She looked around the beautifully decorated venue, and she felt a pang of pain lingering in her chest, but no matter what, she could never do anything to change this sad reality that she found herself. She had already understood that her current identity could no longer be comparable to his.
Looking around the place, she couldn't help but feel the pang of pain linger in her heart finding it's way to her eyes·she only realized that she been teary when she raised her hand to her eyes and found out that they were moisty.The sight of these decorations could only remind her of her status in his life as well as the society at large.
Her feelings for him would have to be disregarded as well. Right now, she only had one goal in life and that's to save her only sister.She was her only relative now and she was going to do anything to make sure that she gets well as soon as possible. After that, she plans to leave this place with her sister.
She was lost in thought to the point that she almost forgot that she was here for a purpose.She quickly raced out of her trance and decided to go look for him.
However, just as she was about to look for him, a large palm suddenly grabbed her arm and forcefully pulled her into a room.
“Didn't I ask you not to look for me ever again? Why are you here?” Lucas howled, staring daggers at her .“ Are you here because the money that I gave you yesterday wasn't enough for you? Why are you so greedy?” He asked with disdain written all over him as he forcefully pushed her into the room and she fell hard against the hard floor since she didn't know of his intention before hand.
“Lucas, I....” Miranda's heart was filled with misery and she wanted to tell out her grievances ,she wanted to tell him how much suffering, she was enduring but she couldn't bring herself to do that. Not right now. Her purpose for coming over here today was different. Even though she felt as if she was stepping on the last shred of dignity she had left in her body, she still hardened her expression and said, “Yes, I came to borrow some money from you”.Lucas looked as though he had already known what she wanted, so he simply sneered and asked,” How much do you want this time?”
“One million” Miranda bit her lips and replied with a tone filled with determination. She felt disgusted with herself, but what else could she do at this point?
Yesterday, she asked the doctor what the total cost of the expenses would be. The doctor had said that Amanda's follow-up treatment was estimated to cost more than nine hundred thousand dollars and she also have to care for her daily feeding as well, so after making all the calculations she came up with the summation of one million dollars. She knew that it was a lot of money and it would be very difficult to get it and no one would even think of lending her such a huge amount of money since they farewell are of the fact that she might not be able to return the money to them. But, she was determined to try her best.
It was such an outrageous amount. How would she arrange the money?“Miranda, who the hell do you think you are? You think too highly of yourself for your good” Lucas shook her off and turned around with disgust and anger written all over him.
Miranda was stunned that he didn't do anything else, however, she was instantly prompt out of her delusion, upon realizing he wouldn't give her anything.“Please, Lucas!” She immediately pleaded and grab hold of his suit .“Please lend me the money. I need it to save my sister..... I will think of a way to return to you shortly, I promise!!” She begged with tears threatened to fall off from her pale eyelids.It was such a pitiful sight to behold!
“Think of a way?” Lucas looked at her with a gaze filled with disdain and repeated.“ Do you have any plans to lie under another man and use the money from your proceedings to repay the money you owed to me?”. He asked looking at her directly in the eyes.
Lucas was disgusted, but he couldn't help the sudden burst of irritation mixed with anger in his chest.
For some reason, he felt a pang of pain inside. His hands moved involuntarily and immediately pinned Miranda against the hard wall.
He held her and his hands found their way into her clothes and started ripping them apart even before Miranda could have a chance to refute.
Anxious, Miranda hurriedly struggled.“Lucas, don't be like this. You're getting married today, we can't....”
Lucas snorted, “Didn't you ask me for money? Then, I'm giving you a chance to serve me. Then, maybe I'll give the money to you”Lucas hurriedly interrupted her before she finish her sentence.
Hearing his words, Miranda was shaken by the cold, vicious thought that he could still have at that moment. He didn't even have any atom of respect for his future wife–Miranda was disgusted by the man she had loved all this while and she couldn't bring herself to face the shameless man in front of her.
At that moment, there was a loud knock on the door right behind him, but they hadn't even reacted when it busted open. A woman in an expensive wedding dress rushed in but stopped when she realized what was happening.Her face instantly turned pale and it was soon replaced with disbelief. She couldn't believe the sight before. However, the expression on her was mixed up.
“You....!” She exclaimed, and tears immediately began to stream down her fair cheeks. She held the hem of her wedding dress and looked directly at Lucas , who was still holding Miranda close to himself.“Lucas, how could you do this....” Lucas's expression quickly changed. He pushed Miranda away and quickly tidied up his clothes.“I'm sorry! It's not what you're thinking darling. Believe me, it's not what you think. I'm saying the truth, just listen to me this time.If you love me, you'll listen to my explanation just this one, please just give me a chanc.chance “I know. She must have seduced you, right? She must have forced her ugly body onto you and tried to seduce you!” Maya pointed her finger toward Miranda and quickly walked up to Miranda to hit her face.“You bitch!!!”
Everything went by in a blur Miranda had no time to react. She had fallen to the ground due to the strong impact of the slap, but she only blinked as she look up. The expression on her face was filled with different kinds of emotions.
It felt as though, she was shocked, surprise, hurt and resentful at the same time–She couldn't believe what she was seeing and her eyes popped up at this.
Her eyes grew wider and wider when the appearance of the woman in the wedding dress processed in her mind. However, she looked at her one more time, to be sure she wasn't mistaken.“Maya!?” She asked with disbelief. Her lips parted in the air and she couldn't bring herself to close it.Maya was an orphan, adopted by the Quentin family. She was gentle and generous at home, causing her adoptive parents to like her even more.
Miranda's love for Maya could not be questioned. Whatever she and her sister had, they had shared it with Maya.
However, when the Quentin family was in a crisis, Maya's personality changed. She just left and doesn't bother about them any longer. She didn't even show up at the funeral of her adoptive parents.
Miranda, however, didn't bother reaching out to her. Although she felt betrayed, she did understand that Maya might have wanted a better life for herself so she left when everything was in ruin.
She just didn't expect that she was Lucas's bride!“Miranda, how did you end up like this? What happens to you?” Maya looked at Miranda with eyes filled with sadness .“You are the eldest daughter of the Quentin family. How could you have stooped so low as to become a mistress? How can you face our parents after becoming like this?”.
Upon hearing about her dead parent's name, Miranda recovered and got up from the floor. She looked at her former sister, and sarcastically said, “Oh dearest sister, how can you be so shameless as to still call them your parents?”
She felt very disgusted at the fake sympathy embedded in the sneaky expression on Maya's face and she couldn't hide her irritation no matter how much she tries.
She was even tempted to go up and slap the smudge expression on her face away like a dirty little lie should. However, she won't be able to do that right in front of Lucas and away with it easily.
“Why is that? Isn't she qualified?” Lucas interjected.”Maya had worked so hard to pay for uncle and aunt's funeral expenses. While all you have ever thought about was climbing up the social ladder! What a social climber!” He hauled insults at her and glared at her with a face filled with disdainful.
“Pointing fingers at others when you're nothing but a shameless social climber.Seducing others for your own sake!”
CONTRACT MARRIAGE:03:'Climbing the social ladder?'When Miranda heard these words, she thought that they were nothing but a bunch of cranky jokes,Which doesn't bring a smile to anyone's face. They were jokes and nothing else.However, Mirabda couldn't bring herself to process and accept the insult hauled at her so casually. When reality, she has been doing everything to make sure that her sister lives. How could he address her as a social climber just like that?Miranda's chest rose and fell back instantly .“If I really was just busy doing that. Then , how could the Quentin Corporation end up in a state like this?” The pain in her chest could be felt in the tone of her voice as she stared up at Lucas, who was determined to humiliate her. However, she didn't want to hold back anymore.She wanted to yell out her grievances with a loud voice without minding what anybody thinks. She wanted to speak with a loud, carefree voice and the world will be forced to listen to the pain in her vo
CONTRACT MARRIAGE:04:Outside, Miranda was anxiously waiting for the pawn shop clerk to return and give her the news.She desperately wished that the ring was valuable enough to fetch sufficient money, but her conscience was also reluctant about selling the last possession, belonging to her mother. It was the only memory left of her.Just as she was indulging in series of battles within her heart, the pawn shop clerk returned.When she saw him, she prayed in her heart that he was back with a good news for her. However, she didn't expect that she would be invited by the big boss.When she heard that their boss wanted to see her, she immediately followed him inside.Miranda's heart was in a turmoil. She had a vague guess that the ring might have some background..The pawn shop own, who seems to be in his forties , came in with the ring in his
The loud echo from his cold voice rang in her ears as she tries to look up at him with uncertainty. Even though the man had said these words in a very low tone, she could clearly hear the reverberation of his words echoing in the room–It was as if he had shouted at the top of his lungs which in turn has been dribbling in the darkness.Miranda was shocked and she immediately froze in astonishment. It felt as though, she had heard the wrong thing by mistake.Perhaps, she was mistaken. This is because she has seen many lustful men, who only care about getting into her pants. She has never been asked to give birth to a child in exchange for her desires like this.This was the first and she was determined not to believe it.Miranda's eyes widened, but she thoughtthat she had just heard wrongly. She tried to look at the man for confirmation, but it was too dark to even make out his face."Did you hear my conditions? Or should I repeat it once more for you?"The man asked, this time with a
CONTRACT MARRIAGE:06: Miranda stared at her phone for amoment. She was simply dumbfounded after seeing the pictures, she felt like her entire world was going to crumble at this point and that too right before her very own eyes, she felt helpless and weakness sprang all over her body–She felt a heavy weight pulling her body and soul down. It felt as if there was a log of wood tied to her legs since they became so heavy that she could barely lift them. She didn't move an inch after seeing thepictures on her sister's phone, But, theintention of the message was clear. Hersister, Amanda, had been manipulated bysomeone she knew, and she wouldn't let itpass. The first purpose of the message was to disclose the details of her dealing to her sister and they must have already perceived the fact that she would definitely react by coming out in search of her–Thinking of this, Miranda felt like she was the reason why Amanda was in this position. She wouldn't have left if she didn't see t
CONTRACT MARRIAGE:07: "Sister, don't leave me. You're the only oneI Have. Can you not leave me?" Then, shecried desperately, "Will you accompany me, please? You said you would? You promised to accompany me to work and stay by my side. You're my twin, how could you even think of leaving me behind like this? Answer me! How will I survive this work without the three of you? Didn't you even think of me once before giving up on life?” “You can't leave me all alone Mandy!, you hear me! You promised that you will get better and work alongside me. You won't leave me, right? You won't !” Miranda dragged the motionless body of her sister close to her body and cried bitterly. Tears fell freely from her eyes and she didn't bother stopping them. She never planned to anyways. Bitter tears flow down her cheeks and she wouldn't be consoled. Not even the sympathetic gaze of the onlookers could help with the immense pain that she was feeling. Her heart clenched tightly and more bitter tears fell f
CONTRACT MARRIAGE:08: Miranda's eyes instantly widened in shockas her entire body trembled in guilt, "Yousaid what? What did you say!" She became agitated as she thought that she might hear the wrong thing. She couldn't bring her mind to believe that she had actually heard the right thing in the first place. How could she think that Maya would be so vicious as to punish her sister so harshly? No way, right? "Unfortunately, she was cremated soquickly that even the traces of itdisappeared. But, do you have the moneyand ability to sue me? Even if you know the truth about what happened to be loved twin sister, you won't be able to do anything about it. All you have to do is sit down in a God-forsaken corner and cry your eyes out. I mean that's what you are so good at, right elder sister?” Maya asked in a mocking tone. "Oh, I forgot to tell you! I was very generous in giving my husband to your sister. It was a pity that my husband fell asleep and called her by your name." Her
10 Month later Miranda was standing in the front garden of a mansion with her protruding stomach. She took a can and went around watering the flowers. This had become the new life that she was used to now, and it even gives her so much joy doing all of this. She believes that she was helping in cultivating a life. She was so bored of doing nothing all day long. The only thing she was to eat, sleep and carry the baby of the mysterious man she had a deal with. It was a routine for her but she was determined to change the routine, so she decided to be useful by doing this. She kept going around, watering the plants. Then suddenly, she felt a huge pain in her abdomen. The pain was like a heavy lift of metal crack and soon enough, she felt a warm liquid trailing down her thigh and fell to the floor in front of her as soon as hit the floor, Miranda widen her eyes in shock. Her water broke. It was time for the baby to come out. Miranda held her waist as the pain from her aching
“Apologize!” “Apologize to Maya right now!” Miranda suddenly heard a voice from the side. Without being told, she already knew who the voice belong. Its voice stuck to her head like a stubborn leech. Miranda turned her head to look at the man, who was still holding and comforting the distressed woman in his embrace. Hearing his words, Miranda thought that she had just heard the biggest joke of her life, so she pretended to have been deaf to his words. “I will apologize to her for nothing absolutely nothing only in your dreams! Your daydreams to be precise. I won't apologize to her!” Miranda then prepared to leave the scene– She was too weak to continue arguing with these people. After all, she had just given birth not long ago. However, just as she took a few steps away from the scene. Someone suddenly grabs her from the crowd with a force that she felt pain running through her veins. “Didn't you hear what young master Lucas said? Apologize to Miss Grant for the wrongs you