Love or hate?( A difficult choice)

Chapter 9

My idea of a rest flew out of the window the moment I processed his words. I forced myself to walk to my room. I sat down on the bed in a daze "wife...wife..wife" I kept muttering to myself. The words seemed foreign to me it was not sinking in. What? wife? I cannot be his wife. I don't know him neither does he know me. I cannot be a princess I don't want to be. I am a simple girl and want to live a simple life. I hate being the centre of everyone's attention and being a princess means to be in the limelight all the time. I cannot marry Darmen he is so cold and rough.

I laid down on the bed with my eyes open thinking about what my life was like. I had a job , classes and lived a simple life. Amanda I miss her so much she is the only family I have. Tears streamed down my eyes freely. After my father died two years ago she has been my rock. She must be worried sick about me I wish I will be able to see her again.

My life was tough but I loved it I never wished for money but just a life that I can make for myself. I wanted to study literature and teach it later on. I want to earn my own money. How could my life change so much in just a week. Darmen can have any girl, I am sure every girl falls to his feet and beg him to marry her then why is he marrying me.

As every other girl I always thought about marriage and finding love. I wanted to meet a guy that will treat me right. Who will love me and some day propose to me on one knee. I wanted a marriage full of love Darmen for sure does not love me more like hates me then why is he doing this.

I want to go back home, right now I felt so homesick, frustrated and helpless. It felt like I am tied in shackles and cannot break free. I wanted to scream and so I did I screamed a loud piercing scream. No one came I am sure no one can hear me. I cried into the pillow, tired and defeated I fell asleep that night with a numb feeling.

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I woke up with a headache got up and took a shower. I wore a long white dress that Lisa gave me yesterday did a light makeup and sat waiting at the bed for someone to come get me. I decided to go with the flow for now but I will never let Darmen walk all over me. I will fight till I find out the truth.

After sometime Kevin came in to take me for my class with Lisa. We walked together and entered the room we went to the day before. Lisa was already waiting for me and greeted me with a broad smile. I smiled back at her, she thanked Kevin who left the room.

We sat down on the couch, it is then that I noticed Cathy was missing. "Where is Cathy today"?

"She is not here she had some other work to do". I was grateful for her absence. "So what do you want to do today, you haven't had breakfast yet, right?" I nodded my head. "Okay, so let's have breakfast then".

She put a plate of food in front of me which had toast , fruits pancakes and some sweets. I took the toast to take a bite, "wait, we will eat in Royal style today".

Oh! So this is why we are having breakfast. I did not say anything and just waited for her instructions. She taught to me how to eat in presence of Royalty and table manners. I learnt about the most famous cuisines, the best in all of them and some of the Darmen's favourite one's like pasta, sushi, kulche cholle a famous North Indian dish and some Mexican salads. We talked about their recipes and I actually made Arabbita Pasta with Lisa's help.

Around five Lisa told me that I was free to go, but no one had come to escort me today so I thought I would explore the gardens. I arrived into the main hallway which I think will have some sort of back door connecting the open area. I walked down the hallway and took a left a smile instantly formed on my lips. This corridor had a white wall on one side and a glass wall on the other, the type through which you can clearly see all different types of trees growing and the colourful flowers blooming on them. It was a beautiful.

I found a gate at the end of the corridor, pushing it I stepped out into the open. I deeply inhaled the fresh air and sighed loudly. It felt so good to come out into the open after such a long time, in fact it was only then that I realised that Its been a week since I was kidnapped. I shook my head walking further in the garden to find an elegantly carved out fountain sitting in the middle. It is huge in the shape of a lotus sitting majestically complementing it's surrounding. The whole place is divided into sections of different trees and flowers. A person will definitely need a golf car to cover the entire area.

I got distracted by a beautiful wine coloured flowers with white dots on its petals. It is so magnificent and majestic in their appearance that they stand out in the lawn full of flowers. "Wow!!" I breathed "these are gorgeous, I wonder what kind of flowers are these"?

"Dahlias", a deep velvet voice said from behind. I spun around so fast that the world around me felt dizzy for a moment. My eyes met a pair of golden ones and I was looking directly at Darmen standing their in all it's glory.

"Huh?" I said confusion evident on my face.

"Dahlias, these flowers are called Dahlias".

"Oh" was all I could say I turned back to admire the smooth petals of the flower. "Do you know what those blue ones there are called" I said pointing to long blue flowers growing behind the Dahlias.

"They are a breed of lilies they grow only in the winters around Christmas."

"Hmm so you know a lot about flowers, how come do you plant them?" I asked curiously.

He shook his head "I just like to know about the flowers growing in my garden, I like to keep everything under my control so I have to keep an eye on everyone". He said giving me a look that said my-eyes-are-on-you-too. I frowned at his subtle remark but chose to ignore it.

"This place is very well kept and the house or mansion whatever you call it is beautifully decorated". I complimented him. "I have not seen the whole place yet but what little I did is nice, though it's scary sometimes".

"You will get habituated to the place and soon the overwhelming feeling will go away". He said nonchalantly.

I scoffed loudly at his words "the overwhelming feeling of being kidnapped without knowing the purpose behind it is definitely going to go away" I said sarcasm dripping from my voice.

He frowned and crossed his arms across his chest giving me an innocent look "didn't I tell you you are to be my would be wife?"

I scowled at him "I am supposed to believe that, why the hell will Prince Darmen Ross will want to marry me Ava Green? Moreover why should I marry you? I don't even know you."

"What's the to know I am the prince and you will be the princess isn't that enough." He said with a scoff.

I was taken aback by his words for a moment but I composed my self quickly "Humph, maybe all the girls you have met fall on your feet and beg for you to marry them, but not me I don't want anything to do with you. Why don't you choise one of those girls to be your mistress or would be wife as you very nicely put it. I am not interested in being a princess so leave me alone and let me go back to my life.

His smirk dropped from his face and surprise flashed their for a moment but he recovered quickly "sorry sweet heart can't do, whether you want to or not it does not matter. I hope your classes are going well soon you will need all that you have learnt." He said giving me a close mouthed smile. "Good evening miss Ava, see you around". With that he turned and left without waiting for my reply..

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Sorry for the late update. But this is my first story so it takes time to write. Please bear with me.

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