REBORN QUEEN REVENGE ON MY SCUMBAG HUSBAND

MELISSA

Waking up in my room was always the best way to start my day.

I showered and got ready for breakfast, stopping by Nora's room to call her.

"Hey nor" i called out to her.

Nor was my nickname for her. She was talking to mother when i got there.

Agnes Gray was my step mother and Nora was her daughter, my step sister but not from my father.

My mum had died many years ago and dad had remarried, so i could have a "mother figure" in my life.

I love my family so dearly, I could do anything for them.

"Good morning mother" I quickly greeted when I noticed her beside Nora.

"Hope you had a good night's rest" mother asked me and I nodded.

"You seem so optimistic this morning dear, is there a reason?" She asked.

"No mother, I just feel good today" I smiled.

She stood up from Nora's side and walked up to me with both her hands on my shoulders, she said,

"Good, you'll need it"

Before what she said had the chance to register in my head she had walked off. What did she mean by that?

I didn't have time to think about it because Nora came and held my hand smiling.

"What are you not telling me?" I asked jokingly and i saw her eyes glimmer with excitement.

"Mum said it's a secret" she said

"But we don't keep secrets from each other" I said, pouting and we both giggled as we went downstairs.

The table was already set and we sat down, a few minutes later papa joined us.

We all started eating, we were halfway done when papa spoke.

"Melissa, you will get married soon, to the second child of the Salvatore family"

My breath hitched, i must have heard wrong.

"What?" I muttered, the word barely escaping my lips.

A cold rush of wave ran through my body as if someone poured ice water on me.

"Married? To Blake Salvatore?" My lips and hands trembling as i spoke.

"Yes, your marriage to the Salvatores has been signed since your birth" he said with indifference

This had to be a joke.

My heart was pounding out of my chest. My eyes searched my father's face, desperate to see a hint of joke. But there was none.

He was serious.

I didn't know what to say or what to do, I was dumbfounded.

"Put papa, I want to marry for love, just like you and mum" I found myself saying.

"Lisa, you have to do it for the company" he sighed.

"But..." I tried to protest but was cut short by him.

"MELISSA!!!" he shouted and his voice vibrated through the room,

"You will marry him. They would be having dinner here in 3 days time, get ready"

I brought my head down, unable to say a word. My father had made his decision.

But what about Jake?

We all finished with breakfast not long after the conversation but I was hardly able to eat anything.

I went back to my room, my feets moving on it's own, my mind was spinning.

I sat on my bed, unable to shed a tear as I thought of a way out of this, but there was no way out.

I took my phone and texted Vivian, my best friend and Jake, my boyfriend, about the horrible news.

Just then, Nora came into my room smiling. Was this the surprise she was talking about?

"Lisa" she started, "don't feel so sad about it, daddy wants the best for us"

"I know but, Blake has always been interested in you, not me" I said in a low tone.

"I know that as well but I'm not interested in him, you're the first daughter of the Gray family, you have to marry before me"

She kept on talking and rambling on but everything she said were blurred out, I didn't hear a thing, I could only hear my own thoughts.

She left my room after realising she was talking to herself and not me.