Chapter 5 A life without Zack.

Tears fell from my eyes as she left. What is happening to me, I'm losing the one I love deeply for money. I'm being sold as a commodity with no emotions, the person I'm being sold to isn't of good character.

I have no one to run to. There's no one who'd help me. I cleaned my tears as I heard my father's voice.

"Adrielle! " He called as he walked inside. " What happened to your face? " He asked as he saw me on the cushion.

" Miss Ophelia hit me. " My father didn't say anything, he stood up and went to the porch, dragged Ophelia by her hair and threw her on the ground.

" My instructions weren't clear enough to you, was it? It was simple, treat Adrielle like a queen, no scars, no beatings. But you didn't listen, Leandro is coming tomorrow and you want to mess things up for me? " He said as he landed a slap on her and my stepmother curled up on the floor.

So Leandro Morgan is coming tomorrow, it's just a marriage alliance right. Leandro has power and I could use that to find my mother, when I finally find her I can divorce him and be free.

But I need to be sure of one thing. " Father, Leandro owns brothels? " I spoke calmly.

" Yes,he's a business man. When he sees an opportunity, he'd go for it. " He replied as he knelt beside me. It really feels like a snake waiting for it's meal.

" Do you want to sell me into his brothel to become one of his strippers? " If this was it, then I'd leave this house tonight.

" No,not at all. Leandro likes you,he's been watching you for a while now and he's decided to make his move. He's getting married to you, tomorrow the wedding banners would be hung up around town and everyone would know that you're getting married. We've been making plans, plus I picked a special day for it. That's two celebrations. " He said with a loud laughter and I faked a smile.

" This is my birthday gift for you on your twentieth birthday. A prestigious marriage. "

A flash wedding, just like that? No preparations? Nothing special.

But no one would willingly marry a wife and send her to the brothel to work right? He'd disgrace his family's name. So I'd become Mrs Morgan " Eww... " The sound of that is cringe. Mrs Wayne is better.

Andrea

Eduardo, my right hand man walked in " Her information is ready sir. And yes she's getting married in tomorrow to Mr Morgan, she also has a boyfriend Zack Wayne. "

" Talk about the marriage. " I said. " She's been sold to clear off her father's gambling debt and Morgan wants to use her as an shield to his mother's complaint. "

"How much does Julian owe Morgan? "

"Two hundred million. " I smiled. Julian's a big jerk,he couldn't make something useful out of such money, he gambled it and lost it as usual.

" Prepare two hundred million, I want to claim his daughter. "

" But you wanted to ruin them,this is a good opportunity for that to happen,you don't need to do anything. " Eduardo said trying to convince me but my mind was already made up.

" I said I WANT TO RUIN HER, I don't want Leandro to ruin my plans. "

"Understood! " Eduardo said as he walked away.

Now this explains why she wasn't in the mood to banter today, she was absent minded and she made the marriage sound like a happy occasion.

Eduardo walked back in "I just got a call and according to my source he says Leandro Morgan would go to Julian's place to pick up Adrielle tomorrow. You can do the exchange there. Do you want me to go or... "

" No, I'd go. I guess it's time for me to reveal myself to Julian. " He's going to be so surprised, I smiled to myself as I lit a cigarette.

Adrielle

I cried my eyes out last night because I knew that I'd never see Zack again,we didn't even end things on good terms which was really sad.

But I have to make sacrifices for my mother, she toiled so hard but she never got to eat the fruit of her labour rather a witch threw her out, labelled her as a thief and spent her money on jewels and useless things. I want revenge and running away with Zack won't get me anywhere.

Today I was well fed, I can consider that my last meal before being beheaded. My father bought me a new dress and hired an artist to make sure I looked appealing to Leandro.

This was another one of their tricks,they want to sell me to Leandro so I could probably become their ATM, send money to them whenever they wanted.

When the artist finished, I took one last look at myself before I walked out. " You look beautiful. Leandro would be head over heels in love with you. "

Suddenly, a convoy of cars drove in with wedding banners on them. People couldn't believe that sleek black SUV's and luxury sedans pulling up at our driveway. As they drove in heads turned everyone was curious to know what was happening.

Men in black suits got down and opened the door for the Leandro Morgan, I was expecting him to be an old man but he looked younger.

He probably just turned thirty, he wore a red shirt but buttoned only half of it and left his chest to be on full display. I could

He wore a furry coat and a black trouser,his hair slicked back and he had tattoos on the right side of his chest.

"Ah,Mr Morgan welcome to my home. " My father greeted with a smile but he wasn't interested.

"Where's she? " Leandro asked rudely.

"Meet Adrielle Julian,my one and only beloved daughter. "

"Looks good,I hope she's a virgin? " He asked as he scanned my face.

"Yes,she is. " What?? Why is he asking this? He probably wants me to go work at his brothel.

"I'm not working at any brothel. " I said loud enough for him to hear.

"Lady, you're mine now. So it's my choice to do whatever I want with you. You don't get to pick, I'll do the picking. " He replied as he stroke my cheek.

Another convoy appeared,this set was much more classy. What is happening? How many more deals are being made by my jobless father?

"Mr Morgan,my boss would like to talk to you. " A man in his late thirties said as he came to escort Mr Morgan to the new convoy.

People had gathered inside our compound, mouths were whispering, hands were pointing. Miss Ophelia was smiling as my father looked confused.