CHAPTER 4 - A FORCED MARRIAGE
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VIOLET
"Violet Snow!"
The sound of my name jolted me back to the present and I stood up immediately. A slim blonde lady with slight curves, and wearing an ink blue skirt suit stood over me. She wore a smile on her face as she addressed me.
"Alpha Andrew Ford would like to see you now," She stated.
The realization that it was finally my turn to see the Alpha made my heart skip a beat and I briefly wondered if my little plan was going to work.
I adjusted my blouse quickly and followed his secretary through the open door of her office and once we were in, she pointed at another door at the far end.
"Knock twice and wait for his response."
I nodded slowly and walked up to the door. I knocked twice and almost immediately, I heard his voice from inside the office.
"Come in."
Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and walked in. Our eyes met at once and I averted my gaze quickly.
Alpha Andrew assessed me for the better part of a minute and finally, he smiled.
"You look so much like your father, Snow," He said.
I didn't think I bore that much resemblance to my father. It was his son, who looked exactly like him, and considering the fact that his son was a rude and ill mannered brat, I wondered if the Alpha would not be even worse.
"I'm here because of your son, Nicholas," I started.
"Business before any other conversations, I see," He said and smiled. "So what about my son? I assume your stepmother has made all necessary arrangements for the wedding."
"I'm pregnant..." I blurted out.
Graveyard silence enveloped his office at my words and I barely resisted the urge to quit the act and run out in shame.
"For someone else?" Alpha Andrew grunted. "Is my son aware about it?"
"I'm pregnant for your son!" I screamed out in frustration. "I'm pregnant for Nicholas Ford and he has refused to accept me as his mate."
I paused for a while and gathered all the courage left in me to look the aged Alpha, dead in the eyes.
"I came here to inform you of your son's actions," I continued. "And I want to remind you of the influence my father has in this city. A pregnancy scandal from Alpha Snow's first daughter would not be very good for your business."
I turned on my heels to leave, while secretly praying that the Alpha called me back and luckily for me, he did.
"Violet!" He boomed.
I spun around to meet his steely gaze.
"I called for a meeting with your stepmother to arrange this marriage," He said. "I want you for my son, Violet and whether he likes it or not, you would be his mate."
Tears of joy and relief ran down my eyes at his words. I didn't mind the fact that I had to play dirty. All that mattered to me at that moment was saving my father's life.
"And my father," I muttered. "Remember, he is sick and - "
"I would take care of that, I promise," He nodded.
Alpha Andrew slipped his phone out of his pocket and dialed a number.
"Nicholas," He grunted into the receiver. "I want to see you in my office in fifteen minutes!"
He hung up the call without waiting for a reply and turned to face me.
"Everything would be settled once he comes, I assure you."
I nodded slowly. My heart was still pounding in my chest. How was I going to admit in his presence, that I was pregnant for him when he had barely even touched me? What would happen if Alpha Andrew found out I was lying? Suddenly, my master plan seemed very dumb.
A few minutes later, I noticed that the formerly noisy building was now dead silent. I couldn't even hear as much as the usual shuffle of feet of the workers as they moved around and I turned to face Alpha Andrew.
"Is something wrong?" I asked.
"Let's just say everyone around here respects my son so much," He said and smiled.
A knot tightened in my chest at the realization that Nicholas was in the building and before I could get my act together, the door swung open.
"What was so urgent that couldn't wait for - "
Nicholas paused as soon as our eyes met and the smile on his face disappeared immediately.
"No, no, no," He shook his head in the negative. "I am not getting mated to that thing."
"Well, that thing is pregnant with your son," Alpha Andrew boomed. "My grandson! She is now your mate and my word is final!"
"Pregnant you say?" Nicholas chuckled. "Is this some sort of joke, Violet?"
I burst into a round of unrehearsed tears at his words and it took some minutes of consoling from Alpha Andrew to get me stable again.
"I called you here to inform you that she would be moving in with you tonight," Alpha Andrew continued. "You two would live together as mates. You would learn to love her and respect her. Maybe you would even learn to have some sense of responsibility when your child is born."
"Father, I have never - "
"Silence!" Alpha Andrew boomed. "Now get out of my office, and take your mate with you."
Nicholas was boiling with rage and I could see it well from the expression on his face. He grabbed me by my left hand and pulled me roughly out of his father's office.
"You little devil," He snarled. "You think you can force yourself on me, don't you?"
I didn't say a word in response and he continued.
"When did I lay my hands on you? Tell me!"
I remained silent, and he nodded.
"Since you want it this way," He continued. "You would be mine for as long as it would take your fake pregnancy to show up. I can assure you that I would make your life a living hell from now and right until the very day that I would be able to expose you for the fraud that you are."
He pointed at my stomach. "And if by chance there is a bastard in there, we would keep up the games for nine months, and when your bastard is born, we would see whose it really is."
Without sparing me another glance, he spun around and started towards his car.
As I watched the retreating figure of my devilishly handsome contract mate, I realized that in the next nine months of my life, I was going to be in for a very bumpy ride.
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