Arranged Bride

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g the freshness that comes with rain. The buzzer sound of the oven brought my concentra

, I showed interest in one of her recipes and mom had said I could as well pa

have been making, and also the perfect drink for rainy weather. Twisting around in excitement,

the chocolate drink and made m

the office or outside working out things in the company. I barely

g without any reply, I turned the knob

e left-hand wall and bookshelf atop a

rmchairs with fur rugs over the side an

iews the back side of the garden with t

dominates the center, and a Captain style on wheels chair with a leather seat behind

ide, I saw the file with my name written boldly on it; not a bit bothered, I moved to arrange it. It

e paper with the headline I thought I m

a game of mind or an illusion, right?? A marriage agreement between...

rapidly to clear my blurry vision still trying to process what I have just r

d entered the office; he raised his

tion of what had happene

nize as mine "You are marrying me off?" I said more like an answer to my

rywhere but me, he continued, "It is not what you are

tioned. "Ha...I guessed things like this

ng for him to

the stairs to my room. I felt sick to my stomach as the bile rose in my throat, barel

behind me in

okay?"

hat I did not want to talk beca

he pillows under my head, I hear her quietly mutte

e slept through the evening. The silence made me f

enter the room. "I brought you dinner

t something,"

to myself, now just realizing it my

I asked looking at Mom wh

ng bac

oes," she

ne left in the dark," I said bitterly. "Would you

Kellan on the other hand, is one of the most successful bachelors in the country and every young

didn't have any words

are our daughter, adopted or not." She spoke again. "When you feel better we

the lights on not wanting

om was trying to be her chatty self and even Brian had made one or two jo

he must have seen me from his office. Satisfied with what I had done after some minutes, I noticed

iv

poke at the

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nt you saw is something that has to be done. Yes, the merger would greatly help my company but I would als

Brian had brought to me yesterday. I got a twenty percent share of the joint corporation t

ge was necessary to unify the shares. My name had been r

abusive foster parents. Not knowing what to say at the moment, I tu