The Beast I Married.

The beast I married

Chapter one

"You are getting married tomorrow, Ashley," Mr. Williams, Ashley's dad says to her sarcastically like it's no big deal, and Ashley stops on her track abruptly. She has just come downstairs to greet her dad after she heard his car drive into the compound minutes ago. Her heart stops beating for some seconds as his words replays in her head. Slowly, she turns around and face the man with a questioning look on her face.

What did you say, dad?" Confused, she asks with curiosity resounding in her voice.

"Your husband is coming to get you tomorrow by 12pm. You should be at home," Ignoring her question, Mr. Williams further say as reaches out to his phone from the couch.

"You are joking, right?" She shakes her head in bewilderment while having a confused smile on her face. Everything is crazy and funny. Where's that suddenly coming from? What brought about her getting married? Why? To who? And besides, her dad is aware that she has a boyfriend whom she loves so much, so what's with the expensive joke?

"No, I'm not," He replies to her casually.

"How can I get married without my consent? I don't understand, dad. Where's all these coming from?" She questions as tears finally find their way down her cheeks.

"It doesn't matter. Do I need your opinion to do what I want?" He asks angrily, and she can't help the scoff that tears through her throat.

"We're talking about my life here, my happiness. Who are you to decide my life for me? All my life, I have always done what pleases you. I have lived for you, but not anymore. I won't have you ruin my life and my happiness. You know I have a boyfriend, and I..."

"And I care less about your boyfriend. Look, i am doing this for you. It's for your own good, so you better do the right thing," He cuts her off.

"I'm not getting married to anybody, dad. And that's my final decision," She yells at the top of her voice and with that, she scurries to the exit door and pulls it open as she storms out, slamming the door behind her. Hurrying over to the parking lot, she hops in her car and drives out of the compound, going to God knows where.

Ashley William is the only child of the William family. She had lived all her life for her father, believing that her mum passed away during child's birth. Ashley is a 22-year-old slim and average lady, she has blond hair and a cute pair of blue eyes, and her skin is almost pale white and milky.

After a long ride, she pulls over at the side of the road and reaches out to her phone that's just on the seat beside her. Scrolling through it for some seconds, she finally dials her boyfriend's number and waits for him to pick up. She has always done whatever her dad wanted her to, she has lived her life for him, but she won't give up on her happiness this time. Never again!

"Shit!" She curses under her breath and throws the phone back to the seat, hitting the steering wheel afterward. She has dialed her boyfriend's number for more than five times already, and he never answered any of her calls. This is unlike him.

Turning the car ignition on, she reverse and drives down to the nearest club house. It's Sunday, and the club is always rowdy on this day. Stepping into the clubhouse a few minutes later, she walks over to the bar and sits behind the counter. She order for a bottle of vodka, which she starts drinking directly from the bottle as soon as it was served to her. She dials her boyfriend's number a few more times, but he still didn't answer, so she finally give up trying to reach him.

A young man of about twenty-nine years old walks up to the bar, graced in all black. He orders a bottle of red wine, which he starts drinking from immediately without bothering to request for glass. Turning his gaze to his lef-hand side, he spots Ashley sitting and getting herself drunk. He stares at her for a while, scrutinizing her perfect body shape, and he can't help admiring her.

He watches as she gulps down another mouth full of alcohol, before he finally turns his attention to strippers that have been dancing for a while now.

Turning to look at Ashley again, he squints his eyes in shock as he find her still drinking nonstop. Suddenly, she stands up and staggers to the dancefloor, as she dances to the buzzing music, while screaming in excitement, but the young man can see that all those scream are as a result of the excess alcohol she has taken.

"She's got some move," He whispers to himself and gulps down some wine. Standing up to his feet, he pays the bartender before walking up to Ashley.

"Mind if I join you?" He questions huskily, and Ashley chuckles. She places her hands on his shoulder and begin to whine her waist in rhythm to the music.

They both dance together for a a few minutes,

"Why don't we get a room, huh?" She suddenly pulls him close and slams her lips against hers, kissing him passionately like her life depends on it.

The next morning inside a strange room

Her head bangs as she tries to force her eyes open. Sitting up on the bed, she rubs her eyes and stare around the unfamiliar room, while she keep questioning herself where she is, and how she ended up here.

"You're awake?" She quickly snaps her head in the direction of the voice as realization dawns on her that she's not the only one in the room. Seeing a young man standing before the mirror, her eyes snaps open in shock, but she freezes on the spot when she realizes that she's naked under the duvet. In a flash, the previous night's incident replays in her head, and her heart sinks into her stomach. She had a nightstand with a stranger.

"Although you asked for the sex, I won't be so wicked not to give you some cash. You did a pretty good job last night. That was the best sex I ever had all my life. Hoping to see you soon again. We can do this again," He winks at her after he throws a bundled cash at her, while she stares at him as a drop of tears slid down the corner of her cheek. As much as she wants to tell him that she's not a call-girl, she feels like there's no need for that anymore. Besides, he already slept with her and it can't be undone.

Before now, she was battling with how to break the news to her boyfriend, and now, it's about the mischievous night? All thanks to her dad, her life has been ruined in just a couple of hours.

Still lost in thoughts, her phone suddenly beeps and she reaches out to it. Unlocking the screen, she freezes on the spot at the sight that welcomes her. Staring back at her, are the pictures of her boyfriend with another woman. The first is when he walked into the hotel with the woman, and the next is when they're on bed. Her heart tightens in pain as realization dawns on her. This was the reason her boyfriend never answered her calls.

Tears stream down her cheeks as she feel her world crashing down to her feet. With her hands trembling, she dials his number again, but he never answer her call. Has he been cheating on her all these while?

With tears in her eyes, she stands up from the bed then wear her dress and storms out of the room. She drives home straight, and her dad turns out to have been waiting for her for hours.

"You think you can leave the house just..."

"I'll get married," Her heart hurts deeply as she say those words to her dad. She has made up her mind to accept her fate and live with it...

The beast I married

Chapter 2

"You think you can leave the house just..."

"I'll get married," Her heart hurts deeply as she say those words to her dad. She has made up her mind to accept her fate and live with it...

Mr. William was never a man to smile, else he would have worn a smile on his face.

"You've made the right decision Ashley and you're not going to regret this" he replied to the dowdy-looking Ashley and proceeded to get something from the table...

"Your groom has signed the contract," he said and stretched out the envelope for her to do the same.

she took the envelope from his hands, contracted it, and dropped it back on the table before ascending the stairs.

A few hours later, a couple of cars drove into the mansion waiting to take the bride home.

Ashley ascended the stairs absent-mindedly, although she claims to have accepted this fate, she can't help but feel bad about her boyfriend's actions.

She heaved a couple of greetings to her dad before stepping into the car.

All the guards and maid bowed to her feet while she stepped into the car. They drove out of the house, after which they closed the door.

Ashley placed her head on the mirror as tears threaten to fall from her eyes, she watch the city as it moved in a blur. So this is reality? she inquired within herself.

The ride lasted for an hour as they were moving from this city to the next city.

Driving into a very big mansion the car was parked neatly in the parking lot, all the maids stepped out of the cars while the guards opened the door for Ashley to walk out.

Stepping out of the car, She was met with a house that was second to hers, but her current state of depression didn't give her the ability to admire the house as much as she would have. Even though she left a similar house for this one she still would have complimented it if she had the opportunity to.

A maid volunteers to show her to the room, while the rest were unboxing the cartoon,but Ashley insisted she would sit here for now.

"I hope you know your job here" Mrs. Wilfred muttered repulsively as she walked the stairs and Ashley stood up from the chair wearing a very confused look. Was she here for a job? she inquired within her.

"Good afternoon ma" she greeted the woman, whom she felt was her mother Inlaw.

"Save your greetings, young lady, I'm sure you know your place here?" she repeated and kept scrutinizing Ashley's dangerous.

Ashley stared at the woman looking lost. Of course, she is here because she got married.

"Yes. To serve the duty of a wife" she replied and gulped down nothing those words sounded strange to her but Mrs. Wilfred scoffed sarcastically.

"What wife duties?" she questioned mockingly, and Ashley stared at her looking confused.

"You're married to my son because your father and I are going to become business partners soon" She replied with Sarcasm in her voice and Ashley smiled dryly, as those words resounded in her head. Wait!!! did she hear that right? Was this a joke, she stared at the woman as she arched her brows in dismay, trying too hard to acknowledge those words.

"That's not true"she finally muttered the moment she got her voice back and Mrs. Wilfred laughed Mischievously then suddenly an evil smack got to the right corner of her cheeks.

"What were you expecting?" she questioned with a scoff

"That you were going to come sit here and make babies? no darling you are here to work,"

"But I thought this marriage was meant for......" she questioned trying so well not to lose her mind.

"Love....." she cut her shot and gave a devilish smile.

"if we wanted to love my son would have gotten a woman of his taste and married her, not someone of your kind" she replied again with an evil aura resounding in her voice.

It was at this point that it dawned on her that she was being used by her father as a tool to settle his goals. Tears burnt the back of her eyes as she held her hand tightly she was trying so hard not to lose it.

She felt her whole world crashing to her feet as those words began to make sense to her

"If we wanted a marriage of love why make it a contract marriage, are you this dumb" she insulted with a devilish grin on her cheek.

Tears rolled down Ashley's cheek, the tears she was trying too hard not to let out, why on earth was her fate like this, she wishes God had just given her a hint of what her life would be, maybe she would have prepared for this day.

Her heart stiffened in pain as she reminisced on everything the woman was saying, it hurts that she could lay down her life for her father but all he ever cared for was to use her just to archive all his goals.

"Even if you cry from now till thy kingdom comes it's not going to change anything, the earlier you accept your fate and live with it the easier it will be for you," with that she turned to take the stairs.

Mr. William has a modeling company while Mrs. Wilfred had a cosmetic company, they both agreed to partner for the growth of the two companies, but before signing the contract, Mr. Williams insisted that one of her sons should marry Ashley his only daughter to strengthen the family bonds. Although Mrs. Wilfred was quick to accept because she's the CEO of the company

After the whole saga between Ashley and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wilfred instructed a maid to show Ashley to her room.

Stepping into the room, Ashley ambled into the bed and plucked herself hard on the bed as tears rolled down her cheeks. she wished her mum was alive, probably her life wouldn't have been this messed up.

Her hands trembled as the words of Mrs. Wilfred played simultaneously in her head.

She blamed her boyfriend for everything that happened today. If only he had picked up her call, they probably would have left the country now. Her hands gripped the bedspread as tears streamed down her cheeks, how come she was so dumb not to realize it was a contract marriage, how did she let her emotions get the best part of her?

After so many minutes of Staying alone and crying In the room, she began to imagine her life as a wife. She didn't grow up to meet her mother, so she didn't get to see her mother acting like a wife.

It's been 2 hours since she got here and she is yet to see her husband. Is he always going to leave her in the house and find a place to be always?

She stepped out of her clothes and walked into the bathroom, after a long refreshing shower she stepped out of the bathroom, dried her hair, and wore one of her pajamas.

She held onto her phone and began to watch all the videos she did with her boyfriend and tears welled up in her eyes, how did she ended up in this mess, At the beginning of this relationship, she never for once imagine that she wasn't going to end up with this man.

She laid beneath the duvet with her phone still in her hand and her eyes glued to her phone while tears kept scrolling down her cheeks

The door opened and Ashley tilted her head back but was met with the greatest shock of her life.

She has seen this face before, he was the one she met at the club. What is he doing here?

Kai walked into the room and met, a lady on the bed but his legs halted the moment he saw the face. It was the girl he met at the club the other day. wait! what is she doing here?He quickly locked the door, trying so hard not to call his mothers attention

"Why are you here?"he inquired and Ashley stared confusingly at him, she should be asking him that question.

"Did you follow me here?, if you really enjoyed what we had the other day you should have called me, my card was attached to the money I gave you, you didn't have to follow me here"he blarb and Ashley, arched her brows in bewilderment

"I didn't..." she tries to explain to herself but Kai ignored her and walked angrily out of the room and descended the stairs roughly while he yelled his mum's name and Ashley followed him.

"Mum! Mum!"he yelled while descending the stairs and his mum watched him descend the stairs angrily

"Calm down son you might break the stairs"she sipped from her juice, giving them a very sarcastic look

"Why did you let that whore I to my house?"he inquired with anger resounding in his voice and his mum stared confusingly at him she doubted if he was referring to Ashley but since his hand was pointing up he was definitely referring to her.

"She is not a whore Kai, she is your wife" she replied casually and Kai scoffed.

Turning to take a proper look at Ashley he scoffed again he can't possibly be hearing her right .

"No mum, I can't get married to a prostitute, I can't!" he half yelled with anger resounding in his voice, and she stared at him in amusement, but she didn't want to know about the gist and how he got to know she is a prostitute.

"More reasons you should be happy son, you're not planning on making love to her, we just need her for the deal and nothing else, "she replied with a shrug and Ashley's eyes teared up. She could feel the blood in her body drying up. In all her life, she has never been this humiliated, and she wishes she never saw this day.

"But mum, how can I not....." he tried to question and she cut him off.

"You can always have sex outside marriage, we need her just for the company and nothing else" she convinced and he nodded a bit reluctantly.

Tears streamed down Ashley's face but she uses her hands to toast away the tears that streamed down her cheeks .

Yes her father might have used her for a deal, but she isn't going to let them treat her like trash. She descended the stairs angrily.

Ashley scoffed inwardly as anger gripped her, she has tolerated enough and she won't watch them call her names.

"As much as you see this deal as a benefit to us, it favors your company more" she chipped in and they both turned to stare at her.

"You don't have a say here" Mrs. Wilfred gave her a dagger stare and Ashley scoffed trying so much not to let fear take over her.

"Why??"she questioned with anger resounding in her voice

" if I don't have a say then watch me ruin what you work so hard for" she replied looking dangerous and Kai stared dagger at her.

"You've no right whatsoever to talk back at my mother" he stepped forward and defended while Ashley scoffed.

"If your mum wants respect, she shouldn't demand it, she should command it!" she replied her deep blue eyes holding anger While Kai gripped her hands. His reddish black eyes held fire, as anger reflected in them. If it had supernatural power it would be sure to burn her up.

"I will not have you speak to my mother that way. Now listen to me clearly, the next time you raise your Voice at my mother I will be sure to send you packing" he threatened and Ashley Scoffed before pulling her hands roughly from his grip.

"Try it and watch yourself fail!"She muttered calmly like a whisper but Kai could sense the power that followed the words out of her mouth. Without waiting to hear another word, she turned around and took the stairs this time tears burning the back of her eye. Although she had managed to say her mind, she is still not fine. She wishes she never chooses people's happiness over hers.

Kai Wilfred is the eldest son of the Wilfred family, he is the most cherished by his mother, maybe because she gets to use him to her advantage. Kai is a tall, slim, and elegant-looking guy. At age 30. He is cute and appears to be the apple of every lady's eye, he has a pair of reddish-blazing eyes and his complexion is almost pale white, he had this brown-colored hair that was styled to the right side of his cheeks giving him a demi look. Although He has a very cold aura, he is nice and sweet.

Kai is the Manager of a well-known cosmetic company. (skin nourish). Although his company has been at its lowest which was why he arranged to partner with Mr. William who has a modeling company in other to boost his fame as suggested by his mother. Mr. Williams insisted that he marries his only daughter to strengthen the connection.

Stepping into the room, Ashley walked to the bed and sat down heaving a very huge sigh as tears rolled down her cheeks. Her heart tightened in her chest in pain, She regretted going back home, she should have just traveled out of the country.

She heard the beeping sound of her phone and just when she planned to pick it up, she discovered it was her boyfriend, she hissed angrily and slammed the phone across the bed and laid back to cry.