Chapter 2

• *SARAH DUNCAN*
• The door opens, revealing an incredibly intimidating man, a furious lion, big and cold. Light brown eyes and tanned skin. He approached my father and greeted him with a handshake.
• "Duncan, my friend, good to see you again."
• "Damian, it is an honor to be here and reaffirm our agreement."
• So he is the father of my future fiancé. Another tyrant who only thinks about money. I folded my arms in front of my body as my father introduces Jonathan to the mafia boss. He didn't even look at me, didn't know me, and seemed to be angry with me. Funny because I felt the same way, I didn't even know my future father-in-law and already hated him.
• "And this is Sarah Duncan, my daughter," my father pointed at me, and the big manlooked into my eyes for the first time. He approached and extended his large hand. It took me ages to react, he frowned in anger, waiting for my reciprocation. I held his hand lightly, afraid to touch him, but when I did, he squeezed it, making me shiver. My arm trembled without knowing why.
• The contact was extremely brief, he seemed to have an allergy or aversion to me. His voice deepened as he asked us to sit without even looking at us. My father and brother sat down, I remained in the same spot, I don't know why I did that, perhaps I was scared by the magnitude of my future father-in-law's arrogance. I hope his son is sweet, unlike his father, only then can he make me change my mind.
• "You may sit, Miss...?"
• "Sarah," I said,
• "I'm fine standing."
• He seemed to explode with anger at my response and exclaimed.
• "I told you to sit, Sarah." I couldn't help it, my name sounded like music on those angry lips. Take me away, daddy, I can't be part of this family. He looks like a monster from a horror movie. I looked at my father, he glared at me, to avoid irritating him, I sat down.
• "Mr. Damian."
• "Just Damian, Duncan."
• My father held my hand and squeezed it.
• "Damian, I raised Sarah and Jonathan practically on my own. I want to say that... this is more than an agreement to me. I am giving up my stronghold because I know that she will be taken care of by your son."
• Liar, my father wants to give a good speech, but he is first thinking about what he can gain in the future. The son of an arrogant man like Damian will never be able to take care of any woman.
• "You can be sure that, as far as I am concerned, your daughter will be well taken care of," Damian's deep voice echoed through the room, and he looked at me for amoment.
• I am already preparing my script to say in front of everyone, I don't want to get married and I won't get married.
• "I noticed that you, Arnold, are very fluent in just like your sons."
• "We lived in Italy, but we have always been passionate about the English language. My children are very fluent."
• "Damian," a woman's voice called the mafioso, then the door opened slowly. A woman and a boy entered, probably this boy is my arranged fiancé. She stood next to Damian and stroked his back.
• "Arnold, this is my wife, Louisa."
• Louisa seems nice, just judging by her appearance. I believe that her son didn't take after her at all, as he seems irritated. My father stood up and greeted the woman.
• "It is a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Kingston"
• "These are your children, Jonathan Duncan and the young lady...?"
• Damian must be kidding me. I stood up and greeted the woman myself.
• "I am Sarah Duncan, pleased to meet you, Mrs. Louisa Kingston," I said and looked at Damian. He wrinkled his face at me, I didn't understand where so much anger came from.
• "You are beautiful, Sarah. Congratulations on your children, Mr. Arnold," Louisa complimented, then she snapped her fingers to call her son.
• "Jade, come here." The guy got up from the couch, which had sunk when he arrived, and for the first time, he looked in my direction and approached.
• "Holy... you are beautiful, miss."
• I gave him a half smile while he held my hand and brought it to his lips. His eyes seemed to sparkle.
• My future fiancé moved away, my father and Damian start discussing the engagement party that will be tonight.
• "You all seem tired, I'll ask them to show you the room so you can relax before the party," Louisa says and everyone stands up.
• "I wanted to say something," my father looked at me immediately, trying to intimidate me.
• "You didn't ask me what I think of this marriage."
• Louisa smiles and asks, "Forgive our rudeness, what do you think, Sarah? Is the party to your liking?" With this question, I realize that Louisa is talking about the buffet and the decoration we were just looking at. But she's mistaken, that's not what I'm going to talk about.
• "The decoration looks perfect, Louisa, I want to say something else."
• "Excuse me," Arnold grabs my arm and starts dragging me out.
• "No, dad, let me speak," I pull my arm. "How can you force me to marry someone they don't even know?" Jonathan, my brother, covers his mouth in shock, Louisa looks lost, Damain and Arnold furious. After analyzing each one, I feel more confident to speak.
• "I don't want this marriage"
• "Sorry about my daughter, Mr. Kingston, she's confused. Give me a minute." My father holds my arm tightly and pulls me out of the room.
• "I'll tell you something, you ungrateful girl, if Damian gives up this marriage because of you, I'll marry you with Matthew tomorrow."
• "Matthew? No, dad."
• Matthew is an influential old pervert in Italy and a friend of my father's. The old man has shown interest in me, I just didn't know that my father was considering marrying me to him, it makes my stomach churn.
• "You're going to go in and apologize, say you want to marry his son, I don't know. Invent something convincing, or you'll marry Matthew tomorrow."
• Worse than marrying Jade Kingston is marrying Matthew. Even so, I won't back down, I won't apologize, damn it.
• The door opens and Jonathan runs towards us.
• "Father, Damian wants to talk to you."
• "Do you see what you did, girl?" my father growls and enters the room, leaving me alone with Jonathan
• "Do you know what you're? Screwed. Damian is furious in there."
• "I don't care, Jonathan, I'll only marry on the day of my death."
• "Do you know what our father will do? He will marry you to Matthew."
• "I'll run away, Jonathan" Jonathan seems sad for me, but still, he thinks it's best for me to marry Jade. "If it were you, Jonathan would you marry?"
• "Right away, if Jade were a woman, of course. You'll be in charge of all this in a few years, Sarah."
• "I never wanted this, Jonathan. You know me better than anyone, I've always hated being born into a mafia family."
• "Sarah!" Arnold opens the door smiling. It scares me, I expected him to be furious for ruining the agreement with the two.
• *DAMIAN KINGSTON*
• Everything was going well, Jade seemed a bit irritated at first, but when he laid eyes on the insolent Barbie, he seemed enchanted by the girl. I liked seeing him amazed, it was one less problem for me to worry about. However, the little miss seemed upset, I could see on her face that she didn't want to marry my son. I ignored that damn doll-like face the whole time. I was tired of talking about the engagement when finally Louisa was going to end our meeting, the blondie decided to revolt.
• "I wanted to say something. You didn't ask me what I think of this marriage." Louisa asks about the wedding decorations.
• However, I already knew she was against it, I knew she would do something to avoid getting married. This girl has no idea what she's getting into. After her speech, her father pulls her out of the room.
• "What was that, Damian?"
• "The girl doesn't want to get married, Loretha, isn't it obvious?"
• Jade approaches. "See, dad, even the girl doesn't want to get married. Forget about this marriage."
• "You seemed enchanted with the girl, Jade."
• "She's hot, dad, but she's a virgin."
• I ignore Jade's comment and brush my fingers on Louisa's face.
• "Don't worry, I'll take care of this." I lift my eyes and notice Jonathan Duncan is still in the room.
• "Jonathan, can you call your father?"
• "Of course."
• Next, Arnold Duncan enters the room. His face is red, I'm sure he scolded his daughter and is terrified that I will terminate our agreement.
• "Arnold, I understand that you're worried. Jade doesn't agree with this marriage either."
• "I want to apologize on behalf of Sarah, Damian. I really didn't..."
• "No need to apologize, my friend," I interrupt. "In fact, I believe it would be better if your daughter stayed with us until the wedding."
• "What?" Louisa, Jade, and Arnold are startled.
• "That's right. The girl needs to get used to our family since the wedding is in three months. It would be good for her to familiarize herself with us first."
• Sarah thinks she can say whatever she wants and still come out on top. She will quickly realize that nobody messes with me. That wild beast needs to be tamed since her own father didn't have the guts to do it.
• To be continue.