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ed down my face as I stood in
be the happiest day of their life, but I
ilence while my mother prepared me for the man
xpression on my parents' faces whenever we talked about i
as long as it was what they wanted, and they tried
ise, how many times do I have to tell you that he is the perfect man for you? And not only for you but any woman out t
ck even if I wanted to. Her words were
tter off if he requested his money back, but what h
our only daughter, aren't you feeling concerned at all?" My voice almost
paying the price of what he did by marrying him? No, you are not pa
ou are going from a bankrupt family like us into a prestigious fam
I just watched her tighten my silve
been doing since the day you found out about this for
obody gave a damn about my own feelings and I eventually stopped try
o him about our wealth. He knew, of course, since he wasn't stupid
nted, they lied to him to win a par
's set of deep blue, and she bore into me. "I don't know the kind of thoughts that are running around in th
lot of benefits that come to you directly by just being his wife, so you might as well drop the act and
is to please him properly in bed and I want you to have it at the back of your mind tha
about to hurl. The thoughts alone had haunted me, and n
ce, the way her eyes bore into mine, the sternness in
re about what I had to say about the topic and th
t for herself and my father, irre
, mother. I am a woman, and he should show me respect as fit. What? A woman's duty to her husband is to please him
spoke, but I managed to keep t
irring up trouble with my mother, because the last thing I needed on such a devas
less about that. No, I don't care at all. You must do whatever it takes to
but you must do every and anything he asks for. If he comes to us with the slightest complaint about you or
ooked into her eyes, bound by
make-up and cover every single trace of tear
face. I fought back the urge to reply, every time she became like
st so painful that I tho
aisle looking like a depressed woman." She sa
ake-up. The thought of absconding came to me, but running aw
h a marriage? Why should I hav
my thoughts as I redid my makeup
face and dropped the brush back on the
door. My own father stared at me with emptiness in his gaze, but I kne
then stretched his hand for me to take. "It's tim
s hand and he tightened his grip, m
Do you want me to handle the situation?" His voice
nsciously wrapped around myself, the image
your way into his home. Put on a big smile, bigger than
d gain from selling me off to another man, and he didn't car
rying to hide my fe
is t