15/06/2024
đ„ATTITUDE
MEETS
ARROGANCEđ„
Chapter 19
Ciaraâs POV
Jaxon had mentioned that whenever he felt hurt or lonely he went to his music studioâŠ
I walked to his music studio and there he was raking his f!ngersthrou-gh his hair as he walked around the room like an enraged tiger.
âJaxon, why did you not do what we had agreed on???â I questioned walking towards him but the deadly glare he sÂŁnt me st©pped me in my tracks..
âAre you being serious right now???? You are engaged to my brotherâŠâ
âItâs not what you think JaxonâŠâ I took uncertain steps towards him, âItâs you I loveâŠâ
âYou love me?? you were using me to get to my brotherâŠâ His shoulder was heaved with emotions..
âTrust me Jaxon I love youâŠâ I tried taking his hands but he pu-ll-ed back like he was allergic to meâŠ
âI donât want to see you againâŠâ He turned his back at me..
The sorrow inside of me was like a knife in my rib⊠It was hurting to see him look at me with eyes holding total anger
I wanted to explain everything to him and maybe he would un-derstand and help me out this misery.
âI can explain everything you want to know. I had no choice but to do as he wantedâŠâ Tears begun dripping from my eyesâŠ
âAll I want is you to look at meâŠâ I twisted him around and noticed he was also crying..
âI thought we would have a thing together but you broke me. You and Tabby are the same. Heartless cold manipulative b-tchesâŠâ
I cu-mpped his face, âI love you so much and am nothing like Tabby..â
âNothing like her???â He snapped and held me by the arms, âYou betrayed me. You used me. All along you and my brother were d@t!ngand here you were ma-king me believe that you loved meâ He shook me so ha-rd that I begun feeling dizzyâŠ
âTrust me I didnât know about the proposal. I thought you would be the one on that stage on one kneeâŠâ
âHow was I supposed to know what he had planned???â He pushed me back that I almost fell on my bu-ttâŠ
âI donât want to see youâŠDonât ever look for me or anything. After the albu-m launch we are doneâŠâ There was rawness of pain in his voiceâŠ
âButâŠ.â
âDonâtâŠâ His eyes were narrowed, rigid and cold..
You know who was unlucky??? This girl. The guy who I loved sli-pped throu-gh my f!ngersbecause I was busy thinking about the welfare of my family. I wish I was a little selfish. Dad disowned me, why did I have to care about him???
He was okay by himself. He was the man of the family, itâs his duty to protect his familyâŠ
âWhere is the love that you felt for me some hours ago???â I know it was a silly question, I blew up but I nee-ded to know.
I wra-pped my arms around his che-st from behind and sobbe-d unceasingly on his back. He didnât push me away but held my hands so ti-ght.
âWhy did you do it???â
âI love you Jaxon. I love you so much. I did this because your brotherâŠ.â
âWhat in the world is going on here???âJordan yelled in the middle of my confessionâŠ
I walked away from Jaxonâs back, blood drained from my face. I smelt troubleâŠ. Jaxon turned around to look at his now angry brother and smiled, âWhatsApp Jordan???â
âJaxon what are you doing with my future wife??? Hold on, are you two an item??? Did I hear her tell you she loves you???â
âJust tell her to leave me aloneâŠâ He wiped his tears away and walked out on us.
âJaxon wait????â I tried going after him but Jordan blocked my way..
âWhere do you think you are going Missy???â He held me by the arm..
âI am going after the man I love so muchâŠâ
âDo you hear yourself??? Thatâs my brother you are talking about. He doesnât want you.â He barked..
âYes, I love him and he loves meâŠâ
âAre you crazy??â
âYes in loveâŠJaxon!!! Jaxon!!!â I started shouting but lucky him the room was sound proofâŠ
I tried shaking my arm off his grip but all in vain.
âListen you manipulative greedy fool, I wonât let you use my brother to get back at me..You are going to st©p acting like a teenager in love and go back to the p@rty acting like an engaged happy girlâŠâ
âWhat if I donât????â
He slowly let goes of my arm and takes a step backâŠ
âI will ruin you and your family. I will take that land, burn everything in it and build a grand h0telâŠâ He sounded as arrogant as he could be..
âDonât you get bored with the same threats??? I donât care about anythingâŠâ
âBegin to care young girl,â He placed his hand on my nÂŁÂąk, âIf you do anything that will embarras-s me, I will kill you. You wonât ruin my plansâŠâ He started strangling meâŠ
âI canât breathe JordanâŠâ I struggled to talk but it didnât matter to him..
âI want you to go back there and act all happy.
Do you get me???â He ordered and I shook my headâŠ
I had never seen him so mad and terrifyingâŠIt felt like the devil himself..
How was I going to survive with a monster for two years???
He freed me from his grip and I knelt g@sping for air.
âYou are a monster Jordan, you want me to marry you but keep this in mind I will make your life a living hell that you will regret ever taking me with you down this road..â I threatened ru-bbing my nÂŁÂąkâŠ
âNow listen to me,â He lifted my chin up, âWe are getting married tomorrow first thing in the morning. I wonât take my chances with youâŠStand up we have paparazzis and guests to plea-seâŠâ
âEven if you marry me right now and then, my heart will always belong to Jaxon MarciasâŠâ We were now nose to nose..
âI donât care whether you love Donald Trump himself, you are going to be my wifeâŠâ
âCan you hear yourself??? I am in love with your brotherâŠâI emphasized since it seemed he didnât un-derstand what I meant.
âStand up from the floor and letâs get back to the p@rtyâŠâ He lifted me by the armâŠ
âI hate youâŠâ
âMy love, am glad we are on the same pageâŠâ
Jordan was driving me crazy and I didnât know what to do. For Christ sake I was in love with his brother but he didnât care. He didnât seem bothered. Who is not bothered seeing his wife to be in love with his brother??? This guy is weird..
I took a de-ep breath, practiced my smile and intertwined our hands. When we got back at the p@rty the paparazzis and celebrity reporters ran towards us..
âCiara, how are you feeling about this???â
âJordan do you think she is the one???â
âWhere did you two meet???â
âCalm down fellowsâŠYes i know she is the one since I feel in love with her from the moment I saw herâŠShe is a very amazing woman and I wish to spend the rest of my life with herâŠ.â How could he lie without glitching????
âCiara, were you two d@t!ngwhen you were still with David???â
âIs he the reason you are working with Jaxon Marcias???
âWhen is the wedding???â
I stood there silently unable to fake the I am a happy engaged girl until he squee-zed my hand so ti-ght..
âNo, David and I have been separated for a while..I worked with Jaxon because my work speaks for itself..and we are never getting married..â
If looks could kill then I would have been died by now from Jordanâs glare..
âI was kidding,â I faked a laugh and everyone sighed with relief, âWe will be getting married in two weeksâŠâ
âWill you leave him at the aisle too???â I saw Jordan gritting his teeth and knew I had to give a wise responseâŠ
âOf course not. I love him and I would be so happy to walk down the aisle with himâŠâ If only I could stand him upâŠ
After that people begun congratulating us on our engagementâŠ
âWelcome to the family, sister in-lawâŠâ Sophie hvgged meâŠOooh yeah, I now had to see her everyday of my miserable two yearsâŠ
âCiara is going be my sister in lawâŠâ Mason was all syked up whereas his twin was there trying to act how happy he was for us but his red eyes betrayed him..
âI am happy for you guys but I nee-d to goâŠâ
âAre you not performing????â Sophie askedâŠ
âI have a so-re throat, I will just go to my roomâŠâ
âDo you nee-d some medicine???â I could help but blurt out. Yes I cared for him..
âNo, I will be fineâŠâ
âGirlfriend or should I call you Mrs Marcias???â Kendi said all excited you would have thought she was the one who got engaged.
âCiara will doâŠâ
âWe are happy for you, can we take a picture of your ring???It looks expensive..â
Lilian stated as her and Vicky jumped up and down excitedly looking at it.
They took pics of my ring and some selfies with me to post on the InstagramâŠEverything was happening at a supersonic speed. I looked everywhere for Sebastian or Brian but there was no sight of himâŠ
âWell, I can say you pla-yed this game pretty well???â Chloe whispered behind me.. Just what I nee-ded to vent my anger into..
âSister in-law???â I turned around acting all girly and hvgged her,â I am happy to see youâŠâ
âYou k!ssone brother and marry the other. I nee-d some lessons girlâŠâ
âJust keep this in mind, I am getting married to the eldest Marcias son and so I will always have more power than you..Watch your back loveâŠâ I pe-cked her cheek walked to were Jordan was standing with some friendsâŠ
âLove I am so tired,can you drive me home???âI placed my hand around his arm..
âWhohhhuu!!!!She is alre-ady missing youâŠâ One of his friends tea-sed him.
âWe are just crazy in loveâŠâ He tried k!ss!ngme but I pu-ll-ed back.
âBaby we canât parade our be-droom matters.â
He wasnât gonna show off to his friends with some fake love bullsh-tâŠ
âOkay love, letâs get you homeâŠâ
We acted all loving and sweet but the moment we got in the car he was all cold and angry again.
âGet enough sleep, tomorrow we are getting married???â
âBut I thought it was in two weeks time???â
âI make the rulesâŠAnd I say what will be done and whenâŠâ
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I was a prisoner in my own house..When Jordan told me that the next day I would be un-der lock and key, I thought he was bluffing until he acted his threatâŠ
There were three armed strong men in my house who made sure I didnât get out of my room. Jane and I had no access to our phones until Mr arrogance stated otherwiseâŠ
He had this silly idea that I would run away or say something stupid to the pressâŠ
I just did one silly mistake and one of them ran inside my room in a lightning speed and stood right there infront of my be-dâŠ
What harm was it in screaming???I hated the torture Jordan was putting me un-der..
âAre you gonna just stand there in a girlâs room???â I thought I would pl@ywith his conscience but nope, he didnât even move..
I sat on my be-d, tapping my feet irritatingly on the floor but it didnât get to himâŠ
I stood up and he stood in my wayâŠ
âDo you want to see my un-derp@n-ts???âI yelled threatening to drop my pyjamas to my knees..
âDonât do that Mrs Marcias
These are just orders from the bossâŠâ
âSo you wanna take me to the bathroom????â
He shook his head and moved asideâŠ.
I stood infront of the bathroom mirror thinking of ideas to escape from there but none of them made s-en-seâŠ
Jump throu-gh the window, I canât fit.
Hang myself, I am not that stupid..
Swallow some slee-ping pillsâŠNo, I am not that desperate..
Pretend am unconciousâŠJordan would marry me even if I am dead and the thought of getting married unconcious scared meâŠ
One minute later,
âMrs Marcias, are you okay????â He started knocking the door so ha-rd .
âIf you donât open the door, I will break it downâŠâ
âI am coming in Mrs MarciasâŠâ He canât do anything, he is trying to scare me..
So I thought until he broke the door and c@mÂŁ in like nothing had happened..
âWas that necessary???â He found me seated on the toilet seat..
âI thought you were planning to escapeâŠâ
âDo I look like a terrorist to you???â
âNoâŠâ
âFor your punishment, I wonât get re-ady or even have a bath. Letâs see what your boss will say about that..â
I stood firm on my word and refused to either shower or get dressedâŠ
Jordan had said we were going to get married at 1 pm and it was now 4 oâclock in the eveningâŠ
Did he decide to let me go???plea-se,who am I kidding???
I was exhausted from waiting for my husband to be to come that I dozed offâŠ
âWake up???â Jordan tapped me harshly on my shoulderâŠ
âSo we are getting married???I thought you ran awayâŠâ I tea-sed him but he looked as cold as everydayâŠ
âWhy are you not re-ady???â
âI donât want to and you canât f0rç£ meâŠâ I shruggedâŠ
âThen I will marry you in your pyjamasâŠâ He took my hand and drag me from my be-droomâŠ
There was Jane also been dragged from her room too.
âAre we animals???â I shouted at Jordan.
âShut up!!!!â
âCiara, this man is crazy. After getting married plea-se admit him in the asylumâŠâ
Jane thought she had whispered but the arrogant psychopath heard it allâŠ
âIf you donât shut up, I will cut your ton-gue outâŠâ
And she was scaredâŠ
âWe canât get married, we donât have a marriage licenceâŠâ I boasted doing a happy dance only to be sl@pped with a paper on my face.
âWhatâs that????â
Holy donkey on a bicycle, we had a marriage licence.
âBut how did you???â I stammered.
âI knew you would try to act smart and so I had a plan BâŠâHe gr@bbÂŁd the licence from my hand..
âBut where did you get my identification card???You are a fraudâŠâ
âMe, a thief but you gave it to my mother a week ago together with your pas-sport ph0tosâŠâ He smiled looking all victorious while I rolled my eyes away..
How did I not think of this, I thought my identification card and pas-sport ph0tos were to be used for a good causeâŠ
Just as we were arguing, Sebastian walked inâŠ
âYou guys are not even re-ady???The registrar is hereâŠâ He retorted.
âWe are re-ady, the bride will be in her pyjamasâŠâ Jordan replied drylyâŠ
âMen, let the girl atleast look good at her wedding???â Sebastian stated but I gave him a blank look..I wasnât gonna act happy in a wedding I didnât even want to be inâŠ
Wear a go-wn for who???If he doesnât want to marry me, he can as well turn around and go back to the hell hole he c@mÂŁ from. It would be very good of him..
âI am good SebâŠâ I thun-dered.
âBut???â
âItâs my weddingâŠâ
âWhich you donât want to be inâŠâ
Does Jane want her ton-gue cut out???
âCome hereâŠâ Sebastian embossed me into a hvg,âI am sorry I couldnât save you from this..â
âAtleast you triedâŠâ
âEnough with the family reunion, itâs time to make this thing officialâŠ.âJordan orderedâŠ
The Registrar sat on the other side of the table infront of the couple to be. Jane and Sebastian standing beside us as witnessesâŠ
The wedding was typically quic-k. There were no vows⊠Jordan just placed a ring on my f!nger, I did the sameâŠWe signed the certificates, the witnesses signed where their signatures nee-ded to be and we were marriedâŠ.
As simple as thatâŠThe bride in her pyjamas and the groom looking all tiredâŠ
âPack all your clothes, we are leaving in fifteen minutesâŠâHe didnât even looked a little bit happy..
âCan I stay just for tonight???â
âNo, pack your bags and I wonât say it againâŠâ
Something unre-adable in his mind told me he was serious and so I stood up and went ahead into my room..
âBestie, I am scared for youâŠThis man is an animalâŠâ
âJenny, I will be fine. I just have to tolerate him for two yearsâŠâ
âButâŠ.â
âSsshhh!!!!I will be okayâŠâ I hvgged her, tears burning my eyes.
I wasnât going to be fine but I nee-ded to act strongâŠ
After two hours I was done packing and it was time to start my new miserable life in the Marcias mansion. Learn how to tolerate Chloe,act like I love Sophie,act cool infront of JaxonâŠDamn, it was hell of workâŠ
When we got into the mansion, everyone was surprised to see me and my bags in the living room..
âDear what happened???â My mother in-law asked looking all worriedâŠ
âMum, your new daughter in-lawâŠâ
Jaxon on hearing those words, he dropped the cu-p of coffee he was holdingâŠ.
âJaxon are you okay????â I asked running to him.
âI will be in my roomâŠ.â He ran upstairs. I tried calling him but he ignored.
âBaby, he is fineâŠThe maid will clean this up..âJordan c@mÂŁ and stood beside me..
âHow did this happen??You two only got engaged like yesterdayâŠâMason couldnât believe it and so Jordan showed them our marriage certificateâŠ
âBut why so fast????â My mother in-law was still in shockâŠ
âBecause I love her and we cant stay ap@rt from each otherâŠâ He took my hand and k!$$ÂŁd it,âLove letâs go to our room, you nee-d to restâŠâ
âWhere is her wedding dress???Your honeymoon???Why is she in her pyjamas??â For Christ sake Mama can you st©p with the questions.
Itâs ha-rd for me to put up with the liesâŠ
âMom thatâs between my wife and I. We will go to our room nowâŠâ He literally pu-ll-ed me out of there and for once I was grateful..The questions were driving me crazyâŠ
We got into our room and he threw me on the be-dâŠ
âNot a word to anyone. Never answer any question Do you un-derstand???â
âWhere do I put my things???â
âIn my closet, there is two empty shelves.You will try fit your clothes there..â
âAre you kidding me, how are they supposed to fit in there???â
âThats your problemâŠâ
He begun un-bu-ttoning his shi-t infront of me.
âWhat are you doing???â
âWe are married and just because you are here I wonât change my habits. I sleep n-ked and re-move my clothes here where I am standing.â
I turned around until I was sure he got into the bathroomâŠ
Dear God, give me strength or I will kill this man in his sleepâŠ
I was so lost in my own world until Jordan c@mÂŁ to dry his hair beside me ma-king me we-tâŠ
âJordan???â
âI dry my hair at this sp©tâŠâ
His hair looked messy in a good wayâŠWow, this guy was really handsome but not my type..I always heard stories of how Latina men were very handsome and him being a mixed race he had the b©dy and the looks. Not forgetting his siblings, his family was made up of beautiful peopleâŠ.
âWhat are you staring at????â
âJust wondering how one can be so uglyâŠâ
âWrong move crazy mud girl, I am handsome and I know it. And Donât say itâs because my mother told meâŠ.â
âWhateverâŠ.â
âBefore I forget, you will be slee-ping at the couch. I will share my be-d with youâŠ.â He threw his towel on my faceâŠ
âWhat the??â
âI throw my towel at that sp©tâŠâ
Angrily I took the towel and begun stepping on it but he just stood there wondering what I was doingâŠ
âYou are a very bitter womanâŠâ
âAnd I am not slee-ping on the couch. I am slee-ping on this be-d and if youâŠ..â He walked out on me as I was talkingâŠDid he just walk out on me????He is so rudeâŠ
I sat on the be-d thinking of how everything happened so fastâŠI was a married woman but didnât have the wedding of my dreamsâŠ
I got married in my pyjamas, in my living room and here I am in my husbandâs room..The man I detested so much, truly fate had a way to make my life a nightmare.
âMrs Marcias can I come in???â It was Carol..
âYes Carol..â
âHere is your food. The boss said you are very tired you wonât come down for dinnerâŠâ
âPlace it there and thank youâŠâ
She nodded, placed the food beside the be-d and walked out of the room..So he cared about me, thatâs weird. What is he planning????
Did I have some appetite, NoâŠAlthough the plate of spaghetti and meatba-lls looked tasty, I didnât even have a bite.
Tbc