I was not expecting such, considering my previous experience with the numerous people that my father had brought over. Despite my relentless efforts at bolting, I felt that things could actually be different this time. I wonder if I should listen to this man or not.
"Listen, all I need from you is your cooperation, I don't intend on hurting you or touching or even doing anything to you even if you ask me to. I just need your help, and I'm not leaving here without you."
I felt tempted to listen to him, but the panic I felt did not let me reason properly. What if nothing goes as planned, what if the same thing that happened to mother repeats itself. mother was also promised the same. As much as I love my mother, I do not want to live like she did. She wouldn't even want that for me.
"why should I trust you, what if I say no?"
"You won't say no. Your father's men are after you, and here I am with an offer, here I am with a once in a lifetime opportunity that could change your life and you know it. Choose me and you'll never get to suffer ever again." He kept persuading me to say yes, even though I kept refusing him.
"I repeat, I don't want to marry you. I don't want to be used as a side chick and dumped for a mate later. Do you know who I am? I am an Omega, a weak and useless one. I do not want to be pushed around and later abandoned. Listen, I plead, just let me go. I'm begging you to please just let me go." I cried in his hands.
His hold on me only tightened. He wasn't moved at all. At this point, holding on to me tightly that struggling was useless. Along with his stone heart he possessed some really deep physical strength because how else do I explain how someone can be this strong. In a childish fit or rage, I beat his chest repeatedly and even bit him on his right arm but he wasn't letting go. Instead he threw me over his shoulders and started running. My protests proved very useless so I gave up. Apparently he is also a kidnapper.
With an incredible speed he raced through the woods. I wonder if he even knows where we're going? If we go deeper than this then he might get lost, as if he heard my thoughts he stopped running. In an instant, he brought me down and shook my shoulders violently.
"Listen, I know what you're thinking, and it's right to be worried but I can assure you that none of your fears will happen. Listen, what I'm offering you will only last a year. Be with me for a year, that's all I ask for, you can divorce me once the year is done.
" What?! One year?" I blurt out.
I stopped struggling and decided to listen to what he had to say.
"Why would you need me for a year,why do you want a wife so badly and what exactly do you hope to achieve in that time. Ok, let's say I consider it…how do I know you'll keep your word?
"You shouldn't, but you should know better than anyone what you want. I've not been here long and I can see the way you're been treated around here despite being the Alpha's daughter. Even the blind can see that your living conditions are worse than that of a peasant. So Here's the deal: I am offering you a year of luxury and 10% of my shares once it's over as compensation for any problem or casualties I may cause you." He said with so much confidence.
I see. So that's it, he is trying to avoid the quirk of getting married, and I turned out to be the perfect bait for his twisted plan. He wanted a scapegoat that he could use as a shield for one year and a neglected and weak woman, an Omega nonetheless was the best option for him. I wish I was wrong, I had expected more since I spent my first night with this man. I felt like he was different. Someone this broke my heart a little. If he is willing to stoop so low and go as far as marrying an unknown woman just to avoid getting married properly, he wouldn't give a rat's ass if he found out who I was. The mystery woman he spent a night with.
I felt a pang in my chest as I kept thinking about it, just then I heard voices of people behind.
"There she is."
I panicked as I knew I was found out. I was between the devil and the deep blue sea.
"I have one condition. You have to promise me that you will take care of me no matter what, and that you wouldn't let me go until the one year is over, and that you would give me ten percent share of your estate afterwards as you've earlier stated."
I had finally made up my mind, looking at my future before me, I decided to take a leap of faith and leave everything in the hands of destiny.
"You have my word miss, you chose me, and you'd never again experience hardship or suffering."
He promised me.
"What's it gonna be? Yes or no?"
I could hear the voices of my father's men as they only drew closer to me, I had no idea how he was going to divert their attention from me but I was willing to gamble on his plan. It looked a lot more concrete than trying to get past this army of imbeciles who work for my father. It was my best bet.
"Deal."
I took his hand the next instant, looking behind as they drew closer. My heart beating like it was about to fall out of my chest as I panic engulfed me. What was he doing, why was he standing like that, why isn't he doing anything? Cold sweat rolled down my face and I looked over at him, only now did I notice the expression on his face.
A wide grin appeared on his face as if he had won a lottery or something.
"Kiss me." He commanded.
I thought my ears had deceived me when I heard him say these words.
"Excuse you? You wish."I wasn't even going to give it a second thought. How forward of him.
He didn't repeat himself and rather seized me by the arm, pulling me into his embrace and locking his lips with mine. It was so sudden that I didn't even know how to react. At first I struggled to release myself, but then I just drowned in the kiss as my lips moved on their own accord. Memories of our rendezvous filled my mind. This kiss felt so familiar, so warm, so wonderful. I felt fuzzy, I could happily stay here forever. My mind wandered as I wished he didn't let go. Ever. But deep down I knew it was all just an illusion.