Novel & Cerita Historical Romance Arranged Marriage

The shadow of the arranged marriage still hovered over us, and the king continued to watch us carefully. Together, Alexandre and I learned that true love is not just a feeling, but a journey of growth, understanding and sacrifice. And we were willing to face all this to live this unique and intense love. That night, the ship was calm, sailing under a starry sky. The brightness of the stars was reflected in the sea, creating a magical scenery. It was the perfect opportunity for a romantic date with Alexandre. Our meeting was carefully planned in secret. I put on my most beautiful dress and waited for it on the deck, near the ship's handrail, where the gentle sea breeze caressed my face.

Lucas saluted and Alexandro nodded as Lucas turned back and left the room. "The wedding is near." He mutters. "I wanted to keep it simple and quiet so nothing bad will happen." His Secretary, Major Roy Graciano nodded and made arrangements for a venue. But as Alexandro thinks of it deeply—it is still possible that someone will ruin the wedding. He was hoping that there will be no bombing or so. It will be chaotic. Damn it. They just received a few threats recently. So there's no other choice for him but to force her to marry Zachary Pattinson.

None of this did anything to soothe Raina's nerves. Raina picked one out of the four bonded contracts. With a bit of a quivering hand, she opened the page that described in detail the terms and conditions of the contract. The title was bold and clear - "Contract for Arranged Marriage". The first paragraph listed the names of the two parties involved, followed by a detailed description of the terms and conditions of the arrangement. Raina felt a sense of numbness as she read the words as if her heart had been put on pause. - That the marriage would be strictly a business arrangement, with no intimacy involved.

Xander stated, looking at Winter who nodded. "Really? Seriously! You both are getting married?" "Yes, but it wouldn't be so fast. We need to go on at least three dates In order to get to know one another better. So, I propose the we make it a month from now on" Xander added, looking at Winter to see if there was any form of rejection in her expression, but there wasn't. Annabel and Juliana looked disappointed that the wedding wouldn't be soon, but they accepted it, after all, a month wasn't really that far.

I asked as I stroked a few strands of my hair behind my ear. “Oh yes. Aria! Oh my goodness!” He said. Jerome hasn't changed much since high school, he was my very good friend back in school. “Where have you been? After high school, you just disappeared like that. I reached out to your mom a year ago, and she told me you got married” He got a seat for the both of us. “ It was an arranged marriage, but now I'm divorced” I smiled weakly. We gisted a lot as we tried to catch up, then we exchanged contacts. It was getting late, we promised to check up on each other then he helped me get Anna into the car as I drove off.

I ran a hand down my face, “I’ll do the rest.” My father exhaled and leaned back in his chair, the lines around his mouth deeper than usual. “When the marriage was arranged,” he said slowly, “it wasn’t just about uniting two families. That was the public reason. The easy reason.” I folded my arms. “Then give me the real one.” He hesitated. And that alone told me everything. “It was supposed to be Gianna,” he said. “That was the deal. Everyone agreed it made the most sense, she was the eldest, poised, already involved in some of the legitimate business. But then… suddenly… it changed. Your bride changed.”

I asked, my voice tinged with desperation. “It was his last wish,” he replied, pursing his lips. I couldn’t get more irritated. What psychopath wishes his nephew would get married to someone in his place? And what fool accept to get married to a stranger because it was his uncle's last wish? “Look, from what I have gathered up until now, we were both tricked into this marriage. I will write off your father’s debt and grant you a divorce because I don’t wish to live under the same roof as a lying and thieving person like you.”

She looked at Esther and shook her head. “There was never love, Esther. None of it was real. It wasn’t love at first sight like I told you. We didn’t meet in some cute coffee shop. He didn’t confess his feelings on one of the most romantic dates I’ve ever had. He didn’t propose and leave me speechless and breathless. No…” I felt her tremble in beneath my touch, and I couldn’t hold back the tears anymore as she broke completely. “No,” she whispered. “None of that happened. Everything was fake. It was an arranged marriage. We were on the verge of losing everything, so my parents forced me to marry him, a man who never loved me.”

"Miss me?" "Yes, I missed throwing you off the bed and I missed seeing you fall but are you not on your honeymoon?". "I'll be back tomorrow and I called because I missed you guys". "Hmm, So tell me how was your wedding night? Mind let or not". "It's an arranged marriage so we didn't do anything of the such". "One day, you'll fall in love with him that it will make you forget your name". I know what she was talking about like it's Emily we're talking the dirty minded best friend I have " Like how my brother made you forget your name too?".

He said and I looked at him surprised. Mum and Dad's marriage was arranged. Her dad was just telling her now. "Kim, even if you don't get married to Alfred, you will either get wedded to the son of Jeguk industries or rather you will get married to one of the twins of Marshall group of companies," He explained and pecked my hair as tears fell from my eyes. "But Dad, I don't love him," I sobbed my voice choked with tears and my Dad embraced me. I sobbed harder on his shoulder. Why are bad things happening now?! First I broke up with Andrew now this arranged marriage stuff.