"No it can't be!!" I shouted then looked at them with frustration.
"Cassandra, why can't you see that we are doing this for your own good?" Mommy explained gently while holding on my arm.
I don't want to be rude to my mother that’s why I just shook my arm from her hold because of my turmoil emotions instead of shouting at her.
I looked at them with hatred. "How can this be for my own good? Why marrying someone I don't fvcking know will be good for me?!"
Daddy lowered down his head as if he did not know how to begin explaining the things they were doing.
I laughed for a moment. "Don't ever tell me that the company is losing money so you will marry me to a man I do not know, that is too much rubbish in the tele series".
He massage the bridge of his nose before giving me a serious look.
"Come to my office—"
"Are you sure about this Deyniel?" my mom butted in.
Dad just gave her a warm smile and lead the way to his office. I could do nothing but obey, mommy quietly followed behind me.
What the hell is going on? I just came home from a party of my friend then I will be facing this shit—marry someone I do not know. Well, erase that, I will never marry someone I do not love.
Daddy sat down in his swivel chair then emptied his drawer. I heard Mommy sniffing in the back so I looked at her.
Why the heck is she crying?
I was nervous for a moment. Is our company already losing money? But that is impossible, I just came back from the company the other day and everything seems okay.
Daddy caught my attention when he pulled out a folder in front of me.
I get it and scanned the files, for a moment I feel like my world has collapsed.
"W-what the hell is this?" stuttering, I tried to ask. Slowly I glance at my father.
My tears automatically run down through my face as I see my father smiling yet his eyes are full sadness.
He grabbed my hand then kissed it. "You know I love you so much princess don't you? I'm sorry if I push you to a decision you don't like, I just want to see my princess go to the right man before I die.”
And there we all broke down.
My father, my dearest father has brain cancer.
"N-no, no this can't be. You will be treated dad. If not here in the Philippines, let's go to the US, "I said.
Daddy touched my head then disheveled it gently. I could do nothing but to sob because of the warm smile he gave me that moment.
"Who doesn't want to live long? I also want to see my future grandchildren with you but what can we do? The Lord give me a limit to live."
All I could do was to shake my head and whimpered. Mommy slowly approached to me then hugged me tight.
"Sorry my princess for being greedy. I just want to secure your future. I don't know how long or short I will still be here. If I can no longer see my future grandchildren then your wedding is enough," he said emotionally.
I run into him and hug him tight.
"Please fight Daddy. Why do I feel like you are already surrendering? Fight for us Daddy, fight for me." I begged.
My dad just hugged me back then kissed the top of my head.
"I'm not surrendering princess, I just accepted the fact. I want to spend my remaining days with you and your mom than suffer at the hospital."
I cried even more at what Daddy said.
"Iloveyou Daddy," I said and looked at him.
He smiled at me. "Iloveyoutoo princess, I love you and your mom. Please take care of her when I'm gone."
"Stop it Deyniel. Please stop speaking like that," mom stopped daddy at his sentence while crying.
Daddy just smiled at her then touched my mother's face.
"Always remember that I love you both," he said, teary eyed.
"Of course, we kno—"
"AHHH!!"
Dad shouted while holding his head. Mommy and I attended quickly to him.
"Get the medicine in the drawer Cassandra!" mom shouted while holding daddy's hand on his head.
I am literally crying as I searched for the medicine. I looked back and forth from my dad and it. Scared that I might missed something from dad.
"Hon, honey I will call Dr. Soriano. Please stay with us, please I-I still can't live without you, " mom cried hard as she said the last line.
I quickly gave mommy the medicine I had found. She opened it and took a pill then gave it to daddy.
Why? Why did they just let me know this?
I just cried silently as I saw how daddy complaining about his headache.
What kind of child am I? I did not see nor notice it all? I thought it was just because of work that is why daddy seemed to be losing weight, I thought it was because of his old age that I noticed his hair was falling out. I didn't know he already sick.
After a few minutes daddy gradually calmed down just in time for the doctor to come. He checked daddy in the room.
He's lying down now and sleeping probably because of the extreme pain he felt earlier.
Mommy approached me after the doctor left. She smiled at me then straightened my runaway hair on my face.
"You can now go to your room. I'll take care of your daddy," she said while combing my hair with her fingers.
"When mommy? When did it all start?" I asked.
Mommy sighed before sitting beside me then hugged pulled me for a hug.
"After you graduated college, that's when your daddy's severe headache started. He used to feel headaches, but he ignored it because he thought it was just stress at work. But a few weeks after you graduated, that's it, everything was getting worse and he's already experiencing various symptoms of brain cancer,” mom started the story.
"He went for a treatment. Your Daddy fought for us Cassandra. Every time we told you that we have a business trip, he was really taking his meds with me; chemo and so on.. "
"But your Daddy can not neglect the company either, many people depend on us, dear. "
"Why? Why didn't you talk to me to help the company. Yes, I don't know anything yet but I can still learn that Mommy." I asked as if that would bring back yesterday.
She just smiled at me then kissed my forehead. "Yes, we think of that, but your daddy loves you very much. We know that you have been studying all your life. You did nothing but gave us a reason to be proud of you. Deyniel wants to give you the freedom to do everything after you graduated. He wants you to enjoy the things you did not experience during your studies."
"I'm sorry. I can't resist your daddy, I love you too and I can see his point. I want to help you with the company but no one will teach you because your Daddy is often in the treatment with me. Forgive us Cassandra if we did not immediately told you about this. Like you, your daddy and I also hope that his condition will improved."
"But nothing has change, maybe this is really the Lord's plan," she growled.
"But even so, I am still not ready my child. I am not ready to be left behind, I can not afford to be alone. I have not yet accepted dear," she continued as she cried silently.
I could do nothing but hug my mother and accompany her in her silent crying.
Daddy loves me dearly, he did everything for me to make my life happy and orderly. Who am I to be selfish for the thing that can make him happy ?
I wiped away my tears then boldly looked at Mommy.
"Who will be the groom and when is the wedding?"
Andrei Villa Cruz, his name is unfamiliar to me. I felt weak because it looks like I will really marry someone I do not know."WTF?! Are you serious Cass you don't know the godly Andrei Villa Cruz ?!” my friend Ayesha said hysterically.I raised an eyebrow at her—astonished at her action before drinking the liquor in front of me. We’re currently at the bar right now to drink."Why do you know him?" I asked before pouring another shot at my glass."Girl, maybe you are the only one who does not know him. FYI he is just the head of Villa Cruz Construction Company. You really got a big fish," she mumbled."He's the one who caught a big fish. B*tch I am Cassandra Monasterio, daughter of Deyniel Monasterio, the heiress of Monasterio Worldwide," I stated, full of my self.MW is the biggest hotel chain here in the Philippines, we also have 66 branches worldwide.
"I called you, but you dropped the call. Look what mess are you in now," my friend blamed me.We are now in a cafe near the mall."Do you know anything I did when I was drunk?" I asked desperately.She sighed deeply before looking at me with frustration. "You don't really remember what happened?" she questioned back."Darn it, Ayesha, will I ask if there is?" I answered—annoyed before drinking my coffee.She also drank from her cup before starting the story."I was drunk back then but I kinda remember what happened," her introduction."You left our place, maybe to find a way for us to get home, but I was surprised when you came back with someone. Yes, it's your freaking hot husband to be.."I sat up and listened to her more."He's supporting you, girl you look like a mess that time. HAHAHA!"
Mommy woke me up early the next morning. She almost cried as the stylist fixed my face."Mommy stop it. I'm not getting comfortable anymore," I hissed.She just laughed at me. "You really are a woman now. It feels like it's only yesterday when your Daddy and I are still carrying you, now you are going to build a family of your own,” mom said emotionally.I just tried to smile at her. As much as I can I do not want to ruin this day for Daddy.Family? With him?There was a photoshoot in my room. The photographer took a photo of my gown and other belongings. He do the same with me as I do various poses he like.Somehow I was happy with my gown, this is also the gown that I want in case I really get married one day.Simple but elegant."My princess," Daddy uttered tearfully as I went down the stairs.Little
I woke up the next morning because I felt that something is over me. I slowly opened my eyes and felt shocked when a familiar scene exposed in my sight.I am sleeping next to him again.I just let out a sigh then carefully turned my head at his direction. His face really looks bossy when he sleeps, his eyebrows are also thick. I glanced at our position again, my face immediately heated when I noticed that I was now wearing a different clothes.Fvck >,<Okay Cassandra, just breathe. That's okay he's your husband.I have to get used to things like this. Is that right? Arghh! I'm going crazy.I spent few more minutes on the bed before I decided to cook breakfast for the two of us. It was only then that I focused on his condo, it was just right size for the two of us. Not too big nor too small, gray and white are the colors of the whole condo from outside to the room.
( WARNING: MATURE CONTENT! NOT SUITABLE FOR 17UNDER)I felt like I'm a slave under his caresses, his hot breath on my neck also didn't help. It brought some heat to my system.I'm not that dumb to not understand what's happening but maybe I'm so stupid because my body love what he's doing.He has a girlfriend, Cassandra.I kept saying it in my mind just so I could have the strength to stop everything that’s happening in my body but it was really treacherous."Ughhh.." I muttered softly as he kissed my neck.His hand that was just behind my back and waist earlier is now travelling down. "Stop me baby," he whispered to me."S-stop," I insisted."Yeah, stop me. I'm going crazy,” he mumbled then rolled up so we switched places.He is now on top of me, he quickly kissed my neck up to the side of my ear. I arched my body and h
It was past two o'clock when I woke up feeling heavy. My vision is blurred while my whole body hurts like hell especially my lower region.I roamed my eyes around the room. Gradually, frustration overtake my feelings when I did not see the person I was expecting.What can I expect? It all happened because of lust. We were just carried away by the heat of our body, nothing more nothing less."AHH!" I yelled as I tried to sit up and fell back again on the bed.Fvck! I didn't knew it would hurt like hell. I didn't insist moving anymore, I just let myself lied down.Seems it's my bad luck today. I think I will also have a flu because my muscles really throb in pain.I smiled bitterly. "And my husband was not by my side after what happened to us," I whispered softly.I want to cry but it is my fault. I let my body be slaved from his touch and kisses.
"Maybe I just got hurt because I was expecting a bit. Maybe because even though our marriage started like this somehow I want it to be fine. I know it's very impossible because there's other people involved," I stated then smile."Yeah right it's really impossible. Especially if they keep meeting," my friend said then rolled his eyes.I raised my eyebrow. "How did you know?"She just pointed at my back with her lips so I looked at it.Oh yes, please remind me that I will never go back to this coffee shop because it looks like they used to be together.The girl's arm was happily hooked on Andrei while he seemed to be seriously ordering at the counter. As usual they did not notice that someone was looking at them."Let's go bar later game? I'll bring a driver," Ayesha invite."Maybe you forgot I already worked Ayesha," I reminded while rolling my eyes.
(WARNING: MATURE CONTENT)My eyes widened when he put me in his car.I could still hear his weak swearing."Did you kiss him?""Who?" I asked with my eyes closed."That bastard," he hissed."You mean yourself?" I laughed then he stiffened.He started his car and drove it fast.In less than a few minutes I could smell the familiar smell of his condo. He led me to the bedroom and laid me down. He went to the closet and came back next to me."Sit. I'll change your clothes."I did what he wanted. I sat down even though I seemed to fall because of the dizziness.He unbottoned my office top. I just watched him seriously undressing me. I could see the tension in his jaw as he put on me an oversized shirt."Now stand up." He commanded coldly."I can't.." I want to punch mys