Chapter 2 KAENE

"Mmmm...do you like that sir....I love how dark the green of your eyes are...mmmm...it matches your black hair...."

The woman on her knees in front of me drawls as she sucks on just the tip of my dick. I hardly give her time to say any other thing as I slam my full length into her mouth, she gags as it hits the back of her throat. I fist her blonde hair as I keep fucking her mouth giving her no time to breathe much less talk, she's moaning as I make a quick work of finishing down her throat, groaning out my release. She looks up at me, her blue eyes red from tears still falling down her face from choking before looking back down just as quickly. She remains on her knees, head bowed, not moving as she knows I have to leave before she leaves her position below me.

Wiping off with a Kleenex before buttoning up my gray trousers, I stand up from the bed of my hotel's presidential suite and walk out the door. My assistant, Dale stands outside the door where I'd left him 15 minutes ago. He follows me into the private elevator as we wait for it to go down

"You have a meeting with Mr. White in one hour, a reservation at Le Nouveau Goût in three hours with Madamé Rosa, a shoot for 'The Trendsetters' by 5PM, A board meeting by 7pm. You should know that the board members express their annoyance at the time set, Your sister wishes to know if you will be attending her baby shower set for tomorrow, There's a rumor circulating that you had a hand in the fire at Winston Charles' head company. The interior decorators for the new branch at Malibu are done with their work and that's about all for now Sir. Reviews on the woman brought for you today?"

The elevator dings, opening at the reception, I step out of the elevator taking no notice as a few bodyguards surround my assistant and I as we walk out of the hotel to flashing cameras.

"Is it true you were the evil mastermind behind the destruction...."

"Did you pay somebody to set the company ablaze...."

"Do you know the sentence for Arson Mr.White?"

"What do you have to say about the issue Mr....."

"Was it jealousy...."

I glance at my assistant's apologetic look, my face hard with irritation

"I...I'm so...sorry s...sir it's the r...ru...rumors."

He walks with his head bowed, avoiding any contact with me on our short trip to my car. I wait as he opens the door before I turn to face him

"Cancel the shoot and Reschedule the board meeting tomorrow for 8:30PM, if you receive any complaints make it Saturday by 4:30AM at the London branch. Tell my sister she can reschedule the baby shower to next month if she wants me there badly. I will meet with Madamé Rosa. You know what to do for the rumors, I expect fired reporters and failed companies. Arrange my jet for Sunday, I'm going to Malibu"

"Yes S...sir"

I slide into the backseat and soon the Rolls Royce Specter is on it's way to my office where I'm sure Mr. White is waiting to finally accept my deal.

ARIA

Sweat drips down my face as I run up the short stairs to the entrance of my house, I still feel the excitement from my short run around the property coursing through my veins. My daily morning runs have now been reduced to twice a week runs, I find myself too lazy to do anything nowadays. I wipe my sweat with the back of my hands before I walk into the house, my parents oblivious to the fact that I just walked in are having a screaming match. I stop to understand the situation a bit more before I try to solve the problem.

"Are you blaming me for our situation! I have no hand in the way you run the business like an idiot. What fool looses a company to the oldest trick in the book?"

My mother screams as she hits a vase to the floor, it shatters as it's dirt contents spill to the floor. My father is shouting his response as he throws down the bottle of wine he has in his hands. The red liquid mixes with the soil and sharp shards of glass and ceramic are scattered everywhere.

"I've found a fucking solution if you shut the fuck up and listen to the goddamn thing I have to say"

"Nothing you say has any meaning Riccardo, I think that's established by now!"

"Aria will marry the bastard and that's the last I want to hear of this discussion! He will give the company back if she stays married to him for two years!"

"You are willing to sell off our daughter to that monster with a deal like that?! Do you know the things he'd do to her? Riccardo think for once in your pathetic life. I don't know why I married you!"

"She could have stayed married to Luke but she failed at that! She's just like you Annalise, she's a fucking failure too"

My mouth hangs open in shock as their fight begins to make sense in my head, the marriage, a failure? A marriage? Me? Words are floating around my head as everything becomes blurry, I see black spots surround my vision. It seems too quiet as I try to suck in air but fail miserably, I can't breathe, I'm choking on nothing. I feel myself crash into the glass table as I try to find my footing. Everything fades to black....

....

"Aria? Aria? Open your eyes Cariño, go on you can do it"

Everything looks too bright as I struggle to open my eyes slowly, My head hurts badly as I struggle to see the blurry figure of Grace over me as memories of what happened begin to come back. I raise up the baggy white shirt I'd worn to hug earlier on and there's a nasty purple bruise already forming on my side from the fall. I look around for my mother, she'd been on my side then right?

"Grace, w.... where's s...she? Where's my mother! She should be here! Where is she?" I stammer as I burst into tears as the weight of the matter settles on me, I'm getting remarried again and to another monster.

Grace soothes me as I cry in her arms

"I can't face it again Grace, I really can't. What am I going to do?"

"Cariño, calm down child. Breath"

I keep crying profusely, not having any control over my tears or my voice as I scream in anger

"How could they do this to me! How could they do this? They know what Luke did to me! They know! I'm not doing it! I won't marry him"

" You will do as you are told Aria"

My mother says as she walks into the room, looking annoyingly perfect, looking like she's not about to agree to this.

"I fucking hate you, I hate you! I hate papa! I hate the both of you. Go to hell for fuck's sake! Leave my room!"

I shout as I struggle against the strong arms of Grace to get my hands on my mother. She stands there unfazed, looking at me with no pity, no sadness just nothing

"You will get married to Keane Gray, you will do what your father says"

I loose my mind at the mention of his name. Keane Gray? Me?

"Fuck you, I'm 20 I'll make my own decisions! I heard you support me! What'd he promise you! What'd he say to you! How can you force me to marry him! Him mama!"

She's still calm, her face still betraying no emotions,

"I raised you better than to be a selfish spoiled brat Aria. Grace, leave this room"

Grace reluctantly lets go of me as she exits the scene. I wipe my face as I stand to face my mother

"You'll stay married to him for just 2 years, Aria. You have to do it for this family. We're going broke. We are already broke Aria. You won't have all these if you keep acting this way."

"I don't care about these things mama, I can't do it again. I can't get married and I won't do it."

Something dark covers her gray eyes, the eyes and red hair were the only things I got from her. I know what she's about to do already

" Think about all the homeless people and the poor we donate to with the money we have. You'll have a lot of deaths on your hands if you don't do this. You can finally make your father proud Aria, don't you want that"

Tears well up in my eyes as her manipulation seems to work, I feel my will break at the thought of my father smiling at me with pride, he's never done that.

I see her smile innocently knowing fully well that she's won, tears fill my eyes as I consent

"I'll do it"

"The wedding preparations have already begun, we'll shop for a dress tomorrow. The wedding is on Monday"

My eyes widen in alarm

"What do you mean Monday? Mama today is Tuesday. Monday is in 5 days at most, there's no time"

"He's taken care of everything. The story with the media is that you have been dating secretly"

I nod, no longer having any strength to argue, my adrenaline high is done, I can feel all the pains from the past hour come back even more. I lie back down, signaling the end of our conversation. My mother leaves the room, turning back not once.

Grace barrels into the room in a panic, I don't know what she expects to find but it's definitely not me calmly laying on the bed

"Cariño"

She readies a warm bath for me, caring for me better than my mother would ever.