chapter 5: Asher's POV You can't fall inlove with her

Since I got back to America to get my revenge on those who snatched my dad's company and caused my parent's death. I had been thinking of what to take from Joseph Peters. He was my father's secretary and helped my uncles take over my father's company. I was 15 when it happened but I have never forgotten it. Dad had come to pick me up from school and had taken me on a business trip with him cause we had decided to go out with my mom to celebrate their 16th anniversary. On our way back it had become dark and the driver drove us. All of a sudden our car wouldn't stop, the driver's last words were that the brake had been tampered with that he had the car checked that morning and it was alright.

My mom died at the spot and my dad was hospitalised and didn't regain consciousness for a month. I recovered two weeks later. I didn't get any major injury because my dad and mom held me and took most of the hit shielding me instead. Joseph Peters helped my uncle take over my dad's company and when my dad had woken up and found out had a heart attack from the betrayal and died. I knew my uncles would target me next. At 15 I was a hacking expert, I created an account and transferred all the money in my dad and mom's account inside and even succeeded in transferring one-third of the company's money before they disrupted it, I created a fake ID and made my age 18 then travelled to Paris to my stay with my dad's friend. I left with most of my dad's assets papers so to date some of my dad's assets have been unused by my uncles and they had kept looking for me to get them.

I used up the money from my parents to start up a small company which is now one the biggest cyber security company in Paris. Soon I had open branches in America. And later Opened up another company in San Francisco with another name and came back with a new identity just to ruin Joseph Peters and my uncles.

I came to destroy everyone who took my family from me. Am going to ruin every one of them completely. I made Joseph Peters's company go bankrupt and then borrowed him money in my company's name, I kept borrowing him until I knew he couldn't pay back then I called him and told him He had to pay back already.

He came to my office begging and begging, I had made research about his family and discovered his late wife had a daughter for him whose name was Melissa Peters going to San Francisco University and studying Computer science and cyber security. I knew immediately she was the perfect thing to take from him.

I told him I wanted his daughter instead or I'll send him to jail and take over his company. He had pleaded saying I could take anything else but seeing he wanted to protect her made me want to take even take her away. He pleaded that I was too old and his daughter was just 22 years old and I was old enough to be her father but his desperation made me happy. I told him if he wouldn't give her to me Willingly I would kill her instead and kill him too after all he owned me a lot. He agreed in tears.

I guessed his daughter didn't take it well she was going to be marrying an old man and planned to flee. I had kept my guard to watch her in case she would do something like that. Her file was really interesting to me when I read them, she was a tomboy. A very intelligent one at that. I wondered what my future wife was like. I wasn't planning on punishing her or suffering her. I just wanted to take her from her dad. I want him to believe she married a man old enough to be her father because of him and live with the guilt. My men had told me she caught her boyfriend cheating on her with her step-sister after she left home. I felt bad for her actually, having to receive the news of getting married to an old ruthless man who is a womaniser and then finding out your boyfriend has been cheating on you with your step-sister.

When I was told she was headed for the airport I sent my men to pick her father up and also her friend. They had no idea I was going to threaten her with them. I sent her a picture and gave her a call expecting her to be terrified and crying but she surprised me.

"What do you want?" was all she asked. I was surprised by her calm voice. I had told her to meet me at the nearest marriage registry and she was there before I got there. I got there and saw her waiting. She didn't run to me even though she knew it was me. I waited if she would approach me but she didn't, she watched me instead.

I stared at the girl in front, she was no ordinary girl. Many girls would be weeping and cursing or feeling sorry in this situation but not her. She looked completely calm like she was not being forced to marry a man old enough to be her father. I felt sorry for disturbing her small peaceful life but her father had to pay for his sin and I'm taking something irreplaceable just like I lost something Irreplaceable.

She didn't move from where she stood, she stared at me back and didn't even flinch. Every other girl would come running and begging me to free her dad but not this girl. She amuse me, and her calmness surprised me as well. This wasn't a quality you often found in women. I had to meet several girls to keep the old man's reputation, He had begged him to keep it for him before he died. With all the ladies I've met, I've never seen a girl with this kind of calmness. At the thought of the old man I smiled, that man was one hell of a womaniser.

I moved and asked if she wasn't going to introduce herself to her future husband. Her answer shocked me even more. I walked past her and made to go inside but she didn't move.

"Have you changed your mind and I can go ahead and kill your dad?" I asked her expecting some sort of dramatic response.

" No, but I won't go through with this if am not assured my dad is alright," she replied.

She was indeed as smart as her file said she was. I had it in mind she might want to see her dad first and had asked my men to be on standby with her dad and friend. I saw her clench her teeth as she saw them but instead, she just headed inside with me

"We have to look happy," I told her trying to make her lose her temper as I gave her my hand

" I've got a question though." She said as she took my hand

" Shot," I replied before it occurred to me an old man shouldn't talk like that.

" why are you doing this and why me? Am sure they are many girls who would do this willingly and happily. why did it have to me?" she asked all at once.

" well, that's more than a question. Anyway someone has to pay for what your dad owes me" I said and laughed. Her questions were legit. She didn't deserve it.

" They are other ways to pay back," she told me. Her boldness was another thing. If I was marrying her because I loved her I would have been a happy man, she had every quality I wanted in a woman not to mention that she was extremely beautiful.

" But I don't want other ways" I replied instead

" You're ruining my life sir." She told me but I already knew from the beginning I was doing just that I planned to minimise the damage after all she was innocent of her father's crime.

" Am not ruining your life, Melissa, we are getting married those are two different things. " I simply told her

" Okay... Then can we keep this a secret, please? I have my internship in a month." She pleaded. Can she stop surprising me? At this point, she was thinking about School. when her whole life was about to take a new turn?

" Let's see," I told her still in my amusement. I didn't know the right word to say to her.

When the Registrar asked her if she was sure she wanted the marriage I waited to hear her answer if she would decide to back down but instead, she answered yes.

When the process was done and we walked out of the registry. I thought of what to say to her but instead came up with

" I believe you have school to attend so I'll leave you to it. You'll be picked up later from your apartment later in the evening"

" Sorry, I have a night shift. can they pick me up a bit later?" she asked. Was she being serious, she just got married to one of the wealthiest men in America and she was telling me she wanted to go for her night shift.

" How can you work when you're married to me? even my girlfriends don't work" I told her, annoyed at the thought of my wife working.

" Am sorry but am not one of them, I work because I like doing it" was her reply. It took me off guard, I just turned and walked to the car. I was speechless for the first time.

' Zavier you can't fall in love with her, you can't fall in love' I kept telling myself as we drove off. I can't fall in love with the daughter of the man I've sworn to destroy. If I fall in love with her she'll know my secret. she'll see through my pretends and who I am.