Chapter 3 Meeting Liam

We were told we would be having dinner with the Colloways, and I had grudgingly asked Emma to tag along. It was going to be more than a dinner, as we would be introduced to each other, myself and the proposed groom. I didn't even know his name, I sighed then got up to get myself something presentable for the night.

I grabbed my red short fitted dress that had a v cut which showed off a bit of my cleavage. My heels were black with gold stunts that matched my blonde hair. I chosed a golden purse to kill my outfit and I smiled at my reflection in front of the mirror. Happy with my appearance, I let my hair fall lose around my shoulders before making my way out the door in search of my friend.

She had insisted on waiting outside and I knew she used that as an excuse to make new videos for her TikTok account. I found her sitting in front of the garden, her expression happy as she said something to her phone which confirmed my guess on the TikTok part.

When she saw me she waved then mouthed something to the camera before she walked towards me.

"You got this?" She said unexpectedly, her left brow raised up and she gave me that up and down look. I nodded my head unsure of what to say and we made our way to the car, Dad and Mom were already waiting in their car and when they caught sight of us they signalled for the driver to hit the road and we did same.

Few minutes later, we were seated around round table in their dining hall, biting into our food in silence. I sat across my future mother in law and Emma sat at my right hand side while Liam sat on my left.

He looked so yummy in his rolled white shirt and I couldn't help glancing at him from the corner of my eyes. He had caught me staring more than once and he scowled disapprovingly at me. He could go ahead and hug a transformer, I don't care. After all I had every right to stare at him, a bride has every right to stare or worse glare at her arranged groom. If it pissed him off so much then he should go ahead and cancel the marriage.

I chuckled silently at my thoughts, as I bit into my chicken leg before slumping it on my plate. I looked up to notice everyone's eyes on me and I rolled my eyes in an amused manner.

"What's wrong?" I shrugged, giving back the same air as I received. Liam muttered something under his breath and i chuckled again, still aware of everyone's eyes on me. I was used to the attention anyway so I am not bothered.

Mrs Hugh dropped her fuck on her plate and stared directly at me. "Is there anything wrong with the food? Don't you like it, I can have the maids make you something else. Hold on, Miriam...." I held up my hands and shook my head. "Hell no, there's nothing wrong with the food. I just you know, remembered something funny."

"Angel, manners here." Mom yelled, her eyes huge as she stared angrily at me. Lol, but I don't know what I said.

"Never mind that Catherina," Mrs Hugh said dismissively, and I wanted to chuckle some more but held it in. Two pairs of legs hit mine under the table and I looked down to catch Emma trying to kick me again. I turned to her with alarmed eyes and cocked my eyebrow, I didn't like that very well. At least I do when we are sneaking around some bad things. Laugh at that.

"Stay calm." Emma said, then elbowed me. Like seriously? What was that for?

Mr Hugh, my future father in law pushed his plate aside then cleared his throat and I realized it was time for proper introduction. I continued eating my food ready for it all. Somehow, I found myself wanting to know more about my strange groom and I'm surprised at myself for that. I thought I wouldn't care less if he was one ugly beast just like how I wouldn't care about a bad whether. But it wasn't so, I had been thinking a lot about him than I wanted to. I thought maybe it was normal, that I was bound to since we were going to walk down the aisle together.

"Angel, I want to formally welcome you into our family. We are proud of you and your achievements and we believe you are a perfect match for our son." He said, and my lips twitched at that. Perfect match, scoff. Just like my thoughts, Liam did the same. He scoffed. I turned to him and our eyes met, I gave him the 'l too find it gross' look before I turned to face his Dad.

"Thank you sir." I muttered. That was all. I felt completely unsure of how to react to that. Maybe a 'are you serious sir? Thank you so much and I'm glad I'm going to marry your son' or maybe this, 'Really? I too find your son as the perfect match for me.'

"We watched your recent movie and God, you performed extremely well. You pulled it off and I couldn't hold it in so I showed you off to my friends." Mrs Hugh chirped in excitedly, then winked at me as she appraised me from head to toe. Knowing how gorgeous and hot I looked, I didn't feel nervous so I held my head high as I finished the food on my plate.

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After dinner I excused myself and started to tour around the house. Their compound was extremely large and there were series of flowers in bed forms that lined about and I was able to make out most of them. There at the far side of the compound were flowers I recognized immediately as hibiscus, there were hues of them and I found my legs moving in their direction. I plucked some of them and lifted them to my nose to sniff and I smiled as I inhaled their good scent.

After I had had my time with the hibiscus, I moved over to another bed, which contained roses. I sniffed it too but this time I couldn't just let it waste so I slid one in between my hair, just a little before my left temple.

"It suits you." A voice said from behind, and I jerked away to be face to face with Liam. He stood there with his hands in his pockets and I bet I caught a smile crack his lips and just when I smiled it disappeared, leaving me wondering whether it had been there or not.

"Huh?" I gasped, tipped my head into a frown but to my greatest surprise he left without another word. "Weirdo." I muttered to myself, turned around to pat the roses before I headed back inside.