Inaya, a law student, the queen bee of her privileged world, where champagne toasts and designer heels are the norm but when her sister runs away on her wedding day, Inaya's life gets a major reality check. Suddenly, she is forced to marry her sister’s groom, a complete stranger and that stranger just happens to be her criminal law professor, the man she hated the most, Professor Marcel!!! They both wonder what this marriage built on hatred has in store for them.
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“Coming to an 8AM class by 10:55 AM,” Professor Marcel's voice made me pause my step at the entrance of the class, “Miss Inaya do you care to explain to the class why?” Professor Marcel said without turning back. Oh shit, this man was on my nerves again, “I had family issues to deal with.” Professor Marcel walked closer to me, “I didn’t hear that.” I scoffed mentally forgetting the fact I needed to talk at a certain pace for him to understand, “I….. had….. family….. issues..” I said slowly, purposely mocking him, and the entire class burst into laughter. “Family matters? Yet you reek of alcohol,” Professor Marcel spat out in disgust, “Are you even sober? Coming late to my class should stop.” “And who do you think you are to tell me that?” I furrowed my eyebrows, “You should remember your place in Lexington law school, you are just a mere professor here.” “My place?” Professor Marcel looked at me sternly, “Miss Inaya as a law student, if you were to punish someone for certain bad behaviors, what punishment would you give?” I smiled mentally, he was definitely talking about me, I looked at my watch, “It’s 11 AM, your class is over.” “See me in my office on Monday morning,” Professor Marcel said as he arranged his textbooks, “Class that will be all.” I looked him in the eyes, “I will not be coming to your office for any reason,” I said making sure he read my lips. “Okay, then get ready for a disciplinary meeting,” Professor Marcel turned towards the door, “And also I will make sure you never practice law in this country,” he said and walked away. He would make sure I never practiced law? That’s crazy, a mere professor dared to threaten me, Inaya Seraphina Valentino. I will make sure he eats his tongue. I snickered, “Are you sober?” My shy friend, Keona Brooks asked as I sat beside her. “Since when has Inaya ever been sober?” Hayes Brooks, Keona's twin brother, laughed, “I’m surprised her best friend is sober today.” Keona was such a lovely and timid girl; she was cute with her glasses, while Hayes was completely different. he was jovial and extremely friendly. They are both like opposite sides of the coin, sometimes I wondered how they were twins. “Shut up Hayes,” My best friend Eveline hissed at Hayes, “Why do you always attack him?” Eveline and I were practically the same person in different bodies, we think alike and act alike, maybe that’s why we are best friends. I always attack a lot of people so I didn’t know who Eveline was talking about, “Who?” “That hottie,” I rolled my eyes when I realized she was talking about Professor Marcel. For some reason, she thinks Professor Marcel was hot and she wants him, but for me, it was the opposite. “I hate that man with passion, if I had two lives, I would dedicate one to destroying him,” I spat out of spite. “Why do you hate him when you were wrong from the beginning?” Keona was trying to get on my nerves but I won’t answer her. “That’s you. If I had two lives, I would dedicate one to getting Professor Marcel in my bed,” Eveline said dreamily, “And yes, didn’t you want to fire him?” “Isn’t he married?” Hayes asked a question we didn’t know the answer to. “Yes, but Mother said his connection is strong, so there is nothing I can do for now,” I explained to them what Mother had said. I wondered who hired him. “Let’s leave that aside. What is the plan for your sister’s wedding?” Hayes asked as he handed me a vape. I pushed it back to him. I wasn’t in the mood to smoke. “I know she is getting married to the son of a presidential candidate, but I don’t know who. Anyway, the wedding is tonight, y’all are invited.” Eveline stood up and asked us, “Who has tampons here?” I opened my bag and handed the tampon to her, “I haven’t seen my period since last month.” “You should get a pregnancy kit,” Eveline said, taking the tampon from my hand. “Congratulations in advance.” “Tomorrow after the wedding I will check,” I flashed her a smile, “Congratulations? My dad will kill me,” I stood up, “I should go home now, there is a lot to do before the wedding,” I hugged my friends and left the classroom. “I think Inaya Valentino is a huge problem,” I paused when I heard someone say. I was about to attack the person when another person said, “I mean, who wouldn’t, if I had the type of power and influence her Father, her late Mother, and stepmother have, I would be out of control.” I smiled when I saw someone understood me and walked away to the car, “Your Father wishes to see you,” Nevan, my personal bodyguard, handed me a bottle of water. “Reasons?” I took it from his hand. “I don’t know,” Nevan said. “Drive,” he said to the driver. Just as expected the house was busy, different arrangements being made here and there for Karisa’s wedding. I knocked on Father’s door before I entered the reading room, “You sent for me.” Father looked up from his desk, he opened the desk and threw a document at me. I balled my hand into a fist and picked up the sealed envelope from the floor. “What is this about?” “What is that about?!” Father yelled as he stood up from the chair, “Why do you keep embarrassing me? Why do you keep bringing me out to the public?” I opened up the document to see it was from Professor Marcel, and I gritted my teeth. Again that man was crossing the line. He just made my hatred grow even more. “I will take care of it,” I said to my father. Father removed his watch, he dropped it on the table and slapped me across the face, “Harassing your professor, smoking directly at him, taking off your shirt in class, having an illegal weapon in class, where did you even get a gun? Have you finally lost it!!!” Taking off my shirt in class, it’s not like I stripped or anything, I was just hot that day. “I will handle my issue myself,” I said again, just as expected Father slapped me again. “A disciplinary hearing will be held for you, you should apologize to him before then so he can call it off,” Father said, sitting back on his chair. “That will be best for all of us.” In my life, I don’t hate people, I just dislike them, and when I dislike them, I always make sure to teach them a lesson, but since I got into Lexington Law School, I have hated Professor Marcel. I detest Father, but I hate Professor Marcel. “I refuse to apologize to him; I will handle him by myself.” “Inaya!!” Father yelled, “What is wrong with you? What exactly is your problem?” “Can’t you just support me this once?” I didn’t plead, I asked with authority, “I want to punish him, nobody has ever dared challenge me but he did.” “What have you become?” Father looked at me with disbelief, “You have become an unrecognizable monster.” Look at him speak as if he were any good, “You don’t know why I became this way? Ever since I walked out of that funeral, I have been this way.” Father took a deep breath and looked away from me, “After Karisa’s wedding, hand in your letter of withdrawal to your school and prepare for your own wedding.” “You can’t do that to me,” I yelled aggressively. “I’m your Father and that is final!” Father yelled back at me.Inaya’s POVWhy wasn’t anything going my way? Why did Grandma have to walk in at the very moment? I took a deep breath, “Grandma,” I called and she looked at me with disbelief, “I promise I didn’t mean that.” “You should leave,” Grandma stepped aside, “That would be the best until everything is settled.” “I didn’t file the complaint,” I tried to explain.Grandma raised her hand shutting me up, “If you were me, would you be that after hearing that nonsense?” I shook my head with guilt in my eyes, “Leave.” “I’m sorry,” I apologized to both Beckham and Grandma before I walked away. “Nevan, go home, I will meet you there,” I texted Nevan the moment I stepped out of the station.I went to stand in front of Grandma’s car. I wasn’t going there to apologize; I was going there to wait for her so she could tell me exactly why my mom was in that room. My feet were killing me, and I could barely stand as I paced around and stood for over two hours waiting for Grandma.“Why haven’t you left?
Inaya’s POV “Mrs Inaya, are you okay?” I raised my head from the couch as I heard Nevan’s voice, “I saw the news.” “I’m fine, why did you come here this……” I paused as my eyes fell on the window and I realized it was already dawn. “What news?” I asked in confusion. “The media released an official statement of you being Mr Beckham’s wife and the complaint you filed against him,” Nevan explained. I shook my head, maybe if I explained, he would believe, “I know you didn’t do it, you wouldn’t have done such a thing, especially to Mr Beckham.” “Thank you,” I burst into tears. I guess I didn’t finish crying yesterday. “Thank you for trusting me.” “I trust you with my life,” Nevan said, “Get ready, your Father asked me to bring you home.” “Home? Why? There was no need for that?” I was curious why Father would make such a decision. “Your in-laws asked you to leave the house,” Nevan explained, “Matter of fact, your wedding phone with Mr Beckham is circulating online.” Wedding photos?
Inaya’s POV An arrest warrant? Did Beckham really send the cops to arrest me? How could he? I set my fear aside and asked, “Did….. did…. They say why they are here?”“Unfortunately, no, they just keep asking for Mr Beckham Henderson, since he isn’t around. I came to get the elder of the house,” Monica explained the situation. “Sure let’s go and find out what it’s about,” Grandma said and walked out of the room with Monica. I was too scared to follow behind them, I didn’t want to go to jail. I summoned the courage and followed behind them. The three cops were sitting in the living room. I looked around, and I didn’t see a female cop, so I’m guessing they didn’t come for me. Then, why did they come? “Where is Mr Beckham Henderson?” The cops stood up from the chairs when they saw Grandma coming down the stairs. “Why are you looking for my grandson?” Grandma questioned, “I’m sure you know exactly who he is.” “Why should we care who he is?” One of the officers on black scoffed, “A l
Inaya’s POV I sat in the dining room after making breakfast, and everyone came to join me one by one. “You woke up early,” Grandma said as she took her seat beside me. “I don’t know what happened, but it feels like my head is about to explode.” “Mrs Inaya, I’m sorry for waking up late. You shouldn’t have made breakfast for everyone,” The chef apologized, and I nodded my head. I sat there with a pretend smile on my face, I mean, I made them sleep like a baby last night, so how could I complain? “Auntie Inaya,” Akira called as she took her seat, “Did you and Daddy fight last night?” “No,” I shook my head, “You must have had a dream,” I lied. Akira was just a child so I couldn’t give her any pills. I arranged some breakfast in a tray, “Let me give this to your dad upstairs,” I said with a smile then left the dining room. I gently knocked on Beckham’s door, but he didn’t respond, so I entered the room. The room was empty, but I could hear the sound of water running in the bath
Inaya’s POV “Did you find anything?” I asked Nevan when he came to my room, “Did you take care of her?” “Yes, I cleared the room and injected her so when she wakes up she will think it was all a dream,” Nevan explained, and I nodded my head in understanding, “I only found out the day of your Mother’s accident was the day Mr Beckham also lost his younger sister, Lola.” “Lola?” I asked and Nevan nodded his head in response. He had always mentioned that name whenever he saved me from something. “What if she is his illegal donor?” Karisa’s words echoed in my head. “Did you find out how Lola died? Was there any operation done? Was there a transplant? Anything?” I questioned desperately. I wanted to prove Karisa wrong. “There is no information about that, it felt like everything they did that day was wiped off, I only came across Lola’s death certificate by mistake,” Nevan explained and I sighed. “Everyone is sleeping, right?” Nevan nodded his head, “Let’s go check on h
Inaya’s POV It was midnight, I hadn’t slept yet, I couldn’t, I had a mission to fulfill, so I patiently waited to make sure everyone was asleep before I stood up from my bed. I picked up my gun, rope, and chloroform from the bed and headed straight to Karisa’s room. I opened the door gently and she was fast asleep. I locked the door with the key, I tiptoed to her bed and pressed the chloroform to her nose. When I was sure she was unconscious, I dragged her to the floor and tied the rope around her legs, her hands behind her back, and her neck. I made her stand on a single chair and tried the rope to the ceiling fan. I sat on the bed opposite her patiently waiting for her to wake up. “Inaya!” I woke up to the sound of Karisa’s annoying voice, I didn’t even know when I fell asleep. “Don’t shout too much, no one would hear you,” I said as I sat straight up on the bed.I watched Karisa as she tried to free herself, “What madness is that? Are you trying to kill me?” “You should be c
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