Chapter 2
- “Welcome, Mr Williams, it’s a pleasure to have you “ Pedro gave Williams a handshake as he laughed loudly
- Capri came down looking all dolled and wearing a rather seductive dress
- “Hi, Mr Williams, nice to meet you again” she bit her lips, looking at him seductively and stretching forth her hands for a handshake but he ignored her.
- Feeling quite ashamed and disrespected, Capri sat down next to her dad.
- “Emerald is always late” Capri said again as she giggled sheepishly.
- Emerald finally came, looking pale as a ghost.
- She went straight to the table without looking at anyone nor exchanging any formalities. She tried her best to avoid eye contacts
- “Shall we eat?” Pedro giggled
- Gary, the family chef, brought the delicacies for that afternoon.
- Immediately he put the food down, Emerald started gobbling on it like some hungry pig.
- This was one of her attempts to make Williams disgusted
- All of a sudden she choked. ‘ shoot’
- She coughed. Her father gave her a stern look
- A cup of water was handed to her by Williams, she collected and emptied the cup without thinking twice
- “Are you okay”
- The voice came as a boomerang. Emerald dared not look up to the man asking her that question.
- “Do you need more water?” He asked again
- Emerald suddenly looked up and was met with a brown set of eyes, they had a little bit of concern in them but they were cold, it sent shivers down her spine.
- She looked at this man, he exuded a regal air and looked dominating.
- Emerald suddenly felt intimidated
- Emerald slowly finished her food feeling ashamed of herself and praying for the ground to open and swallow her
- “Mr Williams , how about we finalize the deal today, you can sign the papers now” Pedro suddenly spoke, urging Williams
- “Let’s prepare for the wedding first, after the wedding we can finalize the deal” Williams countered with a cold voice
- pedro laughed awkwardly
- The lunch was an awkward one , nobody spoke to each other the entire time.
- Capri who sat opposite Williams kept eyeing and giving him occasional glances.
- ….
- The meeting finally came to an end
- Emerald who had planned to confront Williams immediately she comes across him stood there, with her family, outside their big door as they saw Williams off.
- She felt like she had her tongue tied. The man she just met intimidated her with just his looks that she couldn’t say anything.
- The rolls Royce cullinan drove off into the streets.
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- “She’s so naive” Williams muttered to himself
- “Did you say something boss ?” Zach asked
- “Focus on driving” Williams replied savagely
- The meeting with Emeralds family was finally over. That was one heck of a meeting, not just for Emerald but for Williams too, as he couldn’t eat much.
- Williams is the ceo of a big cuisine and snacks company. He’s a critic that everyone wants to associate with but he has one secret that nobody knows.
- No one would ever believe that the almighty Williams has an eating disorder.
- Willams stared at the streets as they drove home.
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- “What am I gonna do, what am I gonna do?” Emerald walked up and down in her room.
- “Geez, calm down girl, you’re making me feel dizzy with all your complains”. Maddie, Emeralds best friend said.
- She was sitting in a corner of the room with her eyes glued to her phone.
- It was the next day and Emerald’s best friend came to visit immediately she heard about the entire situation.
- “Maddie, this is MARRIAGE!!, I can’t calm down. Do you know what if feels to be married off”
- “To an handsome man?? No I don’t” Maddie replied jokingly
- “Stop!, this is not a joke. Yes he’s handsome, even more handsome than I thought but that doesn’t mean…he’s a mean man Maddie, I heard he once fired a staff just because she put sugar in his tea”
- Maddie walked up to her and held her on her shoulders.
- “Your father has made the decision, you know how he is”
- “ he made the worst decision this time around” Emerald said as she hugged Maddie
- “I’ll only advice you to get to know this man”
- “What?!” Emerald exclaimed
- “Try and get to know the man you’re going to marry”
- “No amount of time would be enough. We’re probably getting married in a few weeks or months. I don’t just want to marry Someone I don’t know”
- “What if he’s not as bad as people say… you know…people carry false rumors”
- Emerald rolled her eyes at Maddie and said
- “ are you still my friend??”
- “Of course Emme boo” Maddie replied giggling
- “If he’s not as bad as people say, why does he want to forcefully marry someone who doesn’t want to marry him?. Who does that these days” Emerald whined.
- “And to top it all, Capri is on my toes like some angry cat. She acts like I’m about to steal her husband”
- Emerald felt exhausted, this wasn’t how she planned life.
- Emerald was lost in her thought for a sec, she didn’t hear Maddie calling out her name
- “Emerald Emme! Emerald!!!” Maddie called out multiple times
- Just then Emerald realizes Maddie has been calling her name
- “Yeah?” She answered
- “ oh so you’re back to reality now ?” Maddie retorted
- “let’s go out and clear your head. Let’s just go for lunch or go shopping or something”.
- “You’re such a sweetheart Maddie my love” Emerald smiled cheekily
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- “Williams!! You dare not marry her. She’s the second daughter, what happened to the first?” Evelyn, Williams stepmom yelled at the top of her voice
- “You don’t tell me what to do” Williams coldly said
- “But Williams… I was so happy when I heard you wanted to get married but to HER!?, not happening”
- “And what gives you the right to think so” Williams was now facing her. His eyes were emotionless
- “Williams baby…I.. you know, I know the first daughter very well. She’s a respectful girl, she’s charming, she’s beautiful, she’s everything you’d ever want in a woman”
- “ you do you not know what I want in a woman,I will not condone this conversation. Now if you’d excuse me”. Williams walked out of the house
- “Boss do you have anywhere in mind you wanna go ? Zach asked.
- “Just drive” Williams responded
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- “oh my God! Emme look at these plushies, they look so cute!!” Maddie squealed
- “Let’s go to the other side, I think there are cuter ones there” Emerald said
- They went to the other side of the mall and saw more plushies and both girls squealed like babies.
- They decided to check different shelves and look for more cute things
- Emerald just walked through the lane, she didn’t see anything of interest. Just when she was about to give up, she saw a blue turtle plushy. She raised her hands to get it but it was too high up
- “I have never one day regretted being short until today. Curse my height “ Emerald muttered to herself
- She tried to reach for it again, just then a man’s hand went above hers and took the toy.
- “Hey, it’s mine, I saw it firs….” She looked at the man and was dumbstruck
- ‘Mr Williams? What in the world…, wait what is he doing in a plushy section of a mall’