Not An Object To Be Used

" Petunia, are you alright?" my mother asked, snapping me out of my wondering. I looked at her and smiled faintly.

" I'm alright Mother." I replied.

" Are you sure?".

"Yes Mother."

My mother looked at me with concern. I could tell she was worried about me, she probably knew what was going on in my mind. I didn't blame her though, if I was her, I would probably be worried about my daughter too. Suddenly I heard the annoying voices of my brothers.

" Maybe she's daydreaming about her husband to be." my brother Patrick said with a chuckle.

" Yeah, she probably can't wait to see her hubby." my other brother Paul teased.

I hated when they teased me.

" Enough." My oldest brother Peter suddenly said.

He scolded my brothers for teasing me and smiled at me. My brothers threw him a dirty look, but he didn't pay any attention to them. I was grateful to him and smiled back. Out of all the men in my family, my older brother Peter was the only one who truly cared and doted on me. He didn't tease me, nor did he think or treated me like I was worthless. He treated me like I was a princess and was very fond of me. Not only that, but he also treated our mother well, or to be more correct, my mother. My mother wasn't Peter's mother. My brothers Patrick and Paul were the only biological sons of my mother, and I was the only daughter. I didn't know much about Peter's mother, except that my father ended their relationship when he got engaged to my mother. You would've thought that was only fair, but that wasn't the case. Knowing my father, he probably dumped the poor woman after realizing that my mother could bring a lot more benefit to their marriage. I really didn't know how Peter got to be born when his mother and my father got engaged. But I'm glad I got to know and be around him, if I didn't, I would have suffered a great deal. My brother Peter sliced a big piece of browned stewed chicken and put it on my plate.

"You need to eat more, so you can impress your soon-to-be-husband." He said.

I sighed. I took the meat and chewed it. That's right, even Peter couldn't help me. He was firmly against this arranged marriage and even told my father that I was not some object that could be used at anytime. But my father couldn't say no to power. He would sell his own daughter for his own political affairs and not have a single care in the world. His greedy desire had no end. I had begged Peter to convince my father to cancel this arranged marriage as Peter was the most favored son of all my brothers. But in the end, he failed and he could only comfort me. Not that I mind, I knew my brother could only do that much. Besides, he had other things to think about, like becoming the CEO of Ashland Reality Company Limited ( ARCL for short). It was one of the biggest and most advanced company in the world. My father was currently the CEO,, but it was only a matter of time before he passed down the company to Peter. Anyway, I did what Peter said and ate more meat. If I couldn't stop this marriage, the least I could do was prep myself for it both physically and mentally. After a while, we all got up and I kissed my mother and Peter goodnight. I headed to my room because I just needed to be alone.

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