He hated her

Lexar joined them at the huge and long beautifully furnished dining table.

She had wanted to sit beside Ramy however he had pushed her to sit beside Roynald, Lexar nodded obediently and sat by Roynald.

Roynald wanted to stand up however he received a warning glance from his grandfather and sat back in the chair unhappily.

The food was served and everyone started eating, Lexar smiled as she picked up a huge shrimp and placed it on Roynald's plate.

Grandpa Ramy was happy seeing that Roynald didn't complain, he chuckled and also placed a few dishes on Lexar's plate.

Lexar and Roynald had an arranged marriage before they were even born, Lexar's father had once saved Roynald's grandfather so his grandfather had proposed for there to be a marriage between his first grandson and her father's first female child.

Growing up, Lexar was only told about the arranged marriage at the age of sixteen. At first she had been unhappy and had thrown a tantrum but after finding out that her arranged marriage was with her first love, she had been excited and thanked her parents countless times.

Before that Lexar had been chasing Roynald around at any occasion she saw him, because of him she had been disgraced many times however she had still not given up. Lexar had thought that he would get a bit closer to her because of the marriage.

However she had been completely wrong, after a while Lexar discovered that Roynald still treated her the same way as always so she had cried in front of him.

*Flashback*

"Roynald! Why are you so cold and harsh towards me when we're engaged? We'll be husband and wife one day!", Lexar sobbed as she spoke.

"It's because I hate you, you're too cheap to be my wife", Roynald had been expressionless as he spoke however there was a look of disgust on his face.

"You...", Lexar was speechless, she had not expected such cruel and harsh words from him. He actually called her cheap?

*Flashback ends*

Lexar walks around and sees Roynald standing at a balcony all alone.

Lexar smiled and decided to approach him quietly, she took off her heels and started walking towards him quietly however he still heard her footsteps.

"What are you doing here?", Roynald frowned upon seeing her.

"I just saw you and wanted to come say hi", Lexar ignored the look on his face and still approached him.

Looking at her face full of makeup made Roynald want to throw up, it disgusted him.

"You still haven't given up have you? Do you really think I would marry you? It would be better to marry a beggar on the street than to marry someone like you", Roynald decided to leave and started walking away.

Lexar was speechless for a while but she turned around and yelled, "Roynald! The marriage... it's arranged! Your grandfather likes me so there's no way you can run away from it!"

Roynald chuckled as if he had heard a funny joke, he continued walking.

Tears flowed down the cheeks of Lexar as she watched his retreating figure, did he still hate her? But why?

Roynald met his grandfather on the way and the old man pulled him into his room.

"Listen young man, I don't like the way you treat little Lexar!"

"You can't force me to like her grandpa, there's no way I'm marrying, not her or anyone else! I told you I was not interested, why don't you pass it to my brother?"

"Shut up! Don't ever speak like that, are you really hellbent on sending me to my grave?", The old man stomped the walking stick against the floor loudly.

"Grandpa don't speak like that, if you really just want a grandson, I can have her be a surrogate mother"

Ramy spat on the floor upon hearing his grandson's words and started coughing profusely.

"Grandpa!", Roynald grabbed the glass of water nearby and handed it to his grandfather.

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