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"So to tell me honestly you all want me to be caged into this loveless marriage?"

"It's not loveless if you cooperate"

"I'm not talking to you so shut the fuck up"

"Marceline Carralyle Villarante!"

"I don't want to get married at 28! I'm still enjoying my youth and to tell me na may naipundar at naitulong na naman ako sa inyo at sa pamilyang ito!"

"But that's not the point! We want you to get married before this year ends"

"C'mon Villarante it's not as if I'm not a good catch already"

Inis na nilingunan niya ang lalaking talipandas.

"Beneficial or not it's still my decision! My life that you want to stole from me, my freedom to be happy! Oo nga't may mapapala kayo at ang family company eh ako ba? What will I get? Sama ng loob? Stolen chances and the fall of my career?"

Right after she got her pending projects cleared back in Kenya her assistant received an urgent call from her parents Mucho and Oliva saying that she needs to be at their mansion as soon as she's back in the country which she did not know about the damned fact that they already sold her to this man!

The great tyrant of the business world, Machiavelli Larsen Zamora.

At kulang na lang iumpog niya ang sarili sa bawat marbled pillars ng pamamahay sa sobrang pagkatanga upon seeing Machiavelli unusually having a cup of chamomile tea as if it's the most peaceful thing to do.

"I can't and I won't! I'm not marrying him! Not now not ever! Ni hindi ko nga nakikita ang sarili ko na nagpapasuso ng batang pasusuhin eh!"

Napuno ng singhapan ang paligid at eskaderang napapaypay pa ang Lola niya.

Desidido na talaga siya.

Surely after all her hard work and sacrifices back in the day there's no stopping now. Kahit ilang beses siyang hiyain at maubusan ng kumpyansa sa sarili sa mismong pag drag down ng mga magulang niya at ng buong kamag-anakan niya dahil sa career at track ng buhay na kinuha niya na may buong pagtitimpi niyang tiniis maabot lang ang lahat ng meron siya ngayon... Mapipilit pa din ba siya?

"Don't fret about the marriage flufflebun there's no media. I made sure that everything will be smooth. So smooth that you won't even know you're tied to me and carrying my name. I own you. Completely."

Is this man hearing himself? And excuse her?

"Mukha ba akong buns sayo with extra fluffles?" pagtataray niya dito na amused lang siyang tinitigan matapos sumimsim sa tsaa nito.

"You'll marry Machiavelli with or without your buts"

Nalingunan niya ang matatanda.

All her life she was tasked and programmed to follow them and the family's order, such as, Women in their family is powerless. They does not have the right to object any decision and anything from the mens and the elders.

It's like she's their living puppet and she doesn't like it! Not one bit.

"What makes you think na susunod ako at papayag? Ni minsan hindi ko nakikita ang sarili kong magpabuntis at gumaya na lang sa kababaihan MG pamilyang ito! I objected to all of you once don't think I can do it again?" nanghahamong panguuyam niya sa mga ito na bakas ang disappointment sa kanya.

At sanay na siya don. Like may magbabago ba?

Nabuhay siya noong tagasunod lang sa sasabihin ng pamilya niya. All her childhood memories were bittersweet, all about her girl relatives marrying somebody and someone older than them, stranger, and not for love... caging themselves in a loveless marriage that always fail but strengthens the business bonds.

All sacrificing their happiness just to please the elders and the alpha males of their family.

But not her.

She'll fight for what she think is right.

No more discrimination and old traditional cultures that was passed by the time.

And this one isn't an exception.