The CEO Darkest Secret

Chapter 7 - Heart Beats

Aunt Mila shook her head as Grace didn't even waited for her to prayed first as Grace rather started eating the fried eggs with the boiled white yam.

"I didn't even serve that meal for you Grace, and you didn't even waited for us to prayed first before you started eating it."

"Mom," Grace mouth was full of yam and she chew it down and ate it speedily, as she quickly picked up a glass cup of water and drank it down to sooth her throat. Just then, Joy stepped out dressed in a deep blue nightgown and she walked up to the dinning room to join her family.

Emma still held a slight frowned on her face as she knew that her mother would definitely called Aunt Mila soon to inquired about her, especially when her family noticed she had disappeared from home.

"What's wrong with you, frowning your face?" Grace asked Emma as she was in a good mood, remembering the handsome man thaf she had seen at the hotel earlier, and she thought to went back to the hotel to meet with him again, and to probably try her chances with him as she prayed he shouldn't have left the hotel yet.

"Nothing, I am fine," Emma replied as she picked up her spoon and stared downward to her own plate of meal.

"Are you sure, or.you're lying to me?. Mom what's wrong with her?" Grace asked, and Aunt Mila stared pitiful form Emma to Joy whom sat next beside Emma to join them for dinner.

"Nothing serious about it Grace. Emma doesn't want to marry, and that's why she's here" Aunt Mila announced to them and Grace nearly got choked, as she.still felt peppery in her throat.

"Wow, that's some good news" Grace said smiling, after taking another sip from her glass cup in her hand but Emma rather.glared to her.

"What?" Grace questioned as she laughed out and smiled sweetly.

"Who's the lucky man, that wants to marry her mom?" Grace asked and Mrs Mila smiled to Grace as she saw Joy was also looking surprised with the news.

"I don't know him yet as even Emma hasn't meet with him. She doesn't want the marriage and that's why she left home" Aunt Mila replied, still staring to Emma, but Emma frowned and asked, "Can we just eat aunt?."

"Sure, Joy go on and serve your meal as I didn't knew Grace would be back soon."

"Alright mom," Joy stood up and went to the kitchen to dished out her own meal while, Aunt Mila sighed and blessed the food.

The resumed eating after Joy joined them in silence but Emma wasn't happy as she thought of what she could do, as she didn't want to leave.for home yet. She was a graduate and she had higher hope of finding a good job first in the country and enjoying herself, before she becomes a man's puppet.

Emma sighed again and Aunt Mila stared to her worriedly as they sat across to each other in the dinning room.

After dinner, Emma stood up and walked to kept her used plate in the kitchen while Aunt Mila stepped in next to meet her.

"Not to worry much okay, you don't look yourself worrying so much. So relax," Aunt Mila advised.

"But Aunt I don't want the marriage."

"Is alright, I will try to talk to your mother about it, I am sure, if she talks to your father about it, they will understand and have a change of heart, but do you have a boyfriend?" Aunt Mila asked and Emma frowned as Grace also walked into the kitchen to kept her used plate and Grace heard her mother's questioned to Emma.

"No aunt" Emma replied and Grace laughed out.

"Mom! What do you expect from her?, She doesn't have time for males or she's probably a male herself."

Emma glared at Grace as she knew Grace derived Joy in annoying her and bullying her with Joy.

"Grace, I didn't invited you into our discussion," Mrs Mila spoked and she watched Grace washed her both hands in the kitchen sink, and Grace smiled sweetly to them as she turned to face her mother.

"I know mom. But questions like that ain't for Emma. I'm going upstairs to my room to rest as I have to be up early tomorrow to catch up with a lot of things and most especially a handsome fellow."

Aunt Mila shook her head as she watched Grace blushed and she knew Grace took after her silly behavior when she was younger and Grace age. She had advised Grace to live a simple lifestyle but Grace didn't want too and rather got worse, so she stopped advising Grave as Grace blamed her for not having a husband or knowing whom their father was either.

"Good night mom, Emma, Goodnight," Grace smiled sweetly to Emma and Emma knew Grace was truly in a good mood.

"Yeah good night sis," Emma replied as she watched Grace exited the kitchen and just then Joy stepped into the kitchen too, and walked up to the kitchen sink to wash her hands, as they had used their hands in eating the cooked yam.

"Mom, why're you standing there with Emma?, Is already late and we ought to be in bed by now," Joy asked as she switched on the tap to allowed the water flow on her hands.

"You're right Joy. I'm only just advising your cousin sis not to worry so much, so she doesn't get old overnight."

"Mom.. hahaha" Joy laughed as she picked up a hand towel and she quickly dried up her hands.

"Marriage isn't by force mom and if Emma doesn't want to marry, no one should force her into it" Joy said as she kept down the short towel and Aunt Mila sighed.

"That's fine. Goodnight Emma, tomorrow we can discuss, let me allow you to rest, beside you just arrived here," Aunt Mila said to Emma as Joy left them.

"Okay Aunt, good night," Emma replied as she hugged her pretty aunt and finally walked out from the kitchen, going towards the living room stairs as Joy and Grace had both gone upstairs to their rooms.

Emma wasn't happy as she knew her mother wouldn't be able to spoked to her father on her behalf, and there was no escaping from the arranged marriage.

Approaching her room door as it was already very late, Emma pushed the room door opened and she slowly walked into her room, as she walked to her bed and took out her laptop, and she switched it on to get engrossed with anything she could see online, and to searched for any online job as she didn't knew if to still continued with her plans of looking for a job nearby.

"I cannot continue to stay here with Aunt. Aunt won't lie to mom and Dad, hmm, but I don't have any friends either, and there's no place else to run too. All dad siblings are aloof and Mom siblings too, no.." Emma shook her head as she hadn't planned on her life to become miserable with the dread of marriage topic.

Trying to sleep was difficult and she decided to watch some trending videos online, but still she kept wondering what her future arranged husband would look like as even Aunt Mila had asked her if she has seen her husband-to-be photos.

"If he's ugly. I will file for a divorce quickly, as I cannot be trying to put up with this force marriage and still put up with his ugliness too.."

Emma finally switched off her laptop and she went to her bathroom to ease herself, and stepping out into her room, she walked back to her bed and laid carefully on it, as she drifted to sleep, trying not to think so much about her arranged husband.

The following morning, Emma woke up feeling fully and happy and she stood up to brush her teeth.

Staring to her room walk clock time, she saw it was after 7am, and she opened her box of clothes that she came with and took out a new tooth-brush that she had kept in it, incase of her travelling.

Emma quickly brushed her teeth and bathe, and she stepped out wrapped in a white towel and dressed up in a simple red gown..