Arranged Marriage: To Hear Your Voice

It was a gloomy day for her to go outside, all she wanted was a calm and peaceful place, a mansion to be precise. While reading the series: A Song of Ice and Fire, A Clash of Kings {also known as Game of Thrones in HBO} by George R.R. Martin, a faint sound of Alpha Ceiling Fan worth 527.50 dollars was the only thing that could be heard in the living room.

Rather than going to the company to please her father, she was indoors because she wanted to enjoy the weather as she waited for the rain. That's to show how introverted she is, but she wished no bitch would dare mess with the silence.

After sitting for two hours, a maid brought in her favorite tea and snacks for her break time. She sipped on the hot tea, perfect for the cold weather. Not until she heard footsteps and a stranger's voice.

"You are welcome to our house Mr. Lawson. My son already told me about your arrival and search for a bride personally. I have my youngest daughter here, who is quite fond of you.

"Lawson? Her brow suddenly rose up, she ignored them and continued reading the last page of the book. Son? It is probably her brother who is away from them and managing a business outside the country, because the other son of the family is known as black sheep and doesn't care about family businesses.

They all stopped when they saw a lady sitting on a comfortable sofa. "That's my eldest daughter." Ferdinand introduces. "Sweetheart," He called her to get her attention. She closed her book and faced the two men in suits. She knew who Lawson is, so the other one is most likely to be the assistant, she thought. She bowed her head, picked up her tablet and left to the west wing toward her room.

"That's my sweet sister! Please forgive her, she's an introvert." Said a man in t-shirt and army style shorts while smiling at the men in suits. "Hi, Gabby." He said casually. Mr. Lawson or Gabriel Lawson is one of the wealthiest tycoons in the country. He also belongs to the top 50 richest men in the world.

Gabriel was pleased to meet Ethan's twin brother. They indeed look alike. Though the woman back then was one of his interests, she also looked like this twin, although she is a bit feminine.

"Then you must be Enzo." Gabriel extends his hand to the man that looks much more like a college boy.

"Yup!" Enzo shook his hand and said "The black sheep of the family."

"So, your sister..." Gabriel started.

"Daddy!" A young Lady of age 23 girlishly walked down the stairs like a diva. She greeted her father sweetly, while flashing a flirtatious smile towards Mr. Lawson.

"This is my youngest daughter, Marga." Alvarez introduced her. Lawson reached out his hand to her and she shook it in a much lady-like manner. Though she's pretty and might be a great trophy wife, he doesn't need someone like her.

"Sweetheart, This is Mr. Gabriel Lawson and his assistant Mr. Oliver Gonzales."

She smiled brightly at them. Ferdinand Alvarez gestures for them to sit. Gabriel sat down on the spot where the woman from before was. The sofa is still warm from her body heat, he smirks to himself. I finally found her, he uttered to himself and smiled at Enzo, who gazed at him with sharp eyes. He probably had known his intentions.

"Then, I should call out for snacks. What would you both like?" Enzo asked.

"Tea please." Gabriel requested. Gonzales was surprised by his boss's request.

"Any kind of tea? My sister is the only one who drinks tea here."

"Any tea." Gabriel smiles.

Coming down from the stairs is the Mistress of the house, Mrs. Alvarez.

A month after Enzo's birth mother died, their father married Janine Lim out of his heart. She's been the long Mistress and Marga was her father's illegitimate child but not long enough, she's now an Alvarez. Her hair was curled personally by her stylist for this dinner courtship of Gabriel Lawson.

"Mr. Lawson, Mr. Gonzales." Janine greeted them.

"Mrs. Alvarez." Lawson greeted in a business way.

On the west wing of the mansion. In Sabrina's room. She stood in front of the glass door to her balcony while watching the heavy rain from the outside. She clenched her fist and chuckled in her mind.

Since she has stopped talking for years, she only laughed and scoffed inside her mind.

Damn it, I never expected you'll be this rich, Mr. Lawson. She uttered in her mind. The man from before was the man she only slept with for a night and paid 10,000 dollars.

She wanted to laugh out loud to herself after finding out. Well, he's here to marry Marga and not her, so she's probably safe from everything. And surely Marga will be offended when she learns that Gabriel was her one nightstand.

She's sure that Marga knows a lot of techniques to please a man and she does not like the idea of pleasing a man. Pleasing a man wasn't part of her living and she lived her life satisfying herself.

She took her book from the bed and placed it on her shelves. She changed her casual home clothes into a sports bra and running shorts and went on the treadmill, where she started running with loud music. It was a personal gym next to her room. Sometimes, her brother uses it but since Enzo prefers running outside and going to the gym in the city to hook up, he rarely visits her gym.

She was breathing in and out through her nose as she ran faster, her mind was playing a recap of her hot scene with Gabriel Lawson. One of the richest men in the world. She was drunk back then, a little drunk and asked for a man to rent. Luckily, a slightly drunk man came up who she thought to be a gigolo.

She dragged him to her suite and he didn't stop her instead. She managed to give him a condom and the following scenes are very much erotic and censored. He banged her in her suite more than once. He spoke to her but she never responded because she was mute. After which they both felt tired and slept off, she was awakened by a phone call, took a quick shower, pulled 10,000 dollars bills and left the suite.

This happened in New York.

She started slowing down her speed in intervals, letting her heart and breathing catch up. She took the bottle from the treadmill cup handle and took a sip from it. Then her music's volume was turned down a little as Enzo appeared and leaned on the double door. He glanced at her from the mirror in front of her.

"Family dinner without Ethan. It will be settled in one and a half hours, dear Sabrina."

She typed something on the keyboard in front of her treadmill and it appeared on the big screen inside her gym as her comment and response.

"Not hungry." The screen showed her response.

"Why? Because of our bitch step-mother and your sister?"

"She's not my sister." Her response was cold and short on the keyboard.

"Okay. I promise you, you are my only sister." He raised his hands, not wanting to argue.

"Flattered." Sabrina typed.

"Get beautiful tonight. I think Mr. Lawson is into you." He said while laughing.

"Not interested." she commented by typing.

"Whatever sister, I'll call Ethan to have quality time with us soon. Love you." He blew her a kiss, which she caught and threw away. He laughed again and left.

Marga entertained Gabriel but he showed no interest towards her. He kept glancing in the direction where the eldest daughter of Alvarez went, but she's not showing up. "So, she's an introvert and had the guts to have a one night stand with him?" Gabriel murmured to his mind The woman was a virgin when they f-cked and he wasn't able to find her anywhere in New York after that.

Enzo came from that direction whistling. Disappointed, Gabriel let out a sigh and smiled very businesslike toward Enzo. He almost mistook him as Ethan, which he realized that he's the twin brother.

"Mr. Lawson, I heard that you opened another branch in Global City," Janine asked.

"I did. It was under my company, but I let one of my directors handle it. You are welcome to that spa." Gabriel replied.

"Dad!" Enzo called and sat down. "Sabrina doesn't want to eat with us, as usual." Ferdinand immediately understood him.

"I'm so sorry about that. Sister Sabrina doesn't really eat dinner with us. So, I hope that it is alright with you if she's not present." Marga said politely. Enzo just bit his lower lip and looked at Gabriel's face to search for his reaction, but he was calm and collected.

Ferdinand called the maid. "Yes, master." The maid came half running.

"Prepare Sabrina's dinner, tell her to meet us in the dining room in half an hour. It's an important family meeting." The maid bowed and went to Sabrina's chamber to relay the orders.

"I will be pleased to meet Sabrina properly," Gabriel said and sipped his tea. Though he wasn't used to it, he felt the tea tasted funny but still it's fine. "So, what's Sabrina's work? Does she work in the company?"

"Yes and no. It seems like that, but she only comes to office on a few days to intimidate people and then will leave. But she's efficient and she helped the company a lot through her assistant. Ethan was more into the family business than the two." Ferdinand replied.

"We are triplets but it doesn't mean that we share the same liking," Enzo said. "I am more into nerd things, my sister is more into both nerd and business."

"Interesting. It's my first time meeting triplets in real life. So, who was born first?"

"Ethan, then me and lastly Brina." Enzo answered with a little frown. Gabriel nodded. Gabriel Lawson is surely interested in her. He wouldn't ask such things like this if he's not interested in Sabrina. Now, he wondered what he didn't like about Marga.

Enzo glanced at Marga. He wanted to laugh at Marga's face. He really doesn't hate Marga but when Marga bullies his baby sister, he can't stand it. She's a two-faced bitch just like her mother and he wondered if his father knows about it.

"I thought you wanted to marry Marga," Enzo said.

"I haven't made up my mind. My parents told me to marry one of the heiresses in this family but never indicated who. So, maybe it's up to me on whom I will choose."

For Enzo, he's 102 percent positive that Lawson wanted to marry Sabrina. He has no interest in Marga, since Marga is like most other girls. Gabriel can have any woman he desires but he won't let him have his only sister.

He excused himself and went out to call Ethan through the phone.

"I know that you will call. Gabby is there." Ethan said from the other line.

"You know that he'll marry Brina, not Marga right?"

"I am sure of that," Ethan said from the other line. "His interest in women is rare. He f-cked anyone but he will surely want to marry someone who's more interesting than anyone at all."

"Asshole. Get back here." Enzo said with gritted teeth.

"Bro, just chill out. Our sister isn't little anymore. Let her handle this thing. We'll have a meeting tomorrow about the Service." Ethan replied back as he understood him clearly.

"Copy that." He hung up and walked back inside and looked at Gabriel's direction.

Gabriel is a powerful man but their father never knew that their businesses are more powerful than their family business. He's been slacking off and doesn't care about family business because he has a business of his own. Though he owns 15 percent shares of the company just like Sabrina, he cared no less about the family business. Her older brother was the successor and it's fine that he owns a 30 percent share, since he bought a few shares from the stockholders.

It is more than the 16 percent that Janine owns as the new Mrs. Alvarez. But the truth was there are another 20 percent shares from his deceased mother and it went to Sabrina, it's a secret that Janine and Marga don't know.

Their mother's lawyer presented a will to put the thirty percent share from the company and few villas to her only daughter. And the share from her family business was also separated for the three of them and Sabrina is the only one who has trust funds. Their mother planned it well for her daughter.

It's been ten years since Sabrina stopped talking. That's when they lost their mother. Their father never expected that to happen. Lots of psychiatrists came to check on her but she never spoke, they thought she'd kill herself. But that too never happened.

He also knew that Sabrina has more money than they have because of his mother and father who made fixed deposits for their safety if anything ever happened. But surely, once Sabrina is dead, Janine might forge documents to transfer it to her daughter and herself. No one knows what will happen if Sabrina is dead. But the most important thing is, Sabrina is like a cat and she has more than one life.

In the dining room, Enzo sat down with others, next to him was a vacant chair for his sister and he settled her tablet next to the food that is specially made for her. Only one butler prepares her food. It is the trusted butler that their mother hired back then. Sabrina might be poisoned or something that's why Enzo also helps by checking things.

They waited for Sabrina's arrival and she finally showed up with wet hair, wearing a turtleneck sweatshirt and sweatpants.

"Let's eat then." Ferdinand finally said. Sabrina stares at the food and Enzo tasted it first, after a few moments passed she started eating. Gabriel sat in front of her and smiled trying to charm her. She glanced at him and ignored.

"So Brina, what's your hobby?" Gabriel asked. Sabrina didn't reply. She glanced at him without any response and continued eating her food. Marga cleared her throat to get Gabriel's attention and she spoke for Sabrina.

"My sister doesn't speak." Marga answered. It took Gabriel's attention and he turned to Marga with knitted brows. "She's muted."

"Oh, I see." Gabriel nodded which made him more interested toward Sabrina. Marga thought that she saw disappointment from Gabriel's eyes but there's none.

"Sorry, I didn't know. I apologize, Brina." The way he calls her name was casual like he had known her before. She didn't react but just ignored him.

Enzo wanted to laugh out loud about it, but only smirked and proceeded to his food. He looked at his father who wasn't impressed and seemed like he wanted to hide Sabrina from Gabriel. He sometimes doesn't understand his father's intentions. But he seemed like he wanted to hide Sabrina from Gabriel or was it the other way?

Her phone started playing unique piano music which is only settled for classified work. She stopped eating and her phone vibrated at the same time.

She answers the call and listens to the voice from the other line.

"Boss, we found where Tequila is. We will stand by and wait for you. I'll send you the location." She put down her phone after hanging up and typed on her tablet showing it in front of Gabriel. Then she bows her head and leaves.

"She has a big emergency." He said. "Apologies."

"It's alright," Gabriel said. "I was about to announce who I wanted to court." He chuckled as he faced ferdinand. "Let's settle the first date this week. I will marry Sabrina." He said it was like settling a business contract.

"Why Sabrina?" Enzo asked Gabriel, face serious and wanted to wring his neck.

"She's muted." He highlighted the muted word for him to understand. Gabby sneered.

"I don't like a nagging woman. I like the quiet one. So, Sabrina is suited."

Enzo glanced at Janine's direction, she's holding the knife tightly and Marga's face was sour. She badly wanted Gabriel since he's super-rich, super handsome, super sexy-those words are from the exaggeration of socialites around. Enzo laughed aloud and held his stomach.

"What do you say, dad?" Enzo asked, looking at his father's direction.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Lawson, you can marry my daughter Marga but Sabrina is an exception."

"Why? She's your daughter. I thought you and my parents had already arranged this marriage. And I choose Sabrina. I won't marry anyone but Sabrina."

"Let's say that Sabrina and I had a special thing back then," Gabriel said with a little smile. Ferdinand frowned and was curious. "Well, she might deny it."

"I'm sorry that this happened. By the way, did my daughter seduce you?" Janine asked.

Enzo stopped laughing and glowered at Janine. Gabriel was surprised at Janine's choice of words. Ferdinand as well was trying to hold his anger from Janine's question. Sabrina is not a whore like yourself. Ferdinand wanted to scold Janine for indicating that Sabrina is indeed a whore.

"Everything is final. I'll leave now. Thank you for the tea and dinner." His assistant stood as well.

Enzo pushed his chair back and stood up, taking the tablet away and excusing himself to get ready for his work.

He is walking to the driveway as two butlers hold out umbrellas for him and for Oliver. Then he is surprised to see Sabrina walking like a runway queen, wearing a waterproof leather jacket and even her pants and boots are waterproof. Her hair is tied into a ponytail. She straddled on the big blue bike and then put on her helmet. He is very much amused and interested in her.

She only glanced at him and ignored him like he's a wind that was passing by. She left with her motorbike in a whoosh.

He got into his Audi and instructed his assistant.

"I want full details on Sabrina. What she likes, what she hates, her background... each and everything you can find about her." Gabriel instructed.

"Yes, Sir." Assistant Gonzales said.

"Let's go to the Elite Bar."

The bar is exclusive only for rich people. He didn't own the bar but somehow he wanted to buy it. The owner is unknown and socialite's women are much interested in knowing who owns it.

He has a VIP card with him which he used to secure a VIP room upon his arrival.

The Elite Bar had a presidential suite in which only the owner of the Elite Bar could access. The way to the presidential room was well classified and there are two securities along the entrance of the room. No one can enter.

Lots of women seduce the security guards but none of them even get aroused. They were very platonic.

"Any updates about the Elite Bar?" He asked his assistant.

"Negative." He hums and sips his whiskey.

The Elite Bar wasn't just his interest. The Elite Bar is like Sabrina Alvarez. Hard to get and hard to resist. He's been searching for her for months now. It was Just a one night stand, but that is the first time in a long time that he is able to sleep next to a woman. Never had he thought that he could sleep for 12 hours that night in New York?

Since everything about the hotel is very much confidential. The room was booked under a man's name but it was just a fake name and they couldn't find any information, as it seemed to be blocked.

As Sabrina entered the territory of the gang headquarters, she saw guards patrolling lousily around.

She knows that Tequila wouldn't spill who their boss is. She ties her hair into a tight bun and puts on her mask. She pressed her wireless earbud and it connected to Enzo's system.

"Hey, there boss!" Enzo's voice sounded as the signal showed she had logged in. "Is someone able to reach their main system?" She types on her suit, located on her left wrist since it is specially made for her by Enzo, so she is able to communicate.

"If not, I'll do it." She said through a message.

It was hard for her to enter inside since every facility has guards. So one of her agents used a tranquilizer and they moved like ninjas grabbing the body away from sight. They acted as nothing happened after wearing the guard's clothes and she was able to enter through the backdoor. Her agent, disguised as a guard, blocked the CCTVs view one by one spraying it with a spider web that they made.

It is sprayed from a distance like a gun without the CCTV operator's knowledge that they had sprayed it. It takes at least 5 minutes for it to dissolve and they have a few minutes to reach the main system of the building.

Enzo controlled a drone above the small headquarters using it to analyze the blueprint of the building until the location of the main system was spotted.

She ran swiftly without a sound just like a ninja that had practiced for many years, she had to jump up to the ceiling like a spider-man and crawl slowly as few people were walking under her and they didn't notice her since it was quite dark on the corridor and her suit camouflaged her perfectly.

Three minutes to get to the main system. She jumped and started running and sneaked like a wind until she reached the door to the main system room. No security password? She unlocks the door with her tool that took just a few seconds. How dare they capture her right hand with a weak security like this?

She sneaked in and connected her portable drive to one of the supercomputers. In seconds Enzo declared that it was done and everything went out including the lights. She started running as she put on her night vision glasses.

Just as planned Whiskey met her halfway and ran with her. The alarms in the headquarters are ringing loud and through Enzo's guide, they reach the main room where the guards are gathered and they point their guns towards them.

"Sorry about that," Enzo's voice heard from the ear piece and in a swift movement, Whiskey and Sabrina threw tear gas.

Since they wore masks and oxygen was supplied from their suit, they swiftly broke gangsters necks with bare hands and their boss and other members tried to escape, but she managed to pull her gun and start shooting each of them directly through their heads without blinking.

She glanced at Tequila whose face was totally beaten. Then she shoots their boss right through the skull. She put down her gun and grabbed Tequila's collar. His handsome face was beaten to hell.

"Boss, would you still like me even though my face is beaten?" She punches him in the stomach and he coughs. It wasn't that hard. She already analyzed his injuries.

A chopper is already above and they ran out leaving a bomb inside. Whiskey and Brandy grabbed Tequila inside the chopper and it immediately flew up. A few meters away from the main building, the headquarters exploded.

"You stupid man!" Brandy scowl since he's next to Whiskey. Tequila is their leader, next was Whiskey. They are her trusted subjects. "How did you get captured?"

"They drugged me with rape drug." Tequila chuckled and grimaced from the pain on his stomach. "I enjoyed the fucking but it turned out to be like I was tortured. But no worries, I said nothing at all." He looked at their boss who is always quiet and looking outside.

They dropped him at the hospital. Brandy stayed with Tequila and Sabrina and Whiskey went to the Elite bar after changing their outfits. Whiskey always dressed elegantly. However, for her, comfort is elegant. She always wears jeans or a shirt with a leather jacket. It was her first in a long time entering the bar without using the discreet entrance.

The place was a little crowded and the music was relaxing. She's there to relax, that's what her plan was.

"Do you want your suite, Ma'am?" The barman asked and she shook her head. "Let me know if you need anything at all." She waved. The man was one of her trusted employees in the Elite bar. He has been a retired agent since he's old. He's still working for his family and she gives him enough salary.

"I'll be checking around." She only nods and signs to the old barman. He immediately gave her mimosa and she sipped on it.

"If it isn't the long lost, Alvarez." A man dressed in a suit approached her with a glass of wine in his hand. She only glanced at him and ignored him. He felt embarrassed and gave his card to the barman. "I'll pay for everything she drinks." The barman looked at her and she didn't give a signal.

"I'm so sorry sir, but she already paid for the drink. She's one of our VIPs, sir."

"Since when? This is the first time I am seeing you here, Sabrina."

What's running on her mind? She's been thinking and thinking trying to remember the man's name. Until she snapped her fingers and the barman refilled her drink giving her peanuts. She started eating peanuts while thinking of the name. The man seemed more embarrassed because she wasn't entertaining him.

"Oh, I forgot that you are muted." She stopped midway from eating peanuts and she signed Whiskey not to come forward. Few of her agents are here just to have fun and when people hear what the man named Ian Zarte (that she just remembered) said, they all turn around.

"Look, it's Sabrina Alvarez!"

"So, it is true that she's muted." She continued eating her peanuts while ignoring them.

The barman didn't say anything and just enjoyed the way they bullied her. Because they never knew that she's the owner of the famous Elite Bar and she could kick them out one by one and embarrass them. He makes another mimosa and serves it to her especially.

"Why do you still serve her old man? She doesn't have anything to pay for that." One of the girls from the top Social Rich Society said. One of Marga's friends also responded. "Do you want me to call Marga? I can just pay for your drinks and-"

"Just call security, I am sure that they will throw her out since she is dressed like this." Stupid people.

"Don't worry! She's my date." Another man came up and put his hand on her shoulder, instantly, she twisted the man's wrist and bam! His half face was pushed on to the expensive bar counter.

Everybody gasped and one bouncer came immediately. "Fuck!" the man groaned in pain and roared. "Damn, take her out!" The bouncer looked at Sabrina and nodded.

Instead of her being picked up, the man was dragged outside the bar and everyone started complaining to the platonic bouncer that she should be the one to be thrown out. The barman immediately cleaned the peanuts that had been scattered on the counter and gave her another serving.

"Sweetheart!" She was frozen in the voice of the man. Tsk! She is in a bad mood, what else can this man bring to her?