“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.” Malia mumbled and rolled her eyes.“Is that going to be too hard?” Xalia asked. Draven suddenly leaned closer to her and whispered into her ear, they all watched both of them with anger fuming in them.Draven pulled away from her and she smiled and turned to them.“Where do I need to sign to approve it?” He asked and Xalia’s father smiled. Draven signed the contract and agreed to give them the loan, the meeting was over and Xalia stood up with Draven. She wanted to leave the room so badly, that their faces sickened her. They all sold her out and left her for the worst to happen to her, she didn't deserve any of that.“Can we leave now?” She asked Draven and he nodded, she kept ignoring her mother’s look. She walked out of the room with Draven and met Kyle in the hallway, his eyes were on her as she walked past him and entered the elevator with Draven. As the elevator door closed, Xalia exhaled loudly and ran her hands through her hair. That wa
Xalia smiled nervously as she stood in front of the mirror and stared at her reflection, she placed her hand on her stunning dress and took in a deep breath. It is her big day, the day she has always been dreaming of since she met him. She couldn't help but giggle at how beautiful she looked, she couldn't wait to see the look in his eyes when he saw her, and she couldn't wait to say her vows and be with him for the rest of her life. She really did not doubt taking this step, she is ready for this.“Hey, are you ready?” She heard a familiar voice ask and she turned to see her mother walking in.“Yes, mum.” She replied with a smile and her mother hugged her lightly.“You look so beautiful honey, your wedding dress is amazing.” Her mother complimented and she smiled widely.“I know right, Kyle picked it personally.” She giggled in response and her mother laughed.“Mum, you look kind of worried, is everything okay?” She asked, noticing a hint of fake in her mother’s laughter.“It's fine d
Xalia fought back her tears as she sat in the car heading to the church, her mother kept a straight face and ignored her while Allison held her hand and kept whispering soothing words to her. Different thoughts ran through Xalia’s head as she tried to understand what was going on, firstly, her husband-to-be left her on their wedding day and got married to her step-sister, a stranger is waiting for her at the church to get married to, and out of the blue, her mother is okay with it. It was a lot to take in and... “Xalia, we are here.” She heard a voice and it snapped her out of her thoughts, she turned to look out the window and there was the church. “Mum, please.” She cried as the guards got out of the car leaving her, Allison and her mother alone.“Get out of the car Xalia.” She replied looking at her with a stern expression.“I don't want to get married to a stranger, I don't even know what is going on.” “You don't need to know what is going on, all you have to do is go in there
MINUTES LATERXalia looked around nervously as they headed towards a plane, her husband walked with her alongside men dressed in suits. They stepped into the plane and a pilot walked to them.“Where to sir?” He asked.“Hawaii.” He replied and the pilot bowed before walking away, Xalia turned to him with a questioning look.“I thought you said we are heading to New Jersey.” “What is a wedding without a honeymoon?” He replied coldly and walked to a seat, he sat and Xalia looked around before slowly walking to take the seat next to him.Her mind was still troubled about everything that was going on, she really needed to speak to Kyle, she didn't have her phone or any of her things with her.“What about my things?” She asked as she slowly took a seat next to him, he was going through the documents she signed earlier. “They are here.”“What about... ““Shut up.” He cut her off and Xalia’s eyes widened in shock, he just shunned her. She bit her lip slightly and exhaled, how the hell did
“Huh?” Xalia asked, confused.“Draven Wade?” He asked again and she tried to think about it, she hadn't heard that name before. “No, I have never heard of it.” She replied and he nodded.“Your father and I agreed on something in exchange I have you.”“What did you… ““That is none of your business, all you need to know is that you are my wife and I can do anything I want with you.” He said and Xalia couldn't help but scoff and roll her eyes.“One question.”“What?”“Why am I tied to a bed and why is that weird thing on my legs?” She yelled.“Are you trying to gain attention because if you are, I don't think anyone will hear you.” He said and she breathed out heavily, he moved to the bed and loosened the ropes, her hands became free and she rubbed her wrists.He also freed her legs and she hurriedly stood up from the bed, his eyes drifting to the wedding gown on the couch and he scoffed. “You really thought you were going to get married to Harrison?” He asked and her eyes widened slig
Draven waited in front of Xalia’s room dressed, it was past 7:00 pm and the party started an hour ago. The door opened and she stepped out, she stared at him and he stared back at her.“Let’s go.” He said and walked ahead of her, he heard her groan and he ignored her. They got out of the house and they both entered the car.“You are driving?” She asked and he ignored her as he turned on the ignition, Xalia sighed and fell back on the church. She is going to see her family and she isn't excited at all.“You should use your seat belt.” He said and she slowly used it, he drove out of the mansion and turned on the GPS.“Great, it takes twenty minutes to get there which means I have twenty minutes to prepare myself.” She muttered and breathed out.They finally arrived at the party and Draven stopped his car in front of the reporters.“Ready?” He asked and she nodded, they both got down and Draven moved closer to her, the reporters took pictures of them and Xalia felt uncomfortable, she bow
Xalia stood in the parking lot and cried, She already lost track of the reporters and she was glad, she could finally let it all out. She wrapped her arms around herself and whimpered, She kept recalling the image of Kyle looking like he didn't care in her head and it kept hurting her.“That was quite a scene.” She heard a voice say and she flinched, she looked up to see Draven standing in front of her and she breathed out, he slowly walked to her and leaned on the car she leaned on.Xalia wiped her tears and sniffed, she cleared her throat and put on a fake expression.“That was dumb, honestly.” Draven said and she scoffed.“You didn't have to do that, you could have just let it… ““Shut up.” She cut Draven off and he looked at her surprised.“Huh?” “Yeah, shut the fuck up.” She replied and Draven nodded, he turned to leave but he suddenly turned to her and grabbed her neck, and then he choked her slightly. Xalia’s eyes widened in shock and she held his hand struggling to get out of
“Huh?” She whispered and Draven slowly lifted his hand, he placed it on the tip of the towel where her hand was and he felt her hand shake. “Draven.” She called but more like a whimper, different thoughts ran through Xalia’s mind about what he was about to do, she could hear her heart race and feel her hands shake nervously. It seemed like he noticed how tense she was, he slowly withdrew his hand from her towel and stepped back, Xalia sighed in relief but still held the towel firmly. “Read this book before I get back, by dusk you will summarise all you read to me.” He ordered and dropped the book on the bed, he walked out of the room and Xalia rushed to the door, locked it and breathed out heavily. She noticed goosebumps all over her body and she sighed, she felt so threatened by him. She walked to the bed and picked up the book, she looked at it and raised a brow in confusion because of the title. “The Rules.” She read out loud and shrugged, she dropped it and decided to read it