CEO's Lust In Me

Today, I, Sarah Walter turned twenty.

My day started with a pineapple bottom, red velvet cake on the bed, and lily petals showering from the ceiling.

It was magical. Mary did a very good job than before.

The moment I opened my bedroom door, I was greeted by mom and dad with their arms wide open. It was very unusual to see a smile on daddy's face.

I could not believe my eyes either at first. But then they pulled me in for the big teddy bear hug. It was something new that I think I m going to cherish for the rest of my life.

I have so many things to update on but I really have no time for right now.

Daddy has thrown a big party downstairs with all the famous people invited. And there will be Dan too.

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"Sarah are you ready??"

I dropped my pen the moment I heard my mother's voice. And even before I could hide my diary, she burst through inside.

"Sarah ??? What are you doing??"

Her quacky voice made me drop my diary but it was my least concern to pick it up and hide it for she would see it.

"You are not even half ready...Sarah ?? Dan's family would be here any moment from now.."

She walked inside, and I finally decided to grace her with my front. Thanks to God, my makeup was done already.

"I m almost ready mom."

"No, you are not. Your hair is still not done and..."

"..only because I decided to keep it open."

I interrupted her right away so that she would not panic anymore. She was always like this.

"Dan likes it when I keep it that way."

I gave her a reason so that she could believe it because I did not like to keep my hairs open.

Her face softened and strode forward where I stood, leaning on the dressing table.

"I m so happy to see you two are finally getting along, Sarah ."

Mom said, brushing her palm lovingly on my cheeks. I gave her a quick nod, returning her smile.

"Oh and wear this."

She bought out a rectangular box and opened it to reveal a big heart-shaped diamond pendant necklace with beads of ruby.

"Mom this is so beautiful."

I uttered, could not be able to part my eyes away from the necklace, shining so brilliantly.

"Turn around. "

Mom beamed and I obliged. She slid my hair to the right side and then placed the necklace around my neck. It was really heavy. She tied the hook and then asked me to turn back.

"You look beautiful, my love. "

She mumbled, landing a sweet chaste kiss on my forehead. It was something unusual about everything...the way so sweetly they were treating me.

Do not take me wrong...my parents were the normal kind of parents. They were not the most loving and sweet type and rarely had time for me because daddy had the big Walter Corp to run all by himself having no siblings.

My mom to belonged from a rich shipping family. You can say I was blessed to be their daughter but daddy was not happy when they found out I would be the only child they could have as mom could no longer have any more children.

Daddy was very angry. He needed a son to run his empire. That drew my parents apart, their marriage never remained the same again. And I was the sole reason. I knew all of that.

They only stuck to each other because of their reputation in society. But soon enough everything changed when dad declared my hands in marriage to the Bryan. I was only six at that time.

Dan Harington, the heir to the Bryan Co. would marry me when I would turn twenty and one years of age.

So basically I was just a year away from being Mrs. Bryan. The contract that daddy signed with them stated that I would also have to carry an heir to the Bryan and Walter industries within the first year of our marriage.

That way my father would finally have the heir to his empire. I was raised to be the best wife and mother, with the most feminine traits since then.

I know that I should be angry at my daddy for using me as bait to get his long-awaited heir for the company but then when it all happened, I was too small to understand any of those and they raised me up shaping me in a way that I grew up to be the most obedient girl.

In exchange, daddy showered me with everything. What I asked, I had it before my eyes within seconds. He bought me a princess yacht for my tenth birthday. That was the most expensive gift I ever had.

After completing my high school in an all-girls boarding school, my education was over for they believed what I would do going to college anyway which made sense.

So here I was walking down the stairs as all the guests clapped happily for me. Confetti blew up in the air as I reached where daddy stood.

Dan was standing with his parents, he was looking in my way. I parted my eyes from him as a lot of people came forward to greet me. Daddy seemed very happy, unlike all my birthdays.

Maybe it was because it was only a year away before I would be married off to Dan and another year later, he would finally have his heir.

They had monitored my reproductive health since the moment I got my first periods and the doctor Marsha, my on gynecologist said I was alright.

Everything was planned, my entire life was sorted out. I had nothing to worry about or even think about. People envied my life.

Daddy went up on the stage and voiced out in the microphone to have everyone's attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is a very big day as you know it's Sarah 's birthday and today is also their...my daughter and Dan Bryan's engagement."

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is a very big day as you know it's Sarah 's birthday and today is also their...my daughter and Dan Bryan's engagement."

Everyone clapped. I looked over at daddy and mom in shock as I was not informed about this at all.

My engagement??..and I did not know about it. Mom gave me those eyes which clearly said to go with the flow. It always had been like that.

"Common up, Dan and Sarah ..."

Daddy called us both up. People near me looked at me when I hesitated a bit. But then Dan came up to me and held my hand even when I did not offer him.

He pulled me towards the stage. I was walking only because I was being pulled there. Everyone cheered the moment we stood along with our parents.

Mom bought the ring as Dan's mother, Ramona bought their ring. It was a pretty Lopez rock embedded in a huge diamond rock ring.

Even when I did not give my hand to him, he pulled it and pushed the ring on my ring finger.

Amidst the applause, cheers, my mind was frozen. I knew that I should not be really freaking out for this was what I had been trained for all my life.

But it just felt a little off knowing my single days were over.

Soon enough, I was making Dan wear his ring. It was a simple platinum band with mini diamond dots carved around it.

"Mr. Bryan and Mrs. Soon to be Bryan, ladies, and gentlemen..."

Dan's father, Luka Bryan declared to the people as both me and Dan raised our right hands to showcase the ring.

It was supposed to be one of my happiest days but it just did not feel like that. It felt so gloomy and dull.

The party was in full bloom after I cut my chocolate, themed three feet cake with Dan.

Mom and Ramona dragged me around as they made me meet countless women from this and that club they were presidents of.

They all eyed my ring with so much fancy. Ramona kept bragging how her son picked it up especially for me which only I knew was false because Dan had no interest in all that whatsoever.

I have known him for more than five years now. We met only on occasions when we were kids but after I turned thirteen, he was seventeen, we met quite a lot after that.

Daddy and Luka would arrange dates for us in private islands or any place so private. It was done for us to get along which I think was more like for me to get to know Dan instead of him for he never gave any interest.

He was marrying me just for the sake of marrying. We had no love. More than five years of going out on countless dates, we only kissed quite a few times. It was always like that.

Mom would tell that not everyone got married for love. Not everyone got to live this extravagant lifestyle I was living in either. She made sense.

I excused myself for a washroom break to take a breather. It was just so suffocating inside and walked out to the backyard.

"There you are. I have been looking out for you everywhere."

I turned around to see Dan, a few steps away, two flutes of golden champagne on both hands. He handed me one.

"I...needed some air. "

I said as I took a light sip of the tangy liquid from the glass flute. Dan did not say anything for a while and there was silence.

He was gone out of the country for a business trip to Saudi Arabia and it was only yesterday that he arrived in Seattle.

"I hope you liked my surprise."

I looked up at him. What did he mean by surprise?? And then suddenly it made sense to me.

It..it was his idea..it was Dan's idea to get us engaged this soon at my birthday party, like a year before our planned wedding. But why??

"But why?"

I asked not being able to keep it in myself. He never showed any interest in our wedding or relationship and suddenly he could not wait to put a ring on me?

"Why not?"

He counter-backed. His eyes which were smooth and calm before now were narrowed and glaring at me.

"It's...its nothing. I just want to know why so sudden...??"

I stuttered. I did not want him to be angry at me. Not at least tonight when it was my birthday and we just got engaged a few minutes ago.

"Why do you think it is so soon?? People get engage even before that.. "

Dan let out, gulping the liquid off his flute in one big gulp, and threw the flute away. I was a bit taken aback by that.

"It's fine...forget that I even asked..."

I quickly decided to put a full stop to this conversation since obviously, it was not going really in a good direction. I did not want to ruin one perfect evening my daddy planned for us.

But guess it was too late as Dan strode near me and pulled me closer to his suit-clad body. My figure got static on his hold.

"Oh, I know why?? Did you start taking quite a fancy of that singer you went in for your Christmas concert??"

He spat it out on my face and I could not believe his audacity at that moment. How could he just??...

Did he accuse me of that I was having an affair behind his back??? What the hell??

"You are a living slut, Sarah . Your parents, your friends might not know it but I do so I will do everything to keep you in a leach. You get that??"

He threw insults after insults right on my face. He just could not let go of that one day when I was fifteen and kissed the boy of my driver.

"Do you get that??"

He roared making me jerk back in fear with bloody eyes looking at me, waiting for an answer.

"Yes...yes."

I gave him what he liked to hear.

"You are a living slut, Sarah . Your parents, your friends might not know it but I do so I will do everything to keep you in a leach. You get that??"

He threw insults after insults right on my face. He just could not let go of that one day when I was fifteen and kissed the boy of my driver.

"Do you get that??"

He roared making me jerk back in fear with bloody eyes looking at me, waiting for an answer.

"Yes...yes."

I gave him what he liked to hear.

He pushed me away from his body like a plague right after he got his answer.

I stumbled back a little before gaining my balance, standing straight as he walked away giving one last strong glare.

My eyes could not stop watering as it dampened my flushed cheeks. I was trying hard to keep my composure intact as the party was not over yet.

I closed my eyes as that day flashed in my mind. Taking me back to those days when life was so carefree and light.

Autumn wind blew, maple leaves falling down. I was dressed in one of those summer frock with long sleeves, my red hairs blowing in waves.

I giggled as he kept complaining about how my hairs were poking him on his face, disturbing him from reading the book.

We were both seated under the big mango tree in the back of our mansion.

Knees pressed to our chest, eyes running over the open book on our hands but I could feel him stealing glances at me making my cheeks bright red, resembling the red sinning sun marking the end of the daylight.

And how it happened, what happened, neither he nor I could tell what led to that.

But soon enough, our eyes were into each other, face to face, so close as if we were breathing the same air.

His green eyeballs accessed my face as he raised his both hands, dropping the book on his lap, lightly touching my cheeks, making my entire being hot.

My heartbeat started raising as he leaned so closer, our lips parted, almost touching.

When the last bell rang off in the church, we ended whatever distance we had in between us, giving in to our young heart's desire.

As his warm lips pasted against mine, the butterflies flew up from the pit of my stomach.

The excitement, ecstasy, feeling of a boy's touch made my soul flutter for the very first time, and right after that, we went on for it once again.

We looked like the lovers of summer, parting in winter, kissing under the tree as the autumn wind remembered the moment of our life blowing all around us.

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"Sarah ? Sarah ?"

Someone's voice calling out my name and constantly shaking me got me out of the dreamland I had journeyed to in just a matter of seconds.

I opened my eyes to see Anna Mariya, hands on my shoulder, her eyes on my face trying to get an answer.

I first tried to look around where I was. And looked down as I felt the soft grass on my thighs and the cool wind blowing over.

I was back in the garden, sitting under the mango tree, daydreaming about the event that happened five years ago.

Shit!!! The party!!!

I stood up abruptly, bending down to straighten my red Dior dress. I spoke out to Anna Maria in action in my panicked voice.

"How is the party going on?? Shit, I lost the track of time, Anna Maria. Did they come looking for me? "

On receiving no answer from the old lady in her late forties made I look up at her after making sure the crease of the dress was gone.

"The party was over long ago, and everyone went to their home. Your parents are asleep and I had to search the entire mansion before coming and finding you here, child. "

Anna Maria answered making me close my eyes for a flash of a second in disappointment.

I must have angered my daddy and Dan too for they could not find me anywhere when they were concluding the party. I knew I would have a handful to hear the next day from both the men.

As if Anna Maria understood what I was thinking, she patted my tensed shoulder lightly asking me to walk inside with her.

I obliged not commenting further as she followed me from step to step. The hall was empty with balloons, confetti everywhere. The chairs, the glasses everything, everywhere.

The maids and cleaners cleaning the mess up late at night as Anna Maria walked me up the stairs to my room supporting my tired frame.

She opened the wooden door, revealing the floral violent walls of my room.

I walked towards my walk-in closet right after. Anna Maria helped me out of the dress, sticking to my body, I kicked away my heels.

She made my lukewarm bath ready in the bathroom as I waited patiently outside in my red lingerie.

After the mind-cooling bath, I wrapped myself in the white towel and sat before the vanity to do my night beauty routine.

Anna Maria combed my red hairs to make it tangle-free for the next morning. Our eyes joined as we look in through the mirror.

"What??"

She asked still continuing to brush my hair. I just gave her an unsure shrug not really knowing what she was asking.

"Whatever that is going in that mind, ask away, child."

She muttered giving me that knowing eyes. She always knew me so well. Even my own mother would not know me that much. Sometimes it made me think if Anna Maria was my real birth mother.

She had been my nanny all my life till to this date. She knew me too well. Her eyes furrowed asking me to say it.

"Do you know how he is?"

I finally asked it out loud.