Ailee's pov:

Walking into my father's office, I already knew the reason for the summon as I heard it from mother last night. Usually it took at least three days and at most a week to carry out his plans, but the fact that he was taking action after a day showed only one thing ,'DESPERATION' and I was going to use this to my favour.

Taking a seat in his office, I scanned the environment,but surprisingly it was just us , which was unusual. what was he planning?,did he get a whiff of my plan?,or was this a way to get rid of me silently?..."you're going to get me a deal with the Xander's" he said interrupting my thoughts with a matter of fact tone.

He can't be serious right? I asked my self. "how?" I asked unsure of how else to respond to this."you're going to get married to the their eldest son" he said like he was pouring water under a bridge. I knew he was planning to get involved with the Xander's but Aimee has been swimming in the pride of becoming the daughter in-law of the Xander's for the past few days and he never said anything to me. Plus I never thought of this possibility.

"This is new"I voiced my thoughts "I sincerely think you have summoned the wrong daughter...I mean I'm not..." but he cut me short "what " he thundered "do you think I can't distinguish my daughter's" he added clearly pissed " ahhh I messed up.

Dad never confirmed anything Aimee said, but he never denied it either ...ahh great just great now he gets to decide my marriage too. I had hoped he would be too busy with Aimee's wedding preparation that he wouldn't be able to keep tab on mother's company. All I needed was the personal file and that could've been it..but now a bombshell just dropped and ahh, I might just use use this marriage to my advantage. I might as well make him kick me out, then maybe, just maybe he'll stop keeping tabs on me.

"What about Aimee "I asked and as expected his face came together in a frown."We're talking about one of the most famous family's in city x"I added still studying his facial expressions ."how do you think she'll react to the fact that her doting father is giving her position to..." My next words were muffled sounds as my source of air was cut short by my father's hand on my neck.

"I'll take care of my daughter" he said like I wasn't one "it'll be best for you to listen quietly and play your role as an obedient little girl" he said and with every word of his ,his hold around my neck tightened .

The minute his hand left my neck, I heaved for breadth as I scurried far away from him. Usually at this point I'll run away from him but something in me wanted to keep going because as much as I wanted to avoid getting into his blacklist,I couldn't accept this "I refuse"I said looking up to him. "I can agree to anything else but not this marriage" I said now more of a whisper.

All my life I've done everything he said to survive ...but not in this ,it's my marriage for fucks sake."I don't care about what you want" he said cruelly "they'll be coming to the house tomorrow to see you, better be prepared"he said now standing up and moving towards his office table.

"I said I refuse" I said louder than before and he looked up from his laptop to look at me with nothing but cruelty in his eyes "I didn't feed you, nor train you to become a trophy in my house" he said slowly dropping his files "I bred you for a cause and it's time to be harvested" he said looking at me like I was a rare specie "you'll play your role and get the deal done" he said with finalty "6pm, dress to impress".

"I said I'm not getting married, can't you hear me"I yelled ,but he didn't look up anymore "are you even my father?" I yelled but still no response . "I'm not getting married and it's final" I said as I stormed out of his office.

I heard his voice shouting after me but I didn't care . As soon as I got on my ride, I saw men in black entering the car park . 'No way I'm getting locked up' I thought as I accelerated my motorcycle towards the triplet hill .

The wind blew my hair into my face as I rode slowly after loosing my father's men before I entered the hills. I still remembered how I found this place while escaping my father six years ago. All I thought about back then was to escape that hell called home. I never thought I'll be able to last this long ,but I promised myself that I wasn't going to end myself like mum, no I was going to live and find out the truth behind mums death.

I looked down at the sea beyond the hill as I stood at the edge. It always reminded me of the peaceful moments with num that I could never forget,they were the only things that kept me from breaking . I looked on towards the sea as I kept on thinking bof ways to avert this wedding.

Kieran's pov:

The drive home was silent as usual. I've always loved the silence, I even built my house in the middle of the triplet hill just to avoid people, the high hills acting as a barrier between me and the outside world. I looked outside the car as we drove deep into the hills, the sound of waving trees filling the air until the car came to an abrupt stop.

"Sir , there's someone on the cliff side" Derek said his voice disrupting my trail of thought. I looked towards the direction he pointed at only to see the frail figure of a girl with arm spread wide open as she faced the opened space. I silently stared at the girl not saying anything, quietly waiting for her to turn but she never did. I stepped out of the car and leaned on the booth of the car waiting for her to turn but she never did.

"Go get her" unaware that I said that out loud . I only intended to watch from afar but the moment she took a step forward my faceade cracked and my first to thought was to go get her.

The moment my men started to approach her, I saw her back stiffen. She turned back to take a look around and at that moment I felt my world screech to a halt.