How I love to be loved

She alighted from the car and made her way into her dad's office. She stood in front of the elevator and was about to enter when she noticed people pointing fingers at her. “Is there something on my face or am I wearing the wrong clothes?”I mumbled to myself as I entered the elevator. “She is the daughter of Mr Smith being married off to Alexander Maxwell.” The staff whispered, and I became totally confused, staring around. Maybe they were talking about another person, but who else is Mr Smith’s daughter here.I could hear what they were saying clearly, and they even pointed in my direction. At that moment, it dawned on her that her life might actually be turning around for what she never expected. “Father can't possibly think of me as some commodity, and be marrying me off like this to some billionaire I know nothing about” Mia said as she stomped towards her father's office, not wanting to believe what she had just heard. “Ma'am I'm sorry, but you can't go in now, he is in a meeting”. The PA shouted as she ran after her, but it was too late to stop her as she badged in. She stopped in her tracks as she entered the office and met a popular CEO of a multi-billionaire, the so-called Alex they were talking about, just about to leave her father's office. I stood there as tears welled up in my eyes.I can't believe it's at this moment of my life I got to be married off like this. Am I really valueless to my own father? Different questions flowed through my mind as I waited patiently for him to come back and hear this from him directly. This is probably a dream.I am going to wake up soon. “Dad, just tell me all that I heard on my way here is not true and that Alex being here is just a coincidence.”I said as I followed him furiously trying to digest all that was happening around me. “You have to calm down Mia, it's not like I am doing this willingly. I just didn't have a choice or do you want your father to be arrested for not being able to pay his debt?” He said, staring directly at me apologetically, but I cared less about the look. **************************************** EARLIER THAT DAY **************************************** I stood in front of my mirror as I couldn't believe the news I had just heard.I am finally going to school to study my dream course. “Congratulations Mia,I just hope father is going to accept this news though." Mia's stepbrother said as he made his way to sit beside her. “Well, I do hope and pray so as well. Speaking of dad, I think I should go to his office to tell him about this.” Mia said as she smiled broadly and jumped around her room. This is the best news I have heard in a very long time. I made my way to the bathroom to take my bath and get prepared as Joseph, my lovely stepbrother, stood up and left. ************************ BACK TO PRESENT ************************ “Dad,I just came here to tell you about the news about my admission.I got admission to study law and I hope you will stop all your marriage plans and just let me pursue my dreams.”I said, tears already flowing down freely from my eyes. “You can pick Scarlett instead, she will be so happy to do what you want”I added, not giving him space to even reply to me, and I hoped he would just listen to me. Mia's father had decided to give her up after he was threatened by his wife, Mia's stepmother,the previous day. She kept emphasizing that her daughter couldn't be married off in that way, so he had to give Mia off, but he couldn't bring himself to tell her the truth, so he lied. “Alex specifically picked you, daughter.” Father said as he stood up from his chair and approached me where I was standing.I really can't believe all of this is happening. “Why me? We have never for once met each other, so why would he pick me? Why? Why?”I asked as I stood there crying badly and being consoled by my father.I really can't believe all of this is happening to me. “You have to calm down and hear me out because shouting like this won't solve anything. Listen to the plan I have now, and you won't have to spend more than a year with him and leave.” “Then you can process your admission again and pick up your life from where you stopped before” He added again and to me, he sounded like it was just a simple task. I stood there looking at him unbelievably and couldn't control the tears as they came out more. “I think this is fate. Life has never treated me right after all”I said as I sat down wiping my face clean and ready to listen to his plan. Crying won't solve anything after all. “Okay, so what's the plan, father?”I asked, and he felt more relaxed when I asked him that, judging from his facial expression. He also went back to his seat now facing me and ready to discuss as if I was his business partner. “Okay to start with, Alex scammed me by not telling me in full what the business we did together was all about, and now he is claiming that I am owing him for the damage I didn't cause in the first place, which was why he demanded you in return when I couldn't pay him.” He said as he stared at me, his face so down and I could feel his pain. At first,I thought I was the only victim here, but hearing what father just said I think I will just listen to his plan and help him as much as I can. How can someone be so evil to take advantage of my father like that.I thought to myself, now ready to do anything. “So what's the plan, father?”I asked him now with all my attention focused on him. “Alex loves children a lot from my findings about him and I think we can get him through that. All you have to do is get married to him and get pregnant as soon as possible, then we can kill him and all his property can be willed to your child.” “Now what did I just hear you say to me, dad? Is that your plan?” “Me? Kill someone? Then you must be joking. " "You sounded like it is so easy to get pregnant, bore the child and kill the father of the child like that”I said as I stood up and stomped out of his office as his words kept replaying in my head. I had lost focus and wasn't looking at where I was going. The next thing I felt my body burning as I shouted. “Aaaahhhhhhhhh…….”