Entangled

"What" is what escapes from your mouth, but it's just a whisperer which your parents can hear but they choose to ignore it. You are frozen in your mind and body. You look in front of you and try to find out any kind of expression on your parents' faces but there was none. "Yes. We have to do it. We try to convince them by offering something else but they don't agree. They can only help us if we agree to their conditions". Your mom said, and a tear rolled down her face. Your father has a cold expression but you can clearly see that he was not ready to do what they wanted. " OK" that is the only thing you can say at that moment and you leave the table to go back to your room. The moment you come into your room your hand flies over your mouth and you just cant believe that the man everyone talks about in your college who came a week ago for some seminar and just stole every girl's heart, you are going to marry him. If you say that you were not attracted to him, it would be lying, but marriage is just outside of the box. ----------------------------- "Dad", Elijah shouted, because he didn't know any other way to react to what his parents were saying to him. "I'm not gonna marry some random girl who can be a w***e, a gold digger, a b***h or what not. Why would I need to marry?" his father just looked at his son. He was disappointed with his choice of word because the girl he chose for him was anything but a w***e or a gold digger. "Elijah, watch your mouth, you are not only disrespecting a woman, you are also speaking in front of your parents." "OK, I'm sorry, but I can't marry anyone right now. I want to focus on my career, not marriage. But you don't want to understand me and what is this condition that I can't be CEO if I don't get married? You didn't tell me this before. Suddenly you find some girl and want me to get married." he was fuming. He has worked hard for his position since his childhood. He tried to be a perfect son any parent could ask for but they just couldn't stop their demands one after another. "I don't want you to end up like your uncle, and my decision is final, you can go home." with that, his father got up and left the dining table and Elijah looked at his mom. His mom just smiled and also left. He had no choice but just to agree with his parents' demand, so he threw the glass which was on the table and angrily left the house. ---------------------------- A knock could be heard in an empty office room. The silence was too much. The men inside the office were just looking everywhere just to calm himself. When the person is outside the door, getting no response, just to see. What was going on inside? The person opened the room and that's it. Elijah burst out in anger. "Did I tell you to come inside? " his eyes were burning, his secretary answered, ignoring his question, " What's the matter, why did you throw everything on the floor. The next second, his secretary was get pinned on the door. "dare to disrespect me one more time and you are out not only from my company but the very company you would think of joining next". She was trembling now out of fear. She thought she could be more than she was to him, but no, she was wrong. " I..m sorry I was just". She couldn't complete her words before Elijah spoke again. " Just because I slept with you one time, don't think you can speak to me the way you want and dare to call me Elijah once again". She nodded her head and Elijah back of from her "just clean this s**t and leave" with that saying Elijah left from office to meet the girl his parents choose for him to marry. He called his mom for the 3rd time and his mom picked up his call this time. " Mom gave me her number. I want to talk to her". Her mom responded immediately. "No Elijah, if you are thinking about scaring that girl, then don't. She is not that kind of girl you think" her mom was scared for the poor girl. "No mom, I just want to meet her. I just can't get married to anyone you guys want now. Can I at least I wanted to see her face to face. I swore i'll not scare her. Just give me her number already." ---------------------------- You wakeup from your not-so-present sleep. You are not feeling well, not physically but mentally, like how could you when you were feeling like a sward was hanging over your head. You don't want to get up, but you have to because you have college to attend and just thinking about your college your mind drifts into the conversation you had with your parents last night. Yes, you have to get married. Did he allow you to continue your studies? Did he allow you to pursue your dream? Oh god, just thinking about it makes you feel sick. Suddenly, you feel a dinging sound from your phone. You scratch your hand and then pick up your phone to check and your heartbeat stops. There is a message from an unknown number and in that message there is nothing, just one word was written. "ELIJAH" --------------------------- You come downstairs and decide to take a water bottle and just head out, but your mom notices your "Bella". You turned to the living room and saw your mom was sitting there. "uhh mom I'm actually getting late. I promise I'll eat something from the canteen". Your mom just nodded after looking at the hanging watch. You turned around, heading to the door, but before that you stopped in front of a full-leant mirror which was placed in a corner and looked at yourself head to toe. You were wearing a yellow summer dress. You bite your lips and debate about whether to change or not. There is nothing wrong with the dress, but the fact that today you are going somewhere makes you feel a little bit conscious. Your hair was naturally wavy and fresh because you washed it yesterday. You wear ankle-length black boots and one-sided black backpack. It's so new to you to feel that way but you have to do this, so decline the thought of changing you head out. You were standing a few blocks away from your house, and continuously looking back and forth to see if the person was coming or and then you saw a black slick car enter the block and come in front of you and stop. Your hands started sweating. You suddenly start to feel like you are doing a crime. Seeing someone behind your parents' back feels like sin to you at that moment. The car window rolled down and the person looked through it. He was sitting in the driving seat. You hear a ticking sound and you realize he unlocked the car door. " Are you coming?" You come to the world and open the door. As you sat on the seat, your hand started trembling. What if he kidnaped you or killed you or did something bad to you? You shake your head and look at the man who is going to be your husband. You can't believe that you agreed to meet him without telling your parents even after feeling uneasy. That is why he doesn't want your parents to know about this meeting. He was looking at you and you felt like you had forgotten how to breathe. " What's your name?" "umm Bella", it came out more like a whisper which you don't like. You cursed yourself mentally and cleared your throat and looked at him and the moment your eyes met him you felt like something happened inside your body. "Did you have your breakfast?" After a minute, your so-called-would-be husband asked you if he didn't just threatened you, this morning on call to meet you as soon as you can, leaving everything you scoff in your mind and answeard him, this time a little louder "No" and turn your face to front and again a minute of silence and you got froze at your place when you see him moving infront of you his face come closer to you you wear scared to death at that point you wear fighting inside your head to control your body to not make you embaressed but act like a scary cat you normally looked at him like you are okay with that an then you feel him plugging your sit belt and move away and you signed in relife. The whole ride felt so intense that you didn't even move your head. You just look in front of you and think about what is gonna happen next and where he is taking you. This morning. After that text, when you didn't reply anything to that text, you get a call from him. First you decide to ignore it because you don't know how to react. It's not like you don't know how to speak to strangers, it just felt so nostalgic because in your whole life you stay out of the boys' eyes, you don't even have a male friend and whenever you have to talk to a boy, it's only about study or college work. Now, now that suddenly you get a call from a man, not even a boy, and that man is your so-called-would-be husband, and when you did not pick the call, your phone again starts ringing and you have no choice and have to receive it. Because what if your parents get mad at you and as soon as you pick the call, the first thing you hear is a bit of an annoyed tone "where were you", as you were answerable to him for your every move, but you reply calmly and politely "mm im sorry I was in, washroom" and in return you got straight one minute silent you thought he might be angry thats why he don't want to talk so you clear your throat and decide to speak but before you started you heard his voice "i want to meet " and that's it you stopped breathing you were so lost that you don't even remember anything after that you don't even say ok to him he just said don't inform your parents and here you are sitting with this man and going god knows where. ----------------------------- Elijah was so angry at night that he didn't even see his mother's message where she was telling him to not misbehave with the girl and how good and beautiful the girl was. He didn't even ask for your name, and when he woke up this morning, the first thing he did was dial your number and, as the first call went off and you didn't receive it. It made him so pissed that, when the second time he dialed your number, he decided mentally that he would teach you a lesson, but everything went in vain when he heard your soft and calm voice. He thought you'd shout at him like you were sleeping and he disturbed your sleep, but an instant, he got an answer which made him feel that he was in charge and you were answerable to him and he could take over you. It's such a sick feeling, but it makes his ego settled and here you are with him in his car without even questioning him about what he wants. The moment his eyes laid on you. He was gone. He forgot everything he had thought of before coming here. There is no chance he can deny this marriage because he knows his father is not gonna agree and, after seeing you, some part of him also wants to agree with the marriage. So he decided to figure out if you are suitable for him or not. He could feel how nervous you are from time to time. He was looking at you. You looked so beautiful to him. He has a good share with women, but he never had anyone like you look so beautiful and innocent. There was a debate going on in his mind about whether you are actually that innocent from inside too?. He would find this himself. Your hair was put in a bun but a few strands were floating around, his hands felt itchy to tuck them behind your ears like what the hell he didint came here for this. He wanted to meet you so that he could scare you into not agreeing with the marriage. Now he is the one who wanted to know you more. He thought of taking you to some restaurant to make you have your breakfast, but he just couldn't go around with a woman anywhere and if someone clicked both of your pictures, then yours and his father would get to know about your meeting, so he decided to take you to his company. ----------------------------- He parked his car at the entrance of the parking lot, and got out of the car. A guard opened your door and you slowly came out. You look around and get to know that he brought you to his company. Everyone knows about him and his company, so it's not a big deal to figure out this much. You look at him and find out that he is already looking at you. He came toward you and signaled you to walk forward and you did as you said. The moment both of you enter the company, everybody stops to look at you both. Some of them, the receptionist smiles at you both sweetly and greets you with a little good morning mam and sir, you greet her back sweetly too, with a smile because she is the first one who spoke to you so sweetly this morning. Elijah was looking at you the whole time and when you smiled at the receptionist he was amused. You didn't smile at him like that, but again, he didn't do anything which could earn a smile from you. You stood in your place not knowing what to do because Elijah was talking to the guards regarding the media issue, so you stood a little forward from him. Suddenly, you felt a hand on your waist and that hand was none other than Elijah. He pushed you softly to walk and you did, but only you know what you are feeling. The hand on your waist makes you freak out from inside but you are composed from outside. You know how you're managing. The lift door opened and you both entered but he didn't remove his. You wanted to wiggle out of his hold but you felt like you couldn't escape from his hold. Your checks were burning. But you refuse to behave like a freakout person after all you are old enough to handle this kind of situation. So what, you never had any boy holding you like that? So what if you never go silent for this long? So what if you never lied to your parents? It's not a big deal. Yes, it's not a big deal with mind set that you lift your head high and look ahead and find him looking at you through a mirror. ----------------------------- Elijah somehow wanted to laugh at your expression. He can easily read your expressions. You were thinking something really hard. Your eyebrows were frowning and your nose was scrunching. You were biting your lips from time to time and hell you were even nodding your head slowly like you are aging to your mental statements. He himself doesn't know why he holds you that way. It's not like he is an affectionative person, hell no, but when he turns to you in the lobby after his talk with his guards. He noticed many men were looking at you like creeps. He didn't like it. Something inside him wanted to fire every one of them and before he lost his s**t, his hand itself shot to touch you and the moment he touched you he felt a sensation, a wearied feeling which he never felt before. The lift door opened at the 35th floor and his arms were wrapped around you more firmly. He felt your body go stiff but he didn't care. He came out of the lift with you in his arms. Everybody went silent the moment they saw their boss with somebody. His secretary immediately stood up and approached him, but her face got dull when she saw you. She knew who you were. You also recognized her. A few weeks ago, when you were at your father's company, you ran into her, then you both introduced each other and had a coffee together. She was a sweet lady. At least that day she behaved like one. "Hii Abigail", you smiled brightly at her and tried to reach her for a hug, but you felt Elijah hold got tight on you, so you turned to him with your confused eyes. But he didn't answer anything. He instantly turned to Abigail. " Come into the cabin after 5 minutes ". With that, he took you to his cabin. You are confused as hell, like what the hell this man thinks about himself. He is moving you around like he can do anything. He makes you sit on the sofa and sit beside you. You turned to him. Your expression was fun. He cleared his throat. You know right that we are getting married". The question makes you instantly uneasy. You nodded and licked your lips and that movement instantly got Elijah's attention and he looked at your lips and looked away. " Why, I'm here?", that was the question Elijah thought you would ask him at first hand. When you met him, he would tell you not to agree to this marriage, but now that you ask this question he doesn't know what to answer. "I wanted to know you". Your cheeks get heated before you respond. Abigail entered the room and Elijah's face instantly got hard and he glared at her "Do you know anything about knocking?" she immediately said a little sorry and looked down in embarrassment. He turned to you and asked softly "What do you want to eat?". Your face instantly lit up "Mm can I have a strawberry pancake and smoothy." You are very hungry. He nodded at you and looked at Abigail and she understood she had to place the order. She nodded and left the room.