Chapter Twelve

Maya’s POV

My thought swirled with different thoughts as I laid in bed, I had gotten out of my clothes and taken a wants shower after we got back from the birthday dinner, feeling tired and wanting to sleep but for no known reason, I just couldn’t. 

I rolled around in bed trying to fall asleep it force myself to but nothing was working. I didn’t understand why Alexander had acted the way he had earlier that night. I was only being friendly and he had gotten mad and accused me of flirting. I didn’t even want to be with him nor marry him so I had no idea why he was always so rude and cold to me. It wasn’t like I was begging him to marry me, he had made that decision all by himself. 

I knew he wasn’t just any ordinary man and he was constantly always bothered about a lot of things but that had absolutely nothing to do with me. I would have preferred to work for him so as to pay back the debt my father owed him but he had blankly refused so why? Why was he being so difficult and cold to me? The least he could do was be nice to me. 

He had already set so many rules I had to follow and I had no choice but to follow them so why couldn’t he be civil for once? It didn’t matter if I was poor or this marriage thing was a sham, I deserved to be respected. 

“Ugh,” I sighed in frustration as turned around in the bed yet again. I tried to find a perfect position to fall asleep in but it was futile, I even started counting sheep but it still didn’t work. 

Not finding the perfect position to sleep in, I got tired. So, I got up from the bed and walked to the balcony of my room. I looked up at the sky, staring and calculating the stars that twinkled, my mind going to my father even though I hated him with everything in me because of the situation his recklessness had put me in. 

I wonder how he’s doing, I thought to myself as I tried to keep myself from crying. I had always vowed to stay away from men at every cost so I could focus on graduating and making a name out of myself. But now, it seemed like all my dreams were out of reach.

Alexander had stolen my freedom and shattered every hope that I had. My mind went back to the party, his mother was so nice to me even if that was the first time she had met me, his father had been polite and I understood why. 

I also remembered how he had been gentle with me and how he had introduced me to everyone but it seemed like it was all fake when I remembered how he had shouted at me all because I was talking to someone. Letting out a sigh, I sat on the couch and didn’t know when I started crying. 

I kept crying until I was tired and I finally fell asleep. 

When I woke up the next morning, all my body was aching and it was only then that I realized that I had fallen asleep in the couch. I quickly got up, trying to stretch my body, hoping it would ease the pain. But, before I could get to it, my phone rang from inside the room and I quickly ran to check who it was   

When I picked up the phone and saw that it was Alexander, I rolled my eyes and hissed. 

“Yes?” I said into the phone when I picked it and placed it in my ear. 

“Come downstairs,” he simply said coldly, ignoring my greeting. “I’m waiting for you.”

I stared at my phone in my hand stunned, he had called just to tell me to come meet him when he could have sent one of the maids?

I pushed the thought aside and made my way to meet him. He was sitting in his study and since he was the one who called for me, I didn’t bother knocking. I walked inside and stood in front of him. 

“You’re here,” he said, finally acknowledging me after a few seconds. 

“You called for me,” I replied him curtly. 

After a few minutes of deafening silence, he dropped the documents in his hands and looked at me. “We would be getting married this weekend,” he announced like he was talking about the weather. 

“This weekend?” I asked and he nodded. “But that’s only two days away.”

“I know,” he said and I immediately began feeling weak so I decided to sit down. “There nothing for you to worry about. All you have to do is show up, there are people that would prepare everything for the wedding.”

His words sent a chill down my spine and my blood ran cold. I was just meant to show up? He was going to decide anything and I have no say in any of it?

“The wedding would take place in the garden, it’s beautiful and perfect for a wedding,” he said again not waiting for my approval. “Are you fine with it?” He asked in a cold voice that held a warning to it. 

If I said anything against him, I knew I wouldn’t get away with it so I nodded. “Y- Yes,” I stuttered. 

“Good. Now you can leave,” he said in a dismissive tone as he picked up the documents and focused on it again. 

I stood up even if my knees where still shaky and made my way to my room. Immediately I walked into my room, I shut the door behind me before locking it and leaning against it, slowly falling to the floor as I cried in pain. 

I would be getting married to Alexander in two days’ time, I would be tied to him forever and I’d lose my freedom, stuck in a marriage I never wanted.