The Beginning

"I am NOT marrying off my son!" "You're not!" "But I am! Arranged marriages are so old fashioned." "Son what do you think?" His father asked. "I don't really care. If it's for the business I don't mind." "What on earth do you mean! Don't you want to find someone you love!? Their family is so much below ours." She said with distain. "It's not that they're lower mother, they just don't have as much money as us, but... They know a lot of people abroad. It will give us connections. I also would rather have one wife that will just be mine than having to search for one. Because she won't want to go against me and lose the money for her family." "You seriously want to buy a bride?" His mother asked with a cocked brow. "It's not a bad thought," he said with a dead pan expression. His mother was shocked and furious. She stormed out of the room. He looked at his father with helpless eyes. His father reassured him, "She'll get over it. Don't worry. Do you want me to look into her? And which one do you want?" "I know. Either. The Hallo family has two daughters right?" "Yes. One is 22 and the other is 20 I believe." "I don't care. Do a little research for me and I'll decide after that." His father nodded and left the room. He immediately got to work after calming his fuming wife. He decided it would be better to talk with the sisters themselves. So he went to Hallo manor to speak with old man James one of his oldest friends and his daughters. "Hello James, how are you doing?" "Ah, my friend, Richard. I'm doing well, you?" "Great... well, let's jump right into it. Can you describe to me your daughters. I'm trying to help my son decide." "Oh, yes. Of course. Which one first?" old man James spoke through his smile. "Um... the older one I suppose." "Huh, Lucia? She's a handful. She's a beauty, very smart, and obedient. She just doesn't get along well with her sister. Her grades have always been good and she's doing terrific at the company. I don't know if I'm ready to let her go or not." He said with a laugh, but his thoughts were a bit different, 'I need to get rid of that trouble maker. I know she'll listen to this family though, maybe this is my chance.' "Ah, well that's good to hear. And your other daughter?" "She's wonderful. She is extremely smart, beautiful, tactful, graceful, and so sweet. She would make your son happy." "I heard she was only 20 however, and my son is ten years older than her." "Oh that's not a problem, it just means she has more years for having children." The man was shocked by his answer, but instead of pursuing it he just asked, "I'd like to talk with them one on one. Is that okay?" "Oh yes, of course. Um... But my oldest isn't here at the moment. She won't be getting back until late, but you can speak with Tiffany." "That's a shame. Ide love to speak with her." While talking with the youngest, he could tell she had some kind of poison behind her flowery words. 'She's not right for my son, but I'll let him decide.' "What do you think of your sister?" He asked truly curious. "I mean... I love her, but there's something our family is embarrassed to talk about involving her." Confused he asked, "What is it?" "Well, my sister... You see, she has many lovers." "What!?" The poor man was so confused. "Yes, and I don't know if she's ready to settle down just yet." 'Hopefully he'll think bad of her and I'll get to marry Brandon!' She pretended to act sad for her sister. 'This can't be right. I haven't heard any scandals involving either of the sisters. and why would she throw her sister under the bus if she "loved" her so much. This girl is not right.' "I see. Well, it was a pleasure to speak with you. Send your father my regards no need to see me out." "Oh no, the pleasure was all mine. It was so good speaking with you." "Thank you for today." "Come see us again." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." She said with a sickeningly sweet and fake smile on her face that Richard saw right through. He stopped the secret recording and brought it home for his son.

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