Chapter 1
ADELINE'S POV
I cry my eyes out in front of my parents, begging them to change their minds, I don't want to be
married off, I don't want to tie the knot with some man I haven't even had the chance to see. My
parents can't do this to me. I don't deserve to be given away.
“Mom, please I beg you, please I don't want to get married to Mr Cullen. I clutch my Mom's
clothes but she doesn't even look at me, She scoffs and turns her face away from me.
“Adeline you have no choice but to listen to us, You're getting married and that's it, My Dad
looks at me with annoyance probably happy that he was finally getting rid of his first daughter.
Living in this house has never been easy or gentle for me in any way, All my life I was always
the one ignored, overshadowed, or just left aside. My parents never showed me enough love,
They were always overly strict with me.
Probably because I never listen to them. But my three younger sisters got all the love, they were
pampered and taken care of like little princesses. During those times I would always wonder to
myself if I was ever their child or if I was adopted.
Now they decided I should be the one to be married off. My parents are rich but they felt the
need to get me married to Adam Cullen so that my Dad's business would grow abundantly.
“Mom, Dad, you can't do this to me, p-please I promise to always listen and to always be good,
please don't send me away. I'm on my knees with big hot tears streaming down my face and
they don't even flinch or blink a single eye. Do I not matter to them?
“It's too late now Adeline, You should have said so a long time ago but my no is no, you can go
out now. “Dad please-
“I SAID GET OUT ADELINE”.
I flinch hard and immediately scurry out of my Dad's study, Tears are still running down my face
and I feel extremely distraught. How did I end up like this? Why does it always have to be me?From childhood, I honestly thought I could win some of my parent’s love but it all seems useless
now, The amount of anger in my heart made me cry more on the way to my room. For all I know,
this Adam Cullen could be an asshole and a egoistic maniac.
I just want to live my life the way I want to, I want to be able to take decisions for myself, I want
to be able to take a stand against my parents and I want to run away from all this madness. I
can't believe arranged marriages still exists.
I enter my room and shut the door before crawling to a corner with my head in between my
knees. I cry at the possibility that my parents will only see me as an object for bargain and as a
tool for more money and alliance with the Cullen family.
My tears stop and I see my white dress is soaked with my tears, I
wipe my eyes and rest my head on the wall thinking of a possible way to run-
“Adeline it's us”.
I hear my sister's outside the door and I contemplate if I should let them in. I vigorously wipe my
eyes once again and go towards the door to open it.
The three of them hug me immediately I open the door wide and I don't know what to do. They
hug me tighter as if they knew I was bawling my eyes out minutes ago.
“Adeline we're so sorry about Mom and Dad, they can't take you away from us”. We thought we
were the ones to get married first so you wouldn't have to worry about about getting married,
we-we had no idea they had already planned this-
“Willow, Georgia, I'm going to be ok, you don't have to worry about me at all, I-I can do it. Even
though I can't have the life I want, you girls could still do what you want”. I look at them and I
see them with sad faces.
“Guys I promise it's OK, I'll be fine.“Adeline we know you, You won't be able to do it, Let us help talk to Mom and Dad about this,
please, Adeline-
“Girls enough, I-I need some space right now, please.
“But Adeline-
“Girls, please.
Willow and Georgia reluctantly leave my room and I fall on the bed with a grave look on my
face, Yes I do feel bad about sending Willow and Georgia out but I need some time to myself
right now.
I decided to sleep a little but the door burst open and I jumped up in fright, I looked at the door
and I saw that it was just my mom and I calmed down a little. She walks to me with a
not-so-loving look on her face. “Get up Adeline”.
I get up Immediately with my eyes looking at the floor. I dare not look her in the eye or she
would lose it on me.
“Tomorrow we're going to see The Cullen Family and I expect you to be on your next behaviour
or else, you'll wish you were never my daughter.
I nod my head frantically in fear still looking at the floor, “ You will answer any questions asked
by The Cullen Family correctly without any mishap, Is That Clear?
“Y-Yes Mom”. My mom nods her head strictly and walks out of my room slamming the door on
her way out. I crumble to my knees as I realize that I'm going to be married off to someone that I
barely know anything about.
I wipe the tears on my face but they just keep coming, The tears keep flowing down my face
and I hate it, Why me?I pull my hair and heave for breath, Lord, please let the Cullen family despise me, let them see
me as someone unfit for their son, let them reject me at first sight, let them see me as unworthy
of their son.
With those thoughts, I lay myself on the hard cold floor and eventually fall asleep.
