Chapter 7 - Ex boyfriend Mason

"You remember i told you when you wanted to get married to mason that you were already betrothed to someone else since you were a child and that the time had not yet come for you guys to get married." Felix said looking intently at his daughter.

"Yes father i remember very clearly, how would i forget when you forced me to break up with my boyfriend just because I was betrothed to someone who i don't know and probably have never even seen in my life before. Dad do you know that i had to force him to leave me even after he confessed his love to me just because of some silly promise you made that i had no say in, so of course i remember clearly" Joan said agitatedly remembering how she was forced to break up with mason just few days after he confessed his feelings for her.

Mr Felix looked at Joan who looked like she would rather be anywhere else than be talking to him right now.

He wanted to tell her about everything, about the reason for her betrothal and also the marriage, but he just couldn't, damien had made him promise that he wouldn't say a word about anything concerning the reason for their betrohal.

Although he had always dreaded the day where he would give out his daughter for marriage because he loved her very much and would miss her but he knew he couldn't keep her at home for the rest of her life and one day would eventually have to give out her hand in marriage to a man and that right man was damien whom they owned a big favour and the best way to repay this favour was to allow damien to marry their daughter Joan.

He knew joan was no longer a child and would one day get a boyfriend and also coupled with the fact that he hadn't told her anything concerning her betrothal before she broke up with her boyfriend because he wanted her to live a normal life and not to always be conscious about making male friends while always having it at the back of her mind that she was already betrothed to another man and so it would be better not to keep any male friends knowing very well that she might eventually end up falling for one of them. So he thought it was best not to tell her anything yet until the time came for the marriage.

But when he discovered that joan had gotten a boyfriend he decided to keep calm and not say anything about it, just silently watching them incase they were to try anything stupid out of the blue.

And then when he found out that mason had told joan about his feelings for her, he decided to put a stop to whatever type of relationship they had with each other knowing fully well that at the end it would just lead to heartbreak because there was no way he would ever agree to them being together.

So he eventually ended up telling joan about her betrothal but he didn't tell her who she was betrothed to just yet, saying that when its the right time she would know.

And so joan had no other choice but to end her relationship with Mason because she knew there was no way her father would approve of them.

Since then she decided not to date anybody else because it would be a complete waste of her time and that of the person she was dating.

"I know you're still upset about that, but that's all in the past now, whatever I did back then was for your own good, you might not understand it now but you will later in the future. So back to our previous discussion. I'm sure you know damien, Mr Dominic's son right?" Mr Felix said after he had thought for a while about everything.

"Yes i know him, isn't he the one who always wears a mask over his face?" Joan said. "I wonder why he does that" joan thought to herself.

"Yes he is and you guys are getting married since he's the one you're betrothed to and now that you guys are adults it's okay to get married and there shouldn't be any delay right?, so i, your mother and his family thought it would be best for you guys to get married in the next 10 days as his father's health is really bad and he wants to witness the marriage and also ensure that damien will have someone to support him and assist him in his company's affair. So i thought it will be better if i told you beforehand to enable you prepare both mentally and physically for the wedding."

All this while joan was looking at her father, dumbfounded........