The Billionaire's Chosen Bride

Chapter 5

"Mom..." Charles approached his mother and hugged her. She smiled at him and said, "Charles, you haven't answered my question yet. I was waiting for you to return home so we could have dinner together as a family."

"Good evening, Mom," Charles greeted his mother as he hugged her and walked with her towards the dining room.

He replied, "She's the one, Mom, and she's very pretty too."

"Hmm," First Lady Kira Alejandro smiled as she remained silent and watched Charles pull out a chair for her to sit down first. She sat elegantly in the first chair and continued to watch her handsome son, while Charles sat in the chair beside her on the right at the dining table.

He continued, "Mom, she's the one, and she's very cute. Where did you find her photo? I really do like her."

"Mm," First Lady Kira Alejandro smiled as she watched the maids step out of the kitchen and walk up to the dining table to serve dinner for both her and Charles.

They served the delicious meals, as President Nolan Alejandro was not around and was attending a presidential meeting.

First Lady Kira smiled and replied to Charles, "Your father made it known to some of his members that he was looking for a bride for you. He wanted to know if any of them had pretty daughters you might like and choose from."

"Hmm, thanks, Mom. I really do like Nancy, but..." Charles's words trailed off as he remembered how Nancy had run away from him.

His mother asked, "But what, Charles?"

First Lady Kira frowned as she watched her only son act nervously. She waited for the maids to finish serving dinner and leave before she asked again, "Charles, do you want us to cancel the wedding? It's in two days, and you can't embarrass your father and me in public, in front of all our prominent guests."

"I know, Mom, but the truth is that Nancy ran away from me when I went to welcome her home after her return to the city, at her family house too." Charles shook his head in embarrassment, covering his face with his palms as he remembered how Nancy had run away from him. But he couldn't help but smile, recalling how her hips had moved and swayed seductively.

Charles didn't realize his mother was still staring at him angrily, not finding his revelation amusing at all.

She exclaimed, "What? Charles, how dare she run away from you? We need to cancel the wedding right now. Didn't her parents inform her that she was going to marry you and that the wedding is the day after tomorrow?"

"No, Mother. You cannot call off the wedding," Charles refuted, and his mother's jaw dropped as she stared at her only son sadly, realizing he had fallen in love with a reluctant woman.

"Don't tell me you still want to go ahead and marry that lady who doesn't love you, Charles. I cannot allow that to happen," First Lady Kira added.

"I know, Mother, but you and Father have always wanted me to marry, and now I cannot change my choice. I understand Nancy's fears. She's getting married to the President's son, so she has to be scared, Mom," Charles said, smiling sadly. But his mother shook her head and replied, "No, Charles. She's supposed to be happy with you and glad that you've chosen her. Any other lady out there would be happy and excited that you've chosen her to become your wife. She would shower you with love and warmth. How dare Nancy run away from you, and you took it lightly with her family? Where's my phone? I need to get her arrested and deal with her this minute, before throwing her behind bars too."

"No, Mother!" Charles exclaimed, startling his mother. He said, "You cannot do that. If I don't marry Nancy, then know that I won't marry any other lady either."

"What?" Mrs. Kira Alejandro's jaw dropped again as she turned speechless, staring at her only son in shock.

She shook her head and said, "No, Charles. This is not happening. I will find another bride for you to marry, okay? That's not a problem, as there are many other pretty ladies out there, even more beautiful than Nancy."

"No, Mother. I want Nancy. I really do want Nancy, Mom. I want to feel her love, her warmth, and I believe that with time she will love me too."

"Just give Nancy some time, Mom, and know that I'm truly in love now," Charles smiled, surprising his mother even more, leaving her jaw agape. She gulped as Charles said, "Let's have our dinner, Mom, before it gets cold."

"Okay, son," First Lady Kira subtly blamed herself in her heart for choosing Nancy's photo first. She had seen many pretty young women's photos, as every family wanted their daughter to marry her only son. Even though they ridiculed and wrote nonsense about her family online, it didn't deter them from sending millions of photos to her personal assistant.

She had personally selected Nancy's photo first, the moment her eyes fell on the pretty lady's photo, along with two other young women's photos. She knew Charles wouldn't have the time to go through all the photos to choose a bride. Now she was subtly blaming herself, wishing she had never picked Nancy's photo, as the young lady dared to reject her only son, the most handsome and well-to-do young man in their city. "If it wasn't that Charles loves women and is rumored to be a playboy, then what would have given the young lady the right to reject my only son and even run away from him? Hmm," First Lady Kira sighed heavily, thinking to herself. Charles asked her, "Mom, is everything alright?"

"Yes, Charles," First Lady Kira replied, thinking to inform her personal assistant to place a monitoring team on Nancy. Nancy wouldn't just run away from Charles like that, not under her watch.

"I really need to do a personal background check on Nancy to know if she already has a secret lover somewhere, as to the reason she rejected Charles. Hmm," First Lady Kira thought to herself and sighed again. But Charles didn't ask her what was wrong as they continued eating their dinner silently in the dining hall.

After the dinner session ended, Charles stood up first from the dining chair and prepared to retire upstairs to his bedroom. He said to his mother, "Good night, Mom."

"Yeah, good night, Charles," First Lady Kira Alejandro replied as Charles leaned closer to her and pecked her on her right cheek, then walked towards the living room stairs and climbed them to go back upstairs to his bedroom.

Charles decided to use the stairs to clear his mind, thinking about Nancy and why she had run away from him.

He stepped into his sitting room first and walked up to his bedroom. As he entered his bedroom, he picked up Nancy's photo that he had kept on the headboard.

He kissed her photo on her pink lips, which he admired the most, and said, "So pink and lovely. I cannot wait to have you as my wife and to kiss you every day on these beautiful pink lips of yours."

Charles smiled and kissed Nancy's photo again, his whole body yearning for her.

He asked himself, "But why did she run away from me? Am I ugly now?"

Charles frowned and walked up to his bedroom mirror to examine his face. He had a full head of short black hair, and his front hair and short beard were neatly shaped. He was a tall, handsome black man.

He murmured, "Maybe she doesn't like guys with beards. Hmm... But she's so beautiful, and I cannot reject her now. Maybe she has a boyfriend? I'm sure she must have one. Hmm..."

Charles frowned, thinking about Nancy having a boyfriend and that her boyfriend was the main reason she had run away from him. He muttered, "Nonsense! Is her boyfriend finer than me? I cannot reject her now, and Mother shouldn't dare to hurt her either. What am I even ranting about?"

Charles walked up to his bed again, picked up his telephone, and placed a call to Stevo Brights, his head of security and a trusted manager of his security affairs.

He needed Stevo to monitor whatever activities Nancy was involved in, her phone calls, her text messages, and to know if she already had a boyfriend she was probably calling.

Charles said coldly, "Hello, Stevo."

Stevo froze and replied, "Hello, boss. Good evening." Stevo was in the security house inside the villa. Charles said, "I want you to hire some trained personnel in the field of hacking to monitor and give me a 24-hour report on my chosen bride. I will forward her details to you shortly. You should find out what she does, who she calls, and speaks with daily. Is that understood?"

"Yes, boss."

"Anything else you need me to do for you, boss?" Stevo asked.

"No, that's all," Charles replied, and the phone call finally ended.

Charles sighed and stared back at Nancy's photo, which he was still holding in his right hand. He said, "I cannot wait to have you as my bride, and in just two days, you will be mine."