SWEET, SWEET, NIGHTMARE.

CHAPTER FOUR

DANIELLE'S P.O.V

"You've got to be kidding me!"

Layla London, one of my best friends stares at me in surprise, her eyes bulging out of their sockets. My other two best friends, Janelle Wang, and Sofia Vergara mirror her expression.

"So, you're telling us that you're getting married to your one night stand?" Janelle asks.

"That about summarizes it, yes" I reply.

The three of them keep staring at me in surprise. The news of my impending engagement and marriage, alone, must be hard for them to comprehend, talk less of the fact that I had a one night stand with my husband to be.

After dad broke the dreadful news of his illness to me, I began to understand why he was so hard on me. Dad is usually indulgent and does whatever I want him to and I, in return, do whatever he asks of me, but the topic of my marriage had caused a rift between us.

I started to see why he would not budge and why he was insistent on marrying me off to a rich family.

I went to the dining room and pretended to be the best daughter, bride, and in law anyone could ever hope for and I succeeded in fooling everyone but Adrian,of course. He kept shooting glares at me throughout the night and I reciprocated whenever our fathers were too engrossed in conversation to notice us.

The next morning, I decided to meet up with my friends at our hang out spot and break the news to them.

"Who's he?"

"Do we know him?"

"Is he rich?"

My friends throw questions at me and I laugh at the absurdity of my present situation.

"One question at a time, guys" I say.

"Who's he?" Janelle repeats.

"His name is Adrian Valentino" I answer

My best friends once again stare at me, their mouths widening in surprise.

"Did you say Adrian Valentino?" Layla asks.

"Yes?" I say.

"The Adrian Valentino?" Janelle asks.

"Yes, I guess?" I say hesitantly.

As they squeal in delight,like fan girls, I know there's something they know about him that I do not.

"What?" I ask

"Adrian Valentino is the hottest topic in the country,Dannie" Layla answers.

"The hottest, wealthiest, and most sought after bachelor in the country. The sensation of the last two decades." Sofia says, fanning her face with her hands dramatically.

"And the Valentino empire, which he has been running since his father's retirement, is the biggest conglomerate in the country. The third richest in the entire world" Janelle adds, matter-of-factly

"Wow!" I say

"How do you not know any of this?" Layla asks.

She looks at me like I am some sort of alien for not knowing anything about Adrian Valentino.

"I don't know, I just don't" I reply.

"Do you live under a rock or something?" Sofia laughs.

"Really?" I say, my eyebrows shooting up in demonstration.

"Seriously. How do you know nothing about him or the Valentino empire? They're what everybody talks about" Layla tells me.

Sofia and Janelle nod their heads in agreement.