It was like the last time she was here, everybody is here, maybe not all but the important ones that declare a bad date for her were here.
She walked to the chair that was farther from the rest and sat, she crossed her legs and stared at them all and they all stared back, not all of them, some glared at her. The tension in the room was so thick that a knife could cut through it. Everybody refused to speak.
She raised her eyebrow and gave them a questioning look but they didn't seem to get the hint. She rolled her eyes and stared at the expensive beautiful clock that was given to her grandmother as a birthday gift from her father.
5:20pm. She intentionally came here late so as to avoid unnecessary chit-chat but it was like a cat got everyone's tongues.
"So, I am here because of?" She asked, even though Melissa already told her, she wanted to hear it from them. When nobody talked she rolled her eyes and her mother gave her the stink eye.
"Just because you went away to some countryside for a year doesn't mean you should lose your damn manners?" Her mother said glaring at her.
Her mother has always been the first to pick a fight up with her. It used to hurt her whenever they fought because she loved her a lot but she is not the same naive girl who always tries to bend to her mother's wishes in order to get her approval. It is crystal clear that she favors Melissa over her.
That girl who hurt was from some years ago and she is dead now.
"And by manners you mean?" She asked once again, infuriating her mother.
"Haven't you heard of basic greetings?"
"Basic greetings," she said, pretending to think about it for a while with her hands under her chin. "I think I heard about it for a while some time ago but I don't think we have that stuff in our countryside " she said rolling her eyes, everybody stared at her shocked because they didn't expect that kind of behavior from her.
"You have become even more rude, I expected much better from you, you ungrateful piece of---" Her mother snarled before she was stopped by her father.
Let us just say that he is a male doll who always listens to his wife, he always had no objections and always sided with her.
"You have changed so much," Maxwell said, staring at her with sad eyes.
"It couldn't be helped, Max," She said with a gentler tone and he nodded. It pained him that the enthusiasm she used to speak with once upon a time was gone, any trace of who she used to be was gone with the misfortune that happened a year ago.
"So we called you here to inform you about a decision that has been made before you came here--," Her father said after clearing her throat.
She rolled her eyes, what's with this family and Making a decision about her in her absence, she scoffed.
"We thought that it's high time you become useful to the family, we know that you are the only one that can do this," He continued as if he wasn't just interrupted by his daughter.
"And by decision, you mean?"
" You are getting married to Mr. Alexander Aldine, the CEO of Triple A Group '' she said and she froze. She already heard it from Melissa but some part of her wishes that it is not true and that they will listen to her choice but they already made the decision behind her, she couldn't comprehend what words were coming out of her father's mouth. She just shut her mouth while she barely functioned, she would have thought she heard wrong if not because of the fact that every single word that comes out of her father's mouth was thoroughly calculated.
"Are fucking kidding me right now?, I went away and you tracked me down, made me came here only to tell me bullshits about getting married?, you must be joking right now," she yelled when her brain come to terms with her ears.
"No we're not kidding you,"
"I thought you have this beautiful goddess that is your daughter she will never do no wrong, the bundle of good behavior is surely enough for the damn man you're saying I should get married to, isn't she," She said sarcastically and everybody exchanged a look, they probably didn't expect her to disagree with them, she should be willing to do anything to be accepted back into the family.
The naive girl that was chased out of the family would have been willing to do anything to get back into the family month to three months after she was chased.
"You are going to do it," Her uncle said and she snapped her head to his direction.
"And who the hell do you think you are to tell me that," She snapped, her eyes taking a fiery hue promising to burn anyone that overstep their boundary.
"Don't talk to me like that, young woman,"
"I am just letting you know that you have got no right to mind my business, you've got no fucking right, Mr. Felix," she said staring at him.
"Alright, everybody should get out, I have to talk to her in private," The matriarch said calmly and quietly but everyone heard her clearly.
Everyone stood up and Brielle stared at her amused while she held a nonchalant look, to say her niece has changed is an understatement, the niece of a year ago won't dare to stare at all not to talk of staring with disinterest. Brielle stared at her niece and walked out wondering what changed, but whatever attitude she has is not going to stop the marriage.
The door closed and Emiliana turned to her granddaughter, she assessed her before her eyes softened. She was nothing like the girl she knew from two years ago, even though she used to be a cute spoilt, rude and naive young mistress of the Conrad family, most can't deny the fact that she was so intelligent and smart, when it comes to business she was so calculative and avoid impulse but the same can't be said about her life outside business she believes that one shouldn't try to calculate their every step because they wouldn't enjoy the life they would live and that made her to make many wrong choices.
"How have you been, Sapphire?" Her grandmother asked and she realized that she was the only person that bothered to ask how she had been. She stared at her granny and her eyes said everything the older woman needed to know.
"But why me and not ..... and not the others, there is Melissa, the golden feather, Arielle, the model business woman, Matilda, the super hot model, not them all? Why do you have to choose Sapphire, the family's horror? Why did you choose me?" She said her eyes were so cold, that once a year ago sparkling blue eyes resembled ice blue and threatened to freeze anyone that wa
nted to force her to go against her will.
None excluded.
"You are the only one that can do this Sapphire, not because of the flimsy excuses they gave but because they know you would do," The older woman said staring right ahead her rich hazel eyes glazing over while she brush her hand into her gray hair, the rich curls bouncing against her perfectly trimmed nails with no color on it."Damn them all! Damn them all for thinking that I would bend to their wishes when I don't give a flying fuck about them, this family may rot in hell for all I care," She snapped, the anger in her voice and body with the way she was shaking and she stared heatedly at her grandmother. "Why did you find me for them when you know so well that I don't want to be anywhere near them judging by the place you found me," Sapphire said, squinting her eyes at her so hard they turned to slits.Emiliana knew that she would ask this question at some point but she didn't want to ask it so soon and straight forward, her granddaughter really changed so much. But since she wanted
Sapphire got out of her room and sighed, she looked down the empty hallway, this is probably the only place in the house that was not buzzing, every single cleaner in the house was busy.She walked towards the dead end and stared at the sparkling pool. It was so luxurious, it looked the most beautiful at night but she couldn't bring herself to like the place. It was a reminder of the tragedies that happened to her.They both used to come to this magical place and have fun, it holds so many memories of them that it pains her to look at it. She wondered if she was so stupid enough not to notice any changes, at least she was supposed to know somehow, that is one of the things that still baffles her.She heard footsteps but didn't bother to turn, she knows who it is without having to turn, only one person makes so much noise when walking, she used to think it is one of the traits that makes her but she couldn't help but find it annoying as she heard it at the moment."Sapphire," she calle
Sapphire averted her eyes when her eyes met Alexander's but she could still feel him staring holes into her head, why can't he just try to look somewhere else.Sapphire rubbed her neck, this man is the only one at the table that is capable of making her nervous without trying.Melissa fisted her hands at the side of her dress as she stared at Alexander and her sister, the man was giving all attention to her and she was enjoying it, trying to cover her face and neck with her hands.She doesn't want to accept the fact that Alexander may be interested in her sister instead of her, she had approached him first, she had shown him all the tricks she had up her sleeve, why is he staring at Sapphire like she is the only one in the room.They tricked her, she was supposed to be the one getting married to him not the good for nothing sister, at the end of the day, Grandmother still likes Sapphire the most.She fooled everyone in the family and made sure she got married to this man.Turns out th
Sapphire left the Aldines' mansion in a hurry, she had seen Alexander coming towards her and her whole being enter flight mode, she ran out of the door and got inside her car as fast as she could.She looked back and saw the man staring at her car, he must think that she is crazy, even she thinks that she is crazy, who on earth ran away when they saw their fiance.They would probably spend the rest of their lives together.She isn't ready to get too deeply involved with another billionaire, the last billionaire -Oliver- who she got involved in turning her into someone who thirst for revenge.She drove her car into the parking lot of a supermarket and parked. She has to get all the things that kids need in order to give her kids a good welcome.They are picky and mischievous cute little things.She entered the supermarket and took a cart, enjoying her normal life and feeling like she was back in Gisborne.She was so lost in thought that she did not notice that someone else was also rea
Melissa stood at the stairs and watched Sapphire enter, she definitely went for exercise considering her clothes and the bottle in her hand.She took out her phone and walked up the stairs, she didn't raise her head once. She eventually bumped into Melissa who was just standing. She didn't raise her head or try to apologize, she just continued walking."Have you lost your manners because of your stay at that countryside,""Oh, I thought you have turned to a pillar, seeing as you have been standing at that spot for the past thirty minutes and not every single mistake has to do with manners, you saying it every time you see me not only makes you obnoxious but also a clown,""You have got to be kidding me, I lost face when you weren't here because of those bitchy things you did to Heather before you left," she said and Sapphire just stared at her, bored out of her mind.It's the same story all over again.How bad things were twisted, she loved Oliver with all her heart and considered Hea
A kid stood with her hands crossed as she glared at the older guy in front of her, they were at the airport."Yeah.. adults have the permission to be rude to kids but kids can't be rude to adults, this world mentality is quite twisted." She said and rolled her eyes, sniffing her nose."Look here kid, you shut up and get out of my way, I have somewhere to be and it's quite urgent," The exasperated man in front of her said in frustration and tried to side step her but the girl was quick witted."Look here adult, you listen to me and stare straight into my eyes, I have an urgent matter to solve and it involves you, so you have to stay right here," she adjusted her nose mask and put her hair behind her ears.She hardly reached his waist and had to stare up at the man so the difference in their height almost made her glare comical, the passer-by couldn't help but be amused."Let me just go, you kid of the devil,""That's what I'm talking about, you have zero humbleness in your fucking brai
Sapphire bit into her burger and stared around, many people all around, dragging their luggage into and outside the airport, one of the ideal places to get lost and stay found, crowded space.She had dropped the kids off with Luci and came to pick up her brother, the kids were excited by the fact they had an uncle who was good to their mother.She exhaled and rested her back on the bars while the bodyguard stayed on guard, staring to and fro.She slumped on the chair, the day was so tiring, from bitchy girl to jerk face assholes, a father in law that knows way too much about her and sister who would be planning her downfall right now, she feels like that burden of the whole world is on her shoulder."There he is," the guard on her right said and she immediately snapped her head towards the direction, that brown hair is one of the things she just couldn't forget before she knew it.She was already hugging him so tightly, he didn't complain and hugged her back just as tight.Yeah, yes,
Marcus stared at the door and sighed, he couldn't believe that this is how he is going to lose his job, one of the files that devilish kid tosses in the air went missing.He knew that immediately he told Mr. Aldine that he couldn't find it up to this moment, he would just toss him his sack letter and some file explaining the reason why he was sued.His phone rang and he jumped, he took the phone out of his pocket and the name he saw made him flinch."Yes, sir,""Are you going to enter or you are just going to keep standing there, if yes, move down the hall and find another door to stare at,"He said and hung up.He exhaled once again before entering, he walked to where he sat and put the files he was holding in front of him."Mr. Aldine," he greeted while he already took the file and was scrutinizing it."Look who finally decided to grace me with his presence, are you sure I am worthy of it sir?" Alexander said, even though the words contain humor, his voice and his expression lacked