_Third Person POV_Ruelle stared up at the building, a slight smile on her face. She left school earlier than normal just to come here to see Killian. Killian wasn't aware of her visit, but she thought to surprise him. Taking a deep breath, she walked into the building, making heads turn to her immediately. Everyone stared at the beautiful lady that just walked in, their eyes widened in awe.The men stared at her with clear interest and lust, eyes roaming over her figure. Who was she is here to see?They wondered. Ruelle ignored the stares she got from people around, she walked up to the receptionist immediately. "Hello, I'm here to see Killian," Ruelle said, smiling politely. She let her eyes roam around the place, nodding in satisfaction to the interior decoration of the place. The receptionist stared at Ruelle with obvious distaste, giving her a once-over. "Do you have an appointment?" She asked, flipping through her book to search for her name. A name she never asked for
“Ah!” Eileen, my step-sister screamed out in pain, falling to the floor. Her large eyes were filled with tears as she stared up at me with her lips quivering. “I'm sorry sister, please don't hit me." She pleaded, tears falling freely from her eyes. I opened my mouth in surprise, barely able to say a word as I watched Eileen beg.Don't hit her? What was she talking about? Was she not the one that slapped herself now and fell to the floor? Why was she now begging me not to hit her?She had called me to the living room claiming she wanted to say something and she does this.I was about to speak when I heard Richard yell Eileen's name and I finally understood why she did what she did. She saw Richard coming and decided to slap herself and blame it on me. “Eileen!" Richard, my boyfriend yells, rushing to us. I was about to explain what had happened but Richard pushed me aside as he reached for Eileen, luckily I was able to steady myself and prevent my fall. Eileen’s lips curved upward
I stared confused at the man supposed to be my father, his words once again shocking me. Is he saying what I think he is? Eileen would marry my boyfriend while I get married to a crippled man in her stead?“No!" I instantly refused, taking a step back while looking at the people supposed to be my family. How could they expect me to do such a thing? Throw my life away and get married to a crippled instead. “You're such a selfish child." Mrs Athanas spat, staring at me with loath.“How do you expect your younger sister to get married to a crippled man. Do you want her to suffer?” She asked and everyone else in the room agreed with her, each person staring at me like I was wicked."But what about me? What about what I want-” I start to say but I was cut short by Eileen's cries.“Mother, would I get married to a crippled?" She panicked, looking between both parents.“Of course not. Your sister would get married in your place. You would get married to Gabriel like you wanted.” Mrs Athan
But that's not possible, right? He is blind.“Sister, it's not proper to look at a man that way," Eileen says, looking for a way to embarrass me. She tucks her hair behind her ears, looking at her feet. To everyone here she must have looked pure, merely saying something out of naivety without knowing the meaning. But she wouldn't be able to fool me.“But he's my fiance, is he not? I can look at him however I want.” I turn my attention back to him, a smirk on my lips. “Your fiance?" Mr Lexington asks confused, looking between Mr and Mrs Athanas."Isn't Killian supposed to be getting married to your youngest daughter? Why is your oldest calling him her fiance? Are you making a mockery of my family?” His confusion turns into anger as he stares at my father, waiting for an answer."No, it's nothing like that.” Father tries to explain, breaking into a sweat.“You see, my eldest daughter loves her sister so much and she was only worried that her sister wouldn't be able to manage so she de
Did you hear? A classmate is getting married to a blind crippled because he is rich." I hear a voice behind me whisper, causing me to look up from my book.Why does it feel like they are talking about me? And who would start up a rumor about me in school?A face flashes in my mind and I wonder why I even ask the question.Of course, Eileen would have done that.The people behind me couldn't see me because I was leaning against the tree truck which hid my entire body. “But I wonder who this classmate is. So shameless and desperate to be rich." A sarcastic comment came from behind me and I slapped my book shut, unable to concentrate."I heard that it was Ruelle-" Picking up my bag, I walked out. The looks on their faces changed to surprise when they saw me. “Ru-Ruelle..” the speaker stuttered, looking at me in fear."You're so noisy," I tell them, my lips curled up in distaste.“We are so sorry, we-" they started to apologize but I didn't want to hear their fake apology.I needed to
"There's a hotel close by for you to change your clothes. You will catch a cold if you continue wearing them,” Killian said, his tone not changing. He didn't seem affected by my earlier accusation.When I realized that he just wanted me to get out of my wet clothes, my cheeks flushed in embarrassment. I remain quiet for the rest of the ride, too embarrassed to say anything else.The driver kept glancing at us occasionally. I turned to look at Killian to find his face expressionless, his eyes were glossed over and didn't seem to focus on anything.I slowly brought up my hands, waving them a distance away from his face.“I might be blind but I can still feel,” Killian said coldly and I immediately pulled my arm down."Don't you believe that I'm blind?” He asked and I immediately shook my head."N-no, nothing like that,” I brought my hands in front of me in a defensive manner as he could see me.I thought I saw a smile on his face but it was gone immediately it came."Why do you want to
I blow out the strands of hair across my face, turning to look at my father who had slapped me.My cheek stung but I ignored it."We had sent you to school to study, but instead of studying, you're going around with men. You are a whore, just like your mother!" Mrs Athanas spat in disgust. Her eyes held so much hatred for me but I was already used to it.Her remark about my mother threw me into a fit of rage and I glared at her.They started this by calling my mother into it, they shouldn't blame me for the way I behaved. And she had said that I slept with a man? I didn't even need to ask who had told them such a thing because Eileen stood behind her mother, giving me a coy smile.“I was with a man, so what? Were you married to my father when you gave birth to your daughter?" I asked aggressively, watching as their faces changed. All through the years, they tried to hide that Eileen was an illegitimate child, giving her the name of a legitimate child.“Are you forgetting that Eileen
I walked into the Lexington's mansion, pushing Killian in with me.His eyes remained straight ahead as he stared at nothing.“Are you sure it's alright for me to stay here till our wedding?” I asked him for what seemed to be the fifth time since we left.I didn't really know of his position here, so I wanted to know what I was walking into. if a family would let their child go broke just because he is blind and became a cripple, what else would they do to him?“It's not too late for you to return,” he said coldly and I shook my head. I was here already, so there was no use to be asking questions.I couldn't help but be curious about the rest of his family members.I had just seen Mr. Lexington and that was it. Wasn't his mom home?“Where do you think you are going?” A stern voice asked and I stopped in my tracks. Mr. Lexington stared at us coldly, his aura different from the first time we met.“I'm going to my room, what does it look like? Father.” Killian spat out the word ‘father’