I felt like i was falling. I walked out of my Father's office in trance.I turned 16 3 months ago and now my life is already rulled before it began.
Girls in our world are meant to get married at 18. 2 years is still waiting for me.
Jaehyun is the future underboss of the Outfit,he will took over his father's position once his father retired.
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I couldn't stop crying. Ruth stroked my hair as my head lay in her lap. She was fifteen, only seventeen months younger than me, but today those seventeen months meant the difference between freedom and a life prison.
I didn't mean Jaehyun is bad,woman in our society talks about his good looks and his calm personality.He is 8 years older than me.The society girls would throw themselves over him.I've met him several times,but i can't get close to him.His cold looks always scares me up.
"You could try to talk to Father again. Maybe he'll change his mind," Ruth said in a soft voice.
"He won't."
"Maybe Mother will be able to convince him."
As if Father would ever let a woman make a decision for him. "Nothing anyone could say or do will make a difference," I said .
"But Eeden-"
"Shhhh-"
"There has to be something we can do," Ruth said.
"There isn't."
I lifted my head and wiped the tears from my face. Ruth stared at me with pitiful eyes. But where my hair was black,hers was dark brown with bangs and fringe. Father sometimes called her witch; it wasn't an endearment.
