Tatiana Kamerie

I stood in front of my dad's office and took a deep breath before going inside. I knocked the door two times and walked in. I saw my dad sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed.

"Dad, are you okay?" I asked my dad as I closed the door. He opened his eyes and he shook his head.

"What's wrong?" I asked as I walked closed to him. I sat beside him and he sighed.

"The company.. is bankrupt." He said and my eyes widened. I was speechless and I know how much this company means to him. It's everything for him and the fact that it's bankrupt broke my heart too.

"How?"

"It's not shocking news for me because I know it's slowly going down but I've been trying to lift it up for about 3 years but it got worse." He said in a really sad tone.

"So what are we going to do?" I asked as I held his hand.

"Mr. Romeo will come in a few minutes and I will ask him to invest in our company and give him a big percentage of the share." I hope this Mr. Romeo will help my dad because or else I will see my dad being sad and broken hearted.

Suddenly there's a knock on the door and my dad got up from the seat instantly. He walked to the door and opened it. He smiled widely and shook the man's hand. I got up from the sofa and walked towards the door.

My eyes widened and I gulped to see.. him. So he's Mr. Romeo. He saw me and he didn't look surprised at all. My dad led him inside and my dad asked him to sit. He smirked at me and then he turned to my dad.

"Mr. Romeo, this is Tatiana, my one and only daughter." My dad introduced me to him and he smirked looking at me. I was trying to avoid his eyes.

"Tatiana, this is Mr. Romeo."

"Deandre Romeo." He put his hand in front of me and I shook it. I don't have any other choice than being polite because he will be my dad's company investor at some point.

"Please sit down." My dad gestured to him to sit and he walked towards the sofa. He sat down, put right leg up to the table and looked at us arrogantly. I sat down beside my dad and I can't believe this guy's attitude. He looked around the office and then he turned to my dad.

"I hate talking about useless things so I'll just get to the point, Mr. Kamerie." Deandre said and my dad nodded.

"I will invest 5 million dollar for your company but I won't give it to you for free. I want 2 things." He said in an arrogant tone. He sat up straight and he turned to me smiling evilly.

"Please tell me.. I will grant your wish." I can't believe my dad said that.

"First, I want 60% of the share for 10 years and I will send 7 of my people to work here. Is that okay with you?"

"Yes.. I can tolerate that."

"The second one.. I want your daughter." He said as he pointed at me. My eyes widen and I got up right away. My anger rises up that second.

"I'm engaged!" I said as I showed him my ring. He smirked and leaned back to the sofa. He turned to my dad and raised his eyebrows.

"It's up to you, Mr. Kamerie. It's your choice."

"Yes, you can take my daughter." My dad said and that shocked me more.

"Dad!"

"Great." He said and he took his phone out. He called someone and I turned to my dad.

"Dad! I can't believe you sell me to a guy that we both don't even know." I bursted out.

"Bring the contract in.." He said and ended the call.

"I don't have any other choice." My dad said without looking at me.

"Dad! I'm engaged to Eric and we're going to get married in 2 months!" I bursted and tears came out from my eyes. I was angry.. my body burned in anger and I looked up to the ceiling.

Suddenly someone walked into the office with a black file in his hands. He gave the file to Deandre and Deandre opened it on the table. He pushed it towards my dad.

"Call Eric.." My dad told me and I walked out from the office. I walked towards Eric's office and bursted into his office. He was surprised to see me crying.

"You should go to my dad's office." I said.

"What? Is there something wrong?" He asked in a panic tone, I dragged him to my dad's office.

"So.. you're her fiance?" Deandre got up from his seat. He walked towards me and Eric. He stood in front of us and looked at Eric arrogantly.

"Who are you?" Eric asked in a rude tone.

"Respect him, Eric! He's our investor and our one and only hope!" My dad bursted coldly.

"What?" Eric asked my dad disbelief. Suddenly Deandre took my left hand and took off my engagement ring.

"Hey!" I hissed.

"What the-" Eric said and he almost punched Deandre but my dad stopped him. Deandre threw my engagement ring away and I looked at the ring on the ground. I was speechless. I turned to Deandre disbelief and he smirked.

"You're not his fiance anymore.. You're mine." He said as he slipped a new ring on me. I looked at it in disbelief. The ring is two times bigger than Eric's.

"You!" Eric was going to punch him but my dad pushed him away.

"You need to respect me, Eric, or else you will sleep on the street tomorrow." Deandre said in an arrogant tone. I was going to take off the ring but Deandre stopped me. He pulled me into his arms and when I was going to push him away, he whispered to my ear.

"If you take it off, your father.. your ex-fiance will end up on the street without their clothes. Do you want that, beautiful?"

"You bastard!" I pushed him and he laughed evilly.

"We're settle then.. James, I will marry your daughter in 2 months and tomorrow she will move to my mansion." Deandre said.

"You! Son of a bi-" Eric bursted.

"You're a really good actor, Eric. You really are.." Deandre said and that stopped Eric. That made me confused, good actor? What does that mean?

"I'll see you tonight, Tatiana." Deandre turned to me and smirked.

"You asshole!"

"Thankyou." He said and then he and his secretary walked out the door with the contract on his secretary's hand. I was speechless.

"You signed.. the contract?" I asked my dad.

"I don't have any other choice."

"You sold your daughter, James!" Eric bursted.

"The company is bankrupt, Eric. If he didn't invest, we all will end up on the street without even a cent to live!" My dad bursted and Eric's face changed.

"What?"

"Deandre Romeo will invest 5 million dollars for us and he asked us for 60% of share only. We will go back to our path, Eric."

"Dad! I'm engaged to Eric!"

"You can marry him and then get divorce." Eric suddenly said and I turned to him disbelief. I was speechless to hear him say that. He was angry 2 minutes ago and now he agreed?

"Eric.. are you out of your mind?" I asked him.

"After the company is stable, we can pay him back and you can divorce him." He added and I scoffed coldly.

"Tatiana.."

"You're not my dad and you're not my fiance anymore!" I bursted angrily and walked out from the door. I left the office and drove to my apartment. I walked into my room and cried my heart out.

Tatiana Kamerie

"Don't talk to me!" I pushed Eric away and took my luggage out from my apartment.

"Tatiana.. listen to-"

"Listen? Listen? You agreed about me marrying that bastard? Are you crazy?" I bursted angrily at him.

"Tatiana.. listen to me.. listen to me.." He grabbed both of my hands forcing me to listen to him. I pulled my hands away from him and took my luggage with me.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"Away from all of you!" I hissed as I walked into the lift. I pressed the L button and closed the lift door. I walked out from the lift and my eyes widened to see Deandre standing there leaning to the wall. He smirked at me and then he walked to me.

"Going somewhere, Tatiana?" He asked.

"Just leave me alone." I said as I walked past him. He caught my wrist and I turned to him.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"You're my fiance remember?" He said as he pointed at the ring. I sighed and I know I can't run away like this but I need time to process everything. Yesterday was a really crazy day for me.. I can't believe that my dad sold me to this bastard and then my own fiance agreed that I should marry this crazy sick bastard and then divorce him after my company get enough money to pay him back.

"Can I.. can I go to LA for 2 days? I promise I will be back here."

"No." He said coldly.

"Tatiana!" I turned my head to see Eric walking towards me and Deandre.

"What the heck is she doing here?" I turned my head to Deandre when he said that. Did he just say she?

"Let's just go.. you're moving into my house." Deandre took my hand but I stopped him. I pulled my hand from his grip.

"Tatiana.." Eric caught my wrist.

"What is she doing here?" Deandre asked in a cold tone and it made Eric turn to him.

"You! You rui-" I stood in front of Eric when he was about to punch Deandre. I glared at him hard.

"Tatiana.. look."

"Don't even think about talking to me.. we're done." I said straight to his face. I walked out from the building and turned my head to Deandre.

"Where's your car?" I asked him. I turned to the valet chauffeur and the chauffeur ran to take his car. He walked towards me and stood beside me.

"I don't want to marry you." I stated and I turned to him. He ignored me and all I want to do know is to kill him. My phone rang and I took it out of my bag. It's my dad and I turned my phone off.

When the car came right in front of us, Deandre walked to his driver side and I opened the passenger seat by myself. It's not that I want him to open the door for me but he's acting like a cold jerk. I threw my luggage to the back and put my seatbelt on. He started to drive away..

"Where are we going?" I asked and he ignored me once again. I asked him once again but he ignored me.. again. What's his problem?

His phone rang and he put on his ear piece on accepting the call.

"Hey buddy." He smiled when he said that. I can't believe my eyes to see him being cold and then he turned into another person in a split second. Oh god..

"No.. I'm off to somewhere. Yeah.. I'll just see you at dinner.. Hey Crystal.." Crystal? He knows her?

"Okay.. I'll see you at dinner, L. Bye!" He ended the call and threw his ear piece back to the small drawer.

"You know Crystal? Okay if you don't want to answer that.. at least can you tell me where we're going? Are you trying to kidnap me? Deandre Romeo!" I asked and he suddenly stopped his car on the side of the road. He turned to me with his cold eyes and vibe.

"Do you always ask this many questions?" He asked as he leaned closer to me. My eyes stuck on his and I leaned backwards. I gulped nervously and suddenly he pressed the open button of my seatbelt. He smirked and opened his seatbelt. He opened the door and got out from the car.

I took a breath of relief and got out from the car. I closed the door and he immediately locked the car. He gestured to me to follow him and I walked to him. He lead me to a.. wedding dress store. I was speechless. He gestured to me to enter the store first and I entered it.

"Good afternoon, what can we do for you?"

"I want you to find the perfect wedding dress for her." Deandre said in a cold tone and I looked at him disbelief.

"Let us talk for a second." I said to the employees and they leave us alone. I turned to Deandre.

"What's with all this?"

"You and I will get married in a month." He said simply like it was nothing.

"What? Look! I can't marry you! I don't love you and I don't even know you!" I hissed coldly and looked around because I don't want other people to hear my private conversation with him.

"Do I look like I care?" He raised his eyebrows and I was kore than speechless to face this jerk.

"Do you want my dad's company that bad?" I asked and he ignored me. He walked inside and gestured to the employees to help me find a wedding dress.

I tried to look around the store and glanced secretly at Deandre once in a while. I'm planning to run away because I don't want to deal with Deandre nor my dad nor Eric now. I hate all of them. They all treated me like trash.

"I'm smart enough to know that you're trying to runaway, Tatiana. Runaway from here.. You will see your dad and Eric in the street without a piece of clothes to cover them." He said in a cold tone and I looked up to the ceiling.

"What have I done?"

Deandre Romeo

"Lucas!!!" I said as I entered my bestfriend's office.

"Hey bud.. What's up?" He asked as he walked to the sofa. I plopped down on his sofa and he raised his eyebrows looking at me suspiciously.

"What?" I asked.

"You're acting weird.. What did you do?"

"I'm getting married next month." I said and he looked at me with a bored expression.

"Tell me who hit your head, I'll hit their heads back." Lucas said flatly.

"I'm not joking.." I said as I took out the invitation from my pocket. I threw it to him and he caught it. He looked at it and his eyes widened like it was going to pop up in a second. He turned to me in disbelief.

"Andre! You're crazy! She has nothing to do with this!" He bursted and I got up from the sofa.

"Lucas.. You and I might be an ex-mafia but the mafia blood still runs through my veins." I said in a cold tone as I put my hands inside my pocket.

"Keep it from Crystal until the day of the wedding. Help me out here.." I said and Lucas sighed.

"Andre.. this is too much." He said as he put the invitation in a secret drawer below the table.

"Don't tell Crystal." I warned him once again.

"I won't but you should think about it again. She was engaged."

"I don't care if she's engaged.. or married.. I don't fucking care!" I hissed coldly and took a deep breath. I saw Crystal coming from the glass walls.

"She's here." I said.

"Ugh! What are you doing here again?" Crystal said when she walked into the office. I smiled at her and sat down again.

"I miss my Lucas.. you took him away from me these days. I'm jealous." I said and her jaw dropped. I chuckled and turned my head to Lucas.

"You two have fun.. I have a lot of work to catch." I said as I got up again.

"Don't come here again!" Crystal hissed and I laughed.

"C, I can't. I love your boyfriend too much to not come here again.. sharing is caring." I said smirking and she glared at me. She gestured to me to go and I looked at Lucas one last time. He nodded and I walked out from the door.

I walked towards my car and my phone rang. I took it out of my pocket. I smirked big time to see who's calling me.

"Talk." I said.

"Let's meet up." Tatiana said.

"And why should I grant your wish?" I asked.

"Your office now." She ended the call and I shrugged. I put my phone back in my pocket and got into my car. I drove towards my office and was completely curious what Tatiana's offer would be because I know she hates the fact that I force her to get married with me but I don't care about how she feels.

As soon as I arrived at my office, I parked my car in front of the lobby to let my chauffeur take care of it. I walked inside and found Tatiana standing there in front of the information desk. She saw me and immediately walked to me.

"Let's talk in your office." She said and I walked past her. The security guard let me pass and they lead me to the lift right away. I entered the lift first and then Tatiana entered. I pressed my office floor and closed the door.

I walked out from the lift as the door opened. I gestured to my secretary to go and leave us alone. I entered my office and held the door for her to come in. I closed the door and locked in.

I walked to the sofa at the corner of the room and gestured to her to sit down. I sat down and she sat in front of me.

"I can give you anything you want but I can't marry you." She said looking right into my eyes. I raised my eyebrows and tilted my head a little.

"Too bad, I don't have anything in mind." I said as I gestured her to look at the paper on the desk. She took it and her eyes widened.

"You should listen to everything I say.. or else.." I smirked and she sighed.

"Why? Why are you trying to crush my family?" She asked.

"If you try to say about canceling the marriage again.. I will take my 5 million back and you can see your dad's world falls apart in front of your eyes." I said coldly and she looked down to the table. It was like she's battling with her own mind.

"If you don't want to marry me really bad.. then take off the ring.. go home.. wait.. you all won't have a home anymore if you go out through that door with no ring on." I said and she sighed.

"You marrying me will be a definition of hell." She said to me trying to make me back off.

"Oh darling.. I'm already living in hell."

"Why marry me when you know in the end there will be a divorce paper kissing your face?" She asked.

"Thankyou for thinking about the future but I don't really care about it to be honest." She scoffed and looked up to the ceiling. She laughed dryly and then she turned back to me.

"We don't love each other and marriage is once in a lifetime."

"Love? We don't need love in marriage, Tatiana. Marriage once in a lifetime? Oh come on.. Don't be naive, you can get married 4-5 times.. no one cares." I shrugged and her jaw dropped.

"Then find someone else!" She bursted angrily at me.

"I'm not interested in finding another one."

"You psycho!" She hissed angrily and she looked at me like she's going to kill with her long sharp nails. I just looked at her calmly but still cold.

"Move in to my house by tomorrow."

"I don't want to!"

"Try me, Tatiana. Try me.." I smirked and she looked away avoiding my eyes.