement. I like the way she tried to pick a fight with her father when she first
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Four: The field
Erwan's POVIt was dark when I leave Dr. Mavero’s SUV, but instead of heading home, I searched for a solemn place to clear my head. It seems like the complication of my life will begin now.It is an advantage that there weren’t a lot of cars that are roaming around the street. It is dark on the road but the lights of the city and the open establishments made it easier to see the surroundings. I have been glancing from left to right of my car window as I drove.I was whistling while driving, the memories that I have in this city are haunting me. There was never a day that I forgot about how Veron died in this same street in my hands. Those were the most terrible memory of my life.I stopped the car when I noticed an empty field beside the highway, I may be the type of guy who likes to go clubbing and party all night, but there’s always a part of me who longed for a quiet place to freshen up. I stepped out of my car and walked
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Five: To be with you twenty-four seven
Shane's POVI couldn’t sleep well tonight, it’s been a couple of weeks since I got to know that I am engaged with some random stranger.Today is the last day of summer vacation and I am currently forcing myself to sleep so I won’t be late for my class the next day.It sucks that after all the crying and sobbing due to the countless thoughts that are running on my head about my future, I still couldn’t sleep. I pulled my comfy blanket and covered myself underneath it. I picked up the earphone on my desk beside my bed and plugged them into my phone. I played the music of a band called the Coldplay and finally found myself slowly drifting to the dreamland. “Ma’am Shane, are you already awake?”The loud knock and call of  the familiar voice of Becca, our housemaid, woke me up. I reached for my pillow and embrace it.“Yes, I’m awake. I’ll be downstairs in a minute.&rdq
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Six: The Pervert
Shane's POVI sat on the corner of the cafeteria, the words of Erwan Fuenter repeatedly echoing on my head.“I can’t stand missing you every day, so I did the privilege of enrolling here to be with you twenty-four seven.”Argh! That asshole. How dare he mess with my mind? And why the freaking fudge I am thinking about him?I sighed in frustration and opened my mouth wider to chunk the handful of grilled cheese sandwich into it, I reached for the french fries and dipped it on sundae before finally savoring it. I was about to grab my hamburger filled with ham and egg when Jase suddenly spoke from behind.“Slow down, will you? No one’s going to snatch your food.” I glanced at him and saw that he is quietly biting an apple—the only food that he ordered. Is he on a diet? Or is he trying to be healthy by living with the quote that one apple a day chases the doctor away? Hmph.“Don’t even talk t
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Seven: The First Kiss
Shane's POV “Do I have to answer that? I am her fia-” I grabbed the color of Erwan’s shirt, the man who rescued me from the jerk and mistakenly thought as Jase, He is an inch taller than me, so I had to tiptoe a little to reach his face, I almost sniggered when I saw the shook on his eyes by the time our lips met each other. I kissed him before he can say anything else. No one can know that he is my fiancé, I don’t want to be the center of gossip in school. I saw the jerk who harassed me not too long ago walk away while scratching the back of his head annoyingly. The crowd also returned to what they were doing thinking that we are just a couple hooking up with each other. I was about to let go of our kiss upon seeing that everything is settled but he held my waist closer to him which deepened our kiss. I was going out of breath and needed some air, but he still wouldn’t budge. I pushed his chest away from me but he wouldn’t stop so I stepped o
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Eight: The Suitor
Shane’s POV“Hello?” I heard Olivia’s voice on the other side of the phone, her tone sounded like she just woke up from her deep slumber.“Hey, Oliv. What are you doing for today?”“I’m planning to sleep all day, baby Shane.” She mumbled. “Oh, okay.”“Why? Do you want me to come over?” she asked, probably feeling guilty.“No, no, I was just checking out on you to ask what you are up to.” I shook my head as if she can see me.“The first week of being a sophomore took all of my energy, it was super exhausting. I got no plans for this Saturday but to sleep.”My imagination tells me that she is rolling herself on her blanket as she spoke to me. I heard her yawned and I took that as a signal to bid her my goodbye and threw my phone on the bed.I dived and on the queen-sized bed of my room and stared at the ceiling, gues
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Nine: The Annoying Jerk
Shane's POVI locked the door of my room and made my way downstairs. I saw the figure of a man standing in the living room, his back facing me. His tall posture that goes well with his broad shoulder and well-built back made me recognized him. My face eventually turned into a frown. It’s the weekend, can’t he leave me alone for once?“Tell me, what kind of plan are you trying to pull for today?” I said which made him turned towards me.He flashed a smile.“Are you going somewhere?” he asked instead of answering my question. He looked at me from head to toe as if studying my body. I am wearing a denim jacket and a black crop top underneath it.“No, I just like wearing a denim jacket inside the house,” I remarked sarcastically and went to the kitchen to fill my thirsty lungs.“That’s a very interesting hobby of yours, Ms. Croven.” I poured some water into the glass
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Ten: The black outfit guy
Shane's POV I inhaled the refreshing scent of wind as I drove my car on the street. The nearest mall is just a ten minute drive from our home so I took my time and relaxed my back on the seat while humming happily. I got off my car upon reaching my destination and went inside the mall. I took an elevator and pressed for the third floor, the door was about to close when a man wedge his arm in between the elevator door causing it to suddenly stop. He ignored me and head inside. He is wearing a whole black outfit; his muscular and tall figure reminded me of the gunman that I often watched in televisions. He seems harmless and I doubt that he is a gunman. He is also wearing a black cap which completed his whole black outfit, I looked down to see if he is wearing a black shoes and I chuckled upon seeing that he is indeed wearing one. I noticed from the corner of my eyes that he is staring at me as if questioning why I am laughing. I cleared my throat, suddenly emb
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