Man of his word

D-day

EMMA POV

I cant breathe, I need to move from this compromising position otherwise I will end up making promises I am not willing to fulfill. Why does this man have this effect on me???

I clear my throat to get his attention and he stops for brief moment looking at me straight in my eyes and I turn my face to avoid his gaze.

"Could we please sit?" I request in small voice, hoping he will budge but he looks reluctant

"What will I get in return?" he inquires as he runs his finger up and down my arm making me feel tingly and I shudder slightly. I know I have to get him to step back otherwise I will lose my resolve, I push him slightly to make him step back a bit and respond, "I will take back my resignation" he rolls his eyes clearly he is not content with my offer and asks, "what else?"

I pause wondering what else he would want and I shrug my shoulders.

He smirks, "very well, here is my list of demands, 1. you will keep coming to work, 2. you will agree to discuss about formalizing our relatio......"

"WHAT!!!!!" I interrupt him, he continues "yes you heard me" running his hands through my hair and steps back and continues, "3. I want you to start calling me with a term of endearment like baby, honey and the like, cannot have my wife calling me by my first name like we are strangers"

At this point I can feel my blood boiling, the nerve of a man and clinch my fists.

"I do not agree" 

"Very well then you settle for the tag of mistress then," and smirks at me as my jaw almost drops on the floor.

"I will sue you for harassment" at this point my voice is more of a screech

"Hmmm, well you could try but I can assure you that you will lose," after which he turns and heads towards the sofa and sits

"Please sit, we have a lot to talk about before I take you to where we are going and I need us to be on the same page." He gestures for me to come forth.

"Where did you want us to go?" I inquire

"Sit first, I will answer your question after a short while." he sounds like he is getting impatient so I resume sitting on the chair beside his desk. He sighs and shakes his head, he gets up and pulls the other chair beside mine and sits. "Do not think of getting up" he says with a stern voice, its like he read my mind so I sit still.

"I will get straight to the point, and do not even think of interrupting or refusing because I will not listen or negotiate, we are going to start living together starting today as a couple."

"WHAT!!!!"

"Is that the only protest word you know?" raising his eyebrows at me, "besides your luggage has already been moved as we speak so there is no going back on that and you are already signed the pre-nap."

"When did I do that?"

"You really need to read the fine print of every document you sign Kitten." he looks amused with the trap he setup for me. He reaches out on for a document on his tray and hands it to me, pointing to the page with a sticky note poking out. I vaguely remember signing a bunch of HR documents and yes, I did not bother reading past page 2 after I was told its an appendix to my contract.

At this point I feel like am going to vomit and just look down as he continues, "as for work, you can come and go as you please and still receive your allowance and perks, you are no longer an employee but a shareholder."

At some point I zone out as he continues speaking that sounds like a riot act to me and I just nod my head. Clearly my stupidity knows no bounds and this time I cannot blame anyone because I was alone and very sober when I signed the document.

"Kitten, are you even listening?" snapping his fingers in front of my face, I did not notice he has stopped talking.

"Sorry I just need time to process all this, could we discuss all this later please?," I can feel my eyes getting blurry, a clear sign that I am about to cry.

"Fine, we have a lifetime to discuss it anyway but we need to leave now," he gets up stretching his hand towards me but I ignore it and stand up.

"Where are we going again?" I inquire as we enter the lift

"Engagement party"

"For who?"

"Us"

"You cannot do this, its too soon, lets postpone it" I try to plead with him

"No, its too late for that, our parents have already consented to it."

I rub my temples, and try to digest what am hearing, so my mother knew about this and never told me? I feel like a pawn piece on a chess board. Everyone seems to be making decisions for me without my consent, how pathetic am I.

We get to the car that is being driven by Jones, I decide to sit very far from him and stare outside the window the whole time. We make a brief stop for David to collect some items I have no idea what they are and we continue driving off to who knows where.

I suddenly feel something poking me in my ribs continuously and I turn to see David poking my ribs with a smile on his face.

"How do you plan to brood?"

"For a lifetime" I respond sneering at him

"At least you have confirmed you will be with me" he smiles and looks ahead, clearly am not winning this fight and decide to ignore him till we get to the destination. I suddenly notice the scenery changing to a more green landscape with very tall trees and I look ahead and notice we are approaching a very tall gate. The car slows down and Jones swipes a card and the gates swing open, from a distance I can see a large mansion and I cannot help but gawk at it.

There seems to be a lot activity going on and people seem to be in a hurry moving up and down.

Soon the car comes to a stop and we step out of the car, before us is a line of maids and one male whom I assume must be the butler. David introduces me as the lady of the house and I cant help but feel nervous, I know am not ready for all of this, soon we are done with the introductions and we head into the mansion. If I thought Mary's home was big I was wrong, this was huuuuuuggggggeeee.

At the moment I do not have the energy to appreciate the beauty of the mansion because I am not here at my freewill. I do not even realize that I have been led into one of the rooms, I hear the door slam and it makes me jump back to reality. David is looking at me with a lot of concern and walks towards me and I step back.

"Are you that pissed to be tied to me?" he asks looking sad

"What do you think?" I sneering, "besides you said its too late to back down so why are you asking for my opinion now?" I continue rudely.

"You want to marry me, am here, but dont expect me to love you any time soon" I turn to walk towards the window.

Soon I feel a warmth on my back and I know he is standing behind and speaks softly in my eyes, "good know that at some point in our lifetime you will love me, I will patiently wait for that day." He pecks on my neck and leaves the room.

Why is this man so stubborn....

DAVID POV

Dammit being close to her is making my wires loose, I am barely hanging by a string. I almost lost it in the office and now in the guest room. Her resistance makes her so irresistible. I hear a soft knock on the door and my father walks in with my mother in tow.

"Well son, you finally took matters in your hands, thats my boy" and pats me strongly on the back. My mum hugs me crying making my father roll his eyes. "Can you control yourself, I shudder to think of how you will be the day we have to give away our daughter" of which my mum responds, "I never thought my son would ever settle down, am just so happy".

"Okay fine, contain your joy a bit I do not want my queen having puffy eyes in the photos," as he hugs my mum he turns to me, "I hope she is ready for the surprise"

"What surprise?" inquires my mother

"Oh baby we cannot tell you because despite how much I love you, you just cannot keep a secret so you will just have to wait" and with that he leads my mother towards the door before she starts asking a lot of questions, "we will wait for you downstairs son" and softly closes the door.

Now am left to my thoughts, I wonder how Kitten is feeling, good thing I put a guard at her door and another around the perimeter just incase, you never know as for the surprise I know I am going to be in the dog house for a while.

I have to tie her down now or else someone else will snatch her from me like the stupid Tom almost did, just the thought of him makes me clench my fist in anger. I look at my watch and I know I need to leave the room now, I quickly adjust my cuffs and head out to wait for Kitten to come down.

EMMA POV

Everything seems to be moving so fast, I hear a soft knock on the door and a maid walks in with a rack of clothes for me to put out one. I settle for an off white halter neck long gown to cover the hickey that David left on my neck in the morning. After I take a quick shower I walk in to find the stylist and make up artist are already waiting for me.

In one hour all is done and choose a simple earring set since the bodice of the gown has some intricate beadwork on it. My make up has been done lightly, as she is completing her handy work, mother walks in requesting the ladies to leave. Once the door closes its like all the pent up frustrations have been holding in come out and within seconds am a crying mess on my mother's shoulder not caring that I am messing up my make up that took close to an hour to complete.

"You will be fine dear, its time you settled down any way" she consoles me as she rubs my back.

"How could you consent to this mum?"

"Well you already signed a pre-nuptial agreement so even if I had an objection of which I don't by the way, that agreement is iron clad. Our lawyers confirmed it."

"He shared it with you?" I ask in surprise

"Yes" then she chuckles "also the proposal video"

"Ohh mum, I really messed up this time"

"Well yes and no, I have always cautioned you to stop doing stupid things when you are drunk but good thing is that it has earned me a marvelous son in law" she continues, "so its a win win for me, one you have been punished for not listening to me and also now I get a son-in law who I really adore so suck it up"

"I guess I have no other options, lets get over and done with this" and my mother steps out to call in the make up artist whop is now looking pissed that she not only has one face to redo but two.

After another one hour, we are finally ready and we head out of the room, am glad I wore low heeled wedges because the ceremony is in the field. As we walk down the stairs a thought crosses my mind, maybe there is still a chance I can make a run for it, the main door is open and no one is manning. I feel a tight squeeze on my arm and my mother whispers, "do not even think about it or I will disown you" clearly this is happening whether I want it or not.

My father is waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs and I can see his eyes very moist like he is about to cry. He takes my arm and leads me through the garden doors towards the main tent, for a last minute the place looks packed.

My father stands on the left with me while David stands on the right with his father, there is a man in a religious outfit in the middle who begins to speak to the crowd.

"We are gathered hear today to witness the formalizing of the union between Emma and David, if anyone has any objections speak now are forever hold you peace"

Hold up...….I thought it was engagement....why does this sound like we are getting married and I start moving back of which my father holds my arm tight and I realize I wont manage to run away.

The priest quickly moves to the next part

"Who hands over the bride?" and my father replies "I do"

"Who receives the bride?" of which David's father responds "I do"

"You may be seated"

Suddenly some things start to make sense, no wonder all the gowns were between white, off white and cream, I really need to pay more attention to what is happening.

Since I do not want to disappoint my parents, I decide to corporate, after a short while we say our vows. Then the priest inquires "who shall bare witness for the bride?" and at that moment Mary runs in panting "I do, sorry for being late, traffic" and she quickly stands beside me and the priest then asks "who shall bare witness for the groom?" and a man from the front row stands up "I do" he looks familiar but I cannot seem to place where I have seen.

Soon the ceremony is over and its time to eat and mingle, David uses this moment to introduce me to his family members and business associates who attended. For a brief moment I am pulled away by Mary

"Aww you are finally hitched"

"Yer to someone I do not even know"

At that point I feel a warmth behind me and raspy voice in my ear, "do not worry Kitten you have a lifetime to learn about me" to which I roll my eyes. Luckily my dad comes and grabs him from me before I respond back to go and introduce him to other family member from my end.

I turn my attention to Mary, "So when were you going to inform me about all this?" I sneer at her

She shrugs her shoulders and responds "I was just told 2 hours ago to get here, am just as surprised as you, I guess he did not trust that I would keep it from you."

At this point David is back and begins to chat with Mary but I decide to keep quiet, I cannot leave because he is holding me so tight around the waist. Soon its 1am and the guest begin to leave after David and his father have given their vote of thanks to the guests.

The last bath of guests finally leave at 4am, at this point am slightly tipsy and I just want to sleep. My face is aching from all the fake smiling I have done all evening. Its still yet to sink in that in the morning I woke up single and now am going to bed married. When I woke up today none of my plans involved getting hitched and yet here we are.

The staff and suppliers are now clearing up the field and David holds my hand and directs me to the stairs, at this point am tired and tipsy so I really do not have so much resistance in me any more. As we walk down the corridor I turn to enter the room I was previously and David chuckles and carries me bridal style as he continues walking down the corridor.

"Wait, where are you taking me? You have passed my room"

"Who said that is your room?" I can hear the amusement in his voice "if you must know, we are heading to our room."

I this point I slightly sober up, does that mean....noooo,,,, we are not going to sleep in the same bed. This is not good, I like sleeping in the buff and I cannot do that with a stranger in my bed.

"Look lets have an agreement for like a month"

"Am listening" he stops walking to give me his full attention

"Could we sleep in separate  rooms until I get used to this marriage thing"

"No" and he continues walking and suddenly stops at the end of the corridor and puts me down to enable him open the door. I quickly turn to make a run for it but I forgot am in a long gown and am drunk and so after 3 steps I tripped but some how my body does not connect with the floor because David managed to grab me in good time.

"I have a feeling being married to you is going to be an adventure," he chuckles as he carries me in to the room and gently places me on the bed.