Love, Lies and Legacy

Chapter 4

Yvonne's POV

The dinner goes by smooth, no one dares to say a word except dad and Mr Black. Judging by how Dad has been treating the Black family, I can tell that they are way more influential than us. Dad treats them like an egg, it is kind of embarrassing but oh well, it is not like I plan on marrying Xavier anyways. I would do literally anything to avoid marrying Xavier, anything except moving back to California of course. I just hope it does not resolve into having to move back to California. I would rather dig my own grave than do that.

Anyways, the parents asked I and Xavier to excuse them for a brief moment. They asked us to stay in my room and although I know that they only said that so I and Xavier could have a conversation. How can I hold a conversation with such an arrogant man like him? He will not even spare me a glance and he looks around my room as if it is some dump space.

I scoff and speak up "Mr Xavier. Have we met before?" I ask raising a brow at him while I pace the room.

"No, why would you think that?" He asks, his eyes are on the wall and it almost feels like he can see something right through the wall.

"I do not know, maybe it is because you act like I have offended you in the past or something. You look irritated by my presence." I say with a small shrug.

I catch him rolling his eyes and adjusting the collar of his suit.

"I have never seen someone like you in my life before. What makes you think I would ever associate myself with someone like you?" Xavier speaks up in a bored tone. I clench my fist in anger and raise a brow at him. What in the world does he mean by someone like me? Is he downgrading me or am I the one exaggerating things?

"Then why are you so rude?" I blurt out. For some weird reason I regret saying that because Xavier suddenly snaps his head towards my direction. I wish he had just continued staring at the wall and not at me because his gaze on me makes me feel really uncomfortable.

"Did you just call me rude?" Finally an emotion appears on his face, it is certainly not a good one but I at least caused him to have a reaction.

"I did not mean it that way, sorry. I just feel like you are being a bit hostile to me. I mean I know we both do not want to be in this marriage but you can at least act a bit nice to me. We can both talk to our parents that we do not want to get married, what do you think?" I say. If Xavier and I are able to come up with a tangible reason as to why we do not want to get married to each other then I think things should work out fine between the both of us. Dad will not be able to do anything else once Xavier is also not in support of this marriage of a thing.

"Oh, except there is one problem about everything you just said." Xavier says rubbing his temple. I scrunch my brows and in curiosity at him. "What problem?" I ask.

"I actually want to marry you. That's the problem." Xavier says with a straight face. Did I just hear him say that he wants to marry me or am I dreaming? I think I might be misunderstanding him because why in the world will he say he wants to marry me?

"Sorry, I did not get you? Did you just say you want to marry me or did I hear you wrongly?" I ask.

"You heard me right, do not expect me to repeat myself for the second time." Xavier says in a serious tone.

"Why would you want to marry me? I mean you must be joking right? If you are joking then I think it is time for you to quit it because this is something crucial, this has to do with my life." I exclaim. Surprisingly Xavier does not flinch, he just raises a brow at me and says in a bored tone "Do I look like a clown to you? None of this is a joke and for your information, it does not just involve your life but my life as well."

I scoff and glare at him at him in disbelief. Is this a nightmare or is Xavier Black actually willing to marry me?

"Why? You do not even know anything about me at all. You said that yourself." I snap at him.

Xavier just shrugs, he clears his throat and speaks up "I can do whatever I want to. I do not owe you an explanation at all." I scoff, did he just say that he does not owe me an explanation? My goodness, this is my life and yes he owes me an explanation.

"How can you be so causal about things when this involves me and not just you. I made that clear to you earlier that this has something to do with my life! How can you be so selfish about this?" I raise my voice at him with tears swelling up in my eyes. I have the urge to just slump to the floor and break down in tears but I have to hold myself strong. I can not break down in front of someone like him. He looks just as cold and heartless as Dad does. Maybe that is why they get along so well.

"You should be grateful, I am doing your wretched family a favour." Xavier says eyeing me with disdain. What does he mean by doing us a favour? I am going to ignore the fact that he just called my family wretched and focus more on what he just meant by favour.