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Serenity Jones 

 I walk into his room with tears brimming out of my eyes. I was immediately drawn to the young man on the large bed. A deadly gorgeous man probably in his late 20s.

With my legs shaking, I slowly walk closer but end up slumping on the floor.

I can't believe my family did this to me. Especially, my father, he turned his back on his only daughter. He got me married to a dying man all because of money!

I stood up again and lean my face closer to his, indeed, he is a gorgeous man. If he were to be perfectly fit, any woman would lick the floor he walk on. I can't help but imagine if he were not to be sick, would I have still become his wife?

I don't think so.

I know nothing yet about this man- I thought, still looking at his face.

The only thing I was told by his grandfather is; his name and also how he got into a terrible accident with his girlfriend. His girlfriend whom he loves so much died immediately while William ends up in a coma. He's been in a coma for 6 months now yet, the doctor isn't sure when he would wake up. His predicted period was probably, 2-3 years coming or, even more.

One part of me felt so bad for him but I feel more for myself. Am I supposed to stick with an unconscious man for 3 years or more?

Is he ever going to wake up? Or, are we going to continue with this forever? I can't even divorce him because I signed a contract already.

Flashback

Today is the day Alex and Mr. Smith's so-called grandson will be getting married. But, it's been 4 hours we've been searching for her all over the house and she's nowhere to be found.

Just a week ago, they all seems happy. I end up becoming my Dad's enemy because he begins to avoid me like a plague. Whenever I tried talking to him, he always bring up excuses not to have a conversation with me.

I intentionally spent two days at Tiara's place without stepping foot in the house yet, he never bothered to call me to know my whereabouts. He also stopped me from going to the company. According to him, I don't deserve the position but Alex.

Janet and her daughter literarily took everything away from me.

"Hey! Take this dress and change into it quickly" Janet said as she burst into my room and shove the wedding dress at my face.

I grab the dress and look at her confused. "What do you mean, change? I'm not the bride, remember? This belongs to your daughter and not me"

"I don't care! Just change into it. The groom's family is waiting. We can't keep them waiting for too long"

"Are you crazy?! How can you barge into my room to order me around? I'm not your daughter, remember? You have no right to tell me what to do. I'm not wearing this stupid thing you called a wedding dress. Just take it out of my sight!" I shove it back to her roughly. She grabbed it but held a deadly look on her face.

"I'm sure you know your Dad is on the condition that either you marry Mr Smith's grandson or, he loses everything completely. The choice is yours, dear Seren. Save your Dad or continue being a bitch that you've always been"

A cold smile appeared on my face. "And your daughter? Where is she? You and your daughter were eager to get her married into the prestigious Smith family, what's stopping you now? Where has she run off to? Did you two learn of what you ought not to?"

"W... What are you talking about?" She stuttered, her eyes twitching.

"You're forcing me to marry a man who's on the verge of dying and because you can't bare the thought of your daughter being stuck with such a man, you planned with her to escape and trap me instead. What a good mother you are"

The truth is, I overheard a little of their conversation a few days ago but have no idea it was about Mr Smith's grandson. Now, everything makes sense to me.

"You're being delusional! I don't know what you're talking about"

"Deny it all you want, it will always be nothing but a dream to you because I'm never going to marry a half-dead man!"

"Is that it? You're not going to make a choice right?"

"Just get out of my room" I ordered in a cold tone.

"Fine, then. You want it the hard way? Then, I have no other choice" She said and smirked.

"Come out" I heard her say. Looking at her confused and wondering who the hell she was talking to, a young man from nowhere walked out of my bathroom, looking half naked.

"W... Who are you and how did you get in there?" I asked in a panicking tone.

"Allow me to introduce to you one of your boyfriends, Sam. He's among the guys you've been bringing to your room secretly without your father's knowledge" she sneered after saying that.

"What are you talking about?! I don't know him! I know nothing about this man! Sam? Who the hell is SAM?!!! I have no idea how he ends up in my room! Wh... What in the world are you cooking up this time around, Janet?" I asked in a weak tone.

I thought, I will be able to deal with everything happening recently but I don't think I can. This is becoming too much for me to handle.

"Watch me, sweetheart. Watch as I make you wear this beautiful dress right here" She announced as a wicked smile creeps at the corner of her lip.

Then, she begins yelling. "OH, MY GOODNESS!! Oh my God! What's going on here?!! Seren, what in the world do you think you're doing?!"

My Dad rushed into my room, looking all panicked. "what's it? Is everything alright?"

"Nothing is alright, Joel! Your dau... Your daughter. Just... Just take a look at your left side" He did as he was told and saw the strange guy, standing in a corner as he tried covering his body with his hand. He is only in his underwear .

"What's going on here?" Dad shot me a deadly glare as he asked in a cold tone.

I begin to tremble and shake my head vigorously.  "I... I have no idea, Dad. I... I do not know who he is or how he got in here"

"What do you mean, you have no idea of who he is? This isn't your first doing this! You bring different guys in and have sex with them"

"What?!!!"

"Yes, Joel. I've caught her with at least, seven already and whenever I tried talking to her, she spit it to my face that I have no right to tell her what to do because I'm not her mother. All I tried doing was to look after her like a true mother would" She said as fake tears begins to brim out of her eyes.

"Stop lying, you wicked witch! This is all your pla-" my Dad took me off guard as he slap me, shutting me up from completing my statement.

"D... Dad?" I called, caressing where he just hit as tears streamed down my cheeks.

"You a disgrace to this family! You know what, you're getting married in place of Alex. Whether you want it or not, I don't care! I will never allow you to ruin my reputation before the people" he announced, anger laced in his voice.

"And you..." He storms closer to the guy and drags him out. I don't know what he was going to do to him and I don't even care.

The wedding ceremony was held an hour later. I was alone as I walk down the aisle with a white veil over my face and a bouquet in my hand. From then, I became Mrs. William Smith.

End Of Flashback

"I see, you met with your husband already" I got startled as I heard the voice behind me.

It was Mr Smith.

Before I could say a word, he said again. "Erm, are you crying? You got married into the prestigious Smith family, aren't you happy about that?" He asked.

"What is there to be happy about?! Being forced into this is what you called happiness?! I'm not even sure if your son will ever wake up! I'm stuck in this forever and you call this happiness?!! I hate you for proposing a marriage proposal to my Dad and I hate my Dad more for selling out his precious daughter all because of money!!! I HATE YOU ALL!!!!" I wanted to say all of that to him but ends up chewing my lip, nervously.

I hurriedly wipe away my tears before passing him a fake smile. "Mr Smith, why are you here?"

I had asked the question before realizing I went out of line.

He chuckled and said. "Can we talk for a minute?"

Before I could respond to his request, the room door burst open and a woman in her mid 50's barged in with a girl of my age behind her. They both look beautiful and their body scream of nothing but wealth.

"Dad, is this true that you already hand over all the properties to that gold digger you married for-" she stopped in her mid-sentence as her gaze fell on me.

I don't know why but my heart skipped a bit from that.

Is this another version of Janet and Alex?

"There she is. The little cunning witch that wants all the wealth to herself" she said in a calm yet, dangerous tone.