You will marry me
"What?! Jenna ran away?" Anna spoke as she was told by her maid, she felt her heart was going to burst after she heard the horrible news.
"Now, what are we going to do?" Peter, Anna's husband, and Jenna's father spoke. He had placed a hand on his head.
Today was Anna and Peter's Callisto's daughter's marriage to the business tycoon, Neil Jackson.
Neil belonged to a big family. his father Raymond, Jackson owned the traditional family business that has been running for close to a century while his mother was a member of a royal family.
Both his parents held immense power, wealth, and influence, and he was supposed to get married to Jenna Callisto, whose family came second to the Jackson but, the Callisto was nothing against Jackson.
Neil and Jenna had met during college and fell in love with each other.
And after a lot of years of being in a relationship, they decided to tie the knot.
Jenna's parents Anna and Neil were very happy it's like they have won a lottery and they eagerly started to prepare for the wedding.
But today at the wedding, they got to know that their daughter Jenna had run away with the money and jewelry given by Neil and his family.
"What are we supposed to do now?" Anna spoke as she cried, "Honey Neil and his family will kill us. Shall we run away?"
Peter spoke, "Have you gone mad Anna? No matter where we go they will find us. We have to find some other way to get out of this mess. Maybe we should tell them."
Anna suddenly stood up and said, "Tell them what? that our daughter ran away?"
"What?!" Anna and Peter were shocked and scared to their core when they heard the voice of Neil as he stood in front of them glaring at them.
Neil was a handsome tall young man, with a sharp jawline, sharp long nose, and black shiny eyes with brownish hair, he was wearing a black suit that made his perfect body shine.
Their heartbeats stopped when they saw him walking closer to them. "What the hell did you say? Where is Jenna?"
Anna gulped and hid behind her husband, who spoke, "Mr. Jackson, we are sorry but..."
Before he could complete his sentence Neil moved away and searched each and every room but nowhere he find Jenna, he felt his heart being crushed by her absence again and again and in the end, he felt miserable when the realization dawned upon him that his bride, the love of life had run away from him.
He ran back to Anna and Peter and grabbed Peter's collar while Anna whimpered, "WHERE IS SHE?"
Anna cried, "We don't know, Neil, please we have no idea where she is so just stop."
Neil also let go of Peter's college and placed a hand on his forehead, if this news got spread on the media that Neil Jackson's wife had run away then it will make him and his family a laughing stock in front of everyone.
His family reputation will be gone and his parents will also be disappointed. What should he do now? From where is he supposed to bring a bride now?
"What's going on?" another voice was heard in the room and Erica walked in, Erica was Jenna's friend and was close to her. Erica was a beautiful tall woman with black eyes and brown hair, she was tall and had pale skin, her body was slim and she had a melodious voice.
"Where is Erica?" She asked and suddenly the maid who had told them about Jenna's absence spoke, "She was with you last right?"
Erica frowned. "What the hell are you trying to say?"
Suddenly, Neil thought that one time Jenna had mentioned that he doubted that Erica had liked him.
And Jenna loved her best friend too much, she couldn't see her sad, and the last time it was Erica who had seen her, then could it mean that Erica had something to do with Jenna's disappearance?
Anger invaded his nerves as he walked toward her and harshly held her hand. His perfectly shaped face was close to hers. "Where is Jenna?"
He asked and Erica's eyes widened, "How will I know where she is, isn't she your bride?"
He tightened his hold on her hand and spoke with gritted teeth. Anger was clear in his eyes as well as hate, "I asked where the hell is Jenna?"
Erica also yanked her hand back and spoke, "I don't know! Are you deaf? Can't you hear?"
"How dare you talk to me like that?" he said.
"And how dare you talk to me like that? Just because you can't find your bride does not give you the right to be a jerk to everybody around, stop being a b***h and find her."
Anna and Peter's eyes widened after they heard Erica talking like that to Neil.
Neil's chest heaved up and down as his face had gone red as he glared at Erica and so was Erica's.
Erica doesn't like the attitude of this man who thinks that he is at the top of the world.
The maid spoke suddenly, "The madam had spoken to me one time that she was hesitating to marry Mr. Neil because she thought that you loved him and she didn't want to lose you."
Erica frowned deeper. "Was Jenna mute? she would have told me if this was the case but no she didn't, and shut the hell up, get lost. Who the f**k even gave you the permission to stand here LEAVE!"
This was the reason why Neil had always hated her, she was filled with attitude and arrogance. She thought that she was at the top of the world, always being overconfident.
"She told the same thing to me as well," Neil said, and suddenly Erica sighed and held her head.
"Listen here and listen good there is nothing about you that I like you, there is not even a single thing about you that makes me think that you are a human you are nothing but a dog maybe that's what runs in your family genes."
Neil was beyond mad now, he can tolerate every and anything but someone badmouthing his family is something he has never tolerated and will never tolerate.
He suddenly grabbed her hand, "You have made a blunder today...and you will pay for it, I am going to make you regret insulting me..."
"And how are you going to do that?" she asked.
"I am going to marry you."