Chapter Seventeen (Love At first sight)

Txunamy.

I felt my hands grow numb at his words. He had just made a declaration that would shake even the strongest of heart.

“You do not mean what you said,” Oliver said.

I could see the look on his face as he stared at his brother and me. If there was anyone more shaken by this. It was me who had become the spotlight in the matter.

My father’s eyes held a disbelief I had not seen in a long time. I shook my head, although subtly to let him know I knew nothing of this sort would happen.

“You all heard me right. She is the one I wish to be mated with,” he said, letting us know he knew what he said the last time.

I wanted to tell him he wasn’t sure of his decision and should have a rethink, but my mouth remained glue, feeling the warmth seep from his body into mine.

“You did not tell me you knew him or that you have met another man asides from the one you were betrothed to,” my father said. The cutlery in his hand clanging on the ceramic as he dropped them.

“She did not have to tell you