Unconditional

Chapter 1: Meeting Rein

Harmony's on the top/right. Anyway, I hope you lovely people enjoy this. This is subject to change...

Chapter 1: Meeting Rein

I was always a talented girl. I can sing, I can dance, I can play the guitar, and I model, although I'm considered a plus size model, but regardless, I was a very talented girl. I began modeling at a very young age, three years-old. My mother felt that I could have a head start with the beauty I had. Later on in my life, my father insisted that I should get into singing and playing instruments. And as I entered my adolescent stage, I was forced into dancing, as a way to lose weight. Sadly, the workout and rhythmic movements had not worked in the way they wanted it to.

Don't think they didn't try the gym and a personal trainer. Trust me, they did. But, I being the way I am when it comes to food, it just didn't work for me. I'd work out with my trainer, go home, and sneak snacks into my room. I wanted to lose weight, but at the same time, I also wanted to embrace it.

Regardless of all the extra curricular activities my parents have gotten me into, I was never the perfect child for them. I excelled in my classes from Kindergarten to my Senior year of high school. Many of my peers were astonished with how I could come home late from a dance recital and manage to turn in my homework assignments, completed, the following day.

But back to why I was never the perfect child. As I mentioned before, I was placed in dance classes to lose weight. For my height, 5'3", and weight, 155 pounds, I was considered overweight. This began to accumulate at fifteen and my parents have come to noticing it rather quickly. I was forced into diets, fasting, workouts, anything to get rid of the weight I carried on my body. I wanted to be perfect for my parents. They couldn't have another child, so it was the least that I could do. I always tried my best.

Even though I couldn't dance anymore, in which I truly enjoyed, I was still modeling; plus-size modeling. I enjoyed having cameras and bright lights on me, it made me feel like I was someone special.

"Harmony, Harmony, darling," my mother's excited voice says from across the studio.

"Mrs. Thomas, we are in the middle of a photo shoot," my photographer complains.

"I don't care about your stupid photo shoot! This is a life-changing moment in my daughter's life," she snaps, directing a heated glare toward him.

I walk toward my mother, hoping my presence will stop her from verbally insulting my photographer. "Mom, you wanted to show me something," I ask, creasing my brows slightly.

"Oh yes, darling, look at this! Rein Sanders and your father have met and they've come to the agreement that...," she trails off as she lowers her voice and leans in closer to me. "...You will be Mrs. Sanders," she says quietly before squealing joyfully.

I pull away from her and stare at her with wide eyes. "Mom... why? I don't...," I trail off, realizing that I was speaking against her. My mother hates when I speak against her.

"What was that, Harmony," she inquires, sending me a menacing stare.

"N-nothing. But, mom, I don't know him on a personal level. I don't want to marry a man who I don't know on a personal level," I try, carefully explaining why I didn't want to marry a stranger.

My mother's thin lips form a tight-lipped smile. She places a slender hand on my shoulder. "Harmony, you have no choice, dear. You're twenty-six and so far, no man has ever wanted to know you on a personal level. At least Mr. Sanders has given you the opportunity to have a husband. You should be grateful," she says, as if she was the one insulted.

She was right... about no man wanting to know me on a personal level. I've dated men, but all they've wanted out of me was sex. I spent two years dating, trying to find a man who would want me for who I was, but every conversation would lead to what could go down in the bedroom. Eventually, I got fed up and was so desperate to lose my virginity that I actually slept with a stranger. My parents do not know this, of course. And honestly, I rather it stay that way.