When the powerful young woman, Helios Nova Lyon is forced to save her sister and her unborn child, she doesn't know that her father will drag her into a matrimonial alliance with the biggest Mafia family.
Helios Nova Lyon, the eldest daughter of Au...
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What do they think of themselves? Marrying me? That too, to an unknown woman? I was surprised that mother was in this too. Even after what that bastard did to her, she still believes him.
I made my way to the garden and lit a cigarette. It was the only thing that relaxed me during such times.
It had been some time since I came to the garden. Probably an hour or so... I was sitting, smoking cigarettes, and looking at the stars when I heard a scream followed by Lorenzo calling me.
I picked up the phone as I stood up and asked casually, "What happened?"
"Zia has a gun pointed at herself, and Liam is-" he began panicking.
I dropped the mobile right there at the ground and rushed towards the house. Upon reaching, I ran up the stairs into mother's room from where I heard some commotion.
Horror filled my eyes when I saw mother standing near the window with a gun pointed at her head and Liam holding her dress's hems, begging and crying. Caesar was standing there saying, "Don't do it." Lorenzo had his phone in his hand.
I was terrified, not of what mother could do, but what would happen if she accidentally pulled the trigger.
"Listen, mother, please put down the gun. I am extremely sorry for shouting at you. Please put down the gun." I pleaded as mother nodded (negative) sideways.
"Lorenzo, record this," Mother said.
Lorenzo began recording, and I said, "Mother, stop this; someone can get hurt."
"Someone.." Caesar chuckled humorlessly. "Your mother has a gun pointed at her head, and instead of stopping her, you are casually asking her to stop. What kind of son are you?"
His words hurt me. I took a deep breath and said, "Liam, come here." He shouted, "NO! I WON'T LEAVE GRANDMA!"
"LIAM, I SAID COME HERE!" I shouted at him.
He hid behind mother and cried louder.
"Shhh, don't cry," said Ma as she patted his head.
"Please, Ma, put down the gun. Listen to me." I pleaded.
"You will do as I say, or else-" She cocked the gun.
"Yes, tell me." I said; finally, we were getting somewhere.
"First, you'll let Liam stay here as long as he wants."
I nodded. That was easy.
"Second, you won't take Liam home with you until you get married to the girl your father talks about."
"Ok," I said.
She smiled and carefully lowered the gun.
"That's it? Cause it was easy." Yup easy unless... what did she say?
"You may stop recording, Lorenzo. And please send that recording to me."
"W-what is this about? Mother, explain." I demanded.
She chuckled but didn't say a word.
Lorenzo too followed her.
Only Caesar and I were dumbfounded, looking at the other two puzzled. Our faces demanding an explanation.
"You yourself said it, you would mar-" "Marry Julius's heir," Caesar completed mother's sentence as if understanding the situation.
"I don't get it," I said.
"Lorenzo, honey, please play the recording."
Lorenzo played the recording, and I was shocked. How can I be so dumb? I just agreed to the marriage.
"Now you can't say no," Mother said as if reading my thoughts.
"Uhhh!" I growled. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
"So, it was all a facade, and Liam, Lorenzo, both of you were a part of it?"
"Yep," they nodded.
"I didn't know shit," Caesar said.
"That's why you looked so dumbfounded," I mumbled.
"Boy, stop mumbling; I can't understand a word you say," Caesar began.
"Now, now we can't fight. We have a wedding to plan, and we all need rest so that we can begin by tomorrow and be ready."
"No need, ma... We have planners for that, and moreover, it's just a sham contract marriage. I don't think you should work so much," I said.
"This is my son's marriage you are talking about. It'll be the best of the best. That's it. Nothing is sham about it," She concluded.
"Ok... ok, calm down."
"Well, what are you waiting for? Off to your rooms, everybody. I need to sleep, and Liam, honey, can you stay with me here tonight?"
"Yes, grandma!"
With that, we all left the room. As soon as we were out, I grabbed Lorenzo by the collar and pinned him to the wall.
"Tell me, Lucas, why?" He understood and began, "Well, you see my mother left me with my father, and I only had Zia, who was a mother-like figure in my life. I cannot bear to see tears in her eyes, for she treats me like her own. So, I suggested her the idea. Although it was Liam who decided to join in to make it look believable."
"Lorenzo?" We heard footsteps approaching, so I let him go but kicked him signaling that 'this wasn't over yet'.
