Borrowed bride: Sold to the Mafia boss

Today was supposed to be a day of joy for Ariel because it's her wedding day. She was already dressed in her beautiful white wedding gown, adorned herself with embroideries.

The wedding hall was already occupied with the invited guests and the wedding was about to start, but Jack, her husband-to-be was nowhere to be found.

Ariel was beaming with smile as she was seated in the bride's waiting room, waiting to called. She has lived her life without any family of her own since she grew up in an orphanage and don't know her parents nor any relatives.

She is so happy that from that day on, she will have a family to call her own, she was still smiling to herself when the master of ceremony comes in.

"Where is the groom?" He requested.

They have been waiting for the groom to start the wedding ceremony but he has been unreachable.

"What did you mean?"

Ariel frowns and the smile fade away from her face.

"The groom should come in now but he is unreachable"

"Unreachable! How?"

Ariel could not understand what the master of ceremony was trying to tell her. She instantly picks her phone to dial Jack's number.

She came together with Jack and they both went to their waiting rooms to prepare for the wedding.

"Where on earth could Jack be?"

Ariel's face was already clouded with worries as she could not also reach Jack. She even tries to call his friends but all of them are unreachable too.

"Did you check the groom's waiting room?"

Ariel looks more worried now.

"I checked everywhere but there was no trace of the groom. Did he tell you anything?"

The master of ceremony wonders what could have happened.

"I... I."

Ariel don't know what to say or think, she was already anxious.

The guests in the wedding hall were already getting impatient as the ceremony was delayed.

"Jack where are you?" Ariel pace back and forth confused about what to do.

She doesn't believe Jack will run away from the wedding because they already registered their marriage yesterday. Jack took both their identity cards to register their marriage and he told her he had registered their marriage.

"What now?"

The master of ceremony asks.

"Can you..."

Ariel was about to reply when they heard commotion from the wedding hall. The guests screaming in fear.

"What is that?"

Ariel holds up her long flowing wedding gown in panic and quickly rushes to the wedding hall with the master of ceremony.

To her shock, the wedding hall was already disrupted by the one ruthless mafia Lord, Alaska and his men.

Ariel looks terrified at the sight of Alaska and his men. She wondered what they are doing in her wedding.

She doesn't have business with Alaska nor any of his troubles. She had never seen him before; she has only heard and watch on news about his atrocities and unscrupulous behaviors. The entire city feared him, and now he stood in the middle of her wedding.

Everyone knew Alaska and his men are wicked people who caused trouble in the city, kill brutally and did unthinkable things. Everyone is scared of his presence and the hall is already in panic.

On sighting Ariel, Alaska smirked wickedly.

Ariel's heart raced speedily as Alaska's eyes fell on her.

Alaska then starts to move towards her slowly, Ariel fearfully moved backwards in fear as she looks terrified with Alaska's presence.

Because of so much fear, Ariel could no longer move her legs. She stops abruptly; she is so scared because it seems Alaska was there because of her.

Alaska reaches her and grabs her neck then pull her to himself. Ariel's soul seems to already left her body, as froze in his hand.

She let out a scream in fear, the hall grew hot like hell for everyone. They were scared for their lives knowing how wicked Alaska is.

"If you don't want to see hell run for your dear life"

Jeffrey, the group underboss announced to the guests. Everyone flew in fear within some seconds, the hall empty.

Only Ariel and Alaska with his men in the wedding hall were left in the hall.

Ariel don't know what is going on at all, she knew she did not do anything to offend Alaska nor any of his members.

It is said that Alaska himself doesn't usually go out for operations but Ariel wonders why he will come himself this time.

Was she going to die on her wedding day? Ariel tears flows endlessly as she thought of dying. Alaska was still holding unto her, not letting go.

"Let's begin"

Alaska notion to his men, Ariel just remains still under his hold frightened wondering what they want to do.

"We join the bride and the groom together today in holy matrimony"

Jeffrey said facing both Alaska and Ariel.

"Bride and groom?"

Ariel's brain fails to process what Jeffrey meant by bride and groom. Was she supposed to be the bride? She doubts.

"You may kiss your bride"

Jeffrey adds.

"No......!" she screamed, horrified.

Ariel's doubt was quickly cleared when Alaska forcefully pulls in to kiss her. Ariel's eyes open wide in shock as Alaska smacked his lips on hers and roughly kiss her.

She protested against him by struggling to get herself freed from the kiss but Alaska holds her tightly and continually kiss her until she has no strength left in her and just gave up.

When Alaska realized that Ariel already gave up, he let go of her and smile mockingly.

"We are now husband and wife"

Alaska smirked with evil grin.

"What did he mean by husband and wife?"

Ariel could not understand any of what was going on. Before she could think of what to do to get away from Alaska and his men, Alaska scooped her up and threw her over his shoulder.

"No! Let me go!" she screamed, kicking and thrashing.

But it was too late. Alaska had taken her away.

Ariel don't know where she was being taken, she just knew they have been going in the car for hours and has not reached whenever they are going.

Her mouth was already covered and her hand tied because she kept screaming and struggling.

Ariel looks at Alaska's side profile as he seats beside her. She kept crying because she thought she was definitely going to be killed and they are probably taking her to where they will get her killed.

After sometimes, she noticed they already left the city and got faraway in some unknown place to her. She gets more scared, but then, the car entered into a very large compound.

An estate on its own.

Ariel was awed, she knew she will probably be buried there, she panicked.

As the car parked, Alaska gets out of the car and pull her out of the car too. Ariel struggles with him, without hesitation Alaska pick her up again and placed her on his shoulder.

Ariel keeps struggling but Alaska won't budge until he gets into a big room and throw her own the bed looking dangerously at her.

Ariel feared he will do the unthinkable to her, rape her!

Her mind sinks.

Alaska climbs the bed, moving towards Ariel who curled up in fear at a corner of the bed, tears streaming down her cheeks.

She thought he was going to rape her, but he takes off the tape which was used to cover her mouth.

Ariel's eyes were filled with fear; she panicked as Alaska stares dangerously at her.

Ariel believes that before she gets killed by Alaska, she should at least know what she has done.

"What have I done to you?"

She let out with tears.

Alaska's eyes turned dreadful at her question, he grabs her, Ariel screams.

"You have heard of fake, arranged, and contracted marriages, but have you heard of borrowed marriage?" Alaska asked, looking at her face seriously as he talked to her.

"W.... what?" Ariel shifted back fearfully; she dared not look at Alaska's stoned face.

"What did you mean by borrowed marriage?" She managed to ask him, stuttering, because she could see how terrifying his face looked.

"Borrowed marriage!" Alaska emphasized.

"It means I am going to borrow your marriage for one year. Did you understand now?" He came closer to her, wanting to touch her. But Ariel dodged his hand fearfully, shaking inwardly.

"I don't understand," she muttered under her breathe. She wondered what he meant by borrowing her marriage for one year.

"I will be your husband for a year."

"What did you mean? I am already married to Jack."

Ariel believed she was already Jack's wife even though they don't have their wedding ceremony but they already registered their marriage.

"But your husband will change now," Alaska said with much pleasure.

"What are you saying?" She wanted to run away from him, looking at his eyes getting dangerous, but he pinned her down on the bed and forcefully kissed her again.

"That is a proof I am now your husband since you don't understand," Alaska grins wickedly.

He loved the kiss, but Ariel was not finding it funny.

She is Jack's wife and they were supposed have their wedding ceremony today and probably be on their way to Alabama for their honeymoon by now. But Alaska destroys everything.

Ariel found the forced kiss offensive. She is someone's wife but was forcefully kissed by a person she believed to be a rogue.

With her displeasure, she dared not voice it out. She knew Alaska well; not only her, but everyone in the city knew him very well. He is a dangerous mafia lord who controlled the whole of Alaska and its environment.

It was clearly an assault for forcefully kissing someone else's wife like that, but what was she supposed to do? Report to the police? Or shout for help? Talk back at him? She could not do any of that; it was Alaska, after all.

Which was why he was called Alaska, he owned the city.

Ariel pulled back and curled up at the corner from where Alaska had kissed her. She kept cleaning her lips with the back of palm in disgust; tears welled up in her eyes as she did not know what to do.

She did not even understand what was happening. She was someone's wife for heaven's sake, but Alaska dared to forcefully kiss and kidnap her.

Ariel could not stop shedding tears.

Though she knew that Alaska was a heartless person, she had not heard about him or his members raping any lady or taking people's wives forcefully. It was said that he detested assaulting females.

But what was he doing to her? Ariel could not believe Alaska lied about not assaulting females. He is exactly like the animal he was known to be. She had thought that with his dangerous ways, he still had dignity for women, but it must be lies.

"But what is with the borrowed marriage?"

She thought, totally confused.

Alaska's laughter evolved into her ears as she looked shattered. Ariel looked up at him and stared dangerously at him. It was the first time she would directly look into his face.

Alaska slowly stopped laughing; he felt something like fear wash over him, which had never happened before.

"Why did you do that to me?" Ariel did not know where the confidence to face Alaska came from. She was too angry to think about Alaska being a dangerous person now and could kill her.

Alaska was totally surprised; no one had dare to face him and looked into his eyes directly, talk of even questioning him.

"Was she courting death?"

Alaska thought, surprised at her question.

"Don't people say you have dignity towards women? Is that a lie? Are you truly the animal you are called?" Ariel did not know when all that came flying out of her lips. She was so angry that she did not care about what Alaska might do to her after her action.

Alaska felt enraged and instantly raised his hand to deliver a dirty, hot slap to her. Ariel, seeing his hand raised up with anger written on his face, she shivers in fear and almost entered the ground beneath her.

But Alaska slowly refrained himself from slapping her, instead he smiled dryly and moved close to her threatening to forcefully kiss her again.

He slowly pulled towards her, looking at her face as she still closed her eyes, expecting a deafening, hot slap.

Alaska smirked.

"My borrowed bride," he muttered softly. Ariel slowly opened her closed eyes when she did not receive the slap and slightly looked at Alaska, scared.

His face was up close to her face; her heart pounds fast with fear. His face inched closer to hers makes her feels so scared; she ceased her breathe at his close presence.

Alaska then patted her head slowly, like his pet; Ariel's heart almost jumped out of her chest with Alaska's hand on her head. She froze in fear. His hand felt like a slap to her face each time he patted her; the closeness was too dangerous for her.

She subconsciously pulled back from him and quickly hid herself under the bed, breathing heavily.

Alaska smirked wickedly.

"Little bride, ask your so-called husband that question, not me," Ariel listened to Alaska while shaking in fear.

He moved away from her to Ariel surprise without touching her.

"Our honeymoon starts tonight," he added and eventually left.

"What?" Ariel's heart beat faster than ever as Alaska marched out of the room. The word honeymoon kept resounding in her head.

Ariel felt that she would not be able to get away from Alaska; she did not know what happened and why he wanted to borrow her marriage. And what he even meant by borrowed marriage.

What was she supposed to do?

She cried, sobbing loudly after Alaska left.

"What did Jack do? Did he offend him, and he's bent on taking me away from Jack?"

Ariel believed that Jack must have done something wrong, and Alaska was taking it out on her.

"What a coward! Evil! Why take it out on me?"

Ariel cried and cursed Alaska.

Remembering Alaska telling her to ask Jack about what happened, she thought of what could have probably happened to Jack.

"Did he do something to Jack too?"

Ariel's fear knew no limit now. She was certain that Alaska must have done something to Jack.

"What should I do? What should I do?" her mind seemed blank. She bites her finger nervously.

She thought of running away to Alabama to escape Alaska. She quickly goes to the door, but the door was tightly locked.

She sank down leaning on the door, she cried.

"I need to find a way to leave this place"

Ariel believes there will be a way for her to escape from that place. She looks to the window to check if there is a way for her to escape.

But the room was up high, she panicked. She did not notice while Alaska carried her inside that he brought her that high.

"Going somewhere, my bride?"

The lock door suddenly flipped open, Alaska stares at her at the window.

Ariel's heart froze on the spot, and she fell to the bed.

Alaska seems to have seen through her. He knew the moment he left the room that she might want to escape.

"I mean to tell you that there is no way of escape here. You are on the seven floor" he smirked.

Ariel's mind howls.

She knew there is no way she will survival if she tries to jump from the seven floor down.

"You are trapped with me, no way of escape."

Alaska adds with wicked grin, then leaves.

With tears in her eyes, Ariel knew that she was indeed trapped.

Ariel thought Alaska was joking about their honeymoon starting that night, but true to his word, Alaska open the door to the room where Ariel was locked up, he was in his pajamas, his hair a little wet.

It was obvious he just took a bath.

Ariel panicked.

"Is he really going to observe the honeymoon like he said?" Her mind went wild.

Her dinner was already sent to her hours ago but she hasn't touched it and clothes to change into.

Alaska looks at the tray of food on the table and don't talk.

He walks towards the bed, Ariel instantly curled up in fear.

"I told you our honeymoon start tonight. What are you still doing, take your bath and join me in bed fast"

Ariel's heart jumped as Alaska climbed unto the bed. She quickly gets off the bed to escape him, picks the new clothes and run into the bathroom.

She sighed deeply after making sure she had locked the bathroom's door very well. Since she managed to escape into the bathroom, she already had a plan.

She will stay in the bathroom until she is she sure Alaska had fallen asleep.

Thinking about all that had unfolded in her life that day, she could not but cry silently.

She took her bath and waited for some time, making sure Alaska was already asleep before she quietly gets out of the bathroom and tiptoed into the room.

Wanting to make sure Alaska was really asleep, she climbs the bed and wave her hand in front of his face to be sure his asleep.

She sighed when she realized Alaska was really asleep. She initially wanted to sleep beside him on the bed but she thought it will be dangerous sleeping beside him on the bed.

She turned back to go to the sofa deciding to sleep on it. But Alaska suddenly pulled her into bed in his embrace, tightly holding her. Ariel looks shocked since she thought Alaska was asleep.

"What did you think?" His voice echoes in her ears.

"I told you to go take your bath and get ready for the honeymoon"

"I... I" Ariel stutters in fear.

Her heart pounding fast.

She was already cupped up in his large embrace and could feel his warmth, but she knew it was dangerous.

Alaska smirked angrily.

He turned her body under him and hooked her, placing his body on hers.

With fear, Ariel tries to shake him off her but Alaska closely stares into her eyes to see how powerful she could be to get away from him. Staring dangerously into her eyes, Ariel could not bear to look at his face and close her eyes in fear.

She felt dead, but her subconscious mind kept telling her to get away from him, how could she do that when she was already trapped under his body?

Alaska's dangerous stares stopped on her face, watching her without saying anything. Ariel's heart almost stopped beating with their body touching.

"Do you think you can run away from me?" He felt like Ariel had done the most unthinkable thing.

"I'm Alaska, remember!" He thinks Ariel's action was absurd.

"I...I... I," Ariel stuttered and struggled to get freed from him, but he was too powerful for her. She thought he has slept but he was pretending to be asleep.

How evil!

"Are you try to act smart?" Alaska wanted to know if she was just playing games with him or being serious.

"No!" She let out with shaky voice, her heart in her mouth.

"I wouldn't dare," she breathed nervously with so much fear.

"Good! Only if you are courting death," he forcefully smiled.

"You cannot run away from me, get that," Alaska then start to caress her body, looking deeply into her eyes.

"This is your punishment," he smashed his lips on hers and kisses her roughly, biting her lips.

Ariel tries to break free, struggling under his hold.

To her, it is an assault, repeatedly kissing her without her consent, but what can she do? She is now his wife.

Alaska continues to roughly kiss her until she gave up her struggles. When he realized she was no longer struggling, and seems to have surround to him, he let go of her lips.

Ariel gasps for breath, tears flow down her cheeks.

"You are mine already, you don't have to struggle with me" he softly kissed off the tears on her cheeks and place his hand on her night wear to take them off.

Ariel knew that there is nothing she could do now, she already stops struggling but she hated it.

She doesn't want it either.

Alaska looks up to her face when he realized that she was not reacting to his touch and stop his action.

"Are you weary of me?" His eyes flicker.

Ariel couldn't look to him; she could only shed tears.

"I'm not likable by others, so deal with it" he pulls off his shirt, his broad chest exposed to Ariel innocent eyes.

She immediately turned her face aside, she already given up. Since he wanted her body so much, then he should have it.

But then, a thought hit her mind.

"I'm not" she managed to reply.

"Is just that, I'm...pregnant" she lied.

The moment Alaska heard her, he frowns. His expression instantly changed.

"You what!" He immediately pushed her away from him.

Ariel is surprised to see him react like that. She just wanted to get away from him and lied, she doesn't know her lies will be effective.

"I'm..."

"You're disgusting!" Alaska let out furiously which scares Ariel. She quickly hides under the bed sheet seeing his furious face.

Alaska stares at her breathing heavily, he picks up his shirt and leave the room.

Ariel looks surprise that he left.

"Did he leave because I said I was pregnant?" She tries to understand, but that is the only reason he could have left.

Ariel felt so relieved.

She touched her chest in fear; her lips felt hurt from his bite. She fell on her back, like she just escaped death. She realized she would not be able to run away from him forever. It dawned on her that she was trapped for real, with no way out, she can only pretend to be pregnant now to keep him away from her.

Then she burst out in tears, wailing so loudly.

"Jack, where are you?" She cried, scared of what would become of her life from then on.

Ariel knew she was unfortunate to have encountered Alaska. Crying her heart out, she believed she needed answers; she needed to know what was going on.

"Why would Alaska of all people want her?" She thought, crying.

She was just a nobody; no one recognized her. How did Alaska get to know about her?

Ariel could not sleep the whole night; she thought of every means to contact Jack, but there is no way to see Jack now.

Jack told her he already gets their marriage registered, Ariel wondered how she then ended up becoming Alaska's wife instead.

She believed Alaska had either killed Jack or locked him up somewhere. She did not have any family she could contact to help her. She thought Alaska targeted her because she had no family.

She could not sleep a wink till daybreak; she kept thinking of the possible dangers she would encounter associating with someone as dangerous as Alaska.

She thought she would have a good life after getting married to Jack, the man she loved, but her life now had just hit rock bottom. She was brought up at the orphanage and did not know who her parents were.

She had suffered many things and finally met Jack, who showered her with love and wanted her in his life, even though she had nothing.

They were good together, and nothing seemed wrong; they decided to get married, but everything suddenly turned upside down.