Dinner with the Welcher's

Anaiah felt her stomach turning in knots as she layed on the bed .

*Knock*Knock*

She heard the sharp knocks coming from the door but still ignored it. She's not in the mood to talk anyway. Alessandra who was standing beside the door gritted her teeth at the stupid behavior of Anaiah."Get me the spare keys"she seethed with controlled anger. The servant who was asked to bring the keys hurried in and brought the keys . Snatching the keys from the servant she opened the door with a loud bang. Anaiah who had her eyes close opened her eyes at the sudden presence of someone in the room. 'Who was she kidding?' she thought sitting up with an annoyed look.

*Slap*

A loud sound echoed in the room. Anaiah held her cheek at the sudden numbness of her cheek. "How dare you ignore me when I stood at the door and knock-" Alessandra growled in anger and before she knew it a slap landed on her cheek. Even the servants gasped at the audacity of Anaiah to slap the lady of the house . Alessandra eyes flared with anger before holding her by the neck and squeezing it . "Such a nerve you have to slap me back huh,"she seethed anger blazing from her . Anaiah who's neck was caught by Alessandra in a firm grip tried to wriggle out but it seemed impossible as it looked as if the woman held much more strength then a woman of her age was supposed to have . She yanked her of the bed still holding her neck "You should thank that face of which I can't afford to destroy , if not for that you would have been dead by now"she yelled glaring at her. Anaiah on the other hand could barely breathe, she felt her vision turn blurry and her breath caught in her throat as she found it hard to breathe. Before her body would turn limp, Alessandra threw her on the bed and spatted "You'll be seeing Kaden tomorrow in the evening, I expect you to prepare yourself enough to impress him"and stormed out of the room with an angry expression. A tear trickled down her delicate cheeks as she rubbed her neck, 'Not only is her father a psycho but his wife as well, birds of the same feathers flock together'she thought. Taking in a deep breath she mumbled to herself"I wonder what I did wrong in my past life to receive such treatment, I never knew beauty could be harmful as well". She didn't want to do any of the damn things they wanted her to , can't they find someone else!' she thought angrily.

The next day came quicker than she had expected , she sat up when she heard the slightest sound from the door, how can she not when it felt like she was in the Lions den . A servant with a trolley full of food pushed it into her room. 'Breakfast in bed' thought rolling her eyes ."What's the meaning of this?"she queried. The servant looked at her as if she was dumb but still answered anyway"Master told us to bring food for you since you didn't eat anything for lunch and supper yesterday". Why does she feel like they're taunting her. "I'm not hungry , you can take it back" she objected." "But master said you should eat to regain your lost energy-" the servant tried to persuade but she was firm on her decision, she would rather starve to death than meet Kaden ."I said I'm not hungry , unless you're telling me you're going to force it down my throat" she retorted in anger. The servant swallowed and pulled the trolley along with her as she exited the room. Anaiah sighed and her stomach grumbled but she didn't care.

Jeremy and Alessandra were dining alone since Wendy had a dinner date with her friend. The servant who was sacked out of the room appeared before the couple who were dining in silence, with a hesitant look she voiced out "M-master the young miss refused to have her food". Jeremy chuckled and muttered " as expected of her". Alessandra rolled her eyes stuffing the food into her mouth. "Reheat the food, I think I would have to help my dear daughter to have her breakfast" he said with an annoyed expression. The servant nodded and dashed out.

"What?!!" Edward growled in disbelief when his son told him Kaden has finally decided to take a wife and is already planning of meeting one already. Jiovanni didn't see anything wrong with his cousin getting himself a wife was that not what everyone was looking for , for the prince to get married in order to obtain his throne? he thought staring at his father's overdramatic expression. But Reece who knew why her dad was angry knew better that it was not just the main idea of Kaden getting married that shocked him but the fact that it wasn't her. Jiovanni left to meet his cousin whiles Edward glared at his daughter."For once in your life can't you be useful huh!, you always make me regret for not aborting you the time I got to know you were a girl!" he yelled at her in anger. Reece clenched her fist as she stared back at him , 'How many times are my ears going to bleed from this 'she thought with a sting in her chest."There's no need to worry though because I'll make sure you'll be there to distract him when he meets the girl so do well to put up your best" he concluded and walked away. Reece exhaled through her mouth before bitting her lip.

Just when the clock struck five in the evening Anaiah was forced and then dressed in the beautiful clothes which were handed to her the other day. She couldn't forget how her dad forced her to have her breakfast with her mother as a threat. Even though Alessandra wished Wendy was in this position instead, she still dolled Anaiah up since she wanted Kaden to accept her at all cost. Anaiah bit her lips as they continued to dress her. Her hair was curled and then styled in such a way that it was glowing with it held in a loose ponytail with just a few curled strands of hair on her face . She was dressed in an off shouldered dress which revealed he delicate collar bones . The dress hugged her body perfectly revealing her hourglass shaped body.

"Bring in the jewelleries" Alessandra ordered and the servants lined up in the room each holding a necklace.