You are a seductress serene!

Serene held a cup of coffee staring daggers at Nicole. They were having a tiff, and it is about something that Serene did not care about, but Nicole always wanted to prove her wrong.

The duo were always at odds with each other and Nicole always initiates the fights.

" Serene, you should be shameless!. You have succeeded in getting almost all the male teachers, yet you are after the one I'm interested in!" Nicole said with a sharp tone, simply implying that Serene was a man stealer and was good at snatching.

Serene thanked the heavens that at least Nicole blamed her when they were both in the pantry, she did not want to recall the moment Nicole had disgraced her in front of the entire school saying that she was using her beauty to her advantage and giving instances and evidence Serene never knew existed.

" Before coming to me why don't you investigate the issue?. You always say that I initiate problems and steal your men for once did you not check if your men were the ones chasing me?" Serene said.

She noticed that Nicole wavered a bit, and she couldn't help but smile.

" That does not change the fact that you are a seductress Serene!" Nicole said holding tightly to her cup of coffee, her knuckles turning white.

" Please Nicole, they are many rich men out there looking for wives, why settle for the one who earns equal salary with you?"

" It's none of your business, whoever I like is my business you trash!" Nicole said, her voice loud.

Nicole thought about what Serene had said for a few seconds.

' Maybe it's not bad to have a rich husband. Not even the most handsome teacher in this school earns more than me'

Serene noticed that Nicole was in deep thoughts, using the opportunity she slipped out of the pantry heading to the teachers' room to prepare for her next class.

*

Serene held onto her purse as she got out from the taxi heading inside her home. She did not even know If It was home anymore, it ceased to be one when her mother died.

When she found out her father was to marry the mistress he kept while her mother was alive she was visibly angry and tried to talk her him out of it, but he was firm with his decisions.

For years now the father-daughter relationship has been strained and the 'mistress' added more issues to worsen the bond.

Serene entered the house feeling the atmosphere tensed as she glanced at the 'father figure' sitting on the couch with grim expression.

She was about going upstairs when she heard a cold voice - the voice that always escalated her worries and made things difficult for her.

" You, come back here!" He said locking eyes with Serene who halted at the sound of his voice.

" What is the issue?" Serene asked.

Her father was not pleased with her for the question, everything thing she did whether right or wrong will always be a problem to him.

" You are getting married the next three days!" he said not even beating around the bush. He said it with such straight face that Serene will not even think of it as a joke.

For Serene her entire world shattered!. She did not want to get married now, and this news surely broke her, but her father was not considerate enough to know her wants and needs.

" Why?" Serene could only ask swallowing back all the things she was about to say.

Her father was visibly angered by the question and his mistress chimed in at the right time only to fuel the pending issue.

" What are you trying to say Serene?, Can't you do anything for your father anymore?. He only wants you to get married in order to save the company and such simple task is what you can't achieve?"

Surely these words only fuelled the anger Serene's father had already. Serene's face turned ashen at her words. Her father was only using her as a tool in order to save his company name. This was too painful to bear, but she had to swallow her pride and anger in order to be free at last. She has decided at last minute that she will go abroad, although she had the thought already.

" You ungrateful daughter, do what I ask you to this time around, you being a lowly teacher was already my mercy to you" He said, his voice full of disgust and anger.

Serene's face froze in surprise. Her family was well of, but she still chose to be a teacher only for the sake of making money to go abroad. She was dumping everyone behind - her scheming half sister, her ungrateful father and manipulative stepmother, but now her father was telling her indirectly to quit her job?.

No!, she couldn't quit just yet not while she was still under the waters. Her father never gave her enough money and she was still far from achieving her goal!.

Serene pretended to not have caught the hint and casually nodded walking away from there. She needed to put her emotions in check.

Her father assumed that she had agreed, and a smile tore through his aging face. He was facing some issues at the company, and he luckily heard from a friend that the Moore family were looking for a bride for their son.

The Moore family was a well-off family. They were the richest in the whole province and the family had been like that for centuries.

The Son whom they were searching for a bride for was rumored to be a cripple and ugly man. No woman wants to marry a man like that no matter how rich he was but for Serene's father he was willing to sacrifice her for the sake of the company.

Now that he was certain he had saved the company's name his eyes flashed with a calculating look, his wife who was sitting quietly beside him had a look in her eyes that was hard to decipher.

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