With so much excitement, Clara jumped out of her car screaming at the top of her voice and calling unto her parents but it took few minutes, for her to sense that their compound was filled with too many cars and quiet.
She stopped her screaming when this realization dawned on her and decided to enter the house to check what is wrong and why they were so many cars outside their home.
When she stepped in, she was greeted with the eyes of people who seemed to be crying or have cried and we're all looking sober like someone had died. Lols... Just maybe someone has died but who would that be she thought within herself and she searched for answers in the eyes of these strangers in their home.
She did not know how long she stood in a daze until she felt a tap on her shoulder. Clara! When she turned to look at the person who was calling her, she was met with the most handsome man with a beautiful blue eye staring at her.
I am Micheal Junior and I am the first and only apparent heir to Mr. Micheal Crown, he extended his hands for a handshake as Clara tried to process all that he just said and what it meant.
She just couldn't understand why this man standing in her home and front of her was exhibiting so much arrogance and prise because he is the son of the most wealthy man in their city and what has that got to do with her and why he was in her home.
Clara did not answer as she turned and asked about her parents and who they were and what they were doing in her house.
Without wasting time, she started shouting for her mom, but her mom wasn't responding. She continued searching all the rooms to be sure that what she was thinking wasn't true but bit by bit, her subconscious could not deny the fact about what is happening.
Clara rushed stormed into the room with so much rage that the tension could be felt by all in the room.
What is happening and where are my parents, she asked?
After what felt like ages of silence, one of the men in the room stood up and addressed.
Clara, he said, your parents had an accident and now the doctors need 5million naira to operate on them but currently, your family's business is ruining a bankruptcy due to the debt your father has been owing to the bank, getting that amount of money is impossible t the time being.
So we thought within ourselves and concluded that the only way we can get that huge amount of money is by loaning money from one of the wealthy family but we've got to give your hand in marriage to their son as collateral.
Clara couldn't understand what they were saying as her head was already spinning and she was beginning to have a blurred sight. She saw the man talking but the only thing she got was she was been given to a man as a wife just to have her family. An arranged marriage! She gasps for air.
Her mind was playing her prank she thought. She was only able to snap back when she felt a hand placed on her shoulder.
She knew she couldn't break down in front of these people as they would gladly help make her life miserable if she consents to their plan. So, she asked them who they are planning to marry her off to just so they could have the will to take her father's wealth.
With so much smirk and hatred in them, they pointed her to the man who had introduced himself and paraded himself immediately she walked into her home.
Clara was amazed at how this person could help her decide her life in just a space of an hour after her parent's accident but they would be so sorry with what they would be hearing.
So, Clara took a step forward as she began to smile, she walked up to where she had dropped her bag, got her phone, and made a call that changed all their smiling face to fear.
They never had an idea that Clara was actually in a relationship and was dating the President's son.
When Clara finished making the call she noticed a drop of sweat forming on their forehead and how they were fidgeting.
She gave a sweet smile as she walked up to the man who was arranged for her to marry and said with a mischievous glint, "I hope you don't mind if we proceed to get our marriage certificate right way because I wouldn't want to see my patents suffer and their company crumble to ashes because of lack of money.
She could sense the tension her call had created in the room and slowly, they began to leave the room without making any noise and begging with their eyes for forgiveness so they would not be punished by her fiance.
No one wants to be in the bad record of the President's son because he is known throughout the city as a terror and would not spare anyone who tries to harm him.
Clara with smiles and tears couldn't believe she was going to be one of those who would get into an arranged marriage.
The End!