Chapter 33: Waisted Efforts

"How do I look?" I asked Layla my best friend and personal assassin.

"Vanessa, you look good as always and can you relax your making me anxious." she said rolling her eyes.

"How can I relax when I'm going to be seeing my future husband today? It's essential I look my best. Grandfather said I need to snatch him up before someone else does or my grandfather would be disappointed in mt." I said while checking myself in the hand mirror I had her holding.

She closed the mirror and placed it inside my purse "You can't keep following behind what your grandfather says. He has lived his life already and now you need to live yours."

"I know what you're saying but he is the only family I have on my side after my parents turned their backs on me."

"I know that and know you only follow what he says for what he has done for you. But you need to open your eyes and smell the coffee. The King doesn't want you and even if miraculously did, you're your heart will always belong to Ma-"