Sold to my crush

“WHAT!!!!!”. Alex and I screamed in unison.

No, this is not happening. It must be a prank. Not that i do not like the idea of getting married to Alex but not like this and certainly not now. Not when i knew how much he disliked me.

My whole life can not be thrown away just like that. Won’t i get to go college?, what about me dreams?. Chase didn’t seem to care about any of them as he cut through my thoughts with his words.

“Mr Dankworth, don’t worry, she’ll go through with the plan”, chase said.

“She should be grateful for this amazing offer”, he shot me an annoyed look.

“Alright then, since that it settled, I’ll be expecting you all at the office tomorrow to sign the papers”. Alex’s father said, shaking hands with chase and my father before moving towards the door.

All these time, Alex remained quiet, not uttering a word. His face void of any anything. I wonder what was going through his mind.

The only indication that he seemed to disagree with the marriage was his locked jaw and clenched fists.

“Son, Let’s go”. Mr Dankworth said, snapping Alex out of his daze. He quietly moved like a controlled robot out of the door.

Left in the house were my father and Chase. My father giving me an apologetic look and Chase grinning like an idiot. God i hate him so much.

“Dad, you care to explain what just happened, why you decided to throw away my whole life.” I was practically screaming at this point and i did not care at all.

“And for what, huh?, say something, don’t just stare at me like that”.

“How could you dad, how could you toss me away without blinking an eye “i was crying and screaming at the same thing. I was also furious because my dad just kept quiet, not giving me an explanation.

But in a way it felt good. To vent for once. To scream on top of my lungs, the way i feel.

“But why me dad?, what about Rena, isn’t she older than me. Why does it always have to be that suffers.” I had broken down at this point.

“OH please, shut up.” Chase spat out

“Not everything has to be about you, so stop being such a self absorbed bitch. Just do this little favour for your family. It’s finally time to prove that you’re good enough for this family, that you actually have a purpose. So be smart for once and do what you’re told”.

Oh what i would give to smack Chase and his ugly mouth right now.

“Chase that’s enough, i think you should leave now. I’ll speak to her.” My dad finally said something. Chased eyed me before walking out of the door.

My dad walked to the couch and sat down.

“Princess come here”, he gestured for me to join him on the couch.

I walked to the couch, keeping a distance between us and looked forward. I was mad at him so yes I’m allowed to act petty.

“Princess please look at me”, my father said, his voice breaking so he sounded as though he was about to break down right infront of me. I looked at him and instantly i regretted it.

All the anger i felt towards him vanished. He looked so torn and broken. He blue eyes were not so bright as usual. His short blonde hair deselved and his shoulder slumped in deafeat. The last time i saw him this way was when my mother passed.

“I know that whatever i say now does not justify giving you away but i need you to listen to what i have to say and try to understand the situation.”. He looked at me internly as if waiting for me argue with him.

” I’m listening dad”. I sighed. He seemed shocked but quickly composed himself and continued talking.

” You know i had to step back on the business and Chase had been managing it. But it appears that the business has been been doing well for a while and now we in a alot of debt.” My father had left the business after the death of my mum. He was broken to the point where he couldn’t focus on his work.

“This is all my fault princess, if only i did jot neglect the business, i shouldn’t have left Chase to handle everything on his own knowing he wasn’t ready for it.”.

“Dad, you know that’s not true. You didn’t know that it would get to this”.

“And stop covering for Chase, he had been working under you for years so stop trying to make him seem innocent, cause i am the victime here.” My anger had resurfaced at this point.

“Chase must have squandered the business’s funds and mismanaged everything and this is the result.”.

My dad kept quiet, he knew i was saying the truth.

“Lily please just do this for us. We need the money or else we lose everything, inculding the house.”. He pleaded with me.

“But why me , Father”. I cried.

“He chose you Lily”. He said refusing to look me in the eye. “Who chose me?”

” The Dankworths “. I was utterly confused as to why they would choose me over Rena. She was more beautiful than i am and smarter. She had a promising future and would fit the Dankworths. Rena is the exactly the sane age as Alex that shouldn’t be a problem unlike me who was younger that Alex, although we were in the same class.

“Alright”. I sighed, standing up and making my way upstairs to my room.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

“So you’ll do it?”, he said, looking at me hopefully.

“I wasn’t given much of a choice now, was I?. I spat out, not trying to hide my anger and hurt.

I walked into my room, locked the door and threw myself on my bed. I cried so much to the point where my eyes were blood shot and my voice was hoarse.

I needed to talk to someone or i might just kill myself. I picked up my phone and dialed Tiffany’s number and the first two rings went to voicemail. I decided to try for the third and last time. I guess three times a charm.

She picked up at the third ring. “What is it Lily?, don’t you have someone else to disturb.” She said sounding bored.

“I, I.. I’m sorry, i just wanted to talk to you about something “.

“Well get it over it, i don’t have all day”. I’m sure i must have called at the wrong time maybe that’s why she’s so upset.

“I’m getting married”. I blurted out without thinking about it.

“What!!!, what do you mean?, are you high on something”. She sounded so shocked, I’m sure her eyes are as wide as saucers and jaw has hit the ground.

“I’m getting married in few weeks to Alex”.

“Which Alex, Oh Alex Flintoff?. You guys are a match, although you’re absolutely crazy for wanting

to get married so when you’re so young.”

Alex Flintoff was a scrawny kid in school. He wasn’t really good looking. He didn’t have any friends and was often made fun of. I wonder why she would think I’m getting married to him.

“I’m getting married to Alex Dankworth in few weeks”. There was a moment of silence as soon as i said this.

“You’re telling me that you’re getting married to the Alex Dankworth “. She couldn’t sound more surprised at this point.

“Yes Tiffany, i just found out today”.

“If this is one of your sick imaginations then just stop it, i have something more important to do.” “Because why would Alex want you?, you’re not even his type”.

Pain, that was what i felt. Infact that’s all I’ve come to know recently. I knew that Alex would never want me but for her to rub it all over my face this way was unacceptable.

Maybe this proposal wasn’t such a bad idea. Alex does not like me which is his loss, but i like him and i get to have him as my husband which is a win for me.

Marrying Alex will mean me leaving this house and being safe from Chase. In as much i did not want to be in a loveless marriage, Alex was my ticket out of here.

“Well, we’re getting married in few weeks, because obviously he wants to, so you might as well suck it up.” I hung up feeling some sense of achievement. I would no longer cry about this. Infact i have come to terms with my fate as it seems to benefit me in some way.

I just need to sign those papers tomorrow to make it official.