"Wh...What are you saying, Caleb?"
Abigail sat back on her bed with shock while her body got frozen for a moment in disbelief.
Her eyes turned bloodshot and tears almost ran down to her cheeks.
Her heart completely shattered at this moment.
She couldn't believe in her ears what she just heard from Caleb. He wanted her to marry the casino's owner in exchange for his home and money. Moreover, he has already accepted the deal! He sold her to an unknown big boss to save his neck. He sold her love, her care, herself to some random person for his own selfishness, and now advised her to accept this marriage. Marry the stranger and support him. How the hell doesn't she feel sad, upset, broken, and betrayed right now.
"Eva, Please…" Caleb knelt in front of her and held her hands.
"Please think about it."
"If you...If you agree to marry him. He will forgive our debt and give me money to open my new business."
"Then what about me?" Her eyes turned sharp as she looked at him with anger. She never thought the person she loved most in this life would do something like this disheartening to her.
Caleb's eyelashes flickered, as silence took place. He knew the thing he was asking from her was cruel.
His silence made Abigail angrier, she stood from her bed and halted his hands from her.
"Tell me, Caleb!"
"Then what about me?"
"What about us?"
"Abi...Please listen…" Caleb tried to speak but the words were cut by her in the middle as rage-filled in her body.
"Forget the shake...give me an answer first!!" She yelled and bent to hold his collars tightly to make him look at her in the eyes.
"Tell me, Caleb! What about our love?" She threw questions while her body almost shook up with anger. Her lips trembled with fury. Her eyes turned blurry because of tears.
"Listen Abi…" He held arms that were still clinching on his collar tightly.
"I think this is the right choice for both of us. If we don't accept their deal. They are going to kill us or could make us homeless and I don't want to face that situation or let my parents face it or suffer from it…" His face turned serious as he looked at her with a serious gaze.
"So, you can sell me for you and your family profit? I'm not your family?" Abigail's hands lose her grips from his collars while tears escaped from her eyes. She felt like she was talking to some stranger. He is not the one she falls for. He is not the one whom she admired from her childhood and dream to become a bride.
Her face had almost lost its color to listen to every single word coming from his mouth which turned out to be not sweet like before but felt poisonous to her.
Caleb never saw her reacting like this before. So, he showed that he couldn't digest her words or questions. But the reality is he didn't have any answer for her in the first place.
"Tell me, Caleb!"
She gritted her teeth, almost feeling frustrated to look at his gutless face. Caleb felt impatient as he tried to speak.
"Abi...It's not like that! You are also my family and see my parents raised you when there is no one beside you...when you are just an Oprah"
Abigail's eyes turned dull to hear this while he added, "They give you food, shelter, education, a good life, and more than that a family which you always wanted…"
Hearing the 'Family' word she could only laugh at herself. The family she got never accepted her for all of these past years.
The family who gave her food to eat, also threw a disgusting look whenever she asked for extra plates.
The family who gave her a roof to sleep in, also counting the days to get her money, then threw her out from their life.
Other than that, the person she finally thought of as family, is the one who sold her for artificial things. He chooses everyone except her!
She doesn't think someone could break her more than this. The feeling she's getting right now or facing right now. The person she believed closed eyes, deceived her, broke her, made her fall apart so she could never get along again.
"They never asked you to pay for that until now! Moreover, about your dad's savings, after I ask them to stop questioning about it. They didn't bring up the money thing again. Can't you see how much they do for you these whole past years?" Caleb's eyes turned serious.
"They never expect anything from you, Abigail...but can't you just do this marriage for them and for me? Can't you help us at least for the last time? Can't you pay for their whole past years bringing up to you!" He moved towards her and held her shoulders just to look at her with a straight gaze.
Abigail felt foolish to hear him. He just wanted her to pay back for his parent's care for the whole of these past years. He wants a price from her.
This bitter feeling made her chuckle painfully the next moment and looked at him with a disgusted glare before counter-attacking him.
"So, you are asking for me to pay by selling myself to your debt collector!"
Caleb felt tight-lipped for a second and again tried to talk back.
"Abi...I just…"
"Enough!"
Before Caleb could say more, Erma came inside the room with her husband angrily and shouted between them.
"Mom!" Caleb's eyes moved to his mom.
Abigail coldly looked at both husband-wife without any feelings.
Erma's eyes glared at Abigail and moved her steps inside her room.
"That's enough son! You don't need to talk to her sweetly anymore!" She arrogantly shouted while her eyes moved from her son to Abigail with fury.
However, Caleb still doesn't want his mom to speak so, he tries to talk back.
"Mom...You don't need to come! I'm trying to explain to her…" He moved to his mom.
"Yes… we saw and heard it...what you talked about!" She raised her brows with anger while Dale also made the same expression and looked at his son with the same frustrated face.
Caleb felt lips tighten at this moment.
"We both heard your soft tone talk with her, Son!" Dale stared at Abigail sharply while adding, "However, she is just too stubborn and can't be dealt with in a soft way!"
Abigail didn't flinch or scared to listen to their arrogant words or see their sharp stares on her at all but all she got turned more hateful towards them.
Her eyes glared at the whole family coldly. While the love she felt a few hours ago now vanished from her heart as soon as Caleb told her about the deal thing.
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"Caleb, did you see how she's glaring at us?" Erma stared at Abigail with a disdainful gaze like she was seeing something disgusting while she added, "And you want to talk to this girl with sweet words. She doesn't deserve that" "Mom!" Caleb tried to stop her mom from saying more as his hand touched her shoulder. He wanted to try one more time to talk to Abigail before his parents got to participate there. "Don't stop me, son! We gave you a chance! Now let us talk to her!" Erma coldly declared while Caleb finally let go of his hand from her shoulder. As he knows she's not going to listen to him. Erma came and stood in front of Abigail and started her talk. "Abigail! Listen carefully, we spent too
As soon as they all left her. Abigail fell on her knees and started crying with her whole might. Her chest felt so much pain at this moment that she clenched her clothes around her chest. She didn't understand why Caleb needed to betray her like this. She loved him blindly. She supported him in all his decisions even when he wanted to go to the city leaving her here, she blindly trusted him and waited for him. Moreover, when he fell into big debt she gave her dad's savings to him without any second thought. But what does she get in retribution? The betrayal of her lover! He sold her like a thing. He doesn't think about her and their love. How could a person change so much in one night? Is money so powerful that love couldn't survive there? His d
When Caleb and his parents were discussing Abigail. On the other side, Unexpectedly, they heard the door slamming a huge sound coming from Abigail's room. And moments later, their eyes enlarged to see Abigail appear in front of them with a frightening appearance with misbehaving clothes. Her hands carried a wooden chair while her body felt weak as she was shivering too hard. They calculated she was pushing the door with a chair to come out to save herself. Her clothes were torn and her body had some scratches on herself. Abigail also saw Caleb and his parents standing outside her room in a quiet manner which made her instantly st
"They are here!" Caleb informed his parents as soon as he got a call from Byron's man. "That's great!" Dale exclaimed, showing his bright-eyed to his son. "She's ready! You go outside and bring them here!" Erma happily orders Caleb. Caleb nodded to his mother and went outside the house. Dale and Erma glanced at each other with satisfaction in their eyes. The three BMW cars stopped right in front of the house. Caleb looked at the car with a single glance before making his way to the first car's window.
Dale saw them coming and greedily smiled before announcing it to others loudly. "See, Here they are!" His declaration made everyone in the living room eyes to look at Abigail who was coming behind Erma with a small suitcase in her hand. Martin silently looked at the young girl from head to toe as he thought something before smiling slowly. Caleb caught him and thought he should have liked Abigail's appearance which means it's good news for him and his family. On the other side, Abigail glanced at Martin with a heavy heart as she moved her eyes to look at the other black suit men.
The Car entered in front of a seven-star hotel that belonged to Byron. He has many properties and this is one of them. Abigail silently watches the tall marvellous building with stunning eyes. As this is her first time looking at something like this. The view is so beautiful that it makes her almost stop thinking about her struggle and look at the surroundings through the car with admiring eyes. The car almost crosses the long road before stopping in front of the hotel. Martin comes out first and then moved to the passenger seat door to make Abigail come out. As he opened the door, he looked at Abigail and asked her to get off.
After locking the door from inside, Abigail leaned to the door lightly and breathed in relief. Her eyes got closed while the tears escaped from them. She never thought one day her life would twist completely in just one fling. After standing at the entrance for a long minute, she finally wiped out her tears and opened her eyes only to look around her surroundings, which were all covered in luxury. Everything around her shouted money and power. There are even simple flower vases that look extraordinary to her and make her hesitate to touch them, even in her dream. The vase is made of complete white marble and the flower is carried by it, looks modern to her because it's a different variety of flowers that she has never seen in her life before or heard about. Not only that, she never saw anything luxury things in real life before that was now present around her. The room looked completely out of her reach and her thoughts. Her eyes plainly roamed to the luxurious bed and then to woo
Martin pays her one last visit at dinner time before retiring to his room to await the food delivery of room service. Abigail sat at the small table, surrounded by an array of dishes that the food staff had just placed in front of her. He had kindly informed her that if she needed anything, she could use the phone to call them. She nodded in acknowledgment but couldn't help but feel burdened by the abundance of food. Nevertheless, she forced a fake smile on the staff."Have a great dinner, Mam." Giving his last greeting, he turned to walk out of the room. Once the door shut behind her, she huffed heavily and looked at the food silently for a long moment before finally deciding to fill her belly.No matter if she wanted to eat or not. Her body needs strength if she wants to run away. Most critically, she is now unable to provide for herself financially. She has barely enough money to get by for a few days. So, she must simply fill her stomach before leaving this place. So, hungri