34 Fists and feet tied, that's the prisoner's song

// THIS IS AN OLD CHAPTER. THE NEW CHAPTERS ARE IN VOLUME 2. YOU CAN READ THESE CHAPTERS IF YOU WANT SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN LATER BUT SOME EVENTS CAN BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW CHAPTERS.

I am livid.

Fiancé?!

How could the situation take this turn? Our parents are watching us, expecting us to join them. Daphne is in a situation similar to mine; she goes from a livid look to blush when she looks at me.

I have to find something, quickly, quickly, ... QUICK. Stupid brain, find a solution.

Our parents not seeing us move, one next to the other, finally decided to stand behind us to receive the congratulations of the other guests.

I can't believe I'm caught up in an arranged marriage affair. I was aware that some pureblood families resorted to it in order to maintain the 'purity' of their lineage, but I had never considered the possibility of having one.

The evening continues but Daphne has not spoken to me for the rest of the party. Was she informed of the arrangement? I'm not sure, otherwise she wouldn't have had the same livid expression as me.

We end up leaving the party, Susan looks at me with a sorry look. My aunt also looked sorry, like my parents, she had been able to choose the person with whom she planned to spend the rest of her life. How could they have decided something so important for me!

In my bed, I can't sleep, a thousand and one thoughts cross my mind.

How could they do this to me? How am I going to escape from this arrangement? How did Daphne take it? Is this what she wants or is she just as trapped as me?

"Fuck it. Fuck this fucking marriage contract. No way I'm getting married before deciding it and surely not with a girl I didn't choose!"

Animated by a new motivation, I open the door to my parents' room.

"No!"

"Um, what? Honey, it's four in the morning. It's a bit late for a chat." My mother looks at me with eyes still half-closed with fatigue.

"On the other hand, it was not too late to warn me that you were planning to marry me before announcing it in public!"

"We'll discuss it tomorrow, it's late, go to bed."

"Alright, just know that while you get a good night's sleep, I'm going to eat my blood all night long over your stupid decision. GOOD NIGHT." I slam the door as loud as I can and hear my father growl. "I told you he wouldn't take it well."

The next day, I am on a war footing. If they think yesterday's stunt will just go through with an explanation, they are sorely mistaken. I still have three kilograms of Billywig's dart powder that I had bought wholesale for Ron's birthday prank, firecrackers bought from a little shop in central London and all kinds of ingredients and gadgets. to trap the house. They are going to pay dearly for the events of last night.

I'm sitting at the table, and Coopy is already serving breakfast. The house elf has also learned the news of the engagement and is thrilled to be serving a new family member soon. He must have learned it from one of the house elves at Greengrass Manor.

When my parents finally come down, I don't say a word and they don't seem to want to start the debate either. My dad takes a big sip of coffee before tackling his lunch. My mother looks at me suspiciously, she knows my character well and suspects that if I say nothing, there is eel under the rock.

It was only when my father started to fly out of his seat to stick to the ceiling that she reacted.

"SEAN!" my father yells.

"Delicious this coffee, an aroma to send you to heaven."

"It's not funny Sean, your father has to go to work this morning."

"It's true that compared to your joke last night, this one is nothing. Fortunately, I still have tons of them in store, I intend to keep going until I found one as funny as yours. "

"Look, Lady Greengrass came to find us and since we saw you with her daughter off the train, we thought it wasn't a bad idea to make a deal."

"I guess now that you realize that I wasn't incredibly excited about this idea, you are going to send them a letter asking them to take back the engagement?"

"Look, it's not that simple. If we cancel the engagement now, we will have to pay compensation and we are only starting to see benefits from our investments. Wait until you finish your studies, if by that time you are not in love with Daphne, there will always be time to cancel. "

Well, it's true that financially it's complicated but that does not justify everything. But hey, even if it means being in the slump as much to get something out of it.

"I'll wait, but I want the funding I asked for my project."

"Sean, you know the financial situation is complicated. Funding your project is possible but it will be a blow to our reserves in the event of a problem. "

"I literally gave you a gold mine. Don't come trying to make me think money has become a problem!"

"A gold mine?" My father, still glued to the ceiling, does not seem to understand the content of the conversation.

"Shhh, darling, be handsome and shut up, I'm managing the situation. Here's how it's going to go; we leave this arrangement story on hold and I finance your project, but it must generate profit in less than two years otherwise I give up."

"We're going to say we have a deal. Temporarily."

My father, still glued to the ceiling, looks at me and my mother as if we were two wild beasts who had just agreed on the separation of their territory.