Chapter 3 Episode 3

Episode 3:

The sun was setting and Khiara could be seen standing in the middle of the garden. Her face looked serene but then she had a lot going on inside her.

"Ahh...this is hard." She said to herself as she tried to cut out an overgrown twig. She was always in the garden in the evenings to trim the flowers.

It was her favorite spot to be. With rows of beautiful roses, lilies, and different other flowers, she found her peace.

She wore a loose shirt and pants, so it was easy for her to move around the garden. Her movement was fluid showing how skilled she was in trimming and shearing the flowers.

"Hey." Khiara's head whipped to the side when she heard that word. She was startled because her full attention was on the flowers.

"Hey, Anna." Khiara greeted with a slight smile on her face.

"I see you are spending enough time here just days to your marriage to Asher." Anna started and Khiara turned to look at her with a stink eye.

"Tell me, how is he in bed? Do you ever think you want more?" Anna asked, her eyes sparkling in curiosity.

"What do you mean if he's good in bed? That's none of your business." Khiara clapped back with a frown on her face. Though Asher was good in bed, she wouldn't admit that.

"Do you want to have a taste of him in bed?" Khiara asked curiously, her eyes growing wide. Also, she could only remember vague thrustings and meanings, however she knew how tingly and needy she felt down there the next day.

"It's no big deal." Anna snorted after a while. "Well, I look forward to your marriage to him." She continued while looking at Khiara from the corner of her eyes.

It had been days and Khiara had not spoken about her impending marriage. She needed to find out what Khiara was thinking.

"I never said I'll go on with the marriage. I will not get married any time soon." Khiara said immediately with a frown on her.

That was exactly what Anna wanted, "True, you don't have to get married. They shouldn't force you." Anna declared and then looked around for a few seconds.

She then stepped closer to Khiara and whispered, "Would you like to cancel the wedding? The power is in your hands now." Her voice sounded like the devil's whispering. It was tempting.

And Khiara couldn't resist that temptation. She nodded her head and asked, "How?"

Anna moved impossibly closer to her again but Khiara decided she could take the discomfort. She heard Anna say, "Elope, a day before the wedding. No one will be able to find you, I'll help you."

"Is that going to work?" Khiara asked as a frown started to mar her face.

"Of course, it will. You can think it through." Anna replied with a smirk on her face. She had already planted the words, she just needed to water it.

"You should go see dad in his study, he needs to talk to you about the marriage." Anna said, even though her dad never said anything like that. She just wanted her words to be rooted in Khiara's mind when she gets rejected again.

Khiara nodded her head and took the gardening tools she was holding with her. She was quick to put them in their place before she walked into the mansion.

She never noticed that Anna was a few steps behind her.

With a series of calculated steps, she was before the door to her father's study. She placed a knock on the door and a few seconds later she heard a grunt of approval.

Taking a deep breath, she opened the door and walked to stand before her father who was sitting behind his study table.

"Father, I would love to cancel the marriage." Khiara declared, thinking that her father really wanted to discuss the marriage.

Khiara's father sighed and then dropped his ball pen. "You can't do that, Khiara." His voice was stern, making her confused.

"But father, I have a will of my own. You shouldn't force me to do something I don't want to do." Khiara yelled.

"Stop yelling!" Her father said, banging the table and Khiara jumped back in fear. Her father's eyes were red and his face twitched in anger.

She had never seen her father so angry!

"You have been chosen and it is sealed. Get married or face the consequences." Her father declared with a stern face.

The realization started to dawn on Khiara that she had no way out of the impending marriage.

"How could I get married to someone who took advantage of me in my most vulnerable state?" She asked in a low voice, her head bowed.

"You both are getting married soon. Sex is going to be a normal occurrence. Get used to it." He answered simply and then took up his ball pen and went back to work.

Khiara took it as her cue to leave. She turned to walk out but then Anna's suggestion about eloping was rooted in her mind.

"I just need a good plan." She thought as she walked out of the study. She didn't notice Anna who was standing in the distance.

On the other hand, Anna had a slight smirk on her face. She had heard what went down in the study and liked the way Khiara was rejected but it only meant something to her.

As her father said, the deal was sealed and it only meant that Asher wants Khiara and no one else.

"No, he wouldn't have such admiration for that tiny fool." Anna said to herself. She was starting to get nervous. Though her mother had promised she would get Asher, she needed to get things done herself.

"I need to get Khiara out of the way. Asher would then come to me." Anna thought to herself, her fingers tapping her chin in practiced rhythm.

"I need to kill her." Anna declared her sparking in malice.