Chapter 6 6

She agreed to his proposal to escape the situation, assuming that Markos would definitely give her a few days to prepare and shop around. What she didn't expect was his eagerness and the fact that he was truly in love with her, Markos seemed he didn't want to give her any more moments of 'single life.'

"Ah...haha!" Valeria chuckled fake-ly to avoid the further talk which would definitely upset her. Markos's men lined up holding different designer wedding gowns, shoes and bags. An old man appeared in the room rushing while holding a wooden box, Markos exclaimed as he saw him incoming.

"There you are! Right on time as usual." He took the box and opened it, Valeria was stunned to see a big ass diamond necklace before her eyes. It wasn't like she never saw diamonds or didn't bath in money.

"Here, It was my grandmother's. It is my mother's wish to give this to her daughter-in-law." The necklace was the heirloom of Moreno family and cost a fortune! Markos texted the secretary to fetch the necklace from home since he never planned on gifting it to Carla. Valeria had no clue how to react to the expensive gift bestowed upon her out of love and sincerity!

"I will leave it here, get ready, my love!" Markos walked out of the room to give Valeria time to get ready, he paused on the doorsteps to inform that the makeup artist was standing outside. Valeria had no doubt that Markos would have arranged the country's best makeup artist for her within the time span of minutes.

Undoubtedly she was Markos Moreno's bride, the loved one whom he just gifted the heirloom!

'I have to take the charge now.' Now that Markos was gone from the room with his guards, Valeria' mind began to run to find an escape. The woman walked towards the door and placed her head in order to hear any voice.

'It seems everyone is gone now. This is my only chance to run now, I can't marry this guy.' Valeria heaved a helpless sigh recalling how stupidly she tried to act sharp. Her father was unaware of the whole situation and might disown her for marrying informed.

'He is creepy as fuck, who the hell can fall in love like this. Gah! He is great at spouting bullshit with a straight face.' She was still in denial that anyone could fall in love at first sight, let alone a man like Markos Moreno would fall flat over her. Valeria opened the door slightly ajar, and to her surprise the whole carpeted arcade had numerous men clad in black suits.

They all had riffles in their hands and black shades on the eyes, the scene gave her chills and the sensation of obvious defeat increased. 'Damn! Have I been kidnapped already? This is no less than an abduction scene.' Valeria growled and shut the door, knowing that there wasn't even any slim chance for her to escape the room. The guards would not even let her leave the room, let alone the damned hotel.

Valeria cursed herself for agreeing to attend Carla's marriage. She leaned against the door and raked through her hair, the woman strode towards the bed again while walking past the mirror.

"What the heck!"

She sprinted back to the mirror and touched her face while gulping the horrendous scene in front of her. She looked no less than the Annabelle doll who was about to devour Markos Moreno for making fun of her appearance by calling her gorgeous with that face. Valeria gritted her teeth and turned around and rushed towards the washroom, the lady immediately sat on the toilet seat.

"I will not marry you, you psycho!"

She released her frustration and stood up to wash hands, Valeria couldn't find hand wash and opened the cupboard nearby. The sight in front of her annoyed the woman even more that her hunch about Markos being a maniac seemed to be true.

"The heck! Why is he keeping so many flavored condoms here? Was the bastard planning to use them with Carla?"

She thought truthfully what seemed to be the only possible explanation according to the prior marriage scenario.

"Or he is a man-whore! Did Markos use to come here with many women?" Valeria had no clue how to predict the right explanation, it was the moment when she took the hand wash and saw the used condom in the dustbin. She reflexively touched her lower abdomen, then recalled that she couldn't feel any pain or anything.

"Thank goodness!"

She couldn't be more happy than that, Markos didn't touch her intimately and she was safe from his lusty side. The lady hurriedly washed her hands and crept out of the washroom. Her eyes landed on the sparkling necklace laid on the bed which caught her attention, Valeria felt bad and guilty since she could not do something terrible like that.

But the lady shook her head and walked towards the window, Valeria didn't bother to see what was coming ahead. Her sparkling eyes saw the buildings in front of her and then glanced at the ground.

"It's not that high, I can't break my bones if I jump from here. Right?" The lady cast a look behind and without any second thought Valeria jumped from the window of second floor. The woman safely landed on her all four limbs and looked around anxiously.

Upon finding no one around her, she sneakily stood up and confidently walked out of the hotel premises. Valeria didn't bother to change into something decent since that would require time waste, and the chances of getting caught by the men were higher.

"Great! I remember this ceremony was on a cruise, which was supposed to sail later today at night." The marriage was planned by Markos's family on their cruise, well which would be the under-term for the big-ass cruise version they had.

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