Last night, that pervert of a guy tried to kiss me when I was drunk, I felt horrible, Feeling of uneasiness filling my stomach,  But don't remember anything clearly, I woke up with my whole body sore and numb like I was fucked hard, I looked underneath and I was wearing one of Eric's shirts and nothing else, I saw his shirt that went till my knees, My eyes scanned my hands and legs, There were so many marks lined across my body, I bit my lip imagining what would have happened.

 My eyes scanned the room to find him,  and I saw him by the balcony, the wind blowing on his face, making his hair messy, his curls playing with the wind, he was showing me his well-structured and muscled back, he was wearing grey sweatpants and with nothing above, his back muscles flexed as he drank the cup of coffee, he was perfect, as if he was sculpted by the gods.

I softly hopped off the bed and winced at the sudden pain, that's when I recalled our mind-blowing sex last night, pleasure images passing my brain, I turned red with embarrassment at the things I told him, And what I called him, what have I done?

''Uh, Eric'' I softly called making him turn towards me, My eyes raking down his flexed back, His eyes dark and flurrying with rage, I scrunched my brows at this, what went wrong?

''What?!'' he hissed at me making me gasp, why was he being so cold? What did I do? Did I miss something?

''Uh please don't be angry at me, Did I do something wrong?'' I asked me timidly, he growled with rage and threw the glass of coffee onto the floor making it shatter into dust a few inches away from me, I screamed at this, raising my leg from there, What is if I got wounded?

''It is all because if you pathetic woman! You are the main cause of everything! All my misery! Fuck!'' he roared making my eyes fill with tears of pain, What's gotten into him?

''But what did I do, please enlighten me?'' I asked shivering as he came and stood in front of me, I looked down in fear, I felt his cold fingers grab my jaw and roughly make me look at him, I grimaced at the feeling of his cold fingers on my skin.

''My father wants me to marry you, and do I have a choice? NO! I don't want to marry such a worthless woman like you!'' he roared throwing me to the floor making pain shoot through my body, the pain shot up my spine, piercing my heart, Tears streamed down my face like raindrops, am I worthless? Then why did he keep me in the first place, he could have kicked me out.

Eric's face shifted from rage to fear as he saw my tears as if something softer triggered inside him, his e he softly knelt beside me and held my limp body ''Am sorry, I did not mean that princess ..'' he whispered, I heard his voice cracking with uprising wave of guilt, But he is so bipolar, and I made my mind not to fall for this.

I pushed him roughly away from me, making him stumble a bit and dashed into the bathroom and bolted the door with a click, I threw his shirt over to the side as if it was a rag I entered the warm shower and knelt down, my face between my legs, Slowly the water started getting hotter, I cried and cursed my life, no one wanted me, I am the tainted girl.

And now my first love, the only person who made me feel special, Eric Carter also wanted to abandon me, shun me, throw me out,  I felt numb as the hot water scorched my skin, heat and steam rose from the sides and I was still cuddled up under the shower, tears gliding down my skin onto the burning floor.

I felt my skin turn red and burn, But I did not flinch, because deep down I knew I deserved this, That's when I heard the bathroom burst open, I knew who it will be so I dare not look at him.

''Odette!'' he yelled , his voice full of fear , sadness and regret and many unfathomable emotions, I did not care , he was the reason I was hurt and I don't need his apology, He turned the shower off and touched my bareback and winced because it hurt.

''What have you done to yourself baby? You are burning! God!" he asked grabbing a towel from the side and wrapping it around me, drying me up,  Tears had no sign of stopping from my eyes, He picked my naked body up like a bride and dropped me onto the bed softly, I felt the soft mattress consume me.

He grabbed some ice and wrapped it around a piece of cloth and softly pressed it onto my naked back to cool my burned skin, I felt the pain and a whimper left my lips due to the sizzling feeling, tears falling down my face as I dropped my head onto his bare shoulders, His hand gripped my thigh as he softly pressed the ice, I bit onto his shoulders in pain, leaving a huge red mark on his skin, he did not flinch, not even once.

I did not know how but I fell asleep as the cool air hit my hot body as he laid me down on the mattress, I felt him kiss my head gently, the warmth making me sigh.

''I don't hate you Odette, But I don't love you either .. I cannot just marry you .. I can't .. Am not in love with you baby''

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I sat silently as the car halted in front of our familiar house, The Luxurious Carter Mansion, I took a deep breath as I scanned its magnificence. 

Eric ignored me and walked inside fuming, His hands were clenched, I know he has his own issues, he is being forced to marry me, I let out a sad sigh and walked behind him, no one should be forced for anything.

''Dad!'' Eric roared as he entered the hall, his jaw clenched and unclenched, his steps were hard, echoing into the void as he took deep breaths, his blue eyes were dark with rage.

Within a few minutes, footsteps approached us, and I looked at the powerful, Ruben Carter walked towards him and stood tall, his eyes squinting at Eric quizzically.

''Ah! Very Well, Glad you are back with her, you have been a day late, so let's get going..'' Ruben said rubbing his hands together with a smirk lining his face, I cowered. 

''Dad, we need to talk'' Eric growled glancing at me for a split second ''In private'' he whispered in a threatening way.

I quietly stood fiddling with my fingers, as the father-son duo vanished into the huge mansion, my stupid self could not stop so I followed them into Ruben's office.

I slowly placed my ear on the door to absorb what they were saying, Eric's words stunned me, froze me till my very core.

''But Dad! How can I wed her? I don't even love her, Give me some time! You know how much I love Nova! I can't just '' I heard Eric snap at his father, his voice laced with anger

My heart broke into two unfixable pieces,  He does not love me, Curse my fate, I will never get love in my life, I softly wiped my tears away from my porcelain face and inhaled deeply my fists tightening, Of course, he won't love me? Why would he when he still has his Nova in his heart?

''But I Love you Mr Eric Carter, And I will take my place in your heart Because you are MINE!'' I said to myself, tightening my fists in confidence and courage, I was not weak and for the first time, I felt courage flurrying through me, I wanted to scream that I love him but I cannot.

''Uh, Mr Carter'' I suddenly entered the room, twisting the doorknob, making the men snap their head at me, I gulped and inhaled deeply, I said "If you don't want to marry me, I won't force you, Mr Carter, I know you will never marry a lowly girl like me'' I was suddenly tearing up, something inside me broke which made me want to cry.

I heard Eric's footsteps halting in front of me, he grabbed my chin softly and made me look up at his blue eyes swirling with darkness.

" Odette, I won't lie to you baby, I am not in love with you and I can't promise you that I will fall in love with you, But I can try, of course I will try'' he scoffed in a not-so-gentle tone, I looked at his eyes, it had hate and disgust for me, the gentleness he had for me long back had vanished into nothingness, I was scared now, scared of what the future will hold for me.

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As the day of the wedding arrived, I was getting more and more nervous, what am I supposed to do? I am getting married to a man who doesn't even have a bit of love for me, wow! How lucky I am! I bit my lips trying to control my tears who were threatening to spill out of my eyes.

The maid dressed me up so beautifully that I couldn't even recognize myself, She slowly placed pearls into my hair, A tear slipped out of my eye as she made my dress drape, it was such a revealing yet beautiful dress, I was quick to wipe that tear without smudging my heavenly makeup.

Real diamonds were embedded in my heels, dress and all my ornaments, Being rich was fun, if I was getting married to a man who loves me then it would have been better, I controlled my melancholy and smiled at myself looking at the mirror, adoring myself.

'' Are you ok Ms Willow?'' she asked me with her voice laced with concern, I looked at her and nodded slightly, A knock on the door made me shoot my head towards that direction, The maid opened the door to reveal my foster parents, Dread and fear filled my heart as I recalled all those horrible moments of how they tortured me, my heart thumping inside.

I quickly looked away, my heart beating erratically, My 'dad' came towards me and held my perfectly manicured hand that had crystals in my nails, I gulped the lump in my throat.

''My beautiful daughter is getting married to Eric Carter? What a piece of amazing news! I wonder what he found in you? Anyways isn't it my job to escort you to your man? Hmm?'' My dad Roger scoffed and my mom Emily nodded, how did they even reach here?

I gulped again and slowly got up, wrapping my hands around his bicep, I walked, my bridesmaids held my huge veil, I never had any friends to be my bridesmaid and it made me feel worse, Deep breaths Odette, you can do this babe!

As I walked, I looked away from the flashes of cameras and bunches of questions thrown at me, the light blinding me, making me turn my eyes away from the cameras, The place was so beautifully decorated that I couldn't look away, and that's when my eyes found him, the most beautiful person in this whole place.

He was completely in black, head to toe making his blue eyes lighten up, he looked drop-dead gorgeous, I tried to rip my eyes from him and his intense stare at me, I mean glare, his jaw slightly opened seeing me, but he closed it soon and coughed, his fists curling as he placed it on his mouth.

I stood beside him, I looked at him through my lashes, he passed me his rude smirk, I let out a sigh and stood, with my head held high, scanning the crowd for onlookers

My eyes met Elijah who stood there, his face filled with disgust and hate for Eric, as soon as he noticed that I was looking at him, he passed me a wink, I grimaced, I always found Elijah suspicious, he was not right nor his intentions were right but will Eric ever believe me? Never in this birth

After a few words, I felt the cold metal of the platinum and diamond ring being slide into my ring finger making my heart freeze forever, I looked at Eric, I knew he was angry due to the way his jaw clenched and unclenched.

A royal Dalmatian held the silk cushion that held the ring, I patted the dog as I took Eric's ring, the same platinum and diamond, I turned it to inside the ring, it was written inside - Odette Rose Carter in italic.

Wow, am a carter now! How Ironic! I slipped the ring into his ring finger,  Our eyes locked for a few seconds, I slowly looked at the inside of my ring too, to see if there was anything written there, There it was engraved - Eric Edward Carter. I was bound to him, forever.

I was now Eric's, his to ruin, his to play with, his to toy around, his to use, his to show the world, The priest told us to say so many vows and we did, deep down knowing that these were just white lies.

'' I, Eric Edward Carter, take you, Odette Rose Willow, to be my wife, I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honour you all the days of my life " Eric said out loud his head raised high, he smiled at the cameras that flashed at us, he raked his fingers through his beautiful hair.

I repeated the same , even though I know his words are just for fun, just empty nothingness, I rolled my eyes we did I do's, I deeply wished all of this over, this faux reality.

''You may kiss the bride'' was all I heard as I felt him grasp my waist and smash his lips onto mine for a hungry kiss, I placed both my palms on his waist and kissed him back, He cupped my face with his left palm, this kiss was full of so much lust and desire that I ignored the flashes of the camera and my breath, it made fire rise up my alveoli.

He slowly pulled off, the feeling of his lips was still on my lips, he whispered dangerously slow'' Mine, Simply and Just Mine .. Forever!'' 

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The Author Writes Smut and Romance from experience Y'all!

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