Chapter 45

It was not her plan, but here she was. Sat with her folded arms staring at Kaiden getting some papers in his briefcase, wearing his usual tailored suit underneath a white long sleeve and black pants with his hair slicked back.

Zerran was sitting next to her, one foot apart, looking at what his friend was doing and hands resting on his thighs. Aria did not talk to the man after the conversation between her and his father, Alexander.

It was a day ago, but she was still agitated. The marriage continues, and she agrees to that. She had reasoned with Zerran's father about her decision and why she couldn't attend the wedding. But that all changed when he recounted the conversation between her father and Alexander. Her father wished for her.

"Your father did all of this for you, Aria. He knows you'll be safe in our hands. And you'll have a better life for my son. I hope you will do the right thing for the own good that your father did for you.&quo