Chapter 2

Ariel:-

 “Sorry, I’m a little confused or more like, shocked. Did I hear right?” I asked and apologized when I saw that Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair were looking at me with serious faces.

  “Oh honey, it's fine, our apologies. We have just dropped a huge bombshell on you, without even filling you in on a single detail.” Mrs. Sinclair said, walking towards me.

  “Well pumpkin, it's just that both families have thought a lot about this matter and arranged your marriage to Ian Sinclair. You know Ian, right?” My dad asked.

And, of course I remember Ian Sinclair. How could I forget the man I have loved since we were children, we used to play together whenever we had time. I was twelve and he was fifteen then, he used to call me Angel and take care of me, he used to help me with everything from homework to solving problems and etc, and the list goes on. We even studied at the same school until our high school graduation. On the night of graduation, I had to go and confess my feelings to Ian, therefore I went looking for him and confessed him my feeling for him, how I was in love with him and had been for a very long time, but I got my heart crushed when he told me that he only considered me as his little sister and best friend, nothing more. If rejecting me wasn't bad enough, I watched as he went straight to his girlfriend, tears came to my eyes as I watched him kiss his girlfriend and drive away with her, leaving me heartbroken.

Thankfully my best friend Giselle was there to comfort me and a few days later the Sinclair family moved out of the city without telling anyone. I decided that day to move on and get myself together, I applied for admission in college and became a software engineer. My life went on as normal after that, until one day I saw his picture on the cover of a magazine, stating that ‘America’s Most Eligible Billionaire Bachelor Ian Sinclair’ he looked hot as hell and oh so handsome on the cover. I realized that day that I never truly moved on from him and still had feelings for him buried deep down in my heart and because of these feelings I never dated anyone and am still a virgin. It's not like I didn't try to move on from him and engage in a relationship, but every time I tried my mind always went back to Ian and I cursed him for ruining my life. According to the internet’s recent news he is a certified playboy who has a different woman in his arms every night, but my heart still only beats for him and at this insane fucking moment after hearing this news I don’t know what to do. Ian considered me his sister, nothing else and we haven't been in contact with each other for eight years, but now we are going to see each other under these circumstances. Fucking hell.

  “We, that is both families have decided to get tied in a single bond and what better way to do it than marrying the both of you.” Mr. Sinclair said, bring me back from my deep thoughts.

  “Isn't it wonderful, my baby girl?” My mom asked, excitedly clapping her hands like a baby.

  "Ummm!! I don't know what to say right now. Not to be rude or anything, but can I at least have a day to process this sudden news? I will let you guys know later if you don't mind?" I asked in a pleading tone.

  "Sure honey. It's totally fine with us, take your time. I know it's hard for you to process all of this, but there is one thing you need to know and that is that I choose you with all my heart and consider you as my daughter. The cherry on the top being that I know that you are the perfect girl for my son. There is no other woman in the whole world that will be perfect for him except you." Mrs. Sinclair replied, softly smiling as she put her hand on my shoulder. She leaned closer, kissed my cheek and with that, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair said their goodbyes and left. Once they were gone I turned to my parents with a very angry expression on my face. What the hell were my parents thinking about, taking the biggest decision of my life without my asking for my fucking opinion? 

  "WHAT WAS ALL THAT? YOU BOTH ARRANGED MY MARRIAGE WITHOUT ASKING FOR MY OPINION! HOW DARE YOU! IT'S MY LIFE. MINE!" I shouted, bursting with anger. How dare they do this without even talking to me about it and they are even happy about it.

  "Calm down pumpkin, just take a deep breath and listen to us." My dad replied, trying to get me to calm down.

  “Baby girl, I know that you have been in love with Ian for a very long time, so I don't understand what the problem is. You will get to marry the love of your life.” My mom said, walking over to me, but for every step she took closer to me I took a step back away from her.

  “Mom, you don't understand. He doesn't love me, he considers me as a little sister. He made that perfectly fucking clear that night, so how can I become his wife? I don't want to marry a man who doesn't love me and only considers me as his sister.” I said, trying to keep my tone calm. Why couldn't my mom understand where I was coming from?

  “That was before Ari, he was young at the time and was still at the stage of growing up. Now he is more mature and I am sure you can understand that people change when they reach their mature level.” My mom said, making me roll my eyes.

  “He is a playboy and all over the magazines. Yeah, he sure is mature.” I sarcastically said, rolling my eyes again.

  “You can change him, pumpkin. Trust me and just think about it.” My dad said, cupping my face in my hands.

  “I will think about it, but right now I need to go, I have a meeting with a client. Bye.” I said and walked out of their house with tears in my eyes. I can't marry him, I just can't. No I can't marry him, no matter how much I love him, he hurt me once and I won't let him hurt me again.