Chapter 2

"Are you feeling nervous dear." Helen asked Amelia with a sympathetic smile. She could understand her uneasiness. She too had an arranged marriage with her husband but they fell in love after being engaged to each other for almost a year. She knew Amelia wasn't habituated with that type of environment.

Everything was new for her.

"A bit." Amelia replied with a soft smile on her face. She was wearing a soft green dress with a cardigan while her hair was left open. Helen shook her head at her with a soft smile of her own.

"It's normal. You will get used to it gradually. I also felt the same when I was getting married to Arthur. Everything was so new for me." Helen said with a smile while they walked through the hallway towards the dining room. Helen came personally to take Amelia so that she wouldn’t feel uncomfortable or unwanted.

"Really?" Amelia asked, a bit shocked. She didn't expect Helen to have an arranged marriage with Arthur noticing how much they loved each other. It showed in their actions. Helen nodded.

"Yes. Don't worry Adrian will take good care of you. Though my son is a workaholic and gets angry easily, he isn't overbearing." Helen said with a soft chuckle as they reached the dining room where everyone was seating.

Amelia again nodded nervously. She wasn't sure how to respond to this. Though she wanted to meet and know more about her future husband she didn't say it aloud fearing what others might think of her.

"Come-on dear, take a seat." Helen said to Amelia in a warm welcoming voice when she noticed Amelia was still standing at the entrance.

"Come Amelia. Sit beside me." Arthur said in a warm voice to the poor frightened girl. Amelia nodded with a smile and went to sit beside his left side. While Helen was on the right. Arthur noticed there was also another pair of couple sitting beside each other opposite to Amelia while stealing glances at her.

"Howard, Winney. This is Amelia. Adrian's fiance and Amelia, he's my younger son Howard and his wife Winney." Arthur introduced them to each other.

"Hello." Amelia mumbled softly with a shy smile.

"Hi. It's nice to meet you, finally." Howard said with a cute grin while Winney just gave her a polite nod.

"Same here." Amelia replied with a smile.

She could tell Howard was exactly like his mother with the same green eyes, blonde hair, and fair complexion. He was a good looking young man in his mid twenties while his wife Winney had Black eyes, black hair and fair skin. She looked more like Asian. Nevertheless the Honey couple was quite cute with their soft caring for each other.

"Where is Adrian? Why isn't he here yet? " Arthur asked, noticing Adrian's absence which also caught Amelia's attention.

"He will be coming in a while. He just returned a few minutes ago, maybe getting freshened up." Helen replied while serving a few dishes to her husband. Two helpers were also helping to serve the dishes to everyone.

"Amelia, dear please have anything you like without any hesitation." Helen said turning towards Amelia when she noticed her hesitation.

Amelia nodded and picked up some food on her plate.

"Sorry. I'm late." A deep low voice rang in the whole room making Amelia froze for a while. His presence felt so intimidating and powerful to her.

"Oh Adrian. Come honey, have a seat." Helen said to her son warmly. Adrian nodded and moved forward to take a seat beside an unknown girl whose identity he had already guessed. She was looking at her plate quietly, making him a bit curious about how she looked.

"Adrian, this is Amelia. Your future wife and Amelia this is my elder son Adrian." Helen introduced them.

The part where Helen uttered "your future wife" sounded ridiculous to Amelia's own ears.

"Hello." Adrian's deep voice reached her ears bringing her out of her thoughts. She looked up at him for not to be rude and froze.

'Oh My God!' She thought bewildered.

Deep sharp smoky grey eyes with long lashes, a sharp nose, high cheekbones with well groomed light beard, thin plump lips. Black hair. He was the true definition of a runway model. When Amelia realised she was staring for too long without replying she averted her eyes.

"Uhm hi." She mumbled softly while looking at her plate. She could still feel his eyes on her. But she didn't dare to look up. She could feel her heart jumping irregularly. She was afraid that everyone else in the room could hear it.

"Adrian, Take out some time for tomorrow and take Amelia to show around the city and also to get to know each other." Arthur proposed cleverly. He knew his son wouldn't disobey him.

"Okay. I will inform you when I'm free." Adrian replied nonchalantly while picking up a few foods on his plates to eat.

He didn't reject the idea instantly which made Amelia a bit relieved. At least he was polite which was a good sign.

"So Amelia, what did you do before?" Howard, who was silent, asked Amelia to start a conversation while looking at her. She could feel Adrian also looking at her waiting for her reply.

"I have just recently graduated with a degree in economics. I have applied in a few companies and am waiting for their answer. Before that I used to work in my grandma's gift shop in Rosewood." She replied softly with a smile. She was glad her voice didn't shake.

"That's nice. I have been to Rosewood a few times. It's a wonderful place." Howard said with a smile. He already liked the beautiful soft spoken girl. She could indeed be a beautiful match for his brother.

"It is, with it's amazing culture and heritage, limestone architecture and mountains it always attracts a lot of tourists." Amelia replied happily. She always felt happy talking about her beloved hometown. It was so beautiful.

"Then we all could go one-day to visit it together as a family. What do you say?" Arthur declared with a smile. Everyone nodded happily.

"I'm done. So I will be heading out first as I have some pending works to be done. Good night" Adrian said while getting up. Everyone nodded at him. Amelia could feel his eyes on her for a few seconds before he left eventually.

She sighed in relief!

'Phew'.

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