"Alana Hazelton, I take you as a wife, to have you and also to keep you from now on forever and ever." In times of hardship and pleasure, in times of abundance and lack, and in times of health and sickness, To always love and cherish one another, until death do us part, and this is my sincere promise. " Alana was silent for a moment after the sentence spoken aloud by Mark sounded welcoming in her ears.
To be honest, Alana still couldn't ease her shock just after Mark took her hand and started their marriage process, and now it's Alana's turn to declare her sacred promise. Mark, who felt Alana just silent, immediately grasped a firmer hold of Alana's hand to make Alana grimace a little, but he was able to quickly normalize his facial expression to not display an expression of pain even though his hand was still painful because of Mark's tight grip.
"Go on!" Mark hissed without saying a sentence but understood by Alana clearly, and the girl nodded.
Alana let out her breath for a moment before she spoke softly. "Mark, I take you as my husband, to have you and to keep you from now on forever." In times of hardship and pleasure, in times of abundance and lack, and in times of health and sickness, "To always love and appreciate each other, Until Death Do Us Part, and this is my faithful promise that is very sincere," said Alana, making Mark seem to put his smile on Alana's face.
"You can kiss your bride," said the priest, and Mark nodded in agreement with the priest. Although the whispers from the guests did not stop starting when Mark said Alana's name, which is certainly very different from the invitations that the guests received, not Amanda but Alana, it was very suspicious. However, Mark does not bother that obviously he does not want to get his own face dirty and humiliated on his wedding day by Amanda, so he will do anything to continue to make his image remain good, including marrying Alana, whom he in fact never knew before.
Meanwhile, Alana looked surprised when Mark's big hands approached her face and opened the veil that was attached beautifully in front of her face, until Mark actually revealed the veil from Alana's face and made Mark stunned by Alana's beauty, until he unconsciously kissed Alana's lips very gently, which felt sweet. "Sweet," Mark whispered right after he broke his kiss on Alana's lips.
While Alana, who seemed unable to control herself, immediately flushed, her face was already the same as a boiled crab and she was sure she could not resist the red hue that spread across her face. The kiss Mark gave managed to make Degub Alana's heart unsettled. Of course, because Alana was never close to a man, even though the kiss taken by Mark was his first kiss, therefore, Alana was unable to do much other than close her eyes and feel what Mark felt and when the incident stopped. For some reason, Alana just opened her eyes and looked at Mark's dark bead without any tenderness in her sharp eyes, and for some reason, Alana was a little afraid to find such a look from Mark. She felt intimidated by the look Mark threw at her.
And sure enough, Mark's guess, after he opened the veil from Alana's face, all the invited guests whispered words that could be heard clearly by Mark and Alana herself. One of them wondered why his bride could be different from what Mark said, and why this had happened so suddenly.But Mark can only be silent and stare at all the guests with his sharp eyes. His heart is still inflamed because of Amanda's behavior that ends up setting him up with a girl he does not know at all. Alana is also a victim, but Mark is selfish because he does not want to lose in this game. He is a strong man and everyone knows his power and this is a great insult. Therefore, Mark will do anything to protect his image, including by trapping and imprisoning Alana under his power.
Alana was still silent, but Mark immediately grabbed Alana's waist and whispered a sentence in front of Alana's ear. "Don't be happy and proud of Alana's marriage, because you will clearly be imprisoned with me during this marriage," Mark whispered in front of Alana's ear.
Alana, who was unable to control her focus, slowly began to realize. She turned her head until her face was very close to Mark's face. Even so, Alana could still feel the roar of Mark's breath hitting warm on her face. "I don't care what you say, Mark, because in fact I'm your wife. Do you understand that?"
When Mark was silent with his brows sticking out, was there no sense of fear at all that this girl felt when standing next to him? Why did Alana seem so calm that even this girl next to her could still smile sweetly while looking at the guests who applauded for their wedding? "Aren't you afraid of your own husband?" Mark whispered again.
And this time, Alana turned her head, looking intently at Mark, and he shook his head quickly. "You're wrong. People want to marry you if you want to be feared, Mark." Because imagining for me to be afraid of you alone does not exist, so do not expect me to be afraid and submit to you, because the concept of marriage is to walk together, not I walk under the soles of your feet, right my beloved husband? " Alana whispered back, accompanied by a slanting smile.
Crazy is the only word Mark can use to describe Alana, because as long as Mark has been playing and knowing women, none of them dare to do this except Amanda and this Alana. Of course, if Amanda dares to tell him because Mark loves Amanda so much, Mark is the one who submits to Amanda because of his love. But it's different with Alana, who he even only recognized a few hours ago, and this girl already dared to advise him! Damn it!
"What? Why look at me like that? You hungry? I can get you some food for us, because I know tonight you must want something, "Alana hung her sentence. She looked at Mark with a meaningful look.
Mark, who heard Alana's speech, immediately looked at the innocent face of the girl who had the status of his wife with one raised eyebrow. "What do you mean?" Something what? " Mark asked spontaneously.
"Calm down. I won't kill you by putting poison in your coffee, so calm down and control your face. It's just that I know you must want something from this marriage, right?" Mark is still faithful in his silence. He is still waiting for the next words that will be said by Alana.
"A romantic first night?"
God forbid!Mark grumbled in his heart. What kind of girl has he actually married? Why is it that Alana is so hasty in their relationship that Alana is not at all afraid if Mark kills her tonight?
"Don't dream of you!"Mark hissed and pushed Alana's head to make the girl widen her eyes. She did not accept Mark's treatment.
They seem to be busy in their own world, and the guests are just statues that cost nothing at all. Although Mark continued to give his spicy words to Alana, Alana did not feel a deterrent to what he did to Mark. The girl continues to pester Mark with absurd questions that make him feel so worthless because he can't handle a species like this Alana.
Right after all the series of events have been completed, Alana's party is busy eating pasta that is served at one of the tables in the middle of the luxurious hotel ballroom.
While on the left side of the ballroom, Mark, who was sipping wine from his bottle, immediately shook his head as he looked at Alana, who was far from the impression of the bride. What kind of woman is Alana really? Why did he calmly eat a large portion of pasta without paying attention to the various gazes that were thrown at him by the guests? "Mark?"Mark turned his head back when he felt a touch on his shoulder and a call from the back of his body.
"Arnold?"Mark called out to Arnold when he realized that the person who called his name was the assistant. Arnold and Mark had been friends since they were at university. Arnold's cleverness led Mark to entrust his sensitive duties to the man, and it was proved that Arnold never let him down. But the great thing about Arnold is that he can control his formality with Mark. Because when in front of the men, he will respect and obey Mark, but in the time that there is only himself and Mark, he will position himself as his friend.
"What's up, Mark?" asked Arnold, but Mark just sat silent with the look of his eyes that were not distracted from the position Alana was in. Arnold said this as he poured vodka from a bottle into his glass, which he drank slowly.
"I don't understand the girl's brain. Does she have no shame?" Mark makes Arnold look back at Alana, who is still busy in the event of a delicious meal. How can it be delicious when all the food presented is food from competent chefs and from luxury hotels, so it certainly tastes no doubt, so when else can Alana feel the pleasure of this world?
"He's just eating, Mark." "There's nothing wrong at all," Arnold replied with a sweet smile, but Mark chuckled.
"Ck! She has no shame. She should act as gracefully as a typical bride! " Mark was upset that he was again channeling his annoyance with the vertical wine in his hand.
"Don't be angry with him, Mark. Isn't hunger a natural thing?"
"Aish, whatever!"Mark, who can no longer discuss Alana, also chose to look at Arnold with a serious look.
Okay, here we go. You want to ask me something serious, right? ", asks Arnold, who has clearly understood that if Mark has shown his serious face, then their discussion is no longer playful.
"Yep," Mark replied briefly.
"What?" asked Arnold.
Is there a problem at headquarters? Why didn't I get any reports until now? " Mark asked in a nod by Arnold, a sign that the man understood where Mark was going next.
"There's no important issue, it's just that two days ago our hackers reported there were some databases trying to break into our security, stealing some data that is important for our mission in the next two months," Arnold said.
"And you didn't tell me something as important as this, Arnold?"Mark asked, with one eyebrow raised, if it was not as usual that Arnold hid such an important thing from him.
"How can I burden you with this business while you are in the midst of variety with Miss Amanda? I can't bother you, Mark. "
Mark is silent but his head keeps thinking. Now he will briefly discuss his business with Amanda and Bright because his main priority right now is to find out who is trying to break into his data security system. "Can our hackers trace where the attackers came from?"Mark asked in response to a shake from Arnold.
Unfortunately, until now he could not track Mark. According to him, there is a tool that can hide the location of the attacker, and the tool has been destroyed and will not be used again even if the sample is no longer there. From what I heard, the sample was destroyed four years ago by the FBI," said Arnold, quoting what the hackers said when discussing the attack.
"So?"
"Maybe we will further strengthen the security of our system and we should not let our guard down because it seems that there is someone trying to shape us into tender rivals. You know what I mean, Mark?" "The FBI has been asking for our help and we've been asking for two months of thinking, so in these two months you have to be able to decide what your decision will be," Arnold said.
"I don't think I'm going to take that mission," Mark said after he drank the wine from his hand and looked back at Arnold, who was already staring at him with a question mark.
"Why?"
Don't you see what happened today? I've even stuck with that weird girl! "hissing Mark as he pointed to Alana, who was once again busy with his meal.
"Hahahaha come on guys, don't take this as a burden for you. I think Alana is also a good girl and she is beautiful."
"Yes, but also crazy!"Mark was so upset that he just ran away.
"Never mind, don't be like that Mark, just accept maybe God did give you Alana as your soul mate, just accept I'm sure you can be happy with her," Arnold whispered and left Mark, who was still faithful in his silence.
Mark looked intently at Alana, who was still busy eating her food, and Mark spoke in his heart. "Soul mate? "God must have joked with Arnold, and he wouldn't have been my soul mate, because he was just a prisoner to me."