A Deal with the Devil 2

At Mr Andrews’ house…

The sun was gradually reclining to the west. Mr Andrew sat by the dining, absently staring at the cup of coffee he held in his hand. he was back home but his mind wasn’t with him. Maria, his wife, watched him quietly from a distance. his strange behaviour made her worried.

“Darling, what’s wrong? why haven’t you drank your coffee yet?” Maria asked as she sat beside

him.

“Nothing’s wrong!” Mr Andrew chuckled as he took a sip of the drink.

“Dear, you know well that you can’t lie! You’ve been acting strangely ever since you got back and now, you were just staring at your coffee… tell me what’s wrong!” Mr Andrew looked at his beautiful worried wife and smiled.

Placing the cup of coffee on the table, he held her hands and stared deeply in her eyes,

” Well, the thing is, our company just signed a contract with Ace Furniture!”

“Wow, really!” Maria gasped.

“Yes!”

“That’s so great! Now our company can be saved!” Maria was overwhelmed with joy that she hugged her husband.

“ This is good news!” words couldn’t express the extent of her happiness.

“Yes but…! “ Andrew's countenance changed ..

“But what?” Maria noticed the sadness on his face

“It came with a price!”

“What price?” Maria face tightened with confusion.

“Our lovely daughter, Aria!”

“Aria? what has she got to do with business issues?”

"Very much everything," he paused, as though trying to yell, “Like he said, a contract for a marriage!” he continued, being able to successfully conquer that urge.

“You mean he wants to take our daughter as a price for a business deal with him?” she was shocked.

“Yes!”

“What? this is impossible! there’s no way we are giving our daughter out to some stranger!” she stood up immediately.

“Maria, there’s nothing I can do now … I’ve already signed the contract; I can’t back out! Besides, he is no stranger, he is Damien Salvatore!”

"Damien Salvatore?" Maria gasped, " The youngest billionaire in the whole of Athens?" Her face lit up like the morning sun.

"Yes, my love!" Andrew replied.

“Mother, father, tell me it’s not true!” Ariaspoke in a soft voice as she approached the living room. Her wet eyes were about to unleash its tears. It hadn’t been long since she stood by the door eavesdropping her parents’ conversation.

“Tell me it’s not true!” she yelled this time.

“Aria, calm down!” Maria went over to her and held her hand.

“I will not calm down! Father, how can you play with my life? How could you give me off to a complete stranger… am I a burden to you? am I?” she was quite a pampered brat.

Mr Andrew was quiet.

“You would not understand! whatever I did was for you, only for you … now the only thing you can do is to be prepared!” he yelled back...

“How does it benefit me? Have you ever asked me what I wanted? but guess what father, I am marrying no one!” Ariawithdrew her hand from her mother and stormed out of their sight.

“Aria, Aria!!” Maria called out.

“ Leave her be… she'll get over it soon!”Mr Andrew stood up, walking towards the doorway leading to the hall way , leaving maria to her thoughts

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