“Let me out!….am not getting married to anyone!”Elena yelled while banging on the door

She finally gave up,she sighed and sat on her bed, different thoughs running through her head…

She really missed Diego….but she didn’t have to the courage to call him after whathe did to her

And Fabio is forcing her into a marriage with someone she didn’t know anything about

She would rather remain single than get married to that man

_______

“Welcome Alberto”Lucas said and gave an elderly man a handshake

“Thanks”Alberto said and took a seat

“What about my bride?”Alberto asked

“She’s in her room”Fabio said

“Is she ready to get married,the wedding is in the next two days”Alberto said

“Yes … she’s ready,it depends on your price”

“We’ll talk about that later first i want to see how beautiful she is”Alberto said

“Fine”Fabio signalled at two men and they left

Elena was sitting on her bed still lost in thoughts when a knock on the door interrupted her….

She cleaned her tears,hoping the Fabio would finally let her out

She stood up and those two men came in

“Fabio is waiting for you in the living room”One of the men said

“Why?….”Elena asked

“I don’t know,just get going miss”The man said in a harsh tone

Elena gulped and made her way to the living room with the two men following behind

“Here she is”Fabio said when Elena arrived

“She’s quite beautiful…. it’s a deal”Alberto said

“Wh…what are you talking about?”Elena asked starring at Fabio

Alberto stood up and went closer to her

“We are talking about your price”Alberto said with a smirk

“Price!…you are planning to sell me all in the name of mariage and to this old man”Elena said with disgust

“How dare you!”Alberto yelled and gave her a slap

“You are not allowed to hit her”Fabio said and stood up

“Just wait till you’re mine,you’ll regret messing with me”Alberto said glaring at Elena

“Fabio please don’t do this…. please”Elena pleaded with tears

Fabio looked away from her and faced Alberto

“What about the price?”Fabio asked

“I’ll double wh@ťěver you want on one condition….”

“What?”

“We’ll get married tonight”

“Isn’t that too soon,how are we going to make all the…..”

“I’ll arrange everything and I’ll also pay for it”Alberto cut him off

“Fabio please…no”Elena said as her sobs grew louder

“It’s a deal”Fabio said and Alberto smiled

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Diego was at his wine cellar drinking,what he usually does anytime he’s upset or angry

This time he was holding a picture of Elena,starring at it with much interest

“Diego…”A voice called from behind and he hid the picture

“Why are you hiding it,i already saw it”Naomi smiled lightly and sat next to him

“You really love her?”Naomi asked and Diego nodded

“Do you know the first thing i ever said to her?”Diego asked and Naomi shooked her head

“I said marry me”Diego said and Naomi gapsed

“What.. really?”Naomi laughed

“Yes i don’t know how but it just came out of my mouth”

“So it was love at first sight?”

“Kinda…but seems like we were never meant to be together”Diego sighed

“Things didn’t really work out for us first it was Fabio now Lucas”Diego added

“Who is Fabio?”Naomi asked

“He is her cousin and my enemy”

“Enemy?…why?”Naomi asked

“I was a mafia but now am not involved in that $h|t…..we were both fighting for the crown,we wanted to be the next mafia king but i don’t care about that ….”

“Everything is going to be find”Naomi said and hugged him

“If you were both meant to be then nothing can stop you both…”Naomi said

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*EVENING: ELENA’S ROOM*

Elena was crying on her bed,she had tried to beg Fabio but her pleading fell on deaf ears

Her door cracked open and two new maids came in with a wedding dress, jewelry boxes and a make up kit

Elena sat up and watched settle in

“Who are you?”Elena asked

“Master Alberto sent us to get you ready”One of the maid said

“You better get out now”Elena said and stood up

“Ma’am just cooperate and…..”

Before the maid could finish Elena hit a vase on her head and she fell,the other maid took to her heels

The maid ran to Alberto,who was having a discussion with Fabio

“Sir…she..she is trying to escape”The maid reported,panting

Alberto rushed to the room with Fabio

That was the moment Elena was leaving the room…

Alberto ran after her,he quickly caught up with her and gave her a slap,she fell on the floor

“You are trying to escape huh?”Alberto pulled her by her hair

He dragged her to her room and threw her on the floor

“I’ll teach you a lesson”Alberto took of his belt and folded it, attempting to hit her

“Alberto stop it…”Fabio tried to stop him but Alberto pushed him away

“If you interrupt me then this deal is over”Alberto said

Fabio sighed and left the room

Alberto faced Elena…

“Am giving you a chance to apologize or…”

“I won’t apologize when am not wrong, I won’t get married to an old man like you, it’s over my dead body”Elena spat

“We’ll see about that”Alberto used the belt and gave Elena multiple hits on her body

Her loud screams filled the house

Luna was standing at the kitchen,she was wondering what is going on,they wouldn’t even let her meet Elena….

*FEW HOURS LATER*

Elena curled herself on her bed,her body covered in bruises

A maid entered the room and Elena looked at her
.
“I’m here to get you ready
In minutes Elena was ready,she was wearing a wedding gown but her makeup was ruined because of her tears

“Miss stop crying you are ruining the makeup”The maid complained

Elena ignored her and continued crying,that was the only thing she could do…cry

The maid sighed…

The door opened and another maid came in but her face was covered

“Master Alberto asked me to bring her you can leave”The maid said

The maid left

“Elena…”The maid removed her vail revealing…Luna

“Luna”Elena called and hugged her

“Please i don’t want to get married please help me”Elena cried

“How?”Luna asked

______

The bride came out of the room with a veil covering her head,the guards at her door follow her to the car

They drove off to the wedding venue

Elena looked outside to make sure the were gone,she quickly took to her heel,she ran out of the house as fast as she could

Luna had switched places with Elena so she could escape

Elena ran through the busy road without a destination in mind,she ran without stopping

When she felt she was far enough she stopped running

She sat on a chair trying to catch her breath

She sat for a few minutes….she decided to look for somewhere to hide because by now they would have realized Luna was with them instead of her

She stood up and continued running,she was still running and she looked back to check if there was anyone behind her…. luckily no one was after her

She turned around to continue running but a speeding car was driving straight towards her

She gapsed and yelled as the car hit her down to the floor

Blood poured out of her head….

TBC….