Nancy was through in her bedroom in drying her long golden hair and combing it to cascade behind her back. She walked out of her room and went downstairs to the living room to have her dinner with her parents.
She could feel her stomach growling so loudly in hunger, so she held onto the iron railing to support herself as she went downstairs, so she wouldn't fall nor miss her steps as she finally alighted the stairs.
Nancy could see some guests had arrived in her parents' home, and that made her frown, as she hated the way that her father's mansion was built. As the living room was connected to the dining room, it was easy for guests to spy on her family affairs, while she hated to be monitored by anyone, as she loves to have her privacy too.
She saw the tall, handsome black man that exuded authority, as he stood in their living room and watched her as she finally alighted the stairs.
Nancy felt so uncomfortable under his watchful gaze, as with the way his black eyes kept staring at her, she felt like he was already stripping her naked, with that look of desire in his eyes.
She finally looked away from the black man as she looked at her parents, and saw them standing nervously in the living room.
Nancy walked up to meet her mother and asked, "Mom, is dinner not ready yet?"
Mrs. Olivia Marlon was nervous, as she hadn't expected Charles to personally visit her home. She nervously responded to Nancy, "Nancy dear, come meet your groom."
"My what?" Nancy gasped out in shock, and she swiftly turned to face Charles. She met his black, handsome gaze on her, as his eyes didn't avert away from her for one minute, as he stood in the living room and watched her too.
Nancy snapped out of her shock and asked her mother, "Mom, when did I get married to him?"
"You're not yet married to him, Nancy. This is Charles Alejandro, Mr. President Nolan Alejandro's only son and child, and the wedding is in two days' time."
"Two days!!" Nancy gasped, as she almost fainted.
"Calm down, Nancy," Charles said, and Nancy shivered at his deep, masculine voice that spoke to her.
She couldn't believe that she was getting married to him, and their wedding was in two days' time. She finally gathered her courage and said to him with her lips trembling, "I cannot...marry you, sir."
"Nancy!!" Her father screamed at her to hush her up, as Charles Alejandro is the most feared young man in the city.
Senator Logan warned, "Nancy! You have no right to object to this marriage, as Charles Alejandro here has actually seen a lot of pretty young women's photos before he finally chose you. So you should be grateful to become the country's future first lady."
"No, father! I cannot accept this marriage; I cannot marry him!" Nancy immediately moved backward as she quickly bolted away to the stairs and dashed upstairs to her bedroom, with her hips bouncing and swaying with her running upstairs. She went to the top floor, got into her room, and shut her door closed.
"Nancy! Come back here!" Her father called, but Nancy refused to answer, as she didn't want to marry Charles. She locked up her room door and went to her bed crying.
"Hmm, let me go upstairs and call her back," Mrs. Olivia Marlon offered, but her husband quickly stopped her, "That won't be necessary."
Senator Logan stared at Charles and apologized, "We're truly sorry, your excellency. As we haven't informed Nancy about the arranged marriage with you, sir."
"Hmm," Charles stood speechless in the living room, staring upstairs to the second floor. He was hoping that his chosen bride would peek out her beautiful head and stare down at him. As with the way her hips had moved and swayed seductively to his views, Charles had felt his muscles harden for him to claim her.
Charles doubted he would be able to tame himself if he was left alone with her. As she really looked so beautiful, more than her photo that was with him. He finally stared back at Nancy's parents, and he met her mother's gaze on him, as she also resembled Nancy.
Mrs. Olivia Marlon smiled nervously and said to Charles, "Not to worry, your excellency, I will go upstairs now and speak to my daughter. And the wedding will still hold."
"Hmm, that's alright. I will be looking forward to the wedding, as I came here to welcome my bride on her return to the city. But it's so obvious that she doesn't want to see me. Please, give these flowers to Nancy, and let her know that I truly love her, and I want to marry her," Charles said, as he handed over the bouquet of rose petals that he was holding to Mrs. Olivia Marlon.
Mrs. Olivia Marlon smiled and collected it and stood aside, while her husband apologized again, "We are sincerely sorry, your excellency. Please forgive our daughter on her rude behavior towards you."
"That's alright. I actually understand her fears, but that's not a problem, as I came here to welcome her return to the city. Do send my greetings to her and let her know that I want her. I have to be on my way now. Bye, Senator Logan."
"Yes, good bye, your excellency," Senator Logan finally escorted Charles as he walked out of their living room and went outside to his car.
The stationed security men pulled and shut the car door closed. As soon as Charles entered his Jeep, the three cars finally drove out of Senator Logan Marlon's residence.
Nancy stood at her room window upstairs, staring down at the garage. And she saw Charles walk out of her family home and get into his car before the three cars drove outside.
She couldn't believe that her parents really wanted her to marry Charles Alejandro, the president's son, by force. As she hasn't met Charles before, but she has heard of him, with the way the netizens usually ridiculed and abused his family online for refusing to exit the ruling seat.
She finally got to hear about his affairs with a lot of pretty young women in their state, as he was rumored to be a male prostitute, and not the kind of man that she wants to marry as her husband.
The sound of her room door being pushed open jolted her back to reality, and she stared away from her window and to her parents, who angrily walked into her room to see her.
"Nancy!! What was the meaning of that silly drama that you just displayed over there in meeting with Charles Alejandro today? Don't you know that plenty of young women would've jumped at the offer with joy and even accept to marry Charles immediately?" Her father questioned her angrily, as he stood beside her room door and glared at her, while her mother stood in silence and was holding the bouquet of rose flowers that she had seen before with Charles.
Her father yelled at her, "Answer me, Nancy?"
"Dad, that's not the kind of man that I want. I don't love him, and that's the truth," Nancy said, as she broke out into sobs, for Charles Alejandro isn't the kind of man that she wants to marry. She wants a good man that will love only her and not a cheat like Charles, who won't value her in becoming his wife either.
She was looking for the right excuse to make her parents understand that she cannot marry a man like Charles, nor become his wife either.
"Love? What do you know about love, Nancy? As you will get to love Charles with time, and after you both become married as husband and wife. As that was how your mother and I got married, and up till date, we are still a couple. What about if you sit here waiting for the man that you will love first, and he doesn't love you too, while you end up loving him alone?
Well, I cannot reject the Alejandro family's proposal to us, even though I know that you will object to it. As they're the ones ruling the country, and they will feel extremely insulted with you rejecting their only son's proposal to you! As he chose you, Nancy Marlon, among all the other pretty young women's photos that he must have seen. So you will have to marry Charles, whether you like him or not."
"No, father! I cannot marry him!" Nancy screamed out, as she burst out crying and couldn't believe that her father really wanted her to marry Charles by force.
Her father turned to leave her room, and he paused at her room door and said to her mother, "Talk to your daughter and get her prepared on all the things that she will be needing to become Charles' wife. This Saturday, she will be going to the presidential villa to live with Charles, whether she likes him or not."
"No, father!" Nancy screamed as her father pulled her room door open and finally exited her bedroom.She turned to face her mother and begged, "Please, Mom, talk to Dad. I cannot marry that man, I cannot marry Charles."Mrs. Olivia Marlon sighed, and she finally walked up to the bed to meet her daughter. As she was still holding the bouquet of rose flowers in her hands that Charles had earlier given to her.She said, "I'm sorry, Nancy, I wish that I could speak to your father about this. But you know that your father is working under the AJ Political party group, and even though your father didn't like Charles nor approved of him to become your husband, he cannot say no, as we were only hoping for your father's rank to be promoted, as to the reason your father sent your photos to them...""Mom..." Nancy stared at her mother's face in shock, with tears filled in her eyes. As she clearly remembered the day that her mother had called her then on the phone call when she was at her home in
"Mom..." Charles finally approached his mother, and he hugged her, while she smiled at him and said, "Charles.... You haven't answered my question yet? I was waiting for you to return home first so that we can have our dinner together as a family.""Good evening, mom," Charles greeted his mother as he hugged her to her shoulder and walked with her towards the dining room.He replied, "She's the one, mom, and she's very pretty too.""Hmm," First Lady Kira Alejandro smiled as she kept silent and watched Charles pull a dinner chair outside for her to sit down first. And she sat down elegantly on the first chair, continuing to watch her handsome son. While Charles sat on the next chair that was beside her right on the dining table.He replied, "Mom, she's the one and she's very cute. Where did you see her photo from? As I really do like her.""Mm," First Lady Kira Alejandro smiled again, as she watched the maids step out of the kitchen, and they walked up to the dining table to serve her d
Charles stood up from his bed, after placing Nancy's photo on the headboard, and he went into his bathroom to bathe, before he stepped out and wore his night robe and walked out to his study room to busy himself.Sleep was very far from his eyes, and he knew that he will be marrying soon, but he still needs to check his company records as he's running a multimillion-dollar company in their state.Charles took his time and did his own personal cross-checking of his company records and growth with his computer.Meanwhile, his mother, First Lady Kira Alejandro, had contacted her assistant, Miller Robert, on a phone call."Hello, Miller.""Good evening, Your Excellency," Miller responded."I want you to find out what this lady is up to for me. Note to keep track of her movements and send some security men to follow her about too.""Okay, Your Excellency," Miller responded."Anything else that you need me to do?" He asked."No, that's all. And the job starts now," First Lady Kira replied."
Senator Logan Marlon blamed himself for organizing the business meeting in his home, and he thought to rebuild a new welcoming area to receive his guests, and to divert their eyes away from his wife and daughter. Not only had he seen the men lusting after his daughter, they also lusted after his beautiful wife.Nancy picked up her teacup and drank from it, and after her breakfast with her parents ended, she finally spoke to them. "Dad, mom, I want to go out and shop for the things that I will need, as you know that I just returned home, and some of my things that I use in my room have finished.""Okay, Nancy, will you be using your car or have Matthew accompany you to the shopping mall? As you know that the wedding is tomorrow, and with some guests already having their eyes on you. I cannot take the risk and have them kidnap you before the wedding," her father spoke to her."But dad, they don't know me, I mean, I am not a celebrity and not everyone knows that I will be getting married
"What? How am I under arrest? Isn't it my name and photo that you're seeing on my international passport?" Nancy struggles to break her hand away from the tight grip of the security man holding her soft left hand."You cannot delay my flight, let me go!" Nancy screamed out, as she really wanted to get away from the security man that was holding her, and she knew that the airplane would soon take off in 30 minutes, and yet, the tough-looking security man seized her hands."I'm only doing my job, ma'am. Aren't you the president's son's chosen bride-to-be?" The security man questioned her, and Nancy stared at him in shock. As she hadn't known that Charles still had his eyes on her to monitor her activities.The security man immediately took out his phone to call his boss and to let his senior boss know that he had finally caught Nancy Marlon. As they had received a phone call earlier in the morning not to allow anyone named Nancy Marlon to leave the airport.And though, Nancy indeed conce
Nancy met Charles' deep black eyes on her, and with her chest rising and falling heavily, she really wanted to move away from him, but Charles grasped her closely."I cannot let you go," he said, as it seemed to him like he was beginning to lose himself because of her.Nancy took some steps backwards and Charles approached her more, but still staring intently into her face, as she was halted by the glass wall behind her back, and she swiftly turned to move away from him, but Charles cut her off closely, and he inhaled her sweet blossom scent, as he felt the urge to kiss her on her pink lips, as his black eyes wandered around to her pink lips again."Why don't you want me?" Charles asked, and this time, he was standing very closely with Nancy, and she couldn't respond as the words got stuck in her throat, as she inhaled Charles' cologne that penetrated and forced its way into her nostrils, making her splutter, "I... I...""I don't love," Nancy finally found the words, but she spoke with
Charles entered the elevator and didn't say a word to Nancy as he went downstairs to the ground floor. His mother rushed up to meet him as soon as he stepped out of the elevator."Charles, we need to cancel the marriage," his mother said to him as she wore a long blue native gown. As she is a traditional woman, she didn't want the young lady to ruin her only son's life."No, mom. I cannot let Nancy go," Charles replied, as he paused and met his mother's gaze."You have to, Charles, as I made a terrible mistake by choosing her photo. And there are still many other young ladies out there that truly want you. Just let her go, Charles.""Okay, mom, I will, but after our wedding night," Charles smiled, and his mother stood speechless as she watched him walk out of the mansion.Charles finally exited the mansion door, as he had an important business meeting to attend to, and if Nancy hadn't plotted to escape, he wouldn't have been at home either. He went into his car and left.First Lady Kir
Nancy is still sleeping on the brown couch, when Charles walked into the room, and her sweet blossom scent fanned his nostrils, and his eyes traveled to search for her in the sitting room, and saw her sleeping on his executive brown couch."There she is," Charles muttered to himself, as he had expected his maids to show Nancy to her guest room.He walked up to meet her and stared at her sleeping figure for a while.Nancy is so engrossed in her sleep that she didn't even know that Charles had arrived, as she's dreaming about him and her. And in her dream, he is very romantic to her, he smiled at her, and she couldn't help but fall in love with him too, as he hugs her in her dream, and she blushes in reality, and even hugged him too in her dream."I love Nancy," Charles told Nancy in her dream, and she stared at his dark handsome face that is very close to her view and whispered some words to him too, "I love you more."Charles leaned over to kiss Nancy on her lips, as she's so eager to