Olivia looked at her parents disbelieving, wondering if it was truly her parents she was talking to.
"Calm down Ollie" her mother said looking at her, eyes pleading.
"No, this is not a situation that you can tell me to calm down. This is my fucking life"
"Ollie, think about Daniel. This is all for Daniel"
"I know he is too old for you" her father said
"Way too old" Olivia cuts him off
"I know but he has the means to take care of you, not only you but all of us. Daniel will finally be able to get the medical attention he needs"
"I can't believe this" Olivia storms off and enters into her room and slams the door shut.
She sits on her bed, fuming and angry over how one man would just choose to come into her life and ruin it because of his wealth. She thinks about Derek and how she regrets not collecting his number, she thinks about what her life would have been if her parents weren't so poor and if her brother was not sick, she wonders how Daniel have had to live his life being in and out of the hospital without getting any real medical treatment, she begins to cry and wish her life could have been better but that's all it would ever be, wishes upon wishes, she could not ignore the fact anymore, she only had one solution to everything and it was to marry that self-loathing bastard, Ignacio Castillo.
Olivia woke up after about two hours, she had not realized she had fallen asleep, if she could sleep through all of her problems, she would but she had to face reality.
"Ollie" her mom calls out to her as she knocks on the door
"Ollie, please talk to me".
"Go away" Olivia says from the other side of the door, angry that her mother had agreed to marry her off because of money but she knew her parents had no choice, they needed the money badly.
"Ollie, I am sorry but we don't have any other options. Please talk to me"
Olivia reluctantly stood up from her bed and opened the door, she saw that her mother had been crying, her eyes were red and swollen but she refused the urge to touch, hug and ease her pain, she opened the door wide enough for her to enter and walked over to her bed and sat on it, she picked up her phone and began scrolling through it.
"Can I sit?" Her mom asks signaling to the only chair in the room
"Do what you want"
Her mother drags the chair over to the bed and sits on it, she gently removes the phone from Olivia's grasp and takes her hand in hers
"I am really sorry, it had to come to this. When Mr. Castillo visited us and told us all the plans he had for us, we just thought that finally Daniel would get the help he needs, we did not intend to hurt your feelings"
Olivia shifts and looks at her mom squarely in the face.
"Mom, you don't even know this man, he might be a serial killer for all we know. You can't just hand me over to someone because he promises to help us if I marry him"
"Oh, darling. I am not that naive. I had Aunt Lizzie do a background check on him, you know her husband works at the local police division"
"And?" Olivia asks impatiently
"He came back clean. He has multi- billionaire properties and businesses. I am even surprised how a man of his caliber found you and wants to marry you"
"He came over to the art club where I work and saw me there, he was there initially to buy the place"
"Oh, that explains it. Me and your father are truly sorry it had to come to this, but he willingly to help us out of our financial troubles, all you have to do is get married to him".
"I have heard you, Mom"
"And what's more, he is old, he might just have few years to live and you can move on with your life" her mom says trying to make light of the situation.
"Mom, did you see him? He may be old but he still looks very agile, running all his businesses by himself. I doubt he is going to die anytime soon"
Her mother falls silent.
"But I have heard you. Daniel needs the best medical treatment so I will do it for him" Olivia says.
Tears floods down her mother's cheeks and she hugs Olivia very tightly
"I am really sorry it has to come to this but thank you"
Olivia just nods in response.
"Dinner would be ready in twenty minutes. Are you coming down"
"Yeah, I would be down in a bit. I just need a moment"
"Okay" her mother stands, kisses her forehead then she leaves the room.
"I told you I would make you my wife. It was just a matter of time" Ignacio says as he looks at Olivia as if ready to eat her alive. Olivia sits at the far end of the limousine, looking at him with disgust in her eyes. The wedding was over, Ignacio Castillo was finally her husband and she was having his driver take them back to his house where she would be leaving from now on as his newly wedded wife. He had booked them a trip to Hawaii for their honeymoon, they were to fly out tomorrow.
"You look ravishing tonight. You have a new sense of beauty added to you since you became my wife"
"Yeah, whatever".
"Now, I have allowed you all these while to speak to me as you please but that will have to change. I am your husband so you must acknowledge me with respect, do you understand?".
Olivia keeps mute, looking at him angrily. He stood up and walks over to where she is sitting and sits by her side.
"I asked you a question, do you understand?"
"I have nothing to say to you"
It happened too fast, she had tried to look out of the window but did not expect the pain that flooded in her brain, Ignacio had slapped her so hard, she saw double of everything for some seconds.
"Now, I would not want to get violent since today is our wedding night and it is supposed to be special"
"Did you just slap me?"
"And I would do it again little girl until you learn to show some respect"
"You would not get away with this" Olivia said, sobbing quietly.
Ignacio began to laugh, he laughed so hard that tears trickled down his cheeks
"Oh, my dear little girl, I know this will come as a shock to you but I own you and whatever I want to do to you, I will do it. You belong to me now. As from now on, you do as I say. Do you understand?"
Olivia looks at him with full-on hatred but nods her head.
"Good, you are learning. Now I feel a little starved, how about you get on your knees and please your husband"
"What?"
"Don't you understand, do I need to spell it out?"
"No, you don't but you want me to please you right here in the car?"
"Yes Olivia. Now get on your knees and do it" He says as he unbuckles his trousers.