IVAN'S POV “Will you marry me?”, those words of cassandra’s were ringing in my head continuously. She wants to marry me? But why? Does she loves me? Nah! It would be too soon to expect word love from her. Does she likes me? She wanted to marry me like really marry me?! Did I hear it wrong? I look into her eyes, her blue eyes hoping for a answer, which contains fear, fear of what? Rejection? “what did you ask?”, I ask her making her flinch. Oh shit! Did my voice came out so rough? “Am sorry, I didn’t mean to?”, I apologize quickly. “what did you tell?”, I ask her again softer than before. “I… I asked will you marry me?”, she asks again stuttering. I frowned. “why do you want me to marry you?”, I ask leaning back on my chair and analysing her. Her movements her eyes everything. I needed answers, truth! Being the mafia boss, I might not be that bad guy in novels who kidnap any woman and force her to marry him but I am that man who kills the one who caused trouble and ship

Cassandra’s pov Morning came faster than I thought it could, sitting on my bed awake whole night with couple of hours sleep doesn’t do justice to my face. I look tired, with dark circles around my eyes making me look like am sick since months. I sigh heavily getting up from my bed. So today after running from multiple dates and men so that I don’t end up marrying one here I am going to marry. I still remember the day my parents set me on the first date. ~~six years ago"mom I am just eighteen for fucks sake!", I exclaim throwing her favourite vase on the ground smashing it into multiple pieces. ouch! did it hurt her? no! but sure her collection. " you breaking those things won't get you out of this situation cassie", my father speaks walking into the living room. "how can you set me up? I have my goals, I didn't left this fucking hell hole and struggled on my own so that I marry someone of your business partner's son who is less son and more puppet!", I shout at him angrily.

CASSANDRA’S POV “so you mean after his video went viral and the other one to whom you sent a box full of spiders cancelled to date you or meet you”, Ivan asks laughing amused. “Yeah kind of we are forbidden to even enter their premises”, I tell laughing. “Oh my god!!!”, he exclaims trying to catch his breathe coming down from his laughing fit. I admire him, his every smile every chuckle and laughter brings joy to my heart and I don’t understand if this even possible—me feeling love! It feels like dream. “Are you a vampire, wizard or werewolf?”, I blurt out mindlessly. “what?”, he asks in amusement. I blush furiously and hide my face in my palms in embarrassment. “oh fuck it!”, I whisper yell myself in my palms. “I guess am your green eyes wizard”, he tells and I can feel the smirk in his voice till my bones. Why the fuck you had to embarrass yourself cassie? “Hey!”, he tells as he stops the car side way. I sit properly and slowly take my hands off my face after peeking fro

CASSANDRA'S POV“I have to go, my father is looking for me”, I tell Ivan getting up hurriedly and wearing my dress. I was almost dry rolling on the picnic blanket so that wasn’t a problem. “Is their something wrong?”, Ivan asks worried as he started getting dressed himself. “I guess, he might have found I sneaked into his office and am just afraid what he found about our marriage… I don’t want you to get hurt Ivan…”, I tell him genuinely as my voice comes out panicked. “Hey, cassie…”, he tells cupping my face as my eyes are almost going to tear up. This feels different, everything feels different. I feel so connected to Ivan that the thought of him getting hurt is making me go insane. “No one can hurt me okay”, he coos as he rubs his thumb on my cheek gently and place a kiss on my forehead with a smile on his face. I had to tilt my head up to look at him in eyes which kind of making my neck hurt but all I could think about the green eyes which captured me. I found myself noddin

Though I know this from before but I never thought that he intended to find a man to fix me, I thought he just wanted me married to someone who could take care of me. Where as Justin, I didn’t expect he will fall this low and marry me for property and take my dreams away from me and cut my wings off. “If this is what you think… that I need to be fixed”, I tell him heart broken. I need to sign these papers however but this hurts like really really hurts as if someone stabbing me. How could I not feel like this when my own dad thinks of me as a broken toy who need to be fixed. “if you are ready to hand me over to a man to fix me….I guess then it’s about time right?”, I said gulping down thickly and forcing my tears to stay inside. “Hmm”, he hums nodding his head with a victory smile on his lips, how iconic that he doesn’t even try to cover that stupid smile. “How can I trust you that you won’t harm my friends?”, I ask him trying to keep my voice casual but I know I am failing misera