Chapter 16: The Billionaire's Home

Jasmine*

Mrs. Smith walked in grudgingly, laid hold of my bags, and walked away with them, cursing under her breath.

"This will be hell for me!" I cried.

"If you will be going through hell with him, keep going!" She hurled leaving with my bags.

"I don't even know who I am being married off to," I said to Lilian who was completely flummoxed. She simply stared in silence.

I rushed into my father's room, but he was not in. I rushed into the living room and met him walking in with his cane to converse with a man I assumed would be Mr. Jason.

"Dad, what is going on?"

"Congratulations my dear, your husband is right here." He pointed at Mr. Jason who was seated opposite him. "And over there is Barr Arthur." He pointed to the flower vase, close to where a balding man who smiled sheepishly was seated, and I knew who he meant.

They were all excited but I wasn't. What was the surprise for? Why would my dad consent to such?

Did my stepmom bewitch him? Or could the money have gotten to his h