Capítulo 19: Tiny Voice

"No," Arissa said out of nowhere as she shake her head in horror as the realization of her thought dawned on her.

Did she just think about dumping Adele to her fate?

Her hands on her tights trembled vigorously.

' I'm a horrible person,' she thought to herself not believing what she was thinking about.

"Is something wrong?"

Arissa came out of her thoughts and raised her head only to see a warning look from her parents and a confused and comforting look from her old groom.

*cough* Arissa cleared her throat before releasing a calm bit stiff smile around her face before looking at her husband to be who somehow confused her with his look.

"I'm fine," Arissa answered with a smile as she glanced at her parents before settling on her groom's countenance.

'Did he ask if I am okay out of care or because he wanted to create a good impression on me? but to hell with a good impression. '

He is a handsome man even in his old age.

She would give him that but he is too old for her, did her parents not see younger men?

Her old groom narrowed his eyes, "Are you doing this out of your will?" he asked her but no longer with a calm expression but with a frown.

"Did I make it that obvious?"

Arissa thought before turning to her parents

' Just leave Adele to her fate,' a tiny voice from her inside whispered 'You have helped her a lot. From bullies, her abusive exes, and many more while in high school and after,' the voice continued and Arissa's face paled, 'she is supposed to protect you more because she is older but, no, all you do is protect her even to this point of freedom selling? Just tell him the truth and who knows, he might just let you go,' Arissa felt more distressed listening to this damn voice. But the marriage was also ridiculous and in some extent, this voice was right.

"Hell, no, these bastards forced me into this," the voice urged her to say and Arissa now wonders why she is now cross thinking.

Adele would do anything for her and she would still do this for Adele even if she has done nothing extreme for her because of the love they share.

Arissa shut the tiny voice in her head before revealing her jade-white teeth to the man's view, "This is on my own will," Arissa clarified with a stiff smile all through and her parent's expression relaxed and they just missed a gun bullet.

Her groom looked away from her face and back to her parents as if detecting something but then, he turned back to Arissa, "This is a two years contract," he said directly to Arissa with a warning tone and look.

Arissa's eyes filled with unshed and unnoticed tears before looking over at her parents with a calm smile. Too calm for her predicament.

"Are you doing this?" the look in her eyes asked her parents but they looked away from her and back at her groom again.

Her father smiled pretentiously, "She knows perfectly well," her father clarified as her mother glared at Arissa to keep her shut because right now, her calmness is scary.

Her groom looked at her as if waiting for her clarification to go on with the belief that she is okay with the two years agreement. His blue eyes pierced her as he gave her that gentlemanly look and again, her parent's gaze filled all inch of her skin.

She bit the inner flesh of her lower lips to keep shut and not endanger her sister's life, "I know that," her sweet calm voice spoke up suddenly and the sudden change from icy neutral to sweet made her father raise his brow at her.

"Are you aware of who you would be with for these two years?" her groom asked again ignoring her change of tune and immediately, Arissa's countenance changed and became irritated.

' Do he have to rub it in my face that I would be stuck with old him?' Arissa thought inwardly as she arranged her emotions again and after locking them all up, she smiled only lifting her lower lips.

The tension inside the room became thicker with her change of tone and her facial expression and when the most got up to her groom's blue eyes, she realized herself and mixed warmly again, "Of course, I know," she smiled warmly looking into her groom's blue eyes.

She was done for. This is the end of her freedom.

No partying around and no life for her again unless this groom is merciful to her.

"We gave her all the information she had to know," her father fibbed with a straight face and a smile.

Her groom looked at her again and Arissa gave him a low smile and a nod agreeing with her father's words.

Her groom's lips thinned again and faced the contact again, "My lawyer would be here in a minute," he spoke up closing the contract document with an expressionless face.