A Series in Disguise: Book 4

Chapter 16

Zac's friends were flying in tomorrow from California. I was excited yet a little annoyed that two of them were hitting on my girl. Hopefully this time they leave my princess alone. With their arrival, Hayden thought it'd be a wonderful idea to throw a huge party for them as well as celebrate the end of summer. It was the first party we were all throwing together. The whole school had been buzzing about it. I mean what's better than a Hayden and Matt party. Besides, we had to celebrate that we are all now seniors. I just had to go to the store and get a few more things for the party today. I even had tons of booze ready to be delivered and the twin's parents were even okay with us doing it at their house. Nothing could go wrong.

"Matt!" I heard my mom yell from downstairs. I pulled on a white v-neck and some black jeans. I quickly threw on my black combat boots and jogged out my bedroom door. I tried sniffing the air for any delicacy that she had made. I smelled nothing. Well that was odd. I jogged down the stairs, seeing my father in the kitchen. That explains why my mom hadn't been baking.

"What are you doing here?" I asked in annoyance. I looked at my mom, receiving a confused look. Well this definitely can't be good. He usually announces his arrival. He must have something up his sleeve if he decided to come to Miami without any warning.

"We need to talk." My father said. His face stayed neutral, not showing any emotion.

"About what?" I asked. I crossed my arms over my chest, narrowing my eyes at him. I was trying figure out what he was up to.

"That little stunt you and Parker pulled the other night. You have to marry her Matthew." He said. His tone had anger behind it as he was trying to stay calm.

I rolled my eyes. He has got to be kidding me. I thought we had passed this. He hadn't texted me or called me about it. I thought he had gotten over this idea of me marrying her or anyone within the royal families.

"I don't have to do anything. You can't just order me. I left Monaco for a reason. Now stop trying to change me." I spat. My father's face reddened, signifying that he was getting angry. I rolled my eyes. This is stupid. I don't have to be here. "I'm going out."

I walked our of the kitchen and down the hall. I opened the hall closet and reached for my black leather jacket. I pulled it on, finding my keys in the pocket. I needed to get away from him. All he ever does is bring problems into my life. I was done with him and his antics.

"You are not going anywhere Matthew." My father said walking up to me. I ignored him and opened the front door. I needed to be anywhere but here. "You walk out and i'll make sure you never see the Martin family again."

I stopped my actions. I was more than sure he was bluffing. He couldn't take the one important person out of my life, but I knew he would. He'd do anything to get his way. Even if that meant destroying the only family he had left.

"What do you want?" I spat. I shut the front door, giving it a slam. The house got quiet. My mom didn't make a peep, only flinching at the loud noise. She watched as we argued, not wanting to intervene. My father needed to know that I wasn't in the mood for him. I was never going to be in the mood for him.

"We have business to do. Now go and change into something that doesn't show you are some delinquent or hooligan." He ordered. His face showed victory, only adding to my rage. I narrowed my eyes and stomped up the stairs. Whatever he had planned, I knew I wasn't going to like it.

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I walked into the airport. I was late, extremely late. I'm sure Parker was going to be mad at me, but I can't help it. My father is manipulative and there was nothing I could do about it. He had me sit in on some conference calls and do paperwork. I knew that being a leader was boring and exhausting, but I didn't think it was going to be this time consuming. I was already irritated enough that I wasn't able to see my princess last night but having him bringing up the marriage only added to fuel to that fire.