All Chapters of My Family’s choice: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Sorry, Mum and Dad. I love you, and I would do almost anything for you, but there’s one thing I can't do: be forced to marry a man I don’t love, and worse, over a business deal. I’m sorry. Please don’t look for me.** I can not believe what I just read. My heart races as I frantically search the bedroom. “Eva!” I shout, tearing through the bathroom and the closet. Then, in my peripheral vision, I see an open window. She must have left through there. I rush toward the window, but all I see is a rope hanging all the way down. She’s already gone. I step back, feeling numb, and sit on the bed, trying to think through what to do. But then I remember the letter, the word “deal.” So the marriage was a business arrangement? Why? I know my uncle is strict, but not to the point of practically selling his daughter for the sake of a deal. I’m angry at Aunt Becky and Uncle Martin for using her like this, but I'm also disappointed in Eva for not confiding in me. Yes, the death of Nate ma

My eyes fell on a handsome man in a black tuxedo, standing beside the priest. My heart skipped a beat. Is that the man's son? I thought to myself. Because, wow! I hadn't had such a reaction in years. I shamelessly checked him out—from his broad shoulders to his chest, down to his shiny shoes. My eyes finally returned to his face—his eyes. They were the most captivating eyes I’d ever seen. I never thought I’d see a man with such beautiful blue eyes. I couldn't seem to look away. He wasn’t an old man; he looked to be in his early thirties. His jaw was sharp—perfect—and his black hair fell in loose curls. His eyes had long lashes, and even his nose was perfectly suited to his face. How can someone be so... handsomely perfect? When he took my hand from my uncle’s, I saw how small my hands were compared to his. Just from the back of his hands, I can see he has huge veins and hard hands, yet his hold was not rough at all as he held my hand. As I now stood opposite him on the altar,