Arrange Marriage (Bughead)

Chapter 5

BETTY

I expected a normal average house but no. The house in front of me was a mansion. I've never seen a house this big. The driveway was formed in a circle. There was a small fountain in the middle and big tall trees at the sides of the stairs.

Their doorman opened my door allowing me to step out of the car. It was a bit breezy, I'm glad I wore a long sleeve dress. I fallowed behind my parents as they knocked on the door waiting to be open.

A lady who seemed to be in her late 40 opened the door.

"Mr Cooper glad to see you here, please come inside," My father took a step inside and both me and my mother followed behind him. She led us to what I think is the dining room.

"Mr Jones is in his office right now I'll go let him know you're here" she said before making her way up the stairs

A few minutes pass till I heard shoe's clicked on the marble floor, sounding closer with every step they took.

"Hal, nice to see you again" said the man as he approached my dad giving him a handshake, behind him was another tall figure.

"FP, glad to see you to, this is my wife Alice" Father stepped aside allowing Mother to step at his side.

I wasn't ready physically or mentally. I despise both my parent's decisions so coming here wasn't by choice but by force. I was still behind my parents in my own thoughts till my mother nudged me making me refocused.

"This is our daughter, Elizabeth"  Father said stepping aside making me visible for the man in front of me.

"Nice to meet you" I replied extending my arm to shake his with a smile.

"Elizabeth, glad to finally see you"

"Elizabeth this is Jughead my son" There he was the man I was soon to be married to. I stood there looking up into his blue-green eyes, who anyone would get lost into his eyes.

"Hi" I said earning a nod from him.

"Great well please have a seat dinner is ready" FP said as he walked beside us heading to the dining room.

He sat in the middle of the table while Jughead sat down on his left side. I sat across from him and my parents next to me.

"Sorry I'm late there was traffic" said a young girl who I assume is Jughead's sister.

"Don't worry you're just on time" FP assured her standing up to give her a hug and a kiss on the cheek, Jughead doing the same. She took the seat next to Jughead. I smiled looking at them, seeing how close they are.

"Oh where are my manners hi I'm Jellybean Jughead's younger sister" she said with a huge smile on her face unlike Jughead who hasn't shown any form or kind of emotion. "Apologies again for arriving late"

"Jellybean this is Hal, his wife Alice and their daughter Elizabeth" FP said introducing us "Enough talking, please dig in, the chefs food is the best"

There was a few minutes of silence the only you could hear were forks and knifes clashing together. Until Father decided to break the silence. "So FP how's the company running any new business deals"

FP placed his fork down before replying. "At this moment no I'm trying to leaves thoes spots open for Jughead here when he takes over" Father nodded

"I'm sure you're going to do well and grow the company. Your mother is proud of what you are to become Jughead" Whatever Father must have said Jughead nor his father liked.

Jughead tightened his grip on the form making his veins pop out. Keeping his gaze down at his food till he found enough courage to look at my Father. His expression was the opposite of happy he was furious though it probably didn't show a lot I knew he was furious.

"Yes she would" he gritted out. Silence. There was tension between Father and Jughead. There was something of what Father said that he didn't like. Was it the mention of his mother?

"So Elizabeth right ummm what do you like to do in your free time" asked Jellybean trying to break the silence.

"Yea well I really like to read books, I enjoy helping people out. I'm currently working at a jewelry shop it's one of the top jewelry shops owned by my best friend." I said

"Oh my god really I enjoy books too I'm glad to know someone who loves books I can't quite talk about them with this guy over here" she said signaling with her head toward Jughead.

"Who's jewelry job are you working for" questioned FP

"From my best friend Veronica it's called 'La Petite Bijoutière' it a very well known shop" I'm glad he seems interested something my parents don't do.

"Tell me Elizabeth do you have plans for the future" he asked

"Well currently I am working on something important that I have been wanting to accomplish but umm..." I felt my dad grabbed my wrist tightly under the table as a sign to not speak any more. "It's not that important so I won't really speak about it but I do plan on something important" I said clearing my throat.

As soon as I finished saying Father let go of my wrist probably created another bruise. Great. Glad I'm wearing a long sleeve dress.

Mother coughed "Why don't we talk about the wedding" Jughead back straighten at the mention of the wedding. "I was thinking maybe a beach wedding it would look nice"

"That will up for debate" Jughead said coldly

"Social media will find out so they will be a personal photo shoot where you will be taking engagement pictures" FP added. Looking directly at Jughead with a sternly look.
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Dinner was over. Finally. I was tired of planning the wedding I didn't ask for, my parents pulled me aside to give me a talk. Till Jellybean pulled me away from them. Glad she did.

"It was nice meeting you Elizabeth it's glad to know that my brother has finally met someone" I looked at her confused. Does she not know? I wanted to ask her but she looked so happy for him. I didn't want to remove the smile on her face.

"Well it was about time he did so I'm glad it was me" I lied. "Please call me Betty" I added

"Is your name not Elizabeth" she questioned

"It is but I prefer Betty my parents like to keep it professional"

"Okay well, Betty glad to meet you and I'll try to visit you some other time and maybe have a girls day" I laughed nodding my head. "Yes of course"

We said our good bye's as I made my way to the back to the car where Jughead and his dad were talking. As I walked towards there I took some time and studied him a little.

He was wearing a black suit with a black tie, his sleeves were a little rolled up and his cuffs closed. He really was handsome, but cold.

FP noticed me as he quickly gave him a pat on his back and left his side. I was nervous, nervous that I will be living with a man I just met a few hours ago, a man I'm getting married to, to only satisfy my parents. This didn't feel right and it wasn't right.

He opened the door for me allowing me to enter the passenger seat. "Thank you" I said before he closed the door and making his way around the car to the drivers seat.

He turned on the car making his way out his Fathers gate. I laid my head on the window watching the stars above us. My eyes began getting heaving slowly allowing my sleep to take over.
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