Veil of Deceit

ry'

er. Don't," I pleaded, my voi

maid and marry Tricia. Or, you wouldn't want to hear the other op

d right behind me. Something worse than the worst feeling in the world is

family. As selfish as that sounded, I

g to be with Betty. But my dad... His life, his health, it wouldn't be fair to him if I ran away. He already has one degenerate son; another one might just kill him. Not marrying Mr. Payne's daughter will surely cause a corporate war and weaken the stance of Aveeno groups in the stock market and I don't th

quarters, fixing my gaze upon the mos

y was mowing the yard until she finished, turned around, and met my eyes. She stood there for a while because she knew coming any closer would be dangerous

and held my chest as if trying to contain the ache within. And just like that, tears came rushing out o

a tap on my shoulders. I lifted my hea

okay?" she as

answered, sniffling and cle

hy are you cryin

"No.. No, I'm not. Something

he said as she sat

right?"

but you want to get marr

ed to you?" Her retort was swif

ned, relieved by h

" She said w

Before your outburst at dinner last night, I was lo

was, you know cut off by surpr

inly relate," Tricia s

house, technically my father's house,

know. You being heir and al

at, I literally just found

just anyone, he did some research and apparently you will be heir and not your brot

" I replied une

fun to be around; she has a contagious

back in for bre

e already

he said, standing up and pulling my a

but damn those pictures and descriptions didn't do justice. Just take a look at your broad sh

way with words and as we laughed through our tre

y greeted, walking away with unusual