Soon to be wedded

Before the sun even comes up, someone is shaking me awake and yelling at me to get up.

I open my eyes to see that it is Leo's sister.

"What do you want?"

She glares down at me before speaking. "My brother said to wake you, it is soon time for your wedding."

I suck my teeth at her.

"I'm not going anywhere, I refuse to marry that man," I say, but of course it is all a show to act as if I am not interested when really I know that I will get half of all that he has.

I might even take his company, and my father can finally live his dream. More like I'll live it for him.

"Fine, I'll go get him. Maybe he can motivate you to get your lazy ass up."

"I'm far from lazy."

"Really? Because my brother told me what you did the day I vivisted."

"I wasn't going to clean up the mess that you purposefully made."

"What kind of woman are you, then? Did you think you were going to come here and live freely?" She laughs.

But they are cut short when Leo walks into the room.

"What's going on here?"

"She refus