Secret Affair With My Fiancé's Brother

SYLVIA The door of my father's study shut closed as I went inside, a cold wind brushed my chestnut brown hair backwards as I raised my chin up to gaze at him. He was sitting facing his desk and working on his MacBook. I've never seen my father so serious in my entire life, unless he was in his business meetings or was going to kill a traitor. However, For the past few days, my father has been so busy and overly serious with his business and sorting out a certain organization which he owed money. His businesses were crashing and our company had just gone bankrupt. There was no hope for us, his ship was capsized in the sea, even though he suspected that it was done by an enemy, he had no clue which of his Enemies it was… I swallowed the huge lump inside my throat as I headed for the seat opposite his desk. “Father, you sent for me” I said, clenching my fist onto my dress as I looked him straight in the eye.. My father and I were close, not that close, but we had a good father-daughter relationship.. For the past few years, after he married my stepmother who bore him a daughter, I hated my dad for defying his promise to my mum. I moved out and studied abroad for years, not keeping contact with him too. I returned a few months ago on his call, he tried his best to make it up to me. He asked me to forgive him and I did. He was still my dad after all.. I was so worried to see how much he was losing himself, the business he had dedicated his whole life to build had come crashing down…. I wanted to help him but I couldn't.. My dad and I spoke about it last night and he told me there was a way to regain everything. But he'd tell me about it today. I am sitting here feeling anxious about finding out what it'll take us to get the company back… My dad just stared at me without saying anything, the looks in his eyes were sad, I could tell by just a glance at him.. What would it cost us to get back to business? I asked myself inwardly… “Sylvia, I'm glad you're here” he said, stretching his hands to grab mine and I let him. His hands were cold, there was something about this mood of his that I didn't like. It almost felt as if we had no hope. “Father, what is going on? Why did you summon me? Is there anything wrong?” I asked him curiously, deep down I wasn't ready to hear what he had to tell me. “I've found a way to get the money for our company, Lyia,” he said calmly… “What is it? Tell me?” I maintained eye contact with him—anticipating the announcement… “You have to get married to Thomas Tores” He stated…. The warmth inside my body turned cold and I froze.. I slowly withdrew my hands and kept them firmly on my thighs. Breaking eye contact with him.. “That isn't possible, father. How can I just get married to any man?” I almost yelled at him when I spoke, my heart beated faster inside my chest and I stood up. “Sylvia…” father called out my name. “I'm not going to do it. You have another daughter, why me? Why does it have to be me?” I yelled out loudly. “Because you're the eldest,” he replied. I scoffed in disbelief when he said that. Now, when it's time to sacrifice one of his daughters, I'm suddenly the eldest. However, a few months ago, Luciana was referred to as the eldest daughter during the banquet party.. “You're so unbelievably, dad. I cannot believe that you're doing this to me” I retorted. “You'll have to get married to him, that's the only way to revive our company.” “I'm not interested in getting married. The Company is already dead, I won't allow myself to be sold for its revival…” I declared and stood up heading outside his study room. My body heated up in rage as I headed back to my bedroom. I picked up my mobile phone from my bed and I called Carlos, my boyfriend. I wanted to speak to him and tell him about my father's decision to marry me out. My father never knew about Carlos, the both of us have been dating for quite a while now. And I know that my dad would never accept him because of his financial background. I knew my dad, he'd never give up until I accepted his plans. He was going to force me if I didn't.. Carlos was my only hope to escape from this. His line was unreachable no matter how many times I called. I had no choice but to go seek him at his apartment. I changed from the dress I was putting on into another sexy red short dress. I tried to look beautiful, applying some make-up to cover the dark circles in my eyes. I normally get them when my mood swings hit… I didn't want my father's announcement to ruin my mood since I was planning to have a nice time with Carlos when I got to his place. I felt bad for him, we've been together for about five months and I haven't allowed him to have s*x with me. I was hoping that we'll get married soon and I'll let him. I've always been a fan of getting married as a virgin, I was scared of being used and played by a man. Carlos was the only man who's been this patient with me for long. I tried his line again before heading outside the mansion to get a taxi. I couldn't go with one of my father's cars because of the situation on the ground. I was obviously sneaking out to spend time with a man and I wouldn't want him to find out about my movements… The taxi I took drove so fast and in no time I arrived in front of the building complex where Carlos’ apartment was located. After settling the bills, I head out towards the entrance of the building… Carlo's apartment was on the third floor so I used an elevator to get there. Outside his apartment, there was loud music causing Nuisance.. I had thought it came from one of the neighboring rooms until I realized that it came from him. I was a bit disappointed, why would Carlos play such loud music in such an environment? I personally got him this apartment and the landlord made us agree that he'd never cause nuisance. I didn't want us to breach that rule… I knew his password so I used it to get inside the apartment.. Inside his living room, the music was louder so I attempted to turn it off when my eyes caught a glimpse of something which looked like a woman's panties on the floor. I moved closer to examine it, I wasn't wrong at all.. it was indeed a woman's panties. There was another on top of the sofa and then I started to notice the clothes on the floor too. Female dresses, pants and bras were on the ground. I was a bit confused. Did I get into the wrong apartment? I asked myself for a second.. I was certain that this was my boyfriend's apartment, I recognized everything inside. I decided to check his bedroom to see if he was inside.. On opening the door, I saw Carlos in bed with a woman while two other women were dancing naked in his bedroom. The stench of alcohol choked my nose and I could barely breathe.. I rolled my eyes around hoping that it was a f*****g dream what I was seeing in front of me. “Carlos!” I yelled out but he couldn't hear me because of the loud music. They were all drunk, obviously… No one saw me as I left the premises with tears pouring down my eyes and my body trembling uncontrollably.. “Carlos, you bastard!” I yelled out, cussing… I quickly boarded a taxi, not deciding where I wanted to go…