Lucifer's POV
I reached my father's house in about 20 minutes . On entering through the door I saw that my father was pacing in the living room , probably waiting for me .
" Father " , I called out to him so that he would notice me .
He tried to look behind me with anticipation but when he saw no one , his eyes dulled .
" I see that you still don't have a girlfriend , so are you ready to go to the civil affairs bureau ? " he said .
" No one is going to the civil affairs bureau , father . "
" Oh , why not ? " he asked
" Because I have a proposal for you . Let's go to the study to talk about it , shall we ? "
We both moved towards the direction of the study . When we both had settled down , I started speaking .
" Father , I want you to find a bride for me . "
" So , you want to have an arranged marriage ? " my father said
" Yes and no "
He looked at me with confusion on his face before asking , " What do you mean ? "
" I want an arranged marriage but I have some conditions that the bride must fulfill . "
" Conditions ? "
" Yes , father "
" Go on " I heard him say .
" So the conditions are as follows :
1. The bride should not be from a rich family .
2. She should have a job and she is not allowed to quit it after marriage .
3. As my future wife , she should be beautiful and should be able to remain calm in tense situations like when she faces the media so that she would not ruin the image of our family .
4. Both , me and her , would not be allowed to know of each others identity until we are standing on the wedding altar and have said I do . "
" I know that you don't like spoiled rich heiresses who have never earned even a single penny in their life , so the first two conditions are valid . I can understand the third condition too but why the fourth condition ? " my father asked .
" Father , do I need to remind of the numerous girls that you introduced to me who were rejected . I don't even want to get married but the only reason I am doing this , is for you , and to have a future heir . There is no one who has caught my eye and I don't think that there will ever be . Thus , I kept the last condition beacuse I know that no matter who you select , I will probably not like her but if I don't know her then how will I reject her ? "
" Also isn't it fun to not know the identity of the person who you will be spending the rest of your life with ? " I said with a smirk .
" What if I do not adhere to your conditions and get you married to a girl who is from a rich family and hates working ? What will you do then ? " he asked .
" Then , I'll get divorced with her and I will never get married again because getting married twice is quite a hassle . Even if I do not get a divorce , I will never touch her or produce an heir with her . In the end I will just adopt a child who will be the heir of my company . " I said in a serious tone .
" Fine , fine ..... I just wanted to know the consequences of doing that . You can trust I will never do that . "
" I am pleased to hear that , father . "
" You are unbelievable , do you know that ? I don't think that I will ever be able to understand your logic even if I tried to but at least you are willing to get married now ... Anyway I hope you are staying for dinner . " he said .
" Sorry dad , I need to meet a client over dinner " I said .
" Fine , drive safely "
" I will and good luck finding a bride for me dad . " After saying this , I left without looking back .
I sat in my car and started driving . I knew that it would take my father some time to find a bride who matches these conditions and that was one of the reasons why I kept such conditions . Even if someone matched the first three conditions but it is very unlikely that they will agree with the fourth condition . Now all I can do is wait and hope that it takes him a long time before he can find someone suitable .
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Third person POV
Mr. Gray ( Lucifer's father ) was sitting in the living room with a pensive look on his face when suddenly the butler came running towards him with the Ipad , with which he used to moniter the servants , in his hand .
" Master ! master ! " came shouting the head butler .
" What happened ? why are you shouting ? " said Mr. Gray with an irritated look .
" Master , I apologize for my behaviour but you really need to see this . " said the butler while panting in between and handed the Ipad in his hand to Mr. Gray .
Once Mr. Gray saw the content on the screen , he froze in shock and his grasp on the Ipad loosened . The Ipad fell on the carpet and the butler quickly picked it up .
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Alexandra's POV
From the last two days I have not been able to sleep properly . Everytime I close my eyes , the devil's handsome face appears in my mind and his words loudly ring in my ears . Every single time a new scenario of me getting killed or tortured comes to my mind . In fact , I feel like now I can write a book about a serial killer in which all the ways he used to torture and kill his victims were written . I felt so sleep deprived today that I wasn't even able to concentrate on my work so I have decided to eat a sleeping pill tonight for my own sake .
I sincerely pray that I won't have to meet him ever again and that he would forget about that matter .
I was sulking on the sofa while eating some chocolate ice cream to improve my mood when suddenly my dogs came near me and started to lick me and rub their fur against me in an attempt to brighten up my mood ... and well that worked because the very next second I was laughing because somehow their actions tickled me . I soon forgot about the ice cream and engaged myself in playing with them .
That night I did not need to take any sleeping pills as I became very exhausted due to the playing session and who knows when I fell asleep .
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