I wore a pink gown, not bothering to check how it looked. I know I look like a mess. Whatever guests she has, I don't know them.

I sighed, walking out of the room. I mobbed to the sitting only to see aunt smiling widely at two men standing in front of her.

"Of course! She would love to go now! Cara!" She called, beaming. Cara is her only child and daughter, and she is a year older than me.

Cara waltzed in, and her face was heavily stashed with makeup. I'm, I'm not surprised.

"And there's my niece, Tessa. She's just like a daughter to me." She motioned for me to come closer.

Just like a daughter to me, my butt.

I walked closer, I don't know why, but I already hated the two men in front of me.

"Let's sit down."

I sat down on the seat next to Cara, and I noticed the side glare she was giving me; she had never liked me.

The rest was a blur. Seriously, I wasn't even listening, and my mind was on so many different things.

I felt someone's eyes on me. Looking to the opposite side was one of those men. Why was he looking at me? Is there something on my face?

I quickly looked away from him, and when I earned a glare from an aunt, what was this all about?

They talked a bit more. Besides me was a blushing Cara. I shook my head, sighing, and let this be over.

It was finally over, and those men left. I went to my room and closed the door behind me, and I went to where I had placed the pregnancy kit.

I can't believe there is an actual human growing inside of me, and it feels so unreal. My room door suddenly opened, revealing my aunt.

"I need to talk to you." Was the first thing aunt said immediately thereafter entering the room.

"Okay," I replied.

She smiled at me. Weird. "Here, sit down." She motioned for me to sit down on the bed, I sat down, and she sat down with me.

Her smile got wider. "I had always known you'd bring nothing but good luck." She said.

Okay, this is weird. She had always called me bad luck. What was she talking about?

"W-what do you mean?" I asked curiously. "You see those men? The one who came earlier? Well, the one who was staring at you, he's interested in you. I told him that you're single." She asked, where was she going with this?

"What do you mean by that?" I asked again. "He's interested in you, and he would love to make you his wife, isn't that great news?" She said, giggling.

Why would he be interested in me? I barely know him, and neither does he. He barely knows me, and he would love to make me his wife. It sounds stupid.

Was she being serious? "I am not interested," I said, and she gave me a deadly glare.

"I'm doing something great for you right now, you should be grateful, and you're going to get married to him. You have no say in this, and you live under me. You are my responsibility." She scolded. Okay, this was insane. She was insane.

"Are you being serious right now? I'm not getting married." I said, standing up. She was doing this for money.

She has always been obsessed with money, and she could even sell her right now, but not limited to a child, for money.

"Listen to me, young lady, you're going to get married to him. If not, leave my house! And I assure you, you're going to suffer out there. I'm doing this for your good." She snarled, getting up from the bed.

For your own good? She was doing this for her benefit, and if I have to leave this house, I'm so not getting married ever again.

"I am leaving," I said, going to where my bag was; why did I even come here in the first place? Because I don't have any place to stay...? "are you kidding me? I told you! You're going to suffer out there!" She shrieked.

What's up with eating? I ignored her, packing my stuff. I know I'm going to suffer out there, but it's better.

Nope, it's not.

Pushing the thought out of my mind and walking out of the room. "You're so stubborn, just do what I say, and your life will be great." She said.

Great? More like hell.

Going out of the house, I didn't glance back, but I could hear her shouting. Where would I go? Why can't my life be normal? I'm the with child.

Oh god, could it get anymore worst? Thrashing my hair and arranging it back, I walked off.

~

After walking for what seemed like hours, I got tired. I walked towards the left side of the road, bending down, and I cried.

The world sure hate hates me. I cried for what seemed to seem like hours. Well, it was hours. I looked at my phone. 4 pm?? Drops of water hit me.

It was going to rain. I looked up at the sky, and just then, the rain started. I stood up and ran to the nearest building.

I tried to enter, but the door was closed. I'm sure it's not a house. At least it does not look like one.

The door opened, revealing two bulky in. I gulped. They looked so scary.

Aye, aye, young lady, you got a card?" One said, card? What were they talking about? "Card?"

"Oh, it's a beautiful young lady. Oh, just let her in! Look at the storm coming!" A lady said, smiling. She looks nice.

"Please come in, dear." The lady said, taking me by the hand and leading me in.

Inside was so warm. There were lots of people, girls with almost nothing on.

Everyone looks expensive. What did I get myself into? I gulped again.

"It's okay dear. Loosen yourself. You're fine!" She screamed over The loud music, and I managed to nod.

"Come with me," she said. Should I go wither? I mean, I'm still scared standing here alone.

I followed her, and we stopped at a place, "I think she'd be great tonight." She told a man, the man wore a suit.

Was she talking about me?

The man surveyed me with his eyes, and I felt highly uncomfortable. He smirked. "Yeah, she looks tasty." He said, making me gasp.

I looked at the lady. "Oh, don't worry, it's not what you're thinking, and oh dear, you look so tired. Come, I can offer you a room tonight." She said it felt sincere.

"Okay," I said and trailed behind her. We walked till we reached a door, "here is it! Go have your bath and relax, dear. Here is the key." She said, handling a bunch of keys, and left.

Oh, thank god! I opened the door and entered, and I locked the door with the key room was nice and dimmed and Lighted. Should I have my bath? I mean, I'm really dirty right now.

I went to the bathroom and quickly took a bath and threw on some clothes to were going out.

I saw a man, well, that man of earlier. "Awe, I was expecting you to come out only with a towel."

How did he get in here?

I gulped, looking at the man before me. It was a setup! What an idiot am I? I should have known. A huge grin plastered on his face.

He walked closer to me. "Don't come closer!" I screamed at him, but he didn't even seem to hear what I just said.

His grin was sickening, and I looked around to see if there was anything I could use to protect myself when he suddenly jumped on me, resulting in the two of us falling on the bed.

"Help! Somebody help! Please!" I screamed for help, but no one came. The man pressed his body against mine. He brought his head to my neck and started kissing it. My effort to push him away was in vain.

He was so much stronger. Tears spilled out of my eyes, "stop, please, don't do this, I beg of you!" I cried. He stood up from me, and he quickly unclasped his belt.

I thought this was my chance to escape, but his arm suddenly wrapped around my waist, pulling me back. Kicking and screaming did nothing to him.

I spotted the vase on the stool behind the bed, I stressed out to reach it, but I couldn't reach it.

Oh god, please save me. Stretching further for it, I finally reached it. I took hold of it and hit him on the head with it.

He released me and held his head. "Ahhh." He growled. I took the chance to run.

Bolting out of the room, I ran through the long passage, and I reached the place where they were so many people dancing.

"Find her!!!" I heard him growl, and I had to hide. I quickly bent down and hid under the table that was close to me.

My heart was beating so fast. What if they caught me? More tears slipped out of my eyes.

After some minutes, I heard, "where there fuck could she be?!" It was that man, he was shouting at someone or persons.

"She didn't leave the club, sir, and I'm sure she is somewhere around here." One replied.

"Go fucking find her!!!" He growled. I whimpered, and I might have mistakenly touched something, and it fell with a loud noise.

"Who's there?" A man with a deep voice asked. Fear took over me, I froze, and the table was suddenly flipped over.

I looked up to see 5men before me. One of them was that man. He had a stupid smirk on his face. Suddenly I was grabbed by two men. "Let go of me!" I shouted, trying to leave their grasp.

"Please, I beg of you." I cried, and suddenly a man walked towards where we were."

"What are you doing, man? She's Vick's fiancee." The man said, fiancee?!

Something crossed the men's faces, and it was fear. Whoever this Vick guy is, he must be rich or something.

"Come with me." The guy said, grabbing my arm. He practically dragged me out of the club.

"Where are you taking me to?!" I screamed at the unknown man. "Home." He replied.

Home? What was he talking about? We reached outside, and there was a car just beside the door. He opened the car door.

"Get in." He said. I should make a run for it. "Don't even think about it." I heard him say.

He nodded his head towards the men around, and they work for him too? Or whoever this Vick guy is.

If I ran now, they would catch me. I gulped before entering the car. The door closed, and the man came into the driver's seat and drove off.

I looked carefully at the road, just in case I saw a chance to escape, so I would know the way back.

We were suddenly in a familiar environment. Was he taking me back to my aunt's?

My eyes widened when we stopped just right outside her house. He came out of the car and walked to my door, and opened it.

"Come out." He said. I climbed down.

"Thank you so much. Please greet sir Vick for me." I heard my aunt say to that man. She knew who Vick was!

I was sitting down on a chair in the living room. "I will." He replied. I heard the door close and footsteps coming closer to where I was.

My aunt reached the living room, and she was glaring at me. "You never listen to me! If that man had raped you. Oh god." She said.

My head was down, and I couldn't look at her. "Just do as I say, and you'll live a wonderful life, Tessa." She said.

I didn't answer her, and I couldn't. If I leave again...

You'd regret ever going to him!

You're so stubborn!

If I go again the third time, maybe something so much more may happen to me.

She's Vick's fiancee.

My mind went back to what that man had said. "W-who is Vick?" I asked my aunt to ignore what she had been saying.

"He's the man I was telling you about, the one who is interested in you." She replied.

"Well, I said this before, I'm not interested in him. Do I have to say it out loud?" I snapped.

"You don't have a choice in it." She snapped back.

"What do you mean by I don't have a choice in it? This is my life!"

"I might have never said this before, but Vick isn't someone who takes no."

"Stop! I don't care, I'm not getting married, and there's nothing you or he can do about it."

"Oh, that's where you're wrong."

"I'm pregnant." I blurted out. Hoping that would stop this madness.

"What? You're lying." She replied. "I'm not. I'm pregnant, and it's my ex-husband's."

She started pacing around the room. "You're going to abort that bastard."

"No. You don't tell me what to do." I snapped.

She turned to look at me. The last time she looked at me like that was when I was 16. I had broken an expensive architect by mistake.

"You bastard! I've had enough! How dare you talk to me like that!" She lunged towards me, grabbing my hair tightly.

"Stop!" I cried, but she didn't. "You're going to abort that bastard, do you hear me?!"

I managed to push her away, resulting in her falling to the floor. Cara came rushing into the room and saw her mum on the floor.

She glared at me, helping aunt up, I thought she was going to stop, but she didn't.

~

I cried, trying to clean myself. My body hurts so much. Cara had joined aunt earlier.

I can't believe this is happening, and it has to be a dream. A bad dream.

After some minutes, I managed to clean myself and entered the bed. My breathing was heavy.

Closing my eyes, I waited for sleep to come, but it didn't. I cried the whole night.

I woke up to the sun piercing through my eyes. Did I sleep?

I stood up from the bed and went into the bathroom. I took my bath and noticed the red scar on my left arm.

I was done. I got out and wore a simple gown. My stomach was grumbling.

I haven't eaten since yesterday. Oh god. And a baby is growing inside of me.

I walked out of the room and went to the door leading outside, but there were two men just beside the door.

Who are they?

I slowly walked closer to the door, attempting to come out. But they blocked the way.

"Excuse me, I have to go out," I said, but they did not reply to me. It was as if they didn't even hear me.

"You're not leaving this house, at least not until when you're going to your husband's house."

It was aunt, and she was still on this? I turned towards her. "Why won't you just leave me alone? I've told you this before, and I'm not getting married."

"I'm doing something great for you. You'd thank me for this someday."

I didn't answer her. I turned to look at the men, glaring at them. Who do they think they are?

I am a human, and I have my right to movement. "Let me pass, or I'm going to call the cops."

They didn't even flinch. They were keeping me caged, and I hated this. I couldn't stop the tears that slipped out of my eyes. I hate this feeling.

"Here, drink this," Aunt said, sitting next to me on the bed. I've been crying all day long.

I'm trapped.

"I don't want it," I said.

"You have to drink this, it's good for you, and it would stop the pain you're going through." She said.

I slowly took it from her and dropped it on the table next to me. She smiled. "I'd go bring something for you to eat." She walked out of the room.

Immediately after she left, I went to the bathroom and poured it on the floor. I don't know why, but I didn't feel like drinking it.

I went back to the room and sat down on the bed. A few minutes later, an aunt came back with a tray of food in her hand.

"Here, you should eat." She said, smiling at the empty cup behind me. What did she put in that?

I didn't drink it, so I didn't have to be scared.

I looked at the food before me, and my stomach growled.

"I heard she is pregnant."

"Yes... She will... Uh, had a husband. I gave her a drink that could abort the child..."

"I'm leaving for Italy in two weeks, and I want the wedding before then."

"Yes, of course. I'd prepare her."

"Do so-" "Isn't this illegal? Forcing someone to get married?!" I snapped at the two idiots before me.

"Tessa, do-"

"Tessa, what?! I told you I'm not getting married to anyone, and you're not going to force me to do what I don't want to!"

I noticed the Vick guy staring at me, and I felt like poking his eyes and making him blind. I glared at him.

"I guess we'd have to do this the hard way." I heard him say.

"Hard way? Like this isn't hard enough. Why won't you just leave me alone? You barely know me, and you want to get married to me? That's stupid and path-" he cuts me off with a growl.

"Shut up." He looked straight into my eyes this time. He got up from where he was sitting and walked toward me.

He looks so scary at that moment. I backed away till my back hit the wall.

He reached me and trapped me between the walls. "We're going to get married a week from now, and there's nothing you can do about it."

He was so close, and our bodies touched. I felt disgusted. I needed to push him away. But he seems strong, so strong.

Tears slipped down my eyes. I don't want this. "Please, let go of me." I pleaded, and he replied to me with a growl.

I was in my room, bawling my eyes out.

Why does this have to happen to me? What have I ever done to deserve this?

I sniffed. I took my bag behind me, looking for my phone, I turned the bag around, and everything in the bag came out.

A card caught my eye.

Here, in case you want to contact me... If you have any problems, you can always reach out to me.