She's the one thing he can't have. And it's killing him, because Kingston men always get what they want, don't they? In this story of an arranged marriage gone haywire, two polar opposites fight their way to be together. Can they withstand new love...
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I rolled out of bed at 10am. I was late. I never wake up on time so there was no use trying. Sometimes I blame my father for my laziness. He introduced me to this life of luxury, of never working too hard. He gave me everything he never had.
I picked up my phone and saw a text from an unsaved number. I slid my thumb across the screen to unlock it.
"good morning. I will pick you up at 6, our reservation is at 6.30 at Le Bernadin. See you tonight. - C.A"
I smiled, and giggled like a schoolgirl. I was very excited, and impressed by his choice of restaurant.
He sent the message 3 hours ago. He's going to think I'm lazy, and he won't want to marry me.
I responded, "good morning, sorry for responding so late, I went for a run around 7 and never checked my phone. Looking forward to tonight" I replied and sent a smiley face.
That was a lie but it made me sound good. That's the purpose of a lie. To save one's butt.
I opened the caller app and dialed Aly.
She picked up on the third ring. "Alyssa Kingston, how may I assist?" she said and I laughed. "date tonight, hot fed. Need your help" I said to her and rubbed my eye. "how hot?" she asked. "Daniel Gillies hot." I said to her. She was silent for a second. "I'll be there in an hour." she said.
I ended the call and walked to my bathroom. I put on cruel summer and put my hair in a bun. I brushed my teeth, washed my face, danced around a bit then walked to my closet. After Lo moved out, my father broke down the wall separating our rooms and made my closet bigger. So it was 2 rooms in one I guess.
I ruffled through all my dresses. I knew Aly would pick something nice.
I walked downstairs, the house was quiet. I figured my dad wasn't here.
After about 2 hours, Aly was there.
It was now well past 1pm. I had 5 hours to get ready. That seemed decent. She came with a driver so I assumed Axle was busy.
"I'm here, I'm here to rescue you." she said to me.
"thank God." I said to her and hugged her. "I hope you never ate anything" she said to me. "I had a granola bar and some coffee." I said to her.
"let's go see what we're working with." she said and we walked upstairs.
"so it's Le Bernadin." she said and smiled. I smiled back. "fancy, right?" I said and she nodded. "way too fancy for a first date. Anyway it's hot and you can't dress too casual, so maybe a short summery dress?" she said.
I ruffled through my dresses.
"I have a plain red dior, short but strappy. Not too formal." I said to her.
"well show me." she said and I took it out. I placed it against my body.
"that's the one." she said and her eyes glistened.
