Chapter 20

"Bella, I raised you for years and I know how you behave when you are hurt, I know your father's decision in the past affects you now and your happiness is at stake. No one forced me to marry your dad and I married him out of my severe love for him, I'm extremely sorry I couldn't do anything to stop it then" my mother said

tears rolled down my cheeks and some touched my lips, they were salty in taste though

"and there is nothing you can do to stop it now, every day I wake up, I'm always frightened of how my life is going to be. Alexander is not a man I know, what if he kills me after we get married?" I asked

they all went silent, my sister kept avoiding eye contact with me while my mom stared at me pathetically

"that can't happen, if you dwell on the negative things, you will ruin your soul, forget about that. What if you eventually fall in love with this guy?, don't be too quick to judge a book by its cover" my mom said

"That's what you always say mom, the world doesn't work that w