"Why can't you marry me???? Do you love someone else???" In the wedding of the most powerful person in the country. Everybody was delighted to be his guest but when his bride ran away he asked his secretary to marry him. His reputation was at stake but she loved someone else and was going to marry him the next week. she was afraid to say No to her Boss but she had to say that. "I am sorry sir. I can't tell you the reason." "Do you have any idea whom you are rejecting??? Look around all those girls in that row are willing to marry me without asking any questions. They know the perks of being my wife. Don't you want that too???" "I know sir but I am sorry I can't say yes. I have someone else in my life." she didn't know this would hit her Boos's ego. He was stubborn everybody knew that. "Now, I am gonna marry only you. call your boyfriend here. if in an hour he gets here I will let you go but if not." he smiled devilishly. ============================================================================== In the night! He entered his room and his bride was sitting in the bed. She was afraid of him and that wasn’t unexpected for him. She was trying to go as far away from the bed as possible and was about to fall into that heavy dress when he grabbed her. “Why are you scared of me??? I haven’t done anything to you. Not yet at least." He smiled evilly. She was now shaking and was reminding all those times when his boss had sex with girls all night and she was listening to their screams all night while staying in the next room. She wasn't expecting any less torture as he was anything but a kind man. She just gave up as he took off his clothes in front of him. She knew no one could save her. She was now acting like a pigeon closing her eyes so the cat wouldn’t see her. He got closer to her half-naked. “Tell me who’s more important to you than me???” She wanted to say her lover's name which his boss didn't let enter the wedding venue and he ran away to save his life. “Okay fine. I will find that lover of yours and will kill him in front of you. I will make you mine after that. Now you are my property No one else can touch you." He held her face in his palm and brought her close to him. "Listen, wife! I would prioritize my reputation above everything so if you dared ruin that. Your grave will be next to your lover. Now!!! Come on take off your clothes. I don’t have time to spare.”

Chapter 1 Prologue

"The bride is missing. She might run away from the wedding.”

Those words shook everyone in the ceremony. This was supposed to be the most expensive wedding in the country. Every known powerful person and his family were there. Why wouldn’t they be??? The invitation to such a ceremony was an honour for all of them.

The groom was standing on the stage and was looking around. He was the most powerful person in the entire country. He was rude, he was inhuman. No one ever dared question his decision. The bride ran away and that was going to tremble his reputation and he would die but he can’t let a mere girl decide his fate.

A man walked up to him while he was standing there expressing no emotions at all. He wasn’t looking sad or angry or mad. No one was able to figure that out.

“Son, I think we have to cancel the wedding now.”

“No, Dad. Today is the day I get married and nothing will stop me.”

“But your girlfriend, oh sorry, bride-to-be, ran away. You have to cancel it.”

“It’s okay. I would marry some other girl in this room. There must be so many willing to marry me.”

“We can’t let you marry any girl. We don’t know about their families. We have a class.” Her stepmother, who he hated the most, spoke in between.

“Can you please just stay away from my matters??? I know what’s best for me.”

Saying that he turned towards the hall.

“Gentlemen and ladies! As you have heard, my bride-to-be is gone. Now, Is anybody in this room willing to marry me right now???”

His loud sound and deep voice made everything silent in the room for a while.

“If anybody is willing, you have 10 minutes to decide. I will ask after that.”

He sat down on the chair very patiently and calmly while there was chaos and everyone was talking and whispering. People were on phone calls. He lit a cigar and waited and after 10 minutes he got up. The room which was a fish market a minute ago had turned into a graveyard.

“Girls who are willing to marry me come in the front.”

He knew what to expect. His father was still not sure about his decision and his step-mom couldn’t do anything to stop him.

It took a few more minutes and all the single girls in the hall were now standing in the form of a row and he was looking at them.

“Is that everybody???”

He got down and looked at those girls. He smiled and then again looked at the people standing behind him. Anxious to know whom he would choose and make his queen. He was looking around and his eyes stopped on a girl.

Strangely, she wasn’t standing with the other girls. She was beautiful and single. He wondered why she wasn't in the front row. He got near her.

“Don’t you want to marry me???”

“Sir! You are my Boss. I never looked at you that way.”

“I know, but don’t you think you are insulting me??? You are my secretary and you are refusing to marry me. Why??? Are you unaware of the perks of being my wife???”

He said in his usual tone but she got scared.

“No, it’s nothing like that. I Just….”

She didn’t know what to say and waited for his reply.

‘’Don’t you like me???”

“It’s not like that, sir.”

“Then it’s clear you like me. Now go and get ready. I am waiting for you.”

Everyone in the room was shocked. How could he choose such a girl??? She was an orphan. Had no family. How could he marry her??? But no one could ask that question. They wanted a bit longer life.

His secretary didn’t expect that.

“Sir, I can’t marry you.”

“Come on. You know the drill. I will pay all your debts. Your family won’t suffer again. “

“I am sorry I can do that for myself.”

“Don’t make me angry. Get ready fast. I don’t like hearing no. Or else you know me.”

“I can’t sir!” she hardly said that in her defence and he got closer to her.

“Give me one genuine reason and I won’t.”

She was thinking and thinking. Wasn’t sure about to say that to him, but was silent. She hated that man but never dared to say that to him to his face. She was just a loyal employee and nothing more. She loved someone else. She had to take a stand. But for whom??? The person she loved had disappeared all of a sudden. She hadn’t seen his face. Never got to know his name. Everyone would question her sanity. Her boss would think she was playing some games. She wasn’t strong enough to bear his rage. She stood silent.

An old lady came forward and held that girl's arm.

“I will get her ready. Don’t worry.” She was the only family the girl had. She looked at her for mercy but it seemed her fate was being decided already. She had nothing and had no reason to show resistance.

Everyone in the room was shocked, but his stepmom was shaken the most. He looked at her and smirked.

“She is going to be my bride. Do whatever you can to stop this.”

He was waiting and the bride showed up.

In the night! He entered his room and his unexpected bride was sitting on the bed. She was afraid of him and that wasn’t unexpected for him. She was trying to go as far away from the bed as possible and was about to fall into that heavy dress when he grabbed her.

“Why are you scared of me??? I haven’t done anything to you.”

She was now shaking and was reminded of all those times when her boss used girls all night and she was listening to their screams all night while sitting in the next room.

She imagined something similar because he was anything but a kind man. She just gave up as he took off his clothes in front of him. She knew no one could save her. She was now acting like a pigeon, closing her eyes so the cat wouldn’t see her. He got closer to her half-naked.

“Tell me why you didn’t want to marry me???’’

She was quiet and scared as hell.

“Do you love someone else???’’

“WHAT??? No!”

She was pretty shaken by his judgment. How could he possibly know that???

“Come on. I am many things but an idiot. Tell me who’s more important to you than me???”

She was about to say something when he said.

“Okay fine. I will find that secret lover of yours and will kill him in front of you. I will make you mine after that. Now you are my property. No one else can touch you. Listen, wife. I would prioritize my reputation above everything, so if you dare ruin that. Your grave will be next to your lover. Now!!! Come on, take off your clothes. I don’t have time to spare.”

He was a beast and she knew that. He was just proving her right that night. That night was going to be even more painful for her. She married a psycho and she wished to die rather than be his slave.