The Arranged Marriage Novels & Stories

"Wait a minute." I nodded, looking at him as he stepped to the quieter side of the room, while I shifted my gaze to the wine bottle within arm's reach. After no one was around me, I felt stressed again. I was getting married, having children, and most likely not being able to continue my college education, which was only in the process of passing three semesters. Then, my childhood friend put me in that situation. Everything was a mess. I already knew that arranged marriages were less about love and more about the interests of the bride and groom's respective families, so the personal feelings of the bride and groom were less of a consideration.

As we then take blessing from our elders and then proceeded for the reception party which was going to be held in one of the most expensive five star hotel. 'Why not, After all this is the biggest wedding reception of this countries Eligible BILLIONAIRE XAVIER KNIGHT ', My conscience mocked me. To be Continued................ A/P "Arranged marriage happens when two lovers or strangers believe they are meant for eternal companionship. It starts from the belief and the universe conspires in making that belief stronger every day from that moment." -unknown.

Right from day one, I suddenly started to realize why he was like that. Perhaps he didn't get his fame anymore. “Get your face clean and be ready for dinner tonight. Any form of clumsiness and tardiness won't be allowed.” He said and started to walk off, then he stopped in the middle of the hall. “And, we are to go for a contract marriage today.” He announced, and my eyes widened in utmost disbelief. “What!?” “I am sure you are not deaf and you could hear me. We are going for a contract marriage today. I hate it when people make me repeat myself.” He said, his voice oozing with coldness, and I sighed.

I wasn't planning to accept the arranged marriage, but at least I want to know what I'm refusing about. The document binding my arranged marriage was much longer than I would have expected, it seems that my grandfather and my fiancé's grandfather thought of absolutely everything that could go wrong, and put many clauses about that in the document so that everything would go "right" or as best as could be defined as "right" in the end.

“Why, Rymalene? You look bothered.” “Bestie, I'm getting married soon.” “Then why are you sad?!” She swallowed audibly, “It’s an arranged marriage. Haha, but lucky me he’s handsome. We’ll get to have cute babies. “ Her fiancé suddenly turned to us. Hmmm. Yes, he’s handsome, but shouldn’t marriage be founded on love? I just realized she had left without even saying goodbye. Tsk. Arranged marriage, huh? Crazy. It’s like a scratch sweepstake where you rub a paper and god knows whether you win or not. But I hoped they’d live a happy marriage life.

Especially in the state my mind was currently in. "I thought you said I did mean something to you, though?" Lena asked in a muted tone as she tried to control her emotions. "That came out wrong," I admitted. "I just meant that the marriage was arranged. It's not like I actually proposed to you. It wasn't an emotional choice it was logical. “This marriage is and was completely controlled by the politics of our countries. And it is our duty, all emotion aside, to make sure we follow through with the promises that our father's made. Love and duty don't always go hand in hand. Sometimes you have to choose."

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.”

Father’s voice held so much promise for discipline, that even mother was clearly frightened on Maeve’s behalf. I knew this was going to one day happen, after we had both clocked eighteen. Arranged marriage was very common and it’s automatically expected of every girl child who comes from a noble family, to get given to a man from another noble family in marriage, regardless of the man’s age. I had been in fright since I had clocked eighteen, dreading this coming day, and now that it was here, in as much as I was glad that it wasn’t my turn yet, I felt so much pity for Maeve right now.

' Even though the boys and the girls knew that this was what the meeting was all about, they were still dumbfounded by the news. Mr Brown continued with his speech. "Kayla Davis, meet Alex Brown, your future husband" Kayla nodded her head. "And as from today henceforth, Alex, you have to start taking care of Kayla. You both are going to get married immediately after college."He ended his speech, opened the file in front of him and stamped it with the stamp that Kayla spotted earlier. Kayla's heart skipped so many beats after this, she felt as if she was going to faint at any moment. 'They should have asked for our own opinion too' she thought. 'What if things didn't go as planned between us?

He gave me a look that said: You're a lying asshole. "It's not that complicated." I took a long sip of my beer. "But it is. All of a sudden, I find out you got married. Explain it to me, because I’m tired of trying to figure it out." "It's an arranged marriage," I blurted out. His eyes widened. I immediately explained everything, which left him at the edge of his seat. It felt good to confide in him after so long. "That whore!" he barked. I raised an eyebrow at him. "You should take revenge."