Unexpected Fate Chapter 1

In the Zani mansion

The family is sitting around the dining table

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

Wow. Did you make all this food mom?

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

Don't joke Valerie, your mother couldn't cook to save her life. *laughs*

Lucinda Zani (Theo mother)

I see someone has a lot to say this morning. *glares*

Theo Zani (ML)

Guys stop fighting now please.

Theo Zani (ML)

Here. This is the last one

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

Theo did you make it?

Theo Zani (ML)

*nods*

Theo Zani (ML)

Try it.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

*eats*

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

Damn, this is amazing.

Theo Zani (ML)

Thanks sis 😊

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

Valerie , your mother and I have to tell you something.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

Yep I am listening

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

*hesitates*

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

We have decided to merge with the Castiel family.

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

We are both powerful families with successful businesses, and it may be for the best to stop competing and join hands.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

*Eating* Agreed.

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

To show good faith in this merger, Alexander and I have decided to turn this business relation into a family affair.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

*suddenly stops eating*

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

Dad...

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

We have decided to get you and Damien Castiel married.

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

The end of this week.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

*slams the table*

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

I refuse to be treated as some puppet that you can just throw around.

Lucinda Zani (Theo mother)

Valerie it's not like that.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

No mom, it's actually exactly like that.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

I have spent day and night working for the company and all you see me as is some girl you can just throw around to prove your "good faith".

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

VALERIE! ENOUGH!

Lucinda Zani (Theo mother)

Samuel calm down.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

*snickers*

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

Shout all you want Dad. Nothing will change my mind when I say I won't marry some stranger you found for me.

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

I wasn't asking Valerie.

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

I was INFORMING you when I told you about the marriage.

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

It has already been fixed.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

Go ahead and try.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

Because then you won't only lose a powerful relation but also a daughter

Lucinda Zani (Theo mother)

Valerie, don't say that.

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

What can you do, huh?

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

More than you can imagine dad.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

I am a Zani after all. Impulsivity is in my blood.

Theo Zani (ML)

*whispers* Sis, don't do anything rash.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

*whispers* I'll be fine Theo.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

*gets up and leaves*

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

*sighs*

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

That went well.

Lucinda Zani (Theo mother)

Should've listened to me when I told you to let me do the talking.

Theo Zani (ML)

Mom and Dad, don't force her. You know how she is.

Theo Zani (ML)

She has a reason to be mad. No one likes being told that their marriage is being fixed with a man that they don't even know. That too during breakfast. You should've been more considerate and tried explaining things.

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

But Theo....

Lucinda Zani (Theo mother)

No honey, he is right. We need to give her some time to think.

Samuel Zani (Theo father)

*nods*

Theo Zani (ML)

Now let's eat, I put in a lot of effort preparing this.

*everyone starts eating while Valerie is still in her room *

Inside Valerie's room

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

*sitting on the bed , thinking to herself*

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

Maybe I should just run away.

Valerie Zani (Theo sister)

I can go and settle with her in the States.