Chapter 1

Vanessa POV

hey already ten minutes past † pm and Tin still all alone in

arious suite where I’m supposed to meet Dominic Richards,

my future husband. Apart from all the facts I’ve read about him in news articles, he’s still a stranger to me.

We’ve only spoken twice and both times, in the presence of our parents. The first time was during our introductions at a corporate event and the second time was at my father’s birthday party organized by Mr Richards, Dominic’s father,

Other than that, we didn’t speak at all. I did try to talk to him thay, but he seemed to avoid me and until this day, I wonder why

This is the first time we’ve having a one on one conversation and he’s the one who texted me so we could meet up here.

Despite urging me to be early, he’s quite lahe and I’m starting to wonder if he’ll actually show up.

As I sit and wait, I can’t stop looking around at all the luxury he and his family live in. Even this grand hotel belongs to his Lamily. He’s a business tycoon and billionaire.

No matter hose I look at it, I’m only doing this for my father because this is about to work in his favor,

While I think about all the good things for my family that will come from this marriage, the door finally creaks open and Dominic walks in. He slows down for a moment as he looks dos at his phone while texting, then puts it in the pocket of his pants. He’s in a black tailored suit.

He then continues to approach the round table without even looking at me, taking up so much space by swinging his armis arrogantly

Despite the arroganer from his body language, I still can’t stop staring at him because he’s so handsome. We might not know each other personally, but I can’t deny how attractive he is.

When he gets to the round table, he casually pulls out a chair on the other side and sits down as he runs his hand through his silky hair.

I expect him to speak first but when he takes too long, I feel awkward so I say something instead.

“Good evening I give him a smile, trying my best to make secin genuine.

“Took you long enough he replies arrogantly, his facial expression matching his attitude.

*Excuse me?” I furrow my eyebrows, not expecting him to be so up front with his arrogance.

He leans back in his seat, tilts his head and says. “You should’ve greeted me the moment I walked in.”

Is he being serious right now? How condescending of him to treat me this way.

I’ve never been one to back down and I definitely don’t plan on starting now. Which is why I attempt to

would you expect me to greet-”

cuts me off as he takes

scoff of pure disbelief. No matter

at stake, so I give him

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get to the point as you have and

gaar boring unto mine as he leans forhand across the table.

tone extremely condescending, it’s also authoritative, but this is the time for me to seem intimidated. because the truth is that he not, which is why I squase no shoulders and meet his gare

no obvious signs of unwavering. This is our first private conversation and I refuse to let him see

“As my wife, you’re about to be a reflection of me and I won’t stand for any type of behavior that

composed. But sleep down. I

whatever’s necessary to uphold your image reply, my tone once

the fueling rage inside of me, I know that I have to hold my tongue for the sake of my father’s company. I already know that

arrogance and condescending attitude break me. play my part

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my family desperately needs. I try to

on

here, assumed that we were coming to know each other, but now I know that’s all meaningless to hint I already see our interactions void of any real emotion or connection.

I watch him speak further while he keeps typing on his phone, his words cut through me like a knife. I can’t ignore the sinking feeling

mentioned how you’ll attend any events t deem fecessary and maintain a certain public image, While that’s been discussed, there’s something important I separately want to

“Tex

if you don’t care, act like you

like him cares so deeply about

grabs my attention again when he

won’t let me take over the company as long as I’m not married and it has to be

my teeth against my tongue to stay calm. Right now, I wonder how I’m going to spend the rest of my life with Dominic, who sees me as nothing more than a pawn in his

I once again remind myself that this is for the greater good and I’ll do whatever it takes to save my father’s company,

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perfect set–up, it should be amarriage filled with

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matter how much I already don’t like him, I’ll tolerate his arogance and coldness. I’ll become the perfect wife, even if it

to all this is that

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