His Arranged Bride

His circle

  “Good morning.  How can I help you?” The receptionist asked me as I stood there wanting to go and see Mason.

“I am here to see Mr. Sullivan,” I said to her holding on to the envelope from three nights ago.  During the past days, I couldn’t even eat nicely without my mother or sister saying something. 

Two days ago, after being treated like trash I decided I would live their house so here I am to see Mason.

“Do you have an appointment?” She asked bringing me back to reality

“Uhm no I don’t but please just tell him......”  I wanted to say but she cut me short exhaling heavily as she looked at me like I was crazy

“Listen here, unless you have an appointment with him, I will suggest that you turn back and go wherever you came from.” She rudely replied as she went back to playing on her phone. She definitely was not going to be helpful to me, I got my phone and called father hoping to get Mason’s number but it went unanswered.

Feeling frustrated I turned back to the table “Please can you......?” I wanted to ask her. “Are you deaf or something?  Listen it’s not good to get embarrassed on front of people especially with your kind of body so I will suggest you quietly leave this place before I call security” she said to me as tears filled my eyes. What was wrong with me?  Everyone is always talking down on me, I turned around about to leave when I saw Mason about to walk out. I quickly wiped my tears going to him

“What are You doing here?” he asked me as I wiped my tears.  “Were you crying?” he asked making me shake my head. “I came to see you but....” I wanted to say then stopped he definitely didn’t care about someone like me.

He looked at my hands briefly before he came close with a handkerchief getting them in his hands, I tried to pull away but he continued.

“Did you decide?”  he asked me almost like a whisper as I nodded my head

“you sigh them?”  He asked me lifting my head up, I looked in his eyes nodding my head.

“If you’re going to be my wife, make sure you act like one,” he said looking at me before he put some strands of hair behind my ear.

“What’s your name again?” Mason turned to the receptionist looking at her name tag.

“Jessy? That’s your name, right? Do I pay you to be rude to people coming in this building?”  He asked her going close to where she was.

“Am sorry Sir, I didn’t know that she was….”  She wanted to say but he cut her short

“I don’t expect you to treat people based on status. Adam?” He said turning to the man who was standing at a distance

“Yes, sir!”  He quickly rushed to the desk.

“Make sure I don’t find her in here.”  He said before he grabbed my hand heading for the entrance, I didn’t know what to say but just followed him behind. I looked at how everyone was looking at me am sure it was awkward for them as well seeing him with someone like me

He suddenly stopped in his tracks pulling me to himself “Listen here!”  he said pushing my back against the car

“If you plan on being my wife, you can do something about your emotions and how you carry yourself. I will not stand being humiliated because of you” He snapped in his hoarse voice making me swallow hard.

“Do you understand?”  He commanded me and I nodded my head he stepped back looking at me from head to toe.

“So, you brought the envelope? You could have just sent them over” He said putting his hands in his pockets. “I brought these because I wanted to talk to you,” I said to him as he sighed heavily like he was tired of seeing me

“What is it?’ He asked me as he grabbed the document from me

“My parents want this to happen soon, but am asking if you could please give me time to settle out some things,” I said to him and he chuckled looking at me unbelievably

“Please!” I said to him clapping my hands together

“Is it a man?”  He asked me and I just swallowed hard

“Fine! Sort out whatever issues you have, I will ask the father to delay the announcement about our engagement for one more week. Am sure that’s enough time?”  He said and I nodded my head

“Thank you very much,” I said to him

“No need to thank me, I am just trying to make sure that I don’t have any scandals to deal with once I marry you,” He said getting in his car

“Gina? Make sure you also get a closet makeover while you are at it” He said to me rolling his window up, He didn’t even know my name yet he had agreed to marry me/ What did he mean closet makeover? I was not going to change because someone asked me. I was comfortable with myself.

I quickly went to my car and went to Dylan’s hang out place to see him, If I was going to end my relationship with him, I wanted at least for us to spend some time together but first I had to go somewhere before going there

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I pulled over by the house and checked myself before I stepped outside, I walked to the house and knocked at the door, his friend Tony opened the door. “Hi Tony, is Dylan here?”  I asked him and he looked at me like I was trash.

“Yo, Dylan! Your girl is here” He said stepping aside, I walked in going to the room where Dylan would be and there, I found him drinking from a bottle of Hennessy XO.

“Hey, babe!”  I said bending down to kiss him but he didn’t respond, “What’s wrong?”  I asked him about what he was talking about going to sit opposite him.

“Where are you from?”  He asked me without looking at me

“Well, I am from home and passed by the studio,” I said to him as I raised my eyes why he was asking where I have been

“Is that so?”  He asked sitting up looking at me, I nodded my head. “How long have you been drinking?”  I asked him seeing how he would stammer when talking and the smell of alcohol coming from his mouth

He pulled out his tablet and threw it over to me. “Care to explain that?”  He said as I turned it around looking at the pictures of me trending online. I gasped looking at him, “It’s not what you think I can explain” I tried to talk to him but he stood up.

“You know what?  You are so freaking ungrateful” He said to me as I scoffed looking at him,

“Dylan I can explain everything> It’s not what you think,” I said to him standing up as well going to him

“Explain what? That picture of you and him is all over the internet. You were with him and you even have the audacity to come here and lie to me?”  He asked me as tears filled my eyes. He was hurt and I was the cause for it.

“It’s not what you think, I was just….”  I wanted to explain going close to him but he moved away

“Just get out! I need to be alone” he said to me as tears fell from my eyes, how is it that he had to see those pictures online?  Why did it happen like this? I thought I had time to explain to him nicely so that he could understand me.

Who would have disclosed the pictures from today? Did Mason lie to me? Was it him?  I doubt it, he promised me that he wouldn’t.