Marriage 2

Crash’

The mirror shattered and fell on the white marble floor. The glassy surface of the marble showed the reflection of a man in formal attire. A few strands of his hair fell on his forehead, his eyebrows were knitted together in dissatisfaction and the beautiful eyes showed signs of immense anger.

Not long after the mirror had shattered, drops of blood fell on the white surface, making it look like a horror scene.

“Micah!—“ a worried voice of a woman spoke from beside him.

She was a tall and dignified woman wearing a dress that reached her knees, She looked like she was in her late thirties.

“I know you are angry but just hear me out for once okay? It’s not a real marriage anyway, so just go with the flow,”

“Ha,” Micah gave out a cold laugh,

“Just a year, All I am asking of you is one year. Everyone will forget about the rumors and then you can divorce her.”

Micah’s fist tightened as he heard her speak.

“You know how much I despise those gold diggers, I cannot even bear them for a second and you are asking me for a whole year?”

The guy spoke with his teeth tightly clenched together.

“Micah, Please understand the situation, your grandpa wants you to get married to that girl or he would donate all his assets to the charity. All your hard work for so many years will go to waste.”

She insisted,

“No! He can’t do that, I won’t let him,” Micah’s face darkened when he heard his mother’s words. He couldn’t just let his hard work go to such a waste. It was he who had worked tirelessly after his father’s death and raised the company to new heights of success.

“Let me talk to him once, I am sure I will be able to convince him,”

“What would you talk to him about? Do you think you can convince him?” She stepped closer to him and questioned.

“Once your grandpa has made up his mind, no one can convince him. So listen to my advice and just marry that girl.”

His mother spoke in a serious tone, as she caressed her son’s cheek.

“Please,”

Micah felt defeated in front of his mother,

His anger boiled up even more at the thought of marriage.

“Those parasites! Wait till I get a chance to ruin you. I won’t forgive them for what they have done to me.” Micah clenched his fist in anger, as he muttered the death threat under his breath.

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“I have heard from your mother that you agreed to the marriage,”

An old man in a neat suit sat on the office chair beside the grand table.

“Yes grandpa, “

Micah replied, still looking at the ground.

“Hmm—It was a wise choice. You should take responsibility for your actions.”

He said in a deep voice.

“But, I haven’t done anything wrong. It is clear that it’s all fabricated.”

Micah spoke up for himself when he saw his grandpa doubting him.

“But you have no proof that it’s a lie, do you?” The grandpa asked.

“that you could give me some time I,”

“No need, I have already announced the date of the marriage to the Scott’s. You should prepare yourself because it’s your wedding in three days.”

The words struck Micah and she abruptly rejected them,

“But!”

“Silence! I don’t want to hear any other excuses. If you don’t want to get married then I will just donate half my assets to the charity, and the other half will be given to that girl. Do you understand?”

He roared at Micah’s interruption.

“You can leave now,” In a serious tone the old man gave his last order to Micah.

Three days went by since Renya last met Eryna at the cafe,

The cafe Eryna usually sat in was oddly loud today, she constantly felt penetrating gazes on her back accompanied by the loud murmurs. She didn’t understand the reason for the hostility shown by the customers towards her.

‘Ring,’

The phone beside her notebook rang, and the caller ID showed Renya’s name.

“I was about to call her,” Eryna mumbled and picked up the call,

“I was about to give you a call,” Eryna spoke happily.

“Sniff,” a faint crying sound came from the other side.

“Renya? Is everything okay?”

Eryna got worried and asked in a careful tone.

“Hick—I am so-sorry,” her dropping voice said with great effort.

“What! What are you talking about?”

“I can’t do it, I can’t live like this anymore,”

Renya’s depressed plea causes Eryna discomfort in her chest.

Eryna felt a familiar feeling coming from Renya, a feeling of emptiness and giving up. She felt her heart drum like crazy at the sudden realization.

“Where are you?”

“You can’t stop me now, I have had enough of this puppet show,” Renya faintly spoke.

“Did they ask you to get married? Did my father do that?” Eryna’s voice trembled.

The memory from a few days ago flashed before Eryna’s eyes.

“Why are you so scared? I mean if luck is by your side you will surely be Miss Luis in no time.”

“No!”

“Tell me this is not gonna happen,”

Renya’s scared eyes and a trembling voice rang in Eryna’s ears, the memory of Renya’s pale complexion flooded in her head.

“Where are you!! Tell me!!”

Eryna had enough of everything, she felt like her heart was tearing apart, tears rolled into her eyes and she shouted into the cellphone.

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