Marriage

Ariya was terrified. She was in the hospital room, dressed in white, ready to marry a complete stranger.

A man she has never seen. It was her father who arranged everything, giving her no choice or opportunity to refuse. She felt trapped in a situation that wasn't her choice, but there was nothing she could do to change it.

The man she was about to marry was in a coma after being in a car accident. She felt a little relieved not to have to deal with the physical act of marrying a complete stranger, but she was still apprehensive about the situation.

The priest began the ceremony and Ariya stood next to the unconscious groom, staring into his pale, still face. She wondered who he was, what he did for a living when he wasn't working, what his interests and dreams were. Would he have loved her if he had been conscious?

Ariya's thoughts were interrupted when the priest called her to the oath. She hesitated for a moment, but ended up reading his pledges of love and fidelity. She didn't know why she was doing this, she wasn't in love with him, but she knew she had to move on.

At the end of the ceremony, Ariya kissed the unconscious groom's forehead, imagining what life would be like from that moment on. A life without love, without choices, but with the weight of a wedding ceremony like a chain around your wrist.

And so, Ariya left the hospital as a wife, but not as a happy wife. She wondered if she would ever be able to fall in love, if she would ever have the chance to choose the man who was right for her. But for now, she had to deal with her new reality and take care of a comatose and possibly paraplegic husband.

“You will stay in this room." said Ruby, Ron's mother. - “but only until tomorrow, your house needs some maintenance work before you move in permanently.”

“All good.” Ariya said as she pulled her suitcase into the bedroom. - “Is the house very far from here?”

Ariya was very curious, but she was also relieved to know that she wasn't going to stay in this house, with these people she didn't know.

“Your house is five kilometres from here.” Rebecca said. - “Now go take a shower and improve that appearance. I don't want people to say that my daughter-in-law looks like a beggar.”

So she leaves, leaving Ariya alone in this room, speechless.

“What do you mean by beggar?”

Ariya moved to the large mirror and took a close look at herself. Her casual clothes were normal. Of course, her hair needed a trim and good conditioning, but it wasn't too bad.

“But on one thing, that witch mother-in-law was right.” She really needed a shower and a good rest.

So, Ariya headed to the bathroom where she took a relaxing shower, did a quick moisturiser on her hair and made a mental note to cut it later.

After getting out of the shower, Ariya opens her suitcase and takes out a lace nightgown. She wanted to be comfortable to get some sleep.

When she had finished dressing and tied her hair into a bun, she heard a knock at the door. Ariya, thinking it was her mother-in-law, walked over and opened it.

But who was at the door was not Ruby, but a man completely unknown to her. The man in front of her must have 1.90 m tall, with honey brown hair and blue eyes. He was dressed in business attire and the look in his eyes made Ariya uncomfortable.

“Who are you?” - asked Ariya, trying to hide behind the door so that the man would stop looking at her body.

“Excuse me, I'm Max, Ron's brother”- he says, holding out his hand, but then drops it when Ariya makes no move to take it.

“I am Ariya. Hey! What are you doing?”said Ariya when Max entered her room without any invitation.

“I just want to meet my sister-in-law.” He said, looking at Ariya's body. At that moment, she felt like she was naked and tried to cover her body with her arms.

“Can you leave my room?”said Ariya, pointing to the door. - “I didn't invite you in. “

“I was really curious when my father told me that Ron was going to marry Smith's youngest daughter.” said the man, sizing Ariya up and practically devouring her with his gaze.

“ I've never seen you before, but now I see you're even better than your slutty sister, and even sexier.”

“Get out of my room!” - exclaims Ariya, already very angry.

“Keep your voice down, my mother told me that you would make a good wife, calm and obedient.” said the same thing with a debauched smile. - “I don't see any of that, I see that it's very angry, you know, I like angry women.”

Max started walking towards Ariya, while she walked backwards. The space between them diminishes when Ariya hits her back against the wall and finds herself with no way out, Max smiles, taking his hand to Ariya's chin, however, a voice is heard by them and makes Max move away from Ariya.

“Max?”- It was a male voice calling from the hallway.

“It was nice meeting you, Ariya.”

The man said walking away from her with a smile on his face. -” I hope to see you again.”

So, he leaves, leaving Ariya still with her back against the wall and her breathing ragged. She knew she would have to be careful around Max, although she didn't know him, she already knew he could bring her trouble, and trouble was the last thing she wanted at that moment, after all, his life was already full of them.

She takes a deep breath and walks towards the door, locking it, after that Ariya walks over to her bed and throws herself on it, feeling all her muscles relax at the softness of this mattress.

Today, she would be moving out of this house, and she was quite relieved, however, she knew that the problems would continue to accompany her, and she was afraid of all this, because she knew that maybe she could have problems. even greater problems in the future.

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