Chapter:- 2

"Mom, will you be taking us to school today? You have never taken us to school; I want you to meet my friends." Jenny asked excitedly, her eyes filled with high expectations. Clary picked up her daughter, then held her son by his hand and started heading downstairs. She also wants to go pick up her kids from school, attend meetings, and go support her kids when there is an event at school, just like any other parent, but it's not possible. Damon forbids her from going out without him accompanying her.

"Baby mommy will take you to school next time; today your momma has a lot to do at home; daddy will drive you to school today." Clary answered, Jenny pouted, and she wasn't happy at all.

"Every day you tell me the same thing! You always lie to me! Mommy is lying to me!" Jenny shouted in tears. Alex looked at his sister, who was about to cry, and he immediately tried to console her.

"You know what will happen if mommy goes out without permission! Do you want mommy to be sad and in trouble again? Remember what daddy did to us and mommy when you forced mommy to go out and buy chocolate ice cream when we only had strawberry ice cream in the house?" Alex shouted, and Clary stopped walking and bent down in front of her son. She let Jenny sit beside her older brother.

"I already told you, never mention whatever happened before; daddy was angry that day, and he was also worried that something bad would happen to mommy; he was only protecting us from harm. Alex, my dear, you need to be good to your sister and treat her well; don't forget what I taught you; your father will come downstairs soon; you two need to be good; remember to greet your father and smile; you both are my favorites, and that's why you need to listen to me." Clary said.

Alex pouted; he wanted to protest, but then he held his little sister's hand, and then the two hugged. Alex knew better; his dad always bullies and mistreats his mother, and he really hates his father's behavior.

Clary went to the dining room with her two kids, having everyone sit on their respective chairs. Clary waited for her husband to come, and minutes later, Damon, who was fully dressed, came downstairs.

Alex and Jenny greet him, "Good morning, dad."

Damon nodded his head and sat down. Clary smiled as usual and started serving the food while talking to clear away the awkwardness. Alex and Jenny rarely talk to their father because they are scared of him.

After breakfast, Clary took the dishes and went to the kitchen after kissing her son and daughter goodbye.

"Kids wait for me in the car." Damon told Alex and Jenny, who nodded their heads and walked out of the house. Damon made his way to the kitchen and hugged his beautiful wife.

"I am going to work; you behave and wait for me to come back; I love you so much that I am ready to do anything for you; no one will ever love you the way I do." Damon said, turned Clary to face him, kissed her lips for a while, and then left the kitchen.

Clary looked at the car drive away from the kitchen window. She slowly closed the window curtain and sighed. Will she truly be imprisoned forever?

Clary was bored staying alone in the big house, checking the time. Since she couldn't go out, she headed to the house gym and decided to exercise. She gave birth to two kids, and her body isn't as fit as before. But she needs to remain fit; her fitness is the only thing she can control.

Damon, on the other hand, was in his office and kept checking the CCTV cameras in the house. He saw his wife busy exercising. Damon smiled and caressed Clary on the screen, which was zoomed closer.

"Without you, I don't know if I could be who I am today. Thanks to you, I know how good love is, and that's why, in return, I will protect you and won't share you with anyone else." Damon said it with a creepy smile.

Just remembering his past makes him feel better for his present, having an obedient partner who never misbehaves, unlike those disrespectful girls who know nothing but walk around anyhow without any supervision or someone protecting them, doing things that make Damon feel disgusting.

His Clary is different, unlike others; he married a perfect partner, even though she sometimes tries to misbehave, but he always makes sure that he brings her on the right track, and then she follows his instructions.

"Sir."

Damon looks up and see who dare to disturb him only to find it was none other than Ray, his most trusted man and his only friend.

"Ray, you know how much I hate it when anyone disturb me?" Damon said with a sharp crazy.

"My apologies sir but as you said Madam stepsister is back in town and your father-in-law facing some financial problems. He will surely invite you today's party. As much as I know his wife as his daughter, they will exactly do what you plan."

Damon smirk and then start laughing like a crazy. Finally, he can exclude his plan. It's takes him years to plan each and every step and now it's time.

Finally... 

Inside the mansion, Clary had already finished all her work and then took a long shower and decided to go to sleep, then woke up later in the evening to prepare dinner. Clary had actually a degree in business management, but she wasn't lucky to be allowed to work, but that didn't stop her. Even though she had no choice but to do as her husband said, she is still a strong woman.

She secretly started her own small online business without Damon's knowledge. She secretly bought a phone after she went out with Damon to buy groceries. She made sure to hide the new phone well in a place where Damon would never think of checking.

Even if there are cameras all over the mansion, the master bedroom is still her safe place. According to Damon, Clary will not do anything bad or break any rule inside their bedroom.

So, Clary used her little privacy; she has to start and change her life at some point. She can't just act obedient all her life; she needs to do something useful in her life; she didn't study for nothing, and she will not let her knowledge go to waste.

Damon knows the time Clary takes a nap during the day, and he never disturb her. He is not that bad, you know?

Damon was about to finish his work when he received a text message from Clary's father, requesting that the two of them, with the kids, invite for a dinner. And Damon don't know how to control himself, after this dinner everything will go according to his plan. Those two stupid women will surely do what he wants and at the end of his game, Damon will tell his really innocent wife something which surely break her. But Damon will surely support her like a good husband he is.

Clary was actually upset and stopped talking to her father after he forced her to marry Damon. Clary blames her father for everything that happening in her life now.

Only if he didn't force her to marry Damon Williams, then right now she could be living a successful life, but just because her father was greedy about becoming rich and using her to give her little stepsister a good and comfortable life.

Clary really hates her father and his ways to earn money, using her for his own benefit. Her father heartlessly sold her to Damon after getting manipulated by his second wife. If they desperately want to be rich, why they could marry her stepsister off to Damon since she is only two years younger than Clary?

After everything, her father didn't have the courage to call her and invite her back to the house for a family reunion. He knows Clary will immediately refuse and even curse him.

"Will she be coming today? I hope you called her husband; if you call her, she will definitely not come home. People are still talking, saying we abandoned her, and we never cared about her." Monika, Clary's stepmother, asked her husband.

"Yes, I did. Damon said he would talk to Clary, and they would try to come together with the kids." Clary dad, Mr. Jones answered, which made Monika smirk. It has been over eight years since she meets Clary, and rumors have been circulating that Clary's life has never been good since she married Damon. She is very curious to see how miserable Clary looks now. She did everything to make sure Clary, who is a very bright student with a good future, married Damon Williams. With the kind of childhood Damon had and how Clary's behavior was (being independent and shit), Monika was very sure that Damon will obviously never allow Clary to work, but rather he will just imprison her in the house.

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Damon left his office early to pick his kid's. Alex was very curious why his father took them early from school. Jenny looked at her brother, whose expression was obviously full of questions. Alex just shrugged his shoulders, stating that he had no idea. But Jenny being a curious little girl ask her daddy.

"Daddy, why are we going home early today? Are we going to eat some cakes?" Jenny asks with wide eyes.

Damon, who was driving, chuckled and answered. "No, today your mommy's daddy or your grandpa invited us to his house. Since you want a cake, I will buy it for you. Alex, what do you want? Since I am in a good mood today, I will buy anything that you two needs." Damon asked his son, who at the same time frozen.

Alex doesn't remember the last time his father asked him or Jenny for a choice, and he was not courageous enough to decline his father's demand. Whenever he needs something, he always asks his mother, and then she delivers the message to his father.

"Hah... I... I... you can... get... me anything... I don't mind." Alex stuttered. He might ask for something, but then maybe he might end up in trouble and make his father upset.