The Stranger Is My Husband

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3

"No dad! There's no way i'll marry that man!" I almost shout on top of my lungs.

I couldn't believe that my dad wants me to marry someone I didn't know. Aaaaargh! What the hell is on my dad's mind and let him believe that I'll say yes to this stupid plan? Arranged marriage? No way!

"Dad! Is this some kind of stupid joke? It's like you're telling me forget about my future and kill my self!" I don't care if he's getting mad because I'm forgetting my manners coz right now, I'm really so pissed off!

"I'm sorry." Oh, I was surprised that he's still calm. He's even apologizing to me. Maybe he really feels guilty about what they did.

Now, the tables are turning. I am now the "guilty". I'm guilty that I disrespected him, without even asking him the reason behind this. Still, I need to make a stand.

"Dad, can you please tell me what's going on?" I asked him on calm way.

"Why...why you need to plan this stuff? Why you need to give me... a-away?" the tears in my eyes are now threatening to burst out. I just can't help it. I can't understand this situation, I can't understand my self.

"No! I'm not giving away my princess. I will never do that." I can sense that my dad is getting emotional now, but he is still holding back.

Oh, this is how things will go. He'll say things but will never answer my question.

"Then why? Why this thing needs to happen? You know how I want my wedding to happen. You, you of all people knows how I wanted to get married. Now you're taking that dream away from me." I'm really trying to hold back my tears.

"I'm not taking that away from you, princess. We will do your dream weddi-

"It's not just the wedding dad! It's the marriage!" the tears started to roll down on my cheeks.

I'm so angry right now and I feel so lost. I can't believe this. Is this man infront of me is really my dad? How could he do this to me?

"Let me explain, Kath." he walked away from me, went to his office table and opened a drawer  He's getting some files.

"What are you doing dad? Enough for the business matters. I want to know the re-

"This! This is the reason." he said holding the papers.

"What? What is that?" looking at my dad puzzled.

"It's business. Our business is about to collapse. I-I asked for Michael's help. He said he'll help me in one condition. And your marriage with Zac is the condition." I can see that my dad is full of regrets and sadness.

"What the he-

"I am so desperate to have some help. I am the business' 4th generation. I don't want it to collapse on my hands. I want you to inherit it."

"Then just say no again. We can do this together dad. We can rebuild it."

"No, Kath. There's no way of turning back." he said in a very sad tone

"I've already signed a contract saying that you and Zac must get married later this year or early next year."

The tears are back again. It's rolling on me cheeks again. "I want to marry the man I love. I want to spend the rest of my life with the man who loves me too. A man who will take care of me, who'll be patient with me, who'll never hurt me." my voice is shaking. I can't bear it, the situation I'm in, the words I've heard. This is unbelievable.

"But now dad, you want me to marry a man I don't know. For god's sake! It's my first time to see him! Now you're telling me that I'll marry that man? This is so ridiculous!" I said walking away.

I don't know where to go. All I know is to run away from this. I just wanted to run and run and run away from this. I want to think that if I run away so far and when I'll go back home, everything will be fine again. Everything will get normal. But how will it happen?

I kept on running without even thinking where to go. Until I realized that I was far from home. I started to just walk. I'm all alone now, walking and crying. Yeah, I'm crying on the streets. I'm so pathetic.

I saw a vacant swing. I decided to sit there. Trying to reminisce when my dad told me that if only he can prevent me from growing up so no man can take me away from him. That I'll stay his little girl. But now, he's doing otherwise. He wants me to get married. Worst is, he wants me to marry a stranger. I still think that I'm too young to get married. Now he's dragging me into a marriage I don't like.

As I was thinking about all the stupid things happened today, the tears from my eyes just won't stop.

'no Katherine! You'll not cry all night over this.' i told my self. Trying to calm my self. I wiped my tears with the back of my hands. I stood up and walk again.

I looked at my watch, it's already 9 in the evening.

'Everything's gonna be alright.'

I said to my self so many times while walking.

I stopped when I heard a noise but then I realized, it was my stomach. After almost an hour of walking, I'm now starving. Fortunately, I saw a little diner.

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