From Contract To Forever

Kaycee, please calm down. He gave me three days to think about it. I am sure I can figure something out before then”, Serena pleaded with Kaycee, who was obviously not taking the news well. “Are you listening to yourself Serena, that was our last resort, our last hope. I mean what was I even thinking when I talked you into this. It is all my fault.” “Don’t say that I had a choice when I agreed to it okay.” They sit in silence for what felt like hours until Kaycee breaks the silence. “So what do we do now? Our last resort can’t be to marry you off to Mr. perverted dungeon master who is not even good-looking” she exclaims, “I know, but honestly I can’t seem to think right now ,I’m so not up to it.I will go check on mum before I go to work and tell Meg I said thank you for giving me. Some slack”, Serena said, heading to the door. “Sure no problem” Kaycee responded. On her way to the hospital, Serena was lost in thoughts. She couldn’t marry Mr. Wood Stone, and she cannot also not think of marrying him as an option if that would help save her mother’s life, but how else would she get three million dollars in such a short amount of time without having to resort to illegal means like robbing a bank. Suddenly, she gets a text from Lucas saying she needs to hurry to the hospital. “What happened, Lucas?” “We had to put her in a temporary induced coma. Serena, things are not looking good. She needs that surgery very soon. What are you going to do”, Lucas asked her, At this point, Serena is left with no choice. She had to decide in order to save her mother. “I’ll be right back”, she told Lucas, and running out of the hospital with tears in her eyes, she headed straight to Mr. Stone’s office, hurriedly barging into his office “I’ll marry you, please save my mother” she said with a heavy heart. Mr. Stone did not look surprised but he smiled instead. “ I knew you'd be back soon. I’m glad you’ve agreed, so I’ll make a down payment, so she can receive surgery treatment” he said, almost as if he knew what had just happened to her mother. She dropped on the floor crying “Do I have to marry you?”, she asked Mr. Wood stone to please consider and just give her the money as a loan, and she would pay him back, but he responded oddly, his face turned dark and had a twisted smile. “You don’t have to marry me Serena. Three million dollars is nothing to me, but I have had my eyes on you for a long time. I mean look at you, pretty, smart, and all the character I should be looking for in a bride before I ended up with those nonentities and those hoes of women I married, but I could not get you to even work for me full time, my money was not going to just change your mind when you are so driven, I had to be patient and waited for the right moment” She caught on quickly. “My mother”. With tears in her eyes, she stood up and looked him dead in the eye. You are unbelievable” and just as she was about to walk out of his office, he said “ Serena, don’t fight it. Think about how much your life is going to change.” She steps out to see Ella waiting for her. “He has asked me to help you prepare and fix things for the wedding. I’m so sorry sweetie and here is your card. You can shop for anything you want”. She hands Serena a black card. Serena walks out of the building with tears in her eyes. She checks the time. It was really late in the night, and she could not go see her mother looking like that, so she called Kaycee to stay with her mother for the night. Feeling like a total loser with a black card, she gets herself a very expensive red dress and heads straight to the club. “Well, I will not be a single lady for long.I feel super shitty with a black card. I could as well have a drink or two” Serena walks into the bar with an air of allure, she exudes an irresistible combination of elegance and sensuality, her confident stride and the way she carries herself makes it clear that she knows she’s turning heads. “Scotch double”. She tells the bartender, she ignores the men approaching her until she feels tipsy enough to forget why she was there in the first place and, after her fifth glass, she was definitely tipsy. “Hey pretty, do you care for a ride”? A man approaches her “Piss off” Serena responded to the creep he had been checking her out since she got into the bar and most definitely knew how many glasses she had, but he started to get handy. “A girl like you shouldn’t be left all by herself” he said, holding her arm this time. “Let go of me, you creep” she said, pulling herself away from this man, but losses her balance but thankfully a strong hand reaches out and catches her it was Devyn Balch “The young lady asked that you leave her alone” Devyn said, facing the creepy guy head on until he finally left. Devyn turned to speak to Serena, but she had gone back to the bar tender to order more scotch. “What in the world is this lady thinking, he thought”, running towards her before she drank herself to death, before she could take any more sips, he grabbed the glass out of her hands and handed the glass of scotch back to the bartender “Make that water please.” Serena asked furiously "who the hell do you think you are?” “Someone trying to save you from yourself” he responded, handing her the glass of water. “ Who said I needed saving” she interjects, looking at him again. He thought to himself how he found her oddly familiar. “That loose dress you have on and the enormous amount of alcohol you have in your system now drink the water and I will not ask again” With no objection from Serena, she does as she is told. “Get up, let's go”, he pulled her close to him by the hand. His touch felt a shock she could not explain. She thought this was probably because of alcohol. He takes her out of the bar and into his car. “What is your house address young lady”. He finally managed to extract the information from her and took her home. Days passed and, finally, the day Serena dreaded the most was finally here. Her marriage to Dexter freaking Wood Stone. Her mother was indeed being receiving treatment, but Dexter got men to secure Mrs Campbell as his insurance policy. Serena, what have you done”, her mother said to her, crying during one of her visits. “ I had to mom, it was my only choice and option to get the money for your surgery”. They held hands and cried for hour in the arms of one another. “Do not worry mother, it is not as bad as you think it is. This. Would change our lives” Mrs Campell pulls back and looks into the eyes of her daughter “are you trying to convince me or yourself ? My dear, I understand why you have to do this, but making life choices like this because of a situation you find yourself in does not always turn out great.” “I know mum, but this one cannot be helped. It is already happening”. *************** Serena stands in front of the altar looking pretty as ever in a white wedding gown which fitted her slim body build, her hazel green eyes had lost it's spark and her plump pink lips curled up into a pout showing how much she dreaded what was to come. She turned sideways to view her Straight platinum blonde hair which had been tied up neatly her best friend who was now by her side, lost in thought. She might be regretting her decision, but her mum will be okay and that’s the only reassurance she needs to proceed with this marriage. The priest starts the preceding and just when they were about to make their vows the priest asks , “Is there anyone in this gathering that would want to object to this marriage? Please speak now.” There was silence everywhere for the first five seconds and just as the priest was about to proceed, a loud banging sound was heard. “I object” Everyone was shocked as they turned to see who objected. The surprise and the anticipation in the air was palpable. It was like time froze for a moment, and everyone held their breath, wondering what would happen next, whispers all around “Is that Devyn Balch, oh my gosh,” they all whispered as he walked up to Serena and Dexter. “I’m sorry I cannot let my wife get married to another man.”