DIVA

PROLOGUE

"I'm not getting married and that's final" I said holding the tears in my eyes, I couldn't let them see me like this, no I wouldn't.

"Elle listen to your father; we've thought a lotabout this, and we've decided that this is what's best for you" mom said calmlyas she looked at me sadly.

"This isn't what's best for me" I yelled angrily taking deep breaths in as I tried to calm myself down and wipe the few tears that had escaped my eyes.

My dads eyes visually softened as he saw the tears escape from my eyes.

"Elle, please don't cry, this is for the best, you haven't dated anyone in years and we are getting worried, we know you have no plan of getting married in the future and given what you've been through we understand you, but we don't support that choice, we want you to be taken care of and we have found you the perfect suitor, he will take care of you and you may not be happy now, but you will be later, and that's what makes this worth it" he said as he walked up to me and gave me a comforting pat on my head.

He knew I hated it when he does that, I thought as I glared at him for a bit and then my eyes softened.

"I really don't want this dad" I said sadly as I looked at the ground.

"We know darling, but this is what's best for you, he's a good man Elle, he will treat you well and you will be happy. Your mother and I would never be so irrational to pick someone who wouldn't care for you" he said calmly.

"That's right love, he's a good man, he has a good reputation, and he doesn't date around, he has a very friendly personality and is good at his job, please you have to consider this" mom said as she walked closer to me.

"I have one condition though" I said as I looked up at them as they watched me warily.

"What do you want" my dad said eyeing me.

"It's not what I want, it's what I don't want. I don't want to meet him before we get married, I don't even want to know who he is. I don't want to end up being disappointed before the wedding because that would just make me bail" I said sighing.

"Honey, don't you want to at least get to know him, you should be on good terms with your fiancée" mom said as she pulled me to sit down close to her.

"Elle, the wedding is going to be announced to the media, you guys will have to take wedding pictures, and pose for so many things, you will have an engagement like every other wedding should love, I'm afraid that's just not possible" mom said as I felt like whining, nothing was in my control.

With a sad look on my face, I nodded and resigned to my fate.

All my life, family has been everything to me. I was always the careful daughter, the obedient daughter, I never did anything wrong.

You see my family was very well off, and we had a very large reputation, so being perfect was one of the main requirements of the Baxter family.

I was the middle child of the family, my parents Angel, I always did everything right. That was until everything changed and I changed too.

I still did everything right, but my emotions were different, I was always the calm nice sister, but now I am emotionally strong and that was one of the best things that changed in my life. I was no longer the daughter of the rich family who was easily taken advantage of.

My younger sister Bette Cassia Baxter on the other hand was entirely different from me, she was outgoing, flirty, she got into trouble most of the time, she never went along with my parents. She was very smart and nice and behaved well when going out with the family, and she never did anything to ruin the family's reputation.

My sister and I's relationship was a bit strained, I loved her so much, but we weren't always this close in the past. In the past she always tried her best to ruin my life, always sleeping with all my boyfriends. That was one of the reasons I changed, because of her.

I had gotten over the fact that she always tried and succeeded in seducing all my boyfriends and then decided to just never fall in love ever again. I had gone through so much because of her and I think she finally became regretful because she stopped trying to interfere in my life and became someone I could actually tolerate.

My brother Felix Gray Baxter the current CEO of the family business though has always been on mine side and he always stood up for me and he always ended up punching the boyfriends who were seduced by Bette. Although I had put what Bette had done behind me, Felix still couldn't forgive her, because he couldn't believe that she could do such a thing to me countless times, he didn't think she was capable of changing.

Over the years my relationship with Bette improved, and I started seeing her in a new light, not the girl who always got off on ruining my life, but the girl who was nice and the younger sister I had come to love. I still hadn't forgiven her, I just put it behind me to improve our relationship. I still wouldn't let her get close to anyone I knew though. It was best to keep her at arm's length.