Chapter 1: I agree.

It's a Sunday today and I was planning on making it a 'sleep until monday' day as they say if it wasn't for my mom calling me early in the morning and demanding to see me.

"good morning. " I greeted my family as I entered the house and made my way towards them, my parents along with my three sisters and brother. as they all sat in the living room discussing something.

"good morning, we have something to tell you. " my father said obviously not beating around the Bush, something he was always known for, as I sat down in front of them and waited patiently for them to tell me.

"we arranged a marriage for you with my friend's son, it started with a business deal and we wanted to seal it with your marriage. " he explained and I had no words to even react to it, especially that he's the one to tell me about it, all I could do is nod. not to mention that this is a statement more than asking for my opinion so even if they ask me if I agree to it the only right answer is 'I agree'. and I was always too scared of my father to even think about doing it this time around.

"the engagement will be next week and the wedding the week after, and we already discussed about a day for you two to meet before the engagement party too. " I again nodded silently without meeting his gaze, nor anyone's of them.

"are you okay with it Abigail? do you agree? " my mom asked the awaited question that I was already repeating its answer over and over in my head mentally practicing it to avoid saying the wrong thing.

"I agree. " I answered simply and looked up noticing the satisfaction in their faces as they all looked at each other. and just like that our conversation ended so I excused myself leaving to go home again.

you'd be confused as why did I agree that easily, simple, ever since I was young and among all of my siblings I was always the only one that they intervened with her decisions, I was always more pressured and they had always some specific expectations from me that they didn't have for the others too, not that I was smarter by any chance, nor was I their favorite.

but at the end of day I always learned something, and the best solution for this is to agree with them. they actually discussed my marriage when I was younger, I was always closed up to myself and cold towards people that I barely had any friends and having a relationship was never one of my plans, so they decided when I'm 27 yo and if I didn't find someone for myself they'd do it for me.

they chose finance for me as a profession too so my soon-to-be-husband being his business partner's son and a business man as well isn't at all surprising, they planned it already. not that I don't trust their choice though, I'm sure they chose someone they'd be proud to be their son-in-law, I just know how things go for them.

but I low-key, no not low-key, I'm high-key disappointed, because at least for this one I was hopeful that they wouldn't really intervene and would leave it as a mere thought, but how wrong I was, I'm getting married in two weeks with someone I don't know and probably would hate too.

and that's something I forgot to mention. I'm a misomaniac which simply means I hate almost everyone without a logical reason as to why, I have depression, anxiety and trust issues, a heavy package right? I'm not crazy though I promise, just some consequences of a rough childhood and unfortunate experiences. still my parents know nothing about it, they just call me crazy from time to time without actually meaning it literally and they even threatened to take me to a psychologist frequently which in the end never happened so I took matters to my own hands and secretly found one on my own.

okay back to the main topic, as soon as I reached home I received a text with everything I need to know about the guy I'll get married to and when and where to meet him. I wasn't interested in anything except for the arranged 'date' because I have to meet him, and his name since it's the least I should know about him. David Parker, such a common name I wonder how would he be.

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