Chapter 91Brendaâs POVPRESENTâWell that had gone awful,â Leonel said to me as though he was reading my mind, and I blinked, it was clear that we had been thinking about the same thing, our screwed up engagement and how that ended.I ignored him and I ignored going down that rabbit hole. I turned to his partner, the conceited and narcissistic friend who had no idea how average he looked. âWhat were you saying about Rosa?âHe shared a look with Leonel and then he ran his hands through his vacant strand of hair. He bit his lips and then sighed. âTell her,â Leonel urged and I stood up, successfully pulling my hands from Kadenâs tight grip.The bastard had lost consciousness in a room with his enemy, if I wanted to kill him, he would have been dead.âYeah tell me!ââWhy are you both even here? Where is Alistair?â Damien asked and I narrowed my gaze, he raised his hands in resignation.âI should ask why youâre alone in the backroom of a bar with an intoxicated Mafia boss, things like th
Chapter 90LEONEL.I sat in my study with my siblings, Kira and surprisingly, Ashton was coming around and I was grateful for it. I didnât wnat to do the back and forth. âA Plan?â Kira asked and I nodded numbly.âI need to earn the parents trust in a way, make it seem like I'm all over their daughter, that way, they won't suspect a thing!â I said and they nodded.âNot a bad idea, but how are you going to do it?â Ashton asked and I smiled.âA fake car accident!ââYou wanna hurt her on purpose? Again?â Ashton asked, rising and I rolled my eyes.âCalm down, that's not the case, don't you understand the meaning of the word fake?â I asked with another eye roll.Jeez, I can't believe he kept such a part of him hidden for so long.I'm still impressed but however, I don't care.He should learn to control it, if he's not able to then he's better of not having feelings At all.âWhat's your plan?â Kira asked and I turned towards her.Thank God I have one normal sibling.Thinking about it, we do
Chapter 89BRENDAI stood in the room with my hands folded over my chest, Leonel left after Vidia came to get me and I stared back at my family, still conflicted between liking him or not, but I was assured now that I could grow to like him.I wasn't an agreeable girl so I wouldn't make it easy for any of them. âOkay, enough of the staring drama!â Austin mumbled, cutting in between us immediately.I rolled my eyes at Austin, and he stuck out his tongue at me.Pffft..Childish.Austin walked up to me and held my arms, a small smile on his face.âWhy don't you wanna marry him? I feel like he's a good choice for you!â He said.My wicked mind nearly said..âWho gives a fĂšck what you think?âBut then I remembered that this was Austin, as in my brother Austin and I did give a little fuck about what he thought, so I just sighed.âYou always wanted me to marry a guy that I like, well, I don't like him!â Talk about the lamest answer ever, just shove a fork in his ass and run away.My subconsc
Chapter 88FLASHBACKBrendaâs POVâWhat is he doing here?â Austin muttered into my ear as I remained plastered to his side. I knew something was off immediately and I wanted to live it down. Maybe this would be the final straw and this whole marriage charade would crumble totally.âHe is your son? Brendaâs brother?â Leonel confirmed, stunned, way too stunned for it to be normal.âYes! We said that already, why all these questions? How do you know each other?â my mother asked and Austin folded his hands over his chest and just that defensive movement alone made me amused.My brother was hands down the most peaceful person I have ever known, you would walk miles to find someone he had any issues with but I didn't even need to walk, because apparently, someone he indeed didn't like was in our home.I decided to lay down my case, have someone on my side. âAustin, that's the man mum and Dad say I would be getting married to,â I informed him, watching with a heartfelt glee as a flash of
FLASHBACKSLeonelâs POVâWhat do you mean youâre in love with her?â Kira was the one to ask, Ashton stood where he was looking at me with so much venom that I believed he could easily pass a knife through my eyes.âI have been watching her for a long time now and we are both connected. I saved her from a big fight sometime before. She is mine,â he insisted in all seriousness and Kira looked like she was going to topple over with laughter, it wasnât something I put above her. She could very well do it and drive Ashton further insane.I stepped forward so I stood toe to toe with my brother.âWell I guess that would have to change, I am getting to her and her parents are aware of it. You canât stop me from marrying someone because of a one sided infatuation with her!â I snapped at him and he looked ready to attack me.I knew he could do it, he could literally wage a war against me over a girl he had never even spoken to and I thought it was crazy. While I was going to marry her to get al
Chapter 86.BRENDA.I tried to break out of my mum's choking hold but she didn't let me.It was like she was afraid.That if she let's go, even if it was for a minute, I would disappear.I didn't care, probably could withstand her direct release of air from my throat.What I cared about, is What she called his just now.Son in law?My mum might be..well, my mum, but she wasn't someone to accept something like this so easily.What the hell got into her?I knew this whole marriage of a thing had been dad's idea and I knew also that mum wasn't in full support of it.It showed in her condensing eyes and the way and manner she spoke about it.So what changed?What in the hell change to suddenly make her call him son in law?And why the hell am I turning purple?Oh right.I'm being indirectly gagged.âIt's fine ma'am!â Leonel answered and the simplicity he showed, almost made me barf.I felt like breaking hold of my mum's grip and rushing towards him, even if it was to pluck out just one ey