My Marriage Comes With A Contract

LE'S P

d slowly and crashed with their white caps cresting over and plunging back into

th of the fresh, salt tinged air before letting out a deep sigh. I had hoped that walking along the

kept spinning the burning scene of abject betrayal that I had been privy to earlier in the day. I recalled how I had stood, frozen

ex boyfriend, rolling in bed, stark naked, with a woman whom I was all too familiar with. A woman whom

ared to utter the words, "Dannie, it's not what you think it is." It wasn't what I thought it was? What an absolute joke! As I gazed out a

compared to one another, they all had one particular thing in common. And that was the fact that they had all gotten into the relationship with u

to benefit and gain from being in a relationship with the only child

trayal was a heavy weight on my chest- one that drilled a well of emptiness inside of me. As I watched the sun dip lower, casting a warm

te gender. Hell, I would never get married to anybody for as long as I lived. And

ve it as a chapter of my past that would remain forever closed. The vibrating

igh, I took one last longing look at the ocean body before turning on my heels and heading towards the parking lot where I had left my car. The drive home was

er in the living room, I headed for his study, knowing fu

said when I pushed open

ntly" I said, taking my sea

is reading glasses and placin

thing you wanted to dis

For a few minutes, all I could do was stare at my father, hoping that he would burst into laughter and claim that he

id not hear you very well; you did not just

or jokes, Danielle. I have s

an you have set my engagement?"

uage, young lady. I can take many t

n you are upending my l

of finality and dismissal before resuming his work. I stormed out of his office, my chest heaving with anger. In that dire moment, the idea of r

the dance floor in bright, flashy colors, and the dance floor was crowded with both couples and lone dancers moving in tune the music w

ender to get me another. My plan was to get intoxicated enough to forget that I was

how good looking his face was. As he sipped his alcohol, I willed him to look at me so that I would be able to see his face better, and when he started to look arou

from across the room. Feeling tipsy and wreck less, I approached him without

I gr

o husky, it caused my heart to beat fa

I asked him, tracing my

staring at me and his mesmerizing blue ey

f his hand. His eyes turned a shade darker as he looked at me. I ran my to

, and I felt a pool of warmth between my legs. The

d towards the back door not waiting for his reply. At tha

gs look longer than they were. My natural brunette waves were packed up in a simple hairdo framing my small f

sexy as I seemed to be successful in my attem

l in that part of the room. I watched as the handsome stranger walked towards me, his

e leaning into my ear and biting the lobe gently. Knowing that I was pressing the right buttons made me giddy, and maybe it was the sweltering heat in the club, or the alcohol messing with my head. Maybe it was the way h

that I leaned towards his ear and whis