Mother's petting her

"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 City X, and trying to cook that day.

Her mother had asked her to send her photos, and that she wanted to use them. Since she hardly snapped any photos nor posted online.

She didn't know that her mother's true intention was to send her photo to the Alejandro family. If she had known, then she could've snapped an ugly photo, and sent it to her mother.

Nancy finally asked her mother, "Why, mom? Why did you hide it away from me? Why didn't you tell me then that you want to send my photo to the Alejandro family son to check me out? As I could have snapped an ugly photo and sent it to you. And that way, Charles wouldn't have chosen me."

Nancy cried harder as she stood beside her room window, and was hurt to think that her parents wanted her to trade herself off to be with Charles.

She thought of how she would escape away from Charles now, as she didn't want to marry him. And his family were the ones ruling over their city, which made the country to be named after the city too.

Mrs. Olivia Marlon apologized, "I'm sorry, Nancy, I didn't mean to make you sad."

Nancy walked away from the window to her bed to sit down and cry, and her mother also approached her on the bed and sat down beside her.

Nancy begged, "Please, mom, I've to escape away from this marriage. As Dad cannot call it off, and I don't want to marry Charles. Please, Mom, didn't you see the way that he was staring at me? With lust clearly written in his eyes, and I couldn't even meet his gaze on me, as he looks like a pervert, Mom. And I cannot marry that kind of man who lusts after everything underneath a skirt to become my husband, no."

Mrs. Olivia Marlon laughed out, "Haha, no, Nancy, don't say that. I believe that Charles chooses you because he truly loves you, and he really wants to marry you."

"No, mom," Nancy disagreed, but her mother picked up the bouquet of rose flowers that she had dropped on the bed and hugged Nancy closely to her chest by petting her only child to stop crying, and she said, "It's okay, my angel. Stop crying, okay? It's because you're beautiful, and that was why Charles was staring at you like that. I think that he chose to marry you because he likes you, and your father actually wanted his rank to be promoted at first as to the reason why he submitted your photo to them to have a look. Among all the rejected photos, Charles still chose your photo."

"No, mom, I don't want him. I don't want Charles. I want to marry a simple man that will love only me, and not a powerful man like Charles," Nancy cried harder, and her mother pet her, "See, Charles even brought you these beautiful flowers to show you how much he truly loves you and wants to marry you.. Please stop crying, my angel, as you know that I don't like to see you crying like this.. I really wish that I can help you talk to your father about it. But even after you left us downstairs and ran back here to your room, Charles didn't get angry with us or rejected to marry you, to show that he truly loves you and really wants you as his wife. To the reason why he chose you as we haven't seen him here before until after your return now from City X."

"No, mom! I don't want Charles! And who told him that I'm already back home to the country? Did you and Father rush to call him and tell him that I'm finally at home?" Nancy asked her mother as she moved away from her mother's embrace and stood up from the bed to see her mother's face and know if her mother was lying to her or not.

Mrs. Olivia Marlon frowned and replied, "No, Nancy. We haven't seen Charles here before, since the previous month that he has chosen your photo. And I'm still shocked to see him here today, as I didn't know who informed him of your return to the city. Maybe he was also so eager to see you and meet with you, by seeing your pretty face."

"No, mom..." Nancy said, and her mother stood up from the bed and walked up to meet her.

She said, "It's okay, my beautiful angel, stop crying, okay? As your father is right about love growing with time. You should just give Charles a chance to get to know him first, as being the President's son isn't easy, and enough titled to ruin his reputation, and to make people judge him wrongly. He might be a nice man now, and you wouldn't know just because he's the president's son. Stop listening to any online gossips about him, okay, and you should get to know him first, before you finally conclude on him. Come, let us go downstairs and have our dinner as it's already getting late."

Mrs. Olivia gently pulled Nancy beside her to follow her downstairs to the dining room, while Nancy sighed, as she didn't have any other option than to go downstairs with her mother.

Nancy knew that she couldn't protest at that point, and she silently followed her mother downstairs to the dining room.

She was nervous as she knew that most of the young maids had seen her reaction towards Charles earlier, and she sat down nervously on her usual dinner chair, shifting her seat closer to the dining table to have her dinner with her parents as she was famished.

Her father stepped out of his private office downstairs and walked up to the dining table to join her mother and her for dinner, but his face was still looking strict, as he wasn't ready to beg Nancy yet.

Nancy sighed and finally resumed eating her dinner with her parents at the dinner table, as she was very hungry, and she thought of how she would escape away from Charles's clutches.

After her dinner with her parents ended, Nancy finally stood up from her chair and thanked her parents before she retired upstairs to her bedroom.

She paced about in her bedroom, just after she had shut the door closed. As she knew that the wedding was in two days' time.

"Two days. How do I escape away from this marriage? How do I escape away from Charles?" Nancy asked herself as she stopped pacing about in her room. And she said, "I really cannot marry that man. Mom and Dad cannot do this to me. I need to escape away from Charles, but how?"

Nancy walked up to her bed and sat on it, and she picked up her mobile phone and checked for the next available flight back to City X.

She said, "The next flight is tomorrow morning by 10 a.m. I need to be ready for this, and to take an excuse to get there in time, before I miss the flight."

Nancy smiled as she immediately purchased her return flight ticket going back to City X. And she thought of how she would be able to escape from her family.

"No. I really cannot marry that man, so I must leave." Nancy finally stood up from her bed, and she went to ease herself in her washroom, before she stepped out and went to her bed to sleep.

She climbed on her bed and laid peacefully on it, as she shut her eyes closed and slept.

****

Charles Alejandro arrived home late at night, as his car had some hold up in the city's major roads. He was still living in the heart of the city with his parents, and inside the presidential white villa too.

He stepped down from his car and walked up towards their mansion's frontage, as the mansion is a powerful two-story building. And there were plenty of bodyguards standing around and guarding the mansion premises too.

The mansion was dead silent, as the premises was neat and exuded excellence.

Charles walked into the living room and made his way towards the staircase to retire back upstairs to his bedroom that was on the top floor.

But just then, his mother stepped out of the kitchen door, and she smiled at him as she saw him wanting to climb the living room stairs.

She called him back, "Charles... Did you meet with your chosen bride today?"

"Mom," Charles swiftly turned back to face his mother, and he smiled and walked back to meet her. As he didn't see her the first time that he had stepped into the living room.

He wondered who had told his mother that he went to see his chosen bride? As he knew that his parents had their eyes on him and were also monitoring his activities, even without his knowledge.

He smiled and walked back to meet his mother, and she asked him, "Charles.... Isn't she the one? I can see that you're smiling, my son."