Elijah's POV

Cole gathers some courage and speaks, “I've found terrible news, Elijah and you may now not like it.”

“What is it?” I ask him, getting up from my chair immediately.

He gulps below his throat. Then, he closes his eyes and takes some deep breaths. After taking some breaths, he speaks.
“It's about those Russian Mafia and Avery.”

“What about them and Avery?” I ask curiously.

“What did those filthy Russians do again?” Lara says with a stern look.

“Elijah and Lara, simply hold your breaths until I inform you everything about this matter.”

“Don't kill us by our nervousness, Cole. Just fucking inform us.” I yell annoyingly.

“Theadora Petrova, female mafia leader of Russian Mafia has come to New York with her son Maxim Petrova-”

“And why the fuck these rats are coming here?” I ask angrily because Russian Mafia is our one of the most hated enemy. They are nothing, but simply a group of rats. My mother killed their preceding mafia leader, Dmiriti Petrova who was once the father of Theodora.

“Those Petrovas are here for Avery...” Cole says nervously, but deep down he is aware that this one thing of these rats coming to my USA has alone made me full of rage and anger.

“Why?” I ask slowly in a husky and bloodless voice.

“They are here to meet Avery's parents for a necessary contract which has stated that Avery Bennett needs to marry Maxim Petrova to strengthen their families bonding.” As Cole completes his talk, the rage and anger inner my thought seriously change themselves into a large and cumbersome heat, ache and agony.

Those rats choose my Avery only to entire their disgusting contract. I can sense that I will explode right now. I clench my fist and jaw. HOW. DARE. THEY!

“WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS MEAN? THIS WEDDING WOULD NEVER HAPPEN BETWEEN THAT RAT MAXIM AND AVERY!!! AVERY IS THE ONLY MINE.” I yell angrily enough to shake the total cabin.

“Calm down, brother. We can think of any solution.” Lara says, coming closer to me and then rubbing my arm gently to calm me down. I try to calm myself, but that anger and inflammation are burning inside me.

“How can I calm myself, Lara? Do you even know what does that mean? I've lost Avery one time. I don't want to lose her some other time.” I whine with each pain and anger in my body.

“Does she knows about this?” Lara asks, folding her palms on her chest.

“She doesn't know about this, but she will comprehend about this on a lunch with those Petrovas.” Then, I turn around to face Cole. “What do you know about this contract? Elaborate it.”

“10 years ago, Bennett Enterprises was going through a big monetary crisis. They needed some money from other companies to carry back the economy of their company. Then, their family friend, Theadora Petrova agreed to help them with a contract. That contract referred to that Avery needed to marry Theodora Petrova's son, Maxim when she turns 22. Sadly, Avery's father, Jacob accepted this deal. Now, The time has come.” As Cole completes his talk, a huge silence surrounds me.

I want to be aware of Avery's thoughts concerning this marriage. I need to talk to her, however now I can't. Damn it! I do not know what to do now. If I strive to do something bad, my dad and mom would be disappointed in me. I need to do something discreet so that no one can know about this.

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Avery's POV

I hate those Petrovas. I am aware that they are a Russian Mafia group, however, still, I hate them with every vein in my body. Theadora Petrova who is the most ruthless and disgusting woman is their leader. I'm not surprised that her husband left her. Who would prefer a slut to be their life partner?

Maxim Petrova is additionally like his mother. He is a man whore and fool who would never change his disgusting self. But, I mustn't think about them and disturb my peaceable mind.

Now, I'm on my way to my parent's house. As quickly as I arrive there, gates are opened for me to enter this grand villa. I park my auto close to the garden and go inside the house.

When I enter the house, I see that mother and dad are speaking while sitting on the living hall's sofa. They appear relatively serious. I wonder what is it about?

Suddenly, My mother and dad turn their face toward me and provide me with a cheerful smile. Dad stands up from his place and comes towards me. As he comes closer to me, he pulls me into his embrace. "How are you, Avery? Are work stuff stressing you?"

“I'm fine, Dad. Don't worry.” I replied, wrapping my hands around his body lovingly.

“We missed you, Avery. We did not get to see you after the Pageant ceremony.” My mother says, stroking my hair gently.

“Well, well... Look who it is!” An acquainted but disagreeable voice comes from surrounding. I know whose voice is this.

I pull myself away from dad's hug and flip to face that person. Chestnut brown messy hair, the deepest upturned lidded aqua eyes, rectangular defined jaw, hooked Grecian nostril and muscular physique crammed with tattoos. Of course, it would be him, Maxim Petrova. The guy whom I relied on too much in high school, but he broke that trust.

[Author's Note: Maxim's Character pic is attached at the start of this chapter]

“Yeah, nicely look who it is! A fucking man whore who deserves to rot in some dirty sewer.” I say, folding my arms on my chest.

“Avery Bennett, control your language, or I would not hesitate to tear your slippy tongue into pieces.” A disagreeable and drastic voice comes from Maxim's back. It's her, Theadora Petrova, the infamous Russian mafia leader.

“Did you say something? I'm sorry, however, my ears can't pay attention to some homewrecker whore's bullshit.” I smirk.

“Avery, She is older than you. Give her some respect. Apologize now.” Dad scolds me with a frown.

“I'm sorry, but my mouth is now not that low-cost and disgusting to speak tacky apology for some untruthful whore.” I reply with a stern look.

“Kitten, you can speak as a lot as you choose for now. But you will soon be tamed using me.” Maxim replies with a big grin on his face.

“I'm sorry what? You are forgetting that I'm Avery Bennett, who never lets a man tame me, especially if it is a fucking man whore. Also, don't dare to call me Kitten again, or you may not be capable to face these consequences.” I smirk again, elevating my eyebrows.

Maxim starts laughing loudly like a maniac. Then, he turns around to face dad. “Uncle Jacob, did not you inform Avery about the goal of this family lunch?”

I come to be confused. What the fuck is he speaking about? I also shift my gaze towards Dad. Dad appears he is sweating. He looks uncomfortable with Maxim's smirk.

“What does he mean?” I ask with a stern look.

“Avery... my daughter, I'm sorry, but you need to marry Maxim Petrova.” As Dad did his words, my ear starts ringing with this sound. “You need to marry Maxim Petrova.” I become shocked. My face turns crimson due to anger and frustration. How can he say that?

“Nope, I'll never marry this piece of shit.” I declare, clenching my jaw.

“Then, you will lose your valuable Bennett Enterprises,” Theadora speaks unexpectedly with an evil smirk on her face.

“What do you mean?” I say with furrowed brows.

“Jacob, did not you tell your daughter about our contract of 10 years?” She shifts her gaze closer to my dad, who has his head down in embarrassment. “I'll take that as no. Ok. So, pay attention Avery, Bennett Enterprises was going through a great loss due to the rate of degradation of stock exchanges. Your father needed someone's help to cope with that amount of loss. In other words, he wished money to give to these investors who invested in those degraded stocks. So, he requested me my help. I agreed happily, however only on one condition. The condition was that when you grow up, then you need to marry my son Maxim. At first, he did not prefer that, however, he could not see this monetary disaster of his company. So, your father agreed to my deal.”

“That's why we are here to fulfil that contract with the aid of having a beautiful family lunch.” Maxim continues his mother's words, with a disgusting smile on his face.

“Dad, did you see that what did you do?" I ask angrily in my dad's direction. "You simply sold your daughter's future to some fuckers, just for money."

“Honey, please try to understand...” Mom speaks slowly with tears in her eyes.

“Mom, No. I won't pay attention to you too. I thought that at least you would care for your daughter's future, but you additionally sold my future along with my greedy father.” I scream enough to shake the whole villa.

“I'm so sorry, Avery. I am aware that what I did was wrong. But I did it only for you. I did not want my daughter to crush her dream due to a lack of money. I did not want my daughter to lose the company, which she dreamed to cope with as CEO when she grows up.” Dad says.

“Nonetheless you did...”

“Ok. I assume it is surely enough, Avery. You should listen to your parents. I thought that you had been truly an obedient woman, but I assume I'm incorrect now...” Theadora says, with an evil grin on her face.

I recognize that what my father did was wrong, but he did it to keep our company. The company, Bennett Enterprises, was like the heart and soul of my grandfather. He couldn't endure losing his closing relic. I need to do something. I have to save my company from these fuckers.

After questioning too much, I sigh, “Ok, I'll marry Maxim...”

*At Veneto Industries*

The family dinner was once simply a fuckery for me. I do not prefer to eat anything in that villa anymore. Yes, I agreed to marry Maxim Petrova only to save my company. After that, I left that villa in hurry. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't undergo to see these people who have nearly ruined my future.

Now, I'm at Veneto Industries. I want to speak to Elijah. I'm about to go inside his cabin, however, I stopped after hearing some giggles from his cabin. A girl is with him. Hearing their giggles, I can say that female must be close to him. What am I thinking? I need to talk to him.

I step inside his cabin without any knock. Furthermore, I know that is rude of me, but I am in hurry. Then, I see him with a woman who looks like some Victoria Secret's model. She has stunning grey eyes, Burnett hair, Grecian pointed nose. Wait for what? She appears precisely like Elijah's female version. She looks greater like his twin. Does he have a twin?

Suddenly, someone pats on my arm and I snap out of my thoughts. It was Elijah. “Avery, what came about to you? You had been zoned out...”He says with a challenge on his face.

“I need to speak to you, Elijah...”

“Yeah, what happened? You look pale. You are also shaking. Did something happen?” He says, rubbing my arm.

Not something, however, the entirety happened. But I can't speak to him about my problems. I simply want to confess that thing.

“Elijah, I just wanted to tell you that I accept your deal. Let's work together.”

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Wow! This was an unexpected twist. What would happen? Why did Avery agree to marry Maxim?

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