A Year to Hate My Alpha:( bound by curse and vows)

TAMIKA POV. From the balcony, I watch as the Maybach pulls into the compound and he steps out of the car. He is clearly different from how my father had described him—just that he is taller than I had imagined. This man looks sturdy in the black tux he is wearing. His hair is slicked back to perfection and even from the balcony, I can see the tattoo on his neck. I peel my gaze away from his neck and rest it on his face. His face was quietly handsome. The kind that didn’t demand attention but had it anyways. His jawline is sharp and I fear it would nick me if I run my fingers through it. Just before he steps into the house, he looks up at the balcony and our eyes meet. I don’t look away and neither does he. I already know who he is and I am sure he already knows who I am. My mind drifted off to last night and I let out a sigh. I was reading a book in the library when the door opened and my father stepped in. “Your mother told me you are here,” he said, lowering himself in the spa

MALACHI’s POV.I know women to be frivolous but I didn’t expect her to jump into the arms of another man the moment I left the house. I am clearly not interested in her but the fact that the entire thing is inevitable.“Put me down,” She yells, biting and clawing at me. Her voice is sharp, royal and a hint of being used to obedience but the fact still remains. As long as she is connected to me, she is not allowed to be near anyone.I don’t stop until we get to the car and this is when I finally put her down. She stumbles back before straightening herself, daring to look me in the eyes. Yeah If she is someone else, I wouldn’t have thought twice before disciplining her but she is a princess and that’s why I am trying to accord her that level of respect.“What the heck do you think you are doing?” Tanika yells, “how dare you touch me? Do you have a death wish? Do you realize I am the princess of this country? I could have you beheaded for even daring to look at me,” she is fuming, the fa

TAMIKA’s POV.“What do you mean?” I ask the lady beside me, “who has been waiting for me?”She doesn’t say anything, she just offers me a smile and gesture to one of the men to carry my things. Part of me wants to ask her what she means but the much angrier part of me decides to forget about it, it’s not like any of this means anything to me. My marriage to Malachi is a deal and I will not hesitate to leave the moment I am done.“I am the butler, maam” she continues, “and I am in charge of taking care of you as long as you stay in the Steene mansion. Anything you need at all. Your room has been cleaned and made ready for you,”“Thank you,” I manage to say and she smiles at me before making her way towards the house, I follow suit.In no time, we enter the house. The exterior is nothing compared to the interior. It is beautiful, magnificent to say the least. Whoever designed this house has an eye for good things.The butler leads us towards the in-house elevator and in no time, we walk

TAMIKA’s POV.I don’t bother to look up as he makes his way out of the house. Somehow I don’t hate his sister as much as I hate him. She looks genuine and maybe in the next one year, she can possibly become my friend.“You don’t like my brother that much right?” Her voice pulls me out of my train of thoughts and I turn my head to her. My attention was on Malachi before he left. He was putting on a pair of black suit which looked good on him even if I didn’t want to agree to that. His hair was slicked back to perfection and that overly handsome face of his made me so angry. Handsome people are not as cruel as the man who had just walked out of the house.“I don’t like him,” I blurt out, “your brother disgusts me,”She doesn’t say anything and smiles at me. I don't allow my mind to linger much on him so I shift my focus to the phone in her hand.After she is done showing me what she wants, Melisa excuses herself leaving me to my thoughts in this big ass house.The loneliness of the pla