FORCED MARRIAGE, TRUE LOVE
“This marriage is null and void! The wedding of Dan Miller and Lucia Ray is null and void.” A man from behind shouted as he stepped into the entrance of the church, breathing heavily, just as the priest was about to pronounce Dan and Lucia ‘husband and wife’. Dan Miller, the CEO of Miller's Production Enterprise, hurriedly planned a wedding with his fiance, Lucia Ray, whom they've dated for only two months. His plan was to outsmart his father, who had signed a contract with his friend, Dantes. The moment young Miller set an eye on those papers, he had been looking for a way to do a surprise wedding without his father's consent. “Never! Over my dead body would I forcefully marry the daughter of my father's debtor! I can never marry someone who is not my standard.” He thought to himself. He was at the altar with his bride, taking their marriage vows, when his father, Mr. Morgan Miller, who was out of the country for a six-month business trip, showed up unexpectedly and put the wedding to a halt. “You either marry Clara Dantes in the next two weeks or you lose your position as the heir of the Miller's family.” Mr. Miller declared. Stuck of choice, Dan vows to ill-treat Clara in their marriage till she finally decides to leave by herself. Forced to marry the arrogant son of the billionaire because of her father's debt to offset her mother's medical bill, Clara Dantes planned to get back with her ex-lover once she secured a loan and paid off the debt. As time went on, Clara and Dan realised that they had developed true feelings for each other, but they had to be strong and fight their past as their ex-lovers conspired to ruin their union.
CHAPTER 23: THE THREAT
Chapter 23
THE THREAT
"Clara, you haven't said anything about your husband or his family since you arrived. Why is your husband not here with you?" Her father restated.
Clara's teeth clenched in anger. She has always tried to keep away the thought that her parents were the cause of her misery. At first, she hated to hear or see anything relating to her parents. She wished they never existed. She made sure she deleted every memory of them from her phone. But whenever she and Franca have any conversations, Franca never ceases to talk about how much she missed her parents and wishes they were not late. According to Franca, her father was a serious drunkard who couldn't care less about their welfare and still exerts domestic violence on her mother on a few occasions.
"No matter how useless a father is, it is better to have him alive than death. Oh, I'm missing my parents." Franca always says. Clara learned to draw her motivation from Franca's story.