"No father!" Nancy screamed as her father pulled her room door open and finally exited her bedroom.
She turned to face her mother and begged, "Please, Mom, talk to dad; I cannot marry that man; I cannot marry Charles."
Mrs. Olivia Marlon sighed, and she finally walked up to the bed to meet her daughter. She was still holding the bouquet of rose flowers in her hands that Charles had earlier given her.
She said, "I'm sorry, Nancy. I wish that I could speak to your father about this. But you know that your father is working under the A.J Political Party group, and even though your father didn't like Charles or approve of him becoming your husband, He cannot say no. As we were only hoping for your father's rank to be promoted, as to the reason your father sent your photos to them,
"Mom..." Nancy stared at her mother's face in shock, with tears filling her eyes. She clearly remembered the day that her mother had called her on the phone when she was at home in City X and trying to cook that day.
Her mother had asked her to send her photos, and she wanted to use them. Since she hardly snapped a phone or posted online,.
She didn't know that her mother's true intention was to send her photo to the Alejandro family. As if she had known, then she couldn't have snapped beautiful photos but an ugly one and sent it to her mother.
Nancy finally asked her mother, "Why, mom? Why did you hide it from me? Why didn't you tell me then that you wanted to send my photo to the Alejandro family son to check me out? I could have snapped an ugly photo and sent it to you then. And that way, Charles wouldn't have chosen me."
Nancy cried harder as she stood beside her room window and was hurt to think that her parents wanted her to trade her off to be with Charles.
She thought of how she would escape from Charles now, as she didn't want to marry him. And his family were the ones ruling over their city. Which made the country be named after the Alejandro history too.
Mrs. Olivia Marlon apologizes, "I'm sorry, Nancy; I didn't mean to make you sad."
Nancy walked away from the window to her bed to sit down and cry, and her mother also approached her on the bed and sat down beside her on the bed.
Nancy begged, "Please, mom, I've got to escape from this marriage. Dad cannot call it off, and I don't want to marry Charles. Please, Mom, didn't you see the way that he was staring at me? With lust clearly written in his eyes, I couldn't even meet his gaze on me, as he looked like a pervert, Mom. And I cannot marry that kind of man who lusts after everything underneath a skirt to become my husband, no."
Mrs. Olivia Marlon laughed out, "Hahaha, no, Nancy, don't say that, as I believe that Charles chooses you because he truly loves you, and he really wants to marry you."
"No mom" Nancy disagreed, but her mother picked up the bouquet of rose flowers that she had dropped on the bed and hugged Nancy closely to her chest by petting her only child to stop crying, and she said, "Everything is okay, my angel. Stop crying, okay? It's because you're beautiful, and that was why Charles was staring at you like that. I think that he chose to marry you because he likes you, and your father actually wanted his rank to be promoted at first, which is why he submitted your photo to them to have a look at. Among all the rejected photos, Charles still chooses your photo."
"No, mom, I don't want him. I don't want Charles. I want to marry a simple man who will love only me, not a powerful man like Charles." Nancy cried harder, and her mother pet her. ""See, Charles even brought you these beautiful flowers to show you how much he truly loves you and wants to marry you. Please stop crying, my angel, as you know that I don't like to see you crying like this. I really wish that I could help you talk to your father about it. But even after you left us downstairs and ran back here to your room, Charles didn't get angry with us or reject marrying you to show that he truly loved you and really wanted you as his wife. To the reason why he chose you, as we haven't seen him here before until after your return now from City X."
"No mom! I don't want Charles! And who told him that I'm already back home in the country?. Did you and your father rush to call him and tell him that I'm finally at home?" Nancy asked her mother, as she moved away from her mother's embrace and stood up from the bed to see her mother's face. And to know if her mother was lying to her or not.
Mrs. Olivia Marlon frowned and replied, "No, Nancy. We haven't seen Charles here before. Since the previous month, he has chosen your photo. And I'm still shocked to see him here today, as I didn't know who informed him of your return to the city. Maybe he was also so eager to see you and meet with you by seeing your pretty face."
"No mom....." Nancy said, and her mother stood up from the bed and walked up to meet her.
She said, "It is okay, my daughter. Stop crying, okay? As your father is right about love growing with time, You should just give Charles a chance to get to know him first, as being the president's son isn't easy and is enough to ruin his reputation and make people judge him wrongly. He might be a nice man now, and you wouldn't know just because he's the president's son. Stop listening to any online gossip about him, okay, and you should get to know him first before you finally conclude on him. Come, let us go downstairs and have our dinners, as it's already getting late."
Mrs. Olivia gently pulled Nancy beside her to follow her downstairs to the dining room, while Nancy sighed, as she didn't have any other option than to go downstairs with her mother.
She knew that she couldn't protest at that point, and she silently followed her mother downstairs to the dining room.
Nancy was nervous as she knew that most of the young maids had seen her reaction towards Charles earlier, and she sat down nervously on her usual dinner chair and shifted her seat closer to the dining table to have her dinner as she was famished.
Her father stepped out of his private office downstairs and walked up to the dining table to join her mother and her for dinner, but his face was still looking strict, as he wasn't ready to beg Nancy yet.
Nancy sighed and finally resumed to eat her dinner with her parents on the dinner table, as she was very hungry, and she thought of how she would escape from Charles clutch.
After her dinner with her parents ended, Nancy finally stood up from the chair and thanked her parents before retiring upstairs to her bedroom.
She paces about in her bedroom, just after she has shut the door. She knew that the wedding was in two days.
"Two days. How do I escape from this marriage? How do I escape away from Charles?" Nancy asked herself as she stopped pacing about in her room. And she said, "I really cannot marry that man. Mom and Dad cannot do this to me. I need to escape away from Charles, but how?."
Nancy walked up her bed and sat on it, she picked up her mobile phone, and checked for the next available flight back to City X.
She said, "The next flight is tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. I need to be ready for this and to take an excuse to get there in time before I miss the flight."
Nancy smiled as she immediately purchased her return flight ticket going back to City X. And she thought of how she would be able to escape from her family.
"No. I really cannot marry that man, so I must leave." Nancy finally stood up from her bed, and she went to ease herself in her washroom before she stepped out and went to her bed to sleep.
She climbed on her bed and laid peacefully on it as she shut her eyes closed and went to sleep.
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Charles Alejandro arrived home late at night, as his car had a few holdups on the major city roads. He was still living in the heart of the city with his parents and inside the presidential white villa too.
Charles stepped down from his car and walked up towards their mansion frontage, as the mansion is a powerful two-story building. And there were plenty of security bodyguards standing around and guarding the mansion's premises too.
The mansion was dead silent, as the premises were neat and exuded excellence.
Charles walked into the living room and made his way towards the staircase to retire back upstairs to his bedroom, which was on the top floor.
But just then, his mother stepped out of the kitchen door, and she smiled at him as she saw him wanting to climb the living room stairs.
She called him back and asked, "Charles, did you meet with your chosen bride today?"
"Mom." Charles swiftly turned back to face his mother, and he smiled and walked back to meet her. He didn't see her the first time he stepped into the living room.
Charles wondered who had told his mother that he went to see his chosen bride. He knew that his parents had their eyes on him and were also monitoring his activities, even without his knowledge.
He smiled and walked to meet his mother, and she asked him, "Charles... I can see that you're smiling, my son. Isn't she the one in the photo again?"
"Mom..." Charles finally approached his mother, and he hugged her while she smiled at him and asked, "Charles... You haven't answered my question yet. I was waiting for you to return home first so that we could have our dinners together as a family.""Good evening, mom," Charles greeted his mother as he hugged her to her shoulder and walked with her towards the dining room.He replied, "Mom, she's the one mom, and she's very pretty too.""Hmm." First lady Kira Alejandro smiled as she kept silent and watched Charles pull a dinner chair outside for her to sit down first. And she sat down elegantly on the first chair and continued to watch her handsome son. While Charles sat on the next chair that was beside her right on the dining table,.Charles replied, "Mom, She's the one, and she's very cute. Where did you see her photo? As I really do like her.""Mm," First Lady Kira Alejandro smiled as she watched the maids step out of the kitchen, and they walked up to the dining table to serve he
Charles stood up from his bed after keeping Nancy photo on the headboard, and he went into his bathroom to bathe before stepping out, wearing his night robe, and walking out to his study room to busy himself.Sleep is very far from his eyes, and he knew that he would be marrying soon, but he still needs to check his company records as he's running a multimillion-dollar company in their state.Charles took his time and did his own personal cross-checking of his company records and growth with his computer.Meanwhile, his mother, First Lady Kira Alejandro, had contacted her assistant, Miller Robert, on a phone call."Hello Miller.""Good evening, Your Excellence." Miller responded."I want you to find out what this lady is up to for me. Note to keep track of all her movements and send some security men to follow her about too.""Okay, your excellence," Miller responded."Anything else that you need me to do?" Miller asked."No, that's all. And the job starts now." First lady Kira replie
Senator Logan blamed himself for organizing the business meeting in his home, and he thought to rebuild a new welcoming area to receive his guests and to wedge their eyes away from his wife and daughter. Not only had he seen the men lusting after his daughter, they also lust after his beautiful wife too.Nancy picked up her teacup and drank from it, and after her breakfast with her parents ended, She finally spoke to her parents: "Dad, mom, I want to go out and shop for the things that I will need, as you know that I just returned home, and some of my things that I use in my room have finished.""Okay, Nancy, will you be using your car or will Matthew accompany you to the shopping mall? As you know, the wedding is tomorrow, and some guests already have their eyes on you. I cannot take the risk and have them kidnap you before the wedding," her father said to her."But dad, they don't know me; I mean, I am not a celebrity, and not everyone knows that I will be getting married to Charles
"What? How am I under arrest? Isn't it my name and photo that you're seeing on my international passport?" Nancy struggled to break her hand away from the tight grip of the security man holding her soft left hand."You cannot delay my flight, let me go!!" Nancy screamed out, as she really wanted to get away from the security man that was holding her. She knew that the airplane would soon take off in 30 minutes, and yet, the tough-looking security man seized her hands."I'm only doing my job madam. Or aren't you the president's son chosen bride-to-be?." The security man questioned her, and Nancy stared at him in shock. She hadn't realized that Charles still had his eyes on her to monitor her activities.The security man immediately took out his phone to call his boss and let his senior boss know that he had finally caught Nancy Marlon. They had received a phone call earlier in the morning not to allow anyone named Nancy Marlon to leave the airport.Though Nancy did conceal her looks, h
Nancy met Charles deep black eyes on her, her chest rising and falling heavily. She really wanted to move away from him, but Charles grasped her closely."I cannot let you go," he said. It seemed to Charles like he was beginning to lose himself because of her.Nancy took a few steps backwards and Charles approached her, still staring intently into her face. She was halted by the glass wall behind her back and swiftly turned to move away from him. However, Charles cut her off closely and inhaled her sweet blossom scent. He felt the urge to kiss her pink lips as his black eyes wandered back to them."Why don't you want me?" Charles asked. This time, he was standing very closely with Nancy, who couldn't respond as the words got stuck in her throat. She inhaled Charles' cologne that penetrated and forced its way into her nostrils, making her splutter, "I... I...""I don't love you," Nancy finally found the words, speaking with trembling lips. Charles replied, "But I do. Let's get married,
Charles entered the elevator and didn't say a word to Nancy as he went downstairs to the ground floor. His mother rushed up to meet him as soon as he stepped out of the elevator."Charles, we need to cancel the marriage," his mother said, wearing a long blue native gown. She is a traditional woman and didn't want the young lady to ruin her only son's life."No, mom. I cannot let Nancy go," Charles replied, pausing to meet his mother's gaze."You have to, Charles. I made a terrible mistake by choosing her photo. There are still many other young ladies out there who truly want you. Just let her go, Charles," First lady Kira pleaded."Okay mom, I will, but after our wedding night," Charles smiled, and his mother stood speechless as she watched him walk out of the mansion.Charles finally exited the mansion door to attend an important business meeting. If Nancy had not plotted to escape, he wouldn't have been home either. He got into his car and left.First Lady Kira remembered that Nancy
Nancy is still sleeping on the brown couch when Charles walked into the top floor, and her sweet blossom scent fanned his nostrils. His eyes traveled to search for her in the sitting room and saw her sleeping on his executive brown couch."There she is," Charles muttered to himself, as he had expected his maids to show Nancy to her guestroom.He walked up to meet her and stared at her sleeping figure for a while.Nancy was so engrossed in her sleep that she didn't even know that Charles had arrived. She was dreaming about him and her. In her dream, he was very romantic to her, smiling at her, and she couldn't help but fall in love with him too. He hugged her in her dream, and she blushed in reality, even hugging him in her dream."I love you, Nancy," Charles told Nancy in her dream. She stared at his dark handsome face very close to her view and whispered some words to him too, "I love you more."Charles leaned over to kiss Nancy on her lips, as she was eager to kiss him too. She conti
Charles was all set for his wedding, and he went downstairs to inform his parents. He saw his parents were already ready, as his father wore a brown long native garment for a high-profile occasion, while his mother was also dressed in her traditional white attire."Charles, Where's your bride?" First lady Kira asked Charles first, as she met his smiling gaze on her. She wanted to tell Charles to have a rethink on the wedding, but just then, they saw the elevator door ding open, and Nancy stepped out into the living room looking breathtakingly beautiful.The white long wedding gown swept the floor as Nancy walked up to meet the president and his family. She was holding a bouquet of flowers in her hands, and Charles' eyes didn't shift away from Nancy as he continued to admire her as she approached him.Nancy looked like an angel, and she finally walked up to meet them.She stopped and greeted Charles and his parents in a lowered voice, "Good morning, sir, good morning ma."She felt all t