The Billionaires Arranged Bride by Love Egbejale

Astra looked at herself in the mirror, she was getting married today it felt like a dream that she wanted to wake up from.

This decision was one of the hardest decisions she has made in her life.

She was going to marry her family's enemy who she despised so much that it was a neutral feeling for both parties.

It felt like she was no longer in control of anything happening to her.

And now she looked in the mirror and found a young girl dressed in a wedding gown.

She looked beautiful. The dress was stunning yet her heart felt like it was bleeding.

Her life felt like it was going to be over yet her gaze looked determined and strong.

She remembered sitting beside her grandfather, mopping his face with a towel because he was running temperature, she remembered holding his weak hands and her heart broke into a million pieces.

Then he opened his eyes and made her swear she was going to do what he asked of her if she loved him.

She swore to marry Knight that afternoon and no matter what happened she was going to show her grandad that she loved him so much and was going to grant his last wish.

Even though this wasn't what she wanted, she was not prepared for a life like this.

She knew this decision was going to hunt her for the rest of her life but she had to do it because this was her grandfather's wish on his deathbed.

And he was the only family she had since she lost her parents.

She knew she couldn't fail her grandfather so yes she was going to marry Knight Gate no matter how mean he would be or how unhappy the marriage would be.

She looked at herself in the mirror, her dark hair was combed and parked with fancy pins, and her brown eyes stared back at her looking tired.

The heels she wore made her look much taller than her normal height.

She was going to get married to Knight no matter what. And today was the day.

She didn't know why her grandfather did this, this family was their enemy for over two generations, and now she was getting married to their son knight the more she thought about it the more it felt strange.

She sat down on the bed and cried, she cried because everything felt unfair. She cried for her parents that she lost, she cried for her grandfather and she cried for herself because this was the worst day of her life.

Her makeup was ruined so she wiped it and applied light makeup.

Her eyes were red and teary but she didn't care about it.

All she cared about was what she was going to do, and yes she was determined to do it.

“Astra, someone called, it's time, your uncle is waiting for you so he can walk you down the aisle”, she said.

“OK, I will be out in a minute”, Astra replied, breathing in.

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Astra looked at the ring on her hand, she was married to someone she didn't even know.

The ring was stunning that she could say, it felt like it was mocking her, the ring was shining and she was looking so dull.

She knew this was a disaster but it had already happened.

She took off her wedding gown, the pins in her hair, and cleaned her makeup, since she was married she had to prepare for her wedding night.

She put the wedding gown in a box, even if she was sad she was not going to destroy this beautiful gown.

It was one of the most expensive and beautiful clothes she ever owned.

And she always had a dream of showing her children and grandchildren her wedding gown since she was young.

Though It was painful to give her virginity to a cruel and stupid man, she knew she didn't love him but she didn't have a choice, she had already done it, and the deed was done.

She entered the bathroom and scrubbed her body like she was trying to scrub away the pain of what she had.