Episode Eight

Mira's pov

By the time I returned to my father’s estate, exhaustion clung to my body like a second skin. All I wanted was sleep.

Tomorrow, I would tell my father about my decision. About the marriage. Everything would finally be set in motion.

But just as I stepped inside the living room, Alina and her mother Elara were both seated at the living room with their hands folded like they had been waiting for me to arrive..

“Finally! Look who decided to show up, I thought you were going to spend the night at a man's house you just met”

Elara spoke. I didn't want to engage in her sinister comment tonight. I rolled my eyes at her, started walking towards the stairs but her words stopped me in my tracks.

“Don't you dare take another step!” She barked at me, I came to a halt not because I was afraid of her or a nurse she could do, but out of respect.

“What is it now, I had a long day and just want to rest”

“Rest, that is certainly not for someone as heartless as you, I am not going to let that happen.”

“Where is Father?” I turned around scanning the room and searching for him because it was clear this two were in for trouble and that would mean he wasn't available and that was certainly something I didn't want to deal with on my own.

“Father is not around, Just listen to what my mother has to say first” Alina spoke calmly like whatever this was about, it was important.

“What is this about?”

“I will need you to sit down first” Elara spoke, she looked calmer than she was when I first walked in. It was not every day I saw them this calm and was curious to know what this is about.

I sat down and the both of them say opposite me as Elara cracks her throat.

“I will get straight to the point, you know fully well that Alina has an eye for Alder. That was why you agreed to marry him right?”

I frowned. “I didn’t even know she liked him. That has nothing to do with my decision.”

She let out a mocking laugh. “So you expect me to believe that the same man you rejected and ran from… you suddenly return and agree to marry? And even spend time with him?”

Elara asked with a sarcastic scoffed. “Oh! Please come up with better lies”

“I have no plans of sitting here and arguing with the both of you, what ever this is about, just go ahead and tell me, what is it?”

“It's simple, I want you to call off the wedding!” Elara demanded and I was silent for a while, staring at her like I just had the worst joke before I burst out into loud laugh.

“This isn't funny” Alina cried out, obviously irritated by my actions.

“Yes it is funny for you to think that I would go ahead and call off my wedding just because you asked, the answer is no, I am not calling it off!”

I insisted but Elara stood up as she held out a document and threw out to my face, staring at it blankly, now I was curious.

“What is this?”

“It's a transfer of ownership, Your father has willed the Valentini Cartel to Alina, once he is no more or decides to step down, Alina will take over everything”

She explained and I immediately went cold. “That is not true” I muttered and immediately began to flip through the pages of the document, My eyes went wild in horror.

I am the first child of the Valentini, the heir to everything he has, the cartel has always been my inheritance but suddenly, he is giving it to another person.

I blinked, forcing myself to believe it, the evidence was right here infront of me.

“Listen Mira, I know how much you want this. You have always wanted to take over the cartel, and I am ready to give it to you, in exchange you call off the wedding, let Alder marry Alina and that will be all”

She offered, an offer of a lifetime was seated like infront of me, but it was the devil herself that was presenting it to me.