š„ATTITUDE
MEETS
ARROGANCEš„
Chapter 19
Ciara’s POV
Jaxon had mentioned that whenever he felt hurt or lonely he went to his music studio…
I walked to his music studio and there he was raking his f!ngersthrou-gh his hair as he walked around the room like an enraged tiger.
“Jaxon, why did you not do what we had agreed on???” I questioned walking towards him but the deadly glare he sĀ£nt me stĀ©pped me in my tracks..
“Are you being serious right now???? You are engaged to my brother…”
“It’s not what you think Jaxon…” I took uncertain steps towards him, “It’s you I love…”
“You love me?? you were using me to get to my brother…” His shoulder was heaved with emotions..
“Trust me Jaxon I love you…” I tried taking his hands but he pu-ll-ed back like he was allergic to me…
“I don’t want to see you again…” He turned his back at me..
The sorrow inside of me was like a knife in my rib… It was hurting to see him look at me with eyes holding total anger
. I wanted to explain everything to him and maybe he would un-derstand and help me out this misery.
“I can explain everything you want to know. I had no choice but to do as he wanted…” Tears begun dripping from my eyes…
“All I want is you to look at me…” I twisted him around and noticed he was also crying..
“I thought we would have a thing together but you broke me. You and Tabby are the same. Heartless cold manipulative b-tches…”
I cu-mpped his face, “I love you so much and am nothing like Tabby..”
“Nothing like her???” He snapped and held me by the arms, “You betrayed me. You used me. All along you and my brother were d@t!ngand here you were ma-king me believe that you loved me” He shook me so ha-rd that I begun feeling dizzy…
“Trust me I didn’t know about the proposal. I thought you would be the one on that stage on one knee…”
“How was I supposed to know what he had planned???” He pushed me back that I almost fell on my bu-tt…
“I don’t want to see you…Don’t ever look for me or anything. After the albu-m launch we are done…” There was rawness of pain in his voice…
“But….”
“Don’t…” His eyes were narrowed, rigid and cold..
You know who was unlucky??? This girl. The guy who I loved sli-pped throu-gh my f!ngersbecause I was busy thinking about the welfare of my family. I wish I was a little selfish. Dad disowned me, why did I have to care about him???
He was okay by himself. He was the man of the family, it’s his duty to protect his family…
“Where is the love that you felt for me some hours ago???” I know it was a silly question, I blew up but I nee-ded to know.
I wra-pped my arms around his che-st from behind and sobbe-d unceasingly on his back. He didn’t push me away but held my hands so ti-ght.
“Why did you do it???”
“I love you Jaxon. I love you so much. I did this because your brother….”
“What in the world is going on here???”Jordan yelled in the middle of my confession…
I walked away from Jaxon’s back, blood drained from my face. I smelt trouble…. Jaxon turned around to look at his now angry brother and smiled, “WhatsApp Jordan???”
“Jaxon what are you doing with my future wife??? Hold on, are you two an item??? Did I hear her tell you she loves you???”
“Just tell her to leave me alone…” He wiped his tears away and walked out on us.
“Jaxon wait????” I tried going after him but Jordan blocked my way..
“Where do you think you are going Missy???” He held me by the arm..
“I am going after the man I love so much…”
“Do you hear yourself??? That’s my brother you are talking about. He doesn’t want you.” He barked..
“Yes, I love him and he loves me…”
“Are you crazy??”
“Yes in love…Jaxon!!! Jaxon!!!” I started shouting but lucky him the room was sound proof…
I tried shaking my arm off his grip but all in vain.
“Listen you manipulative greedy fool, I won’t let you use my brother to get back at me..You are going to stĀ©p acting like a teenager in love and go back to the p@rty acting like an engaged happy girl…”
“What if I don’t????”
He slowly let goes of my arm and takes a step back…
“I will ruin you and your family. I will take that land, burn everything in it and build a grand h0tel…” He sounded as arrogant as he could be..
“Don’t you get bored with the same threats??? I don’t care about anything…”
“Begin to care young girl,” He placed his hand on my nĀ£Ā¢k, “If you do anything that will embarras-s me, I will kill you. You won’t ruin my plans…” He started strangling me…
“I can’t breathe Jordan…” I struggled to talk but it didn’t matter to him..
“I want you to go back there and act all happy.
. Do you get me???” He ordered and I shook my head…
I had never seen him so mad and terrifying…It felt like the devil himself..
How was I going to survive with a monster for two years???
He freed me from his grip and I knelt g@sping for air.
“You are a monster Jordan, you want me to marry you but keep this in mind I will make your life a living hell that you will regret ever taking me with you down this road..” I threatened ru-bbing my nĀ£Ā¢k…
“Now listen to me,” He lifted my chin up, “We are getting married tomorrow first thing in the morning. I won’t take my chances with you…Stand up we have paparazzis and guests to plea-se…”
“Even if you marry me right now and then, my heart will always belong to Jaxon Marcias…” We were now nose to nose..
“I don’t care whether you love Donald Trump himself, you are going to be my wife…”
“Can you hear yourself??? I am in love with your brother…”I emphasized since it seemed he didn’t un-derstand what I meant.
“Stand up from the floor and let’s get back to the p@rty…” He lifted me by the arm…
“I hate you…”
“My love, am glad we are on the same page…”
Jordan was driving me crazy and I didn’t know what to do. For Christ sake I was in love with his brother but he didn’t care. He didn’t seem bothered. Who is not bothered seeing his wife to be in love with his brother??? This guy is weird..
I took a de-ep breath, practiced my smile and intertwined our hands. When we got back at the p@rty the paparazzis and celebrity reporters ran towards us..
“Ciara, how are you feeling about this???”
“Jordan do you think she is the one???”
“Where did you two meet???”
“Calm down fellows…Yes i know she is the one since I feel in love with her from the moment I saw her…She is a very amazing woman and I wish to spend the rest of my life with her….” How could he lie without glitching????
“Ciara, were you two d@t!ngwhen you were still with David???”
“Is he the reason you are working with Jaxon Marcias???
“When is the wedding???”
I stood there silently unable to fake the I am a happy engaged girl until he squee-zed my hand so ti-ght..
“No, David and I have been separated for a while..I worked with Jaxon because my work speaks for itself..and we are never getting married..”
If looks could kill then I would have been died by now from Jordan’s glare..
“I was kidding,” I faked a laugh and everyone sighed with relief, “We will be getting married in two weeks…”
“Will you leave him at the aisle too???” I saw Jordan gritting his teeth and knew I had to give a wise response…
“Of course not. I love him and I would be so happy to walk down the aisle with him…” If only I could stand him up…
After that people begun congratulating us on our engagement…
“Welcome to the family, sister in-law…” Sophie hvgged me…Oooh yeah, I now had to see her everyday of my miserable two years…
“Ciara is going be my sister in law…” Mason was all syked up whereas his twin was there trying to act how happy he was for us but his red eyes betrayed him..
“I am happy for you guys but I nee-d to go…”
“Are you not performing????” Sophie asked…
“I have a so-re throat, I will just go to my room…”
“Do you nee-d some medicine???” I could help but blurt out. Yes I cared for him..
“No, I will be fine…”
“Girlfriend or should I call you Mrs Marcias???” Kendi said all excited you would have thought she was the one who got engaged.
“Ciara will do…”
“We are happy for you, can we take a picture of your ring???It looks expensive..”
Lilian stated as her and Vicky jumped up and down excitedly looking at it.
They took pics of my ring and some selfies with me to post on the Instagram…Everything was happening at a supersonic speed. I looked everywhere for Sebastian or Brian but there was no sight of him…
“Well, I can say you pla-yed this game pretty well???” Chloe whispered behind me.. Just what I nee-ded to vent my anger into..
“Sister in-law???” I turned around acting all girly and hvgged her,” I am happy to see you…”
“You k!ssone brother and marry the other. I nee-d some lessons girl…”
“Just keep this in mind, I am getting married to the eldest Marcias son and so I will always have more power than you..Watch your back love…” I pe-cked her cheek walked to were Jordan was standing with some friends…
“Love I am so tired,can you drive me home???”I placed my hand around his arm..
“Whohhhuu!!!!She is alre-ady missing you…” One of his friends tea-sed him.
“We are just crazy in love…” He tried k!ss!ngme but I pu-ll-ed back.
“Baby we can’t parade our be-droom matters.”
He wasn’t gonna show off to his friends with some fake love bullsh-t…
“Okay love, let’s get you home…”
We acted all loving and sweet but the moment we got in the car he was all cold and angry again.
“Get enough sleep, tomorrow we are getting married???”
“But I thought it was in two weeks time???”
“I make the rules…And I say what will be done and when…”
***
I was a prisoner in my own house..When Jordan told me that the next day I would be un-der lock and key, I thought he was bluffing until he acted his threat…
There were three armed strong men in my house who made sure I didn’t get out of my room. Jane and I had no access to our phones until Mr arrogance stated otherwise…
He had this silly idea that I would run away or say something stupid to the press…
I just did one silly mistake and one of them ran inside my room in a lightning speed and stood right there infront of my be-d…
What harm was it in screaming???I hated the torture Jordan was putting me un-der..
“Are you gonna just stand there in a girl’s room???” I thought I would pl@ywith his conscience but nope, he didn’t even move..
I sat on my be-d, tapping my feet irritatingly on the floor but it didn’t get to him…
I stood up and he stood in my way…
“Do you want to see my un-derp@n-ts???”I yelled threatening to drop my pyjamas to my knees..
“Don’t do that Mrs Marcias
. These are just orders from the boss…”
“So you wanna take me to the bathroom????”
He shook his head and moved aside….
I stood infront of the bathroom mirror thinking of ideas to escape from there but none of them made s-en-se…
Jump throu-gh the window, I can’t fit.
Hang myself, I am not that stupid..
Swallow some slee-ping pills…No, I am not that desperate..
Pretend am unconcious…Jordan would marry me even if I am dead and the thought of getting married unconcious scared me…
One minute later,
“Mrs Marcias, are you okay????” He started knocking the door so ha-rd .
“If you don’t open the door, I will break it down…”
“I am coming in Mrs Marcias…” He can’t do anything, he is trying to scare me..
So I thought until he broke the door and c@mĀ£ in like nothing had happened..
“Was that necessary???” He found me seated on the toilet seat..
“I thought you were planning to escape…”
“Do I look like a terrorist to you???”
“No…”
“For your punishment, I won’t get re-ady or even have a bath. Let’s see what your boss will say about that..”
I stood firm on my word and refused to either shower or get dressed…
Jordan had said we were going to get married at 1 pm and it was now 4 o’clock in the evening…
Did he decide to let me go???plea-se,who am I kidding???
I was exhausted from waiting for my husband to be to come that I dozed off…
“Wake up???” Jordan tapped me harshly on my shoulder…
“So we are getting married???I thought you ran away…” I tea-sed him but he looked as cold as everyday…
“Why are you not re-ady???”
“I don’t want to and you can’t f0rƧĀ£ me…” I shrugged…
“Then I will marry you in your pyjamas…” He took my hand and drag me from my be-droom…
There was Jane also been dragged from her room too.
“Are we animals???” I shouted at Jordan.
“Shut up!!!!”
“Ciara, this man is crazy. After getting married plea-se admit him in the asylum…”
Jane thought she had whispered but the arrogant psychopath heard it all…
“If you don’t shut up, I will cut your ton-gue out…”
And she was scared…
“We can’t get married, we don’t have a marriage licence…” I boasted doing a happy dance only to be sl@pped with a paper on my face.
“What’s that????”
Holy donkey on a bicycle, we had a marriage licence.
“But how did you???” I stammered.
“I knew you would try to act smart and so I had a plan B…”He gr@bbĀ£d the licence from my hand..
“But where did you get my identification card???You are a fraud…”
“Me, a thief but you gave it to my mother a week ago together with your pas-sport ph0tos…” He smiled looking all victorious while I rolled my eyes away..
How did I not think of this, I thought my identification card and pas-sport ph0tos were to be used for a good cause…
Just as we were arguing, Sebastian walked in…
“You guys are not even re-ady???The registrar is here…” He retorted.
“We are re-ady, the bride will be in her pyjamas…” Jordan replied dryly…
“Men, let the girl atleast look good at her wedding???” Sebastian stated but I gave him a blank look..I wasn’t gonna act happy in a wedding I didn’t even want to be in…
Wear a go-wn for who???If he doesn’t want to marry me, he can as well turn around and go back to the hell hole he c@mĀ£ from. It would be very good of him..
“I am good Seb…” I thun-dered.
“But???”
“It’s my wedding…”
“Which you don’t want to be in…”
Does Jane want her ton-gue cut out???
“Come here…” Sebastian embossed me into a hvg,”I am sorry I couldn’t save you from this..”
“Atleast you tried…”
“Enough with the family reunion, it’s time to make this thing official….”Jordan ordered…
The Registrar sat on the other side of the table infront of the couple to be. Jane and Sebastian standing beside us as witnesses…
The wedding was typically quic-k. There were no vows… Jordan just placed a ring on my f!nger, I did the same…We signed the certificates, the witnesses signed where their signatures nee-ded to be and we were married….
As simple as that…The bride in her pyjamas and the groom looking all tired…
“Pack all your clothes, we are leaving in fifteen minutes…”He didn’t even looked a little bit happy..
“Can I stay just for tonight???”
“No, pack your bags and I won’t say it again…”
Something unre-adable in his mind told me he was serious and so I stood up and went ahead into my room..
“Bestie, I am scared for you…This man is an animal…”
“Jenny, I will be fine. I just have to tolerate him for two years…”
“But….”
“Ssshhh!!!!I will be okay…” I hvgged her, tears burning my eyes.
I wasn’t going to be fine but I nee-ded to act strong…
After two hours I was done packing and it was time to start my new miserable life in the Marcias mansion. Learn how to tolerate Chloe,act like I love Sophie,act cool infront of Jaxon…Damn, it was hell of work…
When we got into the mansion, everyone was surprised to see me and my bags in the living room..
“Dear what happened???” My mother in-law asked looking all worried…
“Mum, your new daughter in-law…”
Jaxon on hearing those words, he dropped the cu-p of coffee he was holding….
“Jaxon are you okay????” I asked running to him.
“I will be in my room….” He ran upstairs. I tried calling him but he ignored.
“Baby, he is fine…The maid will clean this up..”Jordan c@mĀ£ and stood beside me..
“How did this happen??You two only got engaged like yesterday…”Mason couldn’t believe it and so Jordan showed them our marriage certificate…
“But why so fast????” My mother in-law was still in shock…
“Because I love her and we cant stay ap@rt from each other…” He took my hand and k!$$Ā£d it,”Love let’s go to our room, you nee-d to rest…”
“Where is her wedding dress???Your honeymoon???Why is she in her pyjamas??” For Christ sake Mama can you stĀ©p with the questions.
. It’s ha-rd for me to put up with the lies…
“Mom that’s between my wife and I. We will go to our room now…” He literally pu-ll-ed me out of there and for once I was grateful..The questions were driving me crazy…
We got into our room and he threw me on the be-d…
“Not a word to anyone. Never answer any question Do you un-derstand???”
“Where do I put my things???”
“In my closet, there is two empty shelves.You will try fit your clothes there..”
“Are you kidding me, how are they supposed to fit in there???”
“Thats your problem…”
He begun un-bu-ttoning his shi-t infront of me.
“What are you doing???”
“We are married and just because you are here I won’t change my habits. I sleep n-ked and re-move my clothes here where I am standing.”
I turned around until I was sure he got into the bathroom…
Dear God, give me strength or I will kill this man in his sleep…
I was so lost in my own world until Jordan c@mĀ£ to dry his hair beside me ma-king me we-t…
“Jordan???”
“I dry my hair at this spĀ©t…”
His hair looked messy in a good way…Wow, this guy was really handsome but not my type..I always heard stories of how Latina men were very handsome and him being a mixed race he had the bĀ©dy and the looks. Not forgetting his siblings, his family was made up of beautiful people….
“What are you staring at????”
“Just wondering how one can be so ugly…”
“Wrong move crazy mud girl, I am handsome and I know it. And Don’t say it’s because my mother told me….”
“Whatever….”
“Before I forget, you will be slee-ping at the couch. I will share my be-d with you….” He threw his towel on my face…
“What the??”
“I throw my towel at that spĀ©t…”
Angrily I took the towel and begun stepping on it but he just stood there wondering what I was doing…
“You are a very bitter woman…”
“And I am not slee-ping on the couch. I am slee-ping on this be-d and if you…..” He walked out on me as I was talking…Did he just walk out on me????He is so rude…
I sat on the be-d thinking of how everything happened so fast…I was a married woman but didn’t have the wedding of my dreams…
I got married in my pyjamas, in my living room and here I am in my husband’s room..The man I detested so much, truly fate had a way to make my life a nightmare.
“Mrs Marcias can I come in???” It was Carol..
“Yes Carol..”
“Here is your food. The boss said you are very tired you won’t come down for dinner…”
“Place it there and thank you…”
She nodded, placed the food beside the be-d and walked out of the room..So he cared about me, that’s weird. What is he planning????
Did I have some appetite, No…Although the plate of spaghetti and meatba-lls looked tasty, I didn’t even have a bite.
Tbc