I JUST WANT A CEO

There she was, dressed in a white Empire Waist Peach gown with a touch of Black designs. That definitely isn't a wedding dress. Who cares about a wedding dress when she's not even interested in the marriage. She looked at herself for the fifth time in the mirror and sighed.

In the books she always read, a wedding is always a grand one. The Female character will dress in a Wedding gown and she always want hers to be a mermaid Tail gown with a very long veil that sweeps the floor as she walks.

But Just to make her life a bitter one, Step Mum want to marry her off to one dude who isn't close to her Desire in a man.

" Awn... my baby girl is getting married" she turned her head swiftly to see her step Mum smiling like she cares. " Adriana, aren't you Just a pretty girl?" She ran her hand across her face that has no make-up on it.

" But Step Mum, I don't want to..." She frowned her face, Making her stopped what she wanted to say.

" Adriana, this is for your own Good. There's nothing you do around the house. You just sit in one place, Reading those scribbles you call Stories. They won't help you at all and worse, people would point fingers at me for your laziness" She sighed.

" But Step Mum, You don't..." She interrupted her again. " Adriana, do not say a word again. You will Like Him when you see him."

That is what she has been going through for a week now since Step Mum brought the topic of her getting married. She doesn't let hee say anything. She's not even ready for marriage right now.

And what she called a wedding dress isn't anything close to a wedding dress. Who would wear an Empire Waist gown for her wedding? God!

" Mum?" Step Mum turned around. " He's here" Said her Step sister. No one has to tell her who she was referring to, Adriana knew that was her husband to be whom they had all been waiting for.

" Wonderful!" She Hurried out of the room leaving Adriana and her step sister in the room. To God, she hate the way her step sis looked at her with that disgusting expression.

" Finally, we'll get rid of you" She Smacked her lips. " Annabelle, just leave me alone" she turned her back on her. That girl has been giving her countless heart aches since the day her Mum fixed Adrian's wedding.

She would Tease her, Mock her and insult her. But for peace, Adriana ignored her. Her Mum won't take it slightly with her if she find out she's fighting with her Daughter. Moments later, she return back to the room.

" Adriana, come quick. He's here" her heart started to beat Fast after step Mum said that. She Inhaled deeply before stepping out of the room on her flat sandal.

And there he was, sitting on the couch facing the Stairs. Her heart skipped a beat, he's so handsome but he isn't what she wanted. She just have to do that to avoid step Mum's troubles.

That woman already doesn't like her and she'll do whatever she has to just to see that Adriana was out of the house. With an expressionless face, she stepped down the last stair.

" The marriage certificate is already here, we don't have to go to the court" Said her step Mum. Adriana turned to her left and saw a Man in his mid forties, wearing a black suit. He should be the Lawyer, if she wasn't not mistaken.

" Come sit here, Adriana." Step Mum Holds her left arm and Made her sit on the couch facing the dude. He was busy on his phone, without even taking a look at the woman he was going to Marry.

" What a rude jerk" she Mumbled. Step Mum heard what she said and she gave her a warning look. She lowered her head and gripped her teeth. If only her Dad was around, that wouldn't have been happening. But he choose to abandon his Child with his wife who was looking for a way to send her off.

" Mr. Harold has signed the Certificate. It's your turn now, Miss Adriana" The Man in suit passed the certificate which was on the table to her. Adriana looked at Step Mum before taking it from him.

" And here's a pen" she took the pen from him then looked at Harold before being forced to sign it by step Mum. " Wonderful!" She clapped her palms together.

Still, Harold didn't lift his head. He continued doing Only God knows what. Step Mum collected the Certificate from her hand and gave it back to the lawyer.

" What next?" She asked him. " I think that's all, unless Mr. Harold has something to say" Harold lifted up his head, looked at the lawyer and then stood on his feet.

" I think it's time to go" Said the lawyer. That surprised her, Harold didn't say a word ever since she stepped inside the living room. He didn't even care to look at her. Was step Mum trying to marry her off to a person who was dead and dumb?

" Adriana" She brought her back to the reality. " Time to go" She said. " Time to go where?" she looked in front of her to see him already exiting the room. " To your husband's" She Frowned her face.

" But step Mum, I can't leave without my Dad knowing. Please let me stay here for some time until he returns" I pleaded with her but that made her Angry.

" Your Dad already knows about the marriage and he gave his full support. Now leave, Your husband is waiting outside" She stood up from the couch and pointed at the door.

" Step Mum..." Annabelle started laughing at her.

She couldn't believe she was being force to leave the house where she grew up.

That woman doesn't have an atom of pity in her heart. She's sending a 23 years old girl to go stay with a man she knew nothing about. A total stranger.

Adriana knew she was forcing her to marry the dude because he isn't a rich person. If he was rich, she wouldn't even have allowed her to set her eyes on him. She would arrange his wedding with Annabelle.

" Bye Bye Adriana, do not show your ugly face in to this house again" Annabelle laughed. Without letting her take anything from her room, step Mum pushed her outside.

" Step Mum please, you can't do this to me. I don't want to go with him, I don't like h..." She slammed the door on her face and then, they turned the key Inside.

" Mrs. Harold?" She Quickly wiped the tears that had dropped on her face and turned around. It was the lawyer that called her. He was about to Enter his own car and behind his car was a taxi.

" Your husband wants you to leave now" she glanced at Harold who was already sitting comfortably in the back seat of the Taxi and she nodded her head to the lawyer.

" Congratulations on your Marriage" He winked at her before driving away. She was being sent out of her house to go live with a stranger who doesn't even Cough for her to know if he was dead and dumb or not. Not even a change of clothes or a Book for her.

How does step Mum wants her to live her life without any of her Books? She can't even breath properly if she don't read them.

Beep! Beep!

The Car horn brought her back to her senses. She dragged herself to the taxi, opened the passenger's side and sat in the car. She didn't look anywhere again, she closed her eyes and rested her head on the headrest.

As if the car flew, they arrived at where he called his home. The small house Stood in the middle of nowhere. There were no houses near it, you can only see one or two houses some distance away.

She went down from the car Scanning the area . There were no many trees there, it was a vast land with carpet Grass. The house didn't even have a fence.

Does Step Mum even know where this dude lives? Her stomach started to rumble not because she was hungry but because she was afraid.

" You live here?" she asked him after the taxi has left but he didn't say a word to her. He walked ahead of her with his hands inside his pockets. With fears, she ran after him making sure they weren't far from each other.

At the door, he pulled out the house keys from his pocket and unlocked the door then stepped aside for her to enter.

Was that some kind of a trap? Her mind wasn't at rest. She wouldn't Enter the house before him. What if he locked her inside the house? As if he knew what was running inside her mind, He Frowned his face and entered the house.

" Better" she Inhaled Sharply before entering. " What da!" she has never seen a house such as that in real life before. The living room was just like that in the Fantasy Stories she read.

All the furniture were in brown wood. Two long chairs made of wood with Long pillows and four mini pillows on each of them. At the center of the room was a round Table of the same wood and color.

Behind one of the Chairs was the fire place. There was a round open door just a little distance from the Fire place which has four Chairs and a table serving as the dining area. She Stretched her neck and saw another door inside which should be the kitchen.

" When you are done gazing around, you can go upstairs. There are two rooms there, pick one" she heard his voice for the first time. It wasn't bad and... Thank Goodness he can speak.

" But why do you live here?" she asked him but he ignored her. He sat on one of the chairs, pulled out his phone from his pocket and stared at it.

" Not again!" she stamped her feet on the floor. She promised not to say anything to him again until he say something to her. She rolled her eyes and made her way up the stairs.

Like he had said, there were two rooms there. One facing the door from each angle. There was a corridor that connected the two rooms together.

" He says I should pick one. Well, that isn't bad. He's letting me pick the room I want" she smiled and turned to the left to go check out what that room Looked like.

The room wasn't bad, it has a medium size bed situated at the center of the room. A Two doors wardrobe at the left wall, and at the right wall was a reading table.

" Not even a Mirror in here?" she shook her head. " Let's check out the other room" Adriana closed the door and then went to the other room but unfortunately, the door was locked.

" But he said I should pick any of the rooms. Why is this one locked?" She turned the handle again. With her hands resting on her Waist, she went back to the living room.

" Didn't you said I should pick any of the rooms?" He didn't answer her. " One of the Rooms is Locked and I don't like the other one. It has no bathroom in it and there's no mirror too" He still didn't answer her.

" I am talking to you!" She raised her voice on him. He looked at her and furrowed his brows in to a frown.

He put down the phone on the chair, stood up and started walking to her direction. " What are you doing?" she stepped backward as he stepped forward.

He didn't stop walking until she was glued on the wall. Harold pressed both of his palms on the wall, trapping her in between his hands. That was the first time a guy was doing that to her and her breath nearly ceased.

" Please don't touch me, I'm not ready for this" She closed her eyes tightly and crossed her hands over her face. Her lifted up his right hand and pulled the curtain behind her aside. Adriana thought he was trying to touch her when she felt his hand moving.

" Here's the bathroom" She opened one of her eyes slowly and then the other one. When she turned around, there was a door behind her. " Is this the bathroom?" she asked but he didn't answer her.

" You Should have just tell me the bathroom is here" She scoffed. " What were you thinking? You aren't even my taste" He smirked. Adriana was pained by what he just said. Not that she liked him too, he wasn't even the type of a man she wanted.

" Hey! You just hurt my pride. Are you better than me? You are not!" she yelled at him. Unable to withstand her loud Voice, He left the living room. She heard him unlocked the door and locked it from Inside again after he had entered.

" Whoa!" she exclaimed. How does he expect her to go down the stairs whenever she want to use the bathroom? That was so inhuman. Who Build a house without bathroom closer to the rooms. Well, there was nothing she could do about it rather than accept her fate.

She Turned the handle of the door and nodded her head. The toilet was so clean and everything was working perfectly. Now , the only thing she needed were dresses. Step Mum didn't allow her to take even a needle from her room.

" What would I do now?" she looked around the living room trying to figure out a way to get some dresses. An idea came to her head, she hurried to the door and opened it. She could run away at that moment if she wanted to but there was no way she could get a cab to take her out from there.

And even if she managed to escape, she has nowhere to go. And worse, Step Mum would take her back to the house if she returns home. That Woman hated her so much but acted like she loved her when there were people around.

" Should I just run away? I can't stay with him here, I don't even know him. I don't know the type of a person he is. A normal person can't live in a place like this" Adriana was so worried. She has never visited a place such as that in her life before, she has never thought of leaving their house any time soon. And even if she would leave, she never thought it would be somewhere like that.

" I'm leaving now" She took in a Deep breathe before stepping out. Adriana made up her mind to run away from there before it get too late for her. She didn't want to fall in to something she was going to regret in the future.

But as soon as she stepped her foot outside, the wind started blowing and in no time, rain started pouring heavily. " What da!" She ran back to the house. She was surprised because the sky was clear minutes ago when they arrived. Why now that she wanted to run away?

" What are you doing there?" Came his husky voice. His voice startled her beyond recognition that she developed a goosebumps. " What was that for, can't you at least clear your throat so that I would know you are here?" She scolded him.

" You talk too much" He sighed. She watched him came down the stairs and sat down on the chair. " What's your name?" He asked her. Adriana scoffed. Wasn't he there when her step Mum called her name? Or was he trying to make a fool out of her?

" Are you kidding me?" she stepped forward. " Your name?" He repeated. " You don't know my name but you married me?" He lifted up his head and sneered. " If you aren't going to tell me, then I'll give you a name"

" Don't you dare!" she snapped at him. Who does he think he was to give her a a name? Was he trying to change the sweet name her Mum gave me? Adriana detested that a lot. She could fight with anyone who tried to Change her name or shorten it. She preferred to be call Adriana which her Mum gave her.

" Dolly..." He Grinned Mischievously " Dolly sounds great" he chuckled. Dolly? What sort of a name was that? " Do I look like a doll to you?" she questioned him. But instead of him to answer her, he threw another question at her again.

" So tell me why you agreed to marry me" He crossed his leg and locked his fingers together, looking at her. " I never agree to marry you" she Sneered . She saw him raised his brow Surprisingly.

" You never agreed to Marry me?" she nodded her head. " How do you expect me to agree to marry someone I've not even met before? Step Mum forced me" she blurted.

" Oh so she's your step Mum" He nodded his head. It all came to his head. That woman wouldn't have told the girl to marry him if she was her daughter. But how could she do that to her step daughter? Is that even legal?

" Did she force you to marry me too?" she asked hi but he ignored her and stood up from the chair.