Jessica’s P.O.V.
“s**t!”
When I opened my eyes, I found my neck was strangled, a strong sense of suffocation.
In front of me stood a handsome man.
He had the darkest black eyes with knife-shaped eyebrows. His face must have been specially carved by God. He had full, plump pink lips as if he had put some lipstick there, the darkest orb as his eyes, a well-defined jawline, and well-groomed golden brown hair. His eyes were ice-cold as he took predatory steps toward me. He was in a black suit. His body was excluding the cold aura that frightened me more than I already did.
The corner of his lips crooked when he looked at me with a sarcastic gaze. He knitted his brows in amusement while looking at me.
“You dare to marry for money, and still you are looking at me as if I am going to kill you, huh?”
He asked me sarcastically, smirking as he let go of my neck.
Where am I? Who is he? I looked at him in surprise.
James slowly walked towards my side of the bed while locking his eyes on me like a predator looking at his prey. He knelt on one knee on the bed, and I gasped in horror when his hands propped up beside me.
“I didn't know Sarah was a mute,” he said in a cold, sarcastic tone.
Sarah is my uncle's daughter. ... I suddenly knew what had happened.
A bitter smile appeared on my lips. David’s family of three was really good at scheming. Not only did they put drugs in my food, they sent me here instead of Sarah.
“Jessica, It's also your blessing to marry Martin’s loser son instead of me!”
Thinking of Sarah's last words to me before I fainted, I looked at the handsome man in front of me, already guessing.
So, this guy is Martin's son James? The Martin family, one of the richest families in America?
But I heard that he suffered a major accident, not only lost his ability as a man, his face has become very ugly!
People said that he changed drastically after that accident from a cheerful and happy personality to a cold and cruel temperament.
James was tagged as brutal, murderous, cruel, and vicious. The people around him were terrified of him, and no one wanted to be on his bad side. Heck, no one wanted to be anywhere near his sight.
But... ? ... Why is this man so handsome?
I wanted to tell him that I was Jessyca, not Sarah, but he was so cold and powerful that I couldn't breathe. I can't say, or I don't know what he would do to me and my family to betray him.
After my parents' car accident, David and his family not only took over my father's business, but David's daughter, Sarah, also bullied me at home.
If I want to escape that home completely and survive here, I have to do something soon.
I cleared my throat and told myself internally that I could do it. I drew a charming smile on my lips and hooked my hands around his neck, pulling him closer to me. He frowned immediately.
“Come closer to me, and I will tell you,” I said in an ambiguous tone while looking at him playfully. I was trying to stay calm when all I wanted right now was to scream at the top of my lungs and run away from here. His face went dark immediately, and his jaw clenched tightly.
“You know that you are playing with fire, right?” he asked me in a cold tone, still locking his cold gaze on me. I slowly moved my face towards him, still having that smile on my lips. “Is it bad or good?” I asked him in a seductive tone.
I heard that James didn’t like going close to women, and he was even more disgusted with those women who took the initiative to throw themselves on him, let alone lie on his bed like me. He grabbed my wrist behind his neck and was about to say something when we both heard the door being locked. We snapped our heads in the direction of the door at the same time.
“James…. Joseph said that for the sake of the next generation of our family, you must stay inside tonight. I am sorry…. It’s not me,” someone yelled from outside. I could sense fear in his voice. I was dumbfounded by this course because I never heard that someone was locked inside his bedroom on his wedding night. I looked back at James curiously. If James lacked in certain areas…. Then what was the use of locking us together?
My eyes went lower on his body, and I felt sorry for him when it fell in a certain area. If there had not been the accident, he would have had a line of women waiting outside his mansion to marry him. I looked up at his face again, then down there. He followed my line of sight, and his already darkened face became more darkened and horrible.
He suddenly moved towards me and whispered in my ear. “If you want to die… just say it.” I shuddered hard when his hot breaths fanned my ear and the skin on my neck. This was the first time that I was that close to a man. I was sure that I was looking like a ripped tomato now. My heart started racing inside my chest. I slowly looked up, and my eyes met his. I could see the murder instinct in his dark, black eyes. Unconsciously, I removed my hands from his neck and moved around to get something. I leaned back to get away from him, but he moved forward with me, still his gaze locked on me.
“Scared?” he asked me sarcastically while moving his face closer to me. I just shook my head negatively. “Nope…. Do I need to be scared?” I asked him again in a seductive tone when my heart was about to come out of my mouth.
“Yes… you need to be scared…. Scared of me if you want to survive here,” he said in a throaty voice. His hot breaths were now fanning my face, feeling me hot all over once again. Our faces were only one finger apart from each other. One light move and he could kiss me.
My hand hit the night lamp at the bedside table. I grabbed it and raised my hand to hit him out of my instinct to survive. There was no way that I was going to die here tonight. I gasped in shock when he grabbed my wrist in a quick movement, quicker than the wind, and held it tightly. I winced in pain when he tightened his grip on my wrist, made me open my hand, and the lamp fell down on the ground, shattering into pieces.
My whole body trembled hard when I heard a faint inhumane sound coming out of his chest. He was still holding my wrist tightly. I winced in pain again when he tightened his grip on my wrist. I swore that his eyes went one shade darker once again.
“No matter what’s your purpose of marry me but you ever…. Ever even think about hitting any of my family member I will throw you among the hungry wolves to have a feast,” he threatened me in a very cold tone, making me gulp hard again.
“It doesn’t matter to me how wealthy your family is, James. I don’t want things that don’t belong to me,” I said in a calm tone this time, still having my eyes locked with his dark eyes. He took me as Sarah but I didn’t need to pretend her character. That’s not my fault that I am here. He stared at me without saying another word. His jaw clenched from time to time.
“You’d better abide by your duty, otherwise you will only die,” he threatened me again in a cold tone after some time, and before I could refute, he threw my hand harshly and pushed me back. He dashed towards the bathroom and slammed the door shut making me took a breath in relief. That was close.