"Lucy! Hurry home! Your father's illness is getting nowhere. Come back home! Now!"

This phone call is what I received after a long peaceful vacation in Paris.. of course, I know of father's illness and the doctor says it'll occur any time, but now? its too sudden, I mean I left knowing my family was healthy, I don't even recall father saying he's seriously sick. Maybe due to stress from work? I guess so.

I went straight to the airport and called our pilot. He was a private pilot who worked for us, well, he's also our butler, Capricorn.

"It's an emergency, lets go home."

"yes miss Lucy."

He flew the jet with ease, and within 50 minutes, we had landed on the Heartphilia Konzern. Yes, we have a mini private airport extended behind the konzern, and it'll take 15 minutes by car to reach the mansion. When we reached the mansion, the place was loaded with people I knew none of. For an emergency, this place looked like we're having a party.

I need explanation on this event, either they celebrated that dad is sick or what? No one's having a birthday I presumed, mom's on November and dad's birthday just passed months ago!

And its not even July yet for my birthday! Is it virgo's birthday?

I need to find mom. And fast.

I went through the crowd and squeezed myself inside, people really were having a party, and when I say party, it means ball gowns and what classic royalty does in parties.

I wasn't even dressed for the occasion,I even still got my beret on! My Paris outfit was totally out of place. I couldn't find any signs that my mom was inside the ballroom neither my dad. The waiters I hardly know of couldn't even answer where my mom is. Are they avoiding me?

That's when I bumped into somebody.

"hey! Watch it.."

"im sorry!" I bowed apologetically, damn where's my family? I never bothered looking at the man I bumped into. I told my sorry so what else? Move on dude. Plus I didn't hear anything else after that, I guess he's just easily forgiving.

I reached the stairs and went up ahead. I opened my mom's room and there couple of maids came rushing to my side, they dragged me inside the room and pulled me to sit down, in front of mom's vanity mirror.

I saw mom behind me, and when I was about to stand up, Virgo forced me down again. What in the world is happening here?

"mom? What the hell am I doing here? Where's dad? He's sick right? "

"oh Lucy, please, Im really sorry for this abrupt decision but your father and I have made a decision, we couldn't tell you because this.. is happening so fast the other family is-"

"mom.." that's when I saw the gown one of the maids held, it was huge. Very pretty and im sure it fits me and- wait

"I'm not getting married mom."

"lucy-"

"mom, I'm living my own life I want to choose who I want to marry mom! Not through business plans and what not!"

"Lucy, listen the other family had already merged our companies, and its for your future Lucy, please listen to me, we cannot back down. Please, I know this marriage is not what you wanted-"

"where's dad! Where is he!? I want to talk to him!" I shout at no one, emphasizing where my father was, everyone didn't even bother listening to my wailing. More maids came to my side, trying to put my make up on against my will. I cried, I didn't care how my face looked, as long as I don't have to be forced unto something I don't like.

I don't know how they did all the make up and the dress on me, but even after I cried, I still looked amazing. Its like I didn't weep at all. My mom hugged me behind. She cried. Tears began to fall from my eyes, but no smudging happened. My make up surely is one of a kind.

They held the wedding in our backyard. Its vast land could occupy thousands of guests, the arrangement was stunning, I couldn't help but admire everything, my mom probably planned all this, if ever I married the right guy, I would want something like this on my wedding day, but unfortunately, I'm still going to meet him, at the end of this red carpet. I saw dad coming my way, traditional wedding it is. He took me arm and linked them.

"you look beautiful Lucy."

"dad, I am not getting married."

"actually, you are now."

"please dad, im still 22 years old, I can't simply marry off somebody I hardly knew of right away! I mean, what happened to that 'do not go with strangers or talk to them perhaps' my groom is obviously a stranger dad, would you really want me to go with a stranger?" I hope that speech would clear his mind.

"no, but this man is not a stranger Lucy, he's a billionaire's only son, and he's famous, he's not that a stranger, plus, if you ever had the courage to run away, there are hundreds of skilled guards everywhere. You can never run away from this, lucy. So might as well, finish this if you badly want to get out of here."

There were no words heard after that. This was fated to me, my life was leading into this marriage that I just knew of just today. I was crying, tears wouldn't stop from falling, my dad still had that stoic look plastered on his face. He knew I was crying, but he didn't even comforted me. I expected that anyway. But still..