Bella's Pov (present time) I paled as the memory that I had forgotten about all them years ago clouded my mind. How had I forgotten that I had told my uncle everything that my mother had taught me? I had thought that the argument with my father was what caused my mother to disappear but now I had realized that my father always knew. My uncle had most likely told him right away. He didn't want me to run the company. He wanted me to grow up living a care free life not learning to run a business. It made no sense. My father allowed my mother to teach me everything I needed to know about the company. Why? Why did he not act when I was younger? Did he think that I would end up hating her? Did he think that I would never want to run the company? That had to be the reason. He thought that I would want to live a different life style. Unfortunately for him he was wrong. My mother was able to finally convince me that I was meant to be in power. I was the true heiress of the company an

Bella's Pov "Sweet heart do you feel any better?" My father asked as I sat down at the dining room table.” It would be a lie if I said that I felt better because I felt like I was dying and I hated it. My legs were still sore and my neck had a purple bruise on it that now stung because I had tried to scrub it off. I had no memory of the night before and it took all day just to finally get rid of my migraine. I only had it in me to give a forced smile as I grabbed the silver spoon next to my bowl of soup. I didn't have the energy to speak nor did I want to. I didn’t even want to come downstairs. If it wasn’t for me needing to eat I would’ve stayed locked away in my room. I grabbed a little bit of the steaming hot broth and brought it to my lips. The chicken seemed to be lightly seasoned and gave a little relieve to my throat that was still sore. "So tomorrow we are going to be having a press conference. I'll need you to wake up early." My father stated nonchalantly. My brows

Bella's Pov 45 minutes into the press conference and we were no closer to being done than we were when we first got here. I assumed it would take no more than a half hour but with how Lucas's answers were dragging on it didn't seem like we would be leaving any time soon. I looked at the flower I had drawn and cursed internally. For 45 minutes Lucas talked about the stock market and what his plans were to help it flourish. I understood nothing that he was talking about and I probably could thank my mother for that. She had told me that I would have people to help when it involved the stock market. That my only concern was the company and that seemed to be a lie. Had I known the truth I would’ve paid more attention when she had turned on the stock news. After half heartedly listening to lucas go on for 45 minutes about the stock market, I realized that the stock market had a lot to do with our company. It seemed like I would have to worry about the stock market just as much

Bella's Pov I looked down at the ring on my finger and twirled it around. Usually marriage was suppose to bring joy and excitement but all I felt was sadness. I guess that was the irony of a marriage of convenience. "At least it's pretty." I sang through a sigh. The light blue diamonds sparked every time they hit the light and the vine like design had it looking anything but what it was. It was perfect and I could only sigh. "Once we get home we will plan a big wedding and your honeymoon." My father absentmindedly stated as he clicked away on the keyboard of the laptop. I looked up at him and gave him a sad smile that he didn't see. He was too busy going through the formalities of making Lucas the new CEO, I could only assume. "We don't need it." I whispered before looking back down at the ring. He had had us get on our jet, fly across the world just so he could marry me off to Lucas. I did not feel like a wedding would be necessary. Had he tried that a week ago, I would've

Bella's Pov Who would've thought that being locked in my room would be this peaceful. My father thought I would cave and be a good and obedient daughter. How horribly wrong he was because I planned to stay here until it was my yearly checkup. I would tell my lawyer that they locked me in my room even though I did my part by marrying Lucas. Than I would see if I could get the marriage annulled while still having access to my money. I would watch my grandfathers company burn to the ground because of my mother and father. I couldn't deny that if my mother would've listened to my grandfather and not have married my father, our lives would be better. Yes I did have my grandfather to blame for me having to get married but that was besides the point. I knew he was trying to keep me safe and he never meant for this to happen. He would've protected me if he could’ve. A knock on the door had me covering up my face with my covers and pretending to be asleep. The sound of the lock