It was already late in the evening when the banquet is over.
Natalie has already changed her dress into a pyjamas. She was just about to close her eyes to sleep but she remember that she had not thanked yet her parents for tonight's party.
Natalie raised her body and jump out of the bed. She opened her bedroom's door and headed to the master's bedroom. She was about to knock on the door but she realized it was slightly opened.
Natalie lightly pushed the door but she froze when her mom suddenly speak with her voice raised.
Are they fighting? Natalie asked her self.
"You're really going to do this?!" Natalie's mom, Mrs. Claire Zhuang asked.
"She is already in her legal age and Natalie is matured already! I know she will understand me." Mr. Tony Zhuang replied.
"My God Tony! You want our daughter to marry a man whom she doesn't love?!" Mrs. Zhuang asked with an unbelievable expression.
"This is for her own good! She is our only child and the only heiress of our Zhuang family! She needs someone who knows about business'." Chairman Zhuang explained.
"For her own good?! Really?!" Mrs. Zhuang asked sarcastically.
"Do you know what I am thinking? You're selling your own daughter through arrange marriage!" Mrs. Zhuang yelled.
Natalie automatically staggered back with her startled expression.
My dad is planning for an arrange marriage?
Natalie shook her head a few times when the word 'arrange marriage' registered to her mind.
No! It can't be!
I... I won't marry a man whom I don't love! Never!
Natalie run back to her bedroom and locked her self.
She slowly sitted on her bed while she is in a daze.
Am I just a part of the business?
Does my Dad treated me as just part of the business?
He want me to get married for the business' sake?
How about me?
How about my own feelings?
Can't I decide for my self?
Can't I choose the man I want to marry?
Can't I have a freedom to choose someone I love?
Natalie took a deep breath.
No!
I can't let this happen!
I won't let anyone manipulate my life!
Not even my own father!
Natalie did not sleep for the whole night.
Her thoughts is filled of the conversation of her parents after the banquet.
She also think of a way to escape from the arrange marriage that her father is planning.
----
At nine in the next morning, Natalie has a self defence class.
She was almost kidnapped when she was young, so aside from her four bodyguards, her parents let her learn a self defence to defend her self from the people with ill intentions.
But this morning, she just wanted to release all her frustration.
The conversation between her mother and father flashed in Natalie's mind.
She did not sleep all night, she's thinking of a way out!
A way out from her father's manipulation!
She will never marry a man whom she doesn't love!
She doesn't even know the identity of the man that her father wanted her to marry!
Just thinking of the scene sleeping with a stranger is giving her a goosebumps!
"Ha!" Natalie kicked the breaking board and vent her frustration on it.
"Ha! (Kick!)"
"Ha! (Kick!)"
"Ha! (Kick!)
Natalie continued kicking another breaking board one after the other.
She did not stop until she vent all her frustrations away.
After the breaking board, Natalie moved to a punching bag.
Punch!
Punch!
Punch!
She continued to punch, she did not stop even though she's already sweating!
She only stopped what she's doing when she feel her chest lighten up a little bit. But it doesn't change her decission to escape.
She wiped her sweat with a towel and opened a bottled water and drank it.
She pick up her phone and dialed Hery's phone number.
She already has a plan how to scape from the engagement.
But, she need Henry's help. At times like this, Henry is the only one who can help her.
Natalie waited for the other line to ring .
After a while Henry pick up her call.
"You missed me already?" Henry teased her from the other line.
Natalie twitched her mouth. " Eh! Look who is talking?! If I know, you were waiting for my call since you woke up! Hahaha!" Natalie replied with a short laugh.
Henry did not reply, he just smiled and touched the photo of a young girl in the picture frame.
"Eh! Henry can we meet this morning?" Natalie asked.
"Why? Are you not satisfied with my voice?" Henry teased her again.
Natalie rolled her eyes.
Aish!
This guy don't know anything but to tease me whenever we talk!
Natalie secretly said to her self.
This is the kind of relationship that she and Henry had.
They love to bully and tease each other. And everytime he teased her she would never back off!
"Hey Henry!" Natalie called Henry with her sweet voice. "You are absolutely right! I missed you and I want to see you my Gēgē! (She mean like a blood related older brother.)"
Henry's shoulder automatically dropped! And his heart sank!
'Gēgē!'
He hate this word whenever Natalie say it!
Does she really have to call me Gēgē [older brother] !?
When will she realize that I am her ideal man?
Should I knock her head to make her realize that?
Henry sigh, he felt helpless.
He have been trying to show his feelings for her for a few times, but she is too dumb to realize it.
"Alright, alright! You can meet me at my place, just stop calling me Gēgē! It's making my ears bleed!" Henry complained.
Natalie revealed a wide smile. I really know how to beat him! Natalie thought.
"Alright! I'm currently at my self defence class, but I'm done. I'll just go home for a while and change my clothes. Wait for me there! I'll go to your place." Natalie said and then she ended the call without giving Henry a chance to response.
It was already late in the evening when the banquet is over.
Natalie has already changed her dress into a pyjamas. She was just about to close her eyes to sleep but she remember that she had not thanked yet her parents for tonight's party.
Natalie raised her body and jump out of the bed. She opened her bedroom's door and headed to the master's bedroom. She was about to knock on the door but she realized it was slightly opened.
Natalie lightly pushed the door but she froze when her mom suddenly speak with her voice raised.
Are they fighting? Natalie asked her self.
"You're really going to do this?!" Natalie's mom, Mrs. Claire Zhuang asked.
"She is already in her legal age and Natalie is matured already! I know she will understand me." Mr. Tony Zhuang replied.
"My God Tony! You want our daughter to marry a man whom she doesn't love?!" Mrs. Zhuang asked with an unbelievable expression.
"This is for her own good! She is our only child and the only heiress of our Zhuang family! She needs someone who knows about business'." Chairman Zhuang explained.
"For her own good?! Really?!" Mrs. Zhuang asked sarcastically.
"Do you know what I am thinking? You're selling your own daughter through arrange marriage!" Mrs. Zhuang yelled.
Natalie automatically staggered back with her startled expression.
My dad is planning for an arrange marriage?
Natalie shook her head a few times when the word 'arrange marriage' registered to her mind.
No! It can't be!
I... I won't marry a man whom I don't love! Never!
Natalie run back to her bedroom and locked her self.
She slowly sitted on her bed while she is in a daze.
Am I just a part of the business?
Does my Dad treated me as just part of the business?
He want me to get married for the business' sake?
How about me?
How about my own feelings?
Can't I decide for my self?
Can't I choose the man I want to marry?
Can't I have a freedom to choose someone I love?
Natalie took a deep breath.
No!
I can't let this happen!
I won't let anyone manipulate my life!
Not even my own father!
Natalie did not sleep for the whole night.
Her thoughts is filled of the conversation of her parents after the banquet.
She also think of a way to escape from the arrange marriage that her father is planning.
----
At nine in the next morning, Natalie has a self defence class.
She was almost kidnapped when she was young, so aside from her four bodyguards, her parents let her learn a self defence to defend her self from the people with ill intentions.
But this morning, she just wanted to release all her frustration.
The conversation between her mother and father flashed in Natalie's mind.
She did not sleep all night, she's thinking of a way out!
A way out from her father's manipulation!
She will never marry a man whom she doesn't love!
She doesn't even know the identity of the man that her father wanted her to marry!
Just thinking of the scene sleeping with a stranger is giving her a goosebumps!
"Ha!" Natalie kicked the breaking board and vent her frustration on it.
"Ha! (Kick!)"
"Ha! (Kick!)"
"Ha! (Kick!)
Natalie continued kicking another breaking board one after the other.
She did not stop until she vent all her frustrations away.
After the breaking board, Natalie moved to a punching bag.
Punch!
Punch!
Punch!
She continued to punch, she did not stop even though she's already sweating!
She only stopped what she's doing when she feel her chest lighten up a little bit. But it doesn't change her decission to escape.
She wiped her sweat with a towel and opened a bottled water and drank it.
She pick up her phone and dialed Hery's phone number.
She already has a plan how to scape from the engagement.
But, she need Henry's help. At times like this, Henry is the only one who can help her.
Natalie waited for the other line to ring .
After a while Henry pick up her call.
"You missed me already?" Henry teased her from the other line.
Natalie twitched her mouth. " Eh! Look who is talking?! If I know, you were waiting for my call since you woke up! Hahaha!" Natalie replied with a short laugh.
Henry did not reply, he just smiled and touched the photo of a young girl in the picture frame.
"Eh! Henry can we meet this morning?" Natalie asked.
"Why? Are you not satisfied with my voice?" Henry teased her again.
Natalie rolled her eyes.
Aish!
This guy don't know anything but to tease me whenever we talk!
Natalie secretly said to her self.
This is the kind of relationship that she and Henry had.
They love to bully and tease each other. And everytime he teased her she would never back off!
"Hey Henry!" Natalie called Henry with her sweet voice. "You are absolutely right! I missed you and I want to see you my Gēgē! (She mean like a blood related older brother.)"
Henry's shoulder automatically dropped! And his heart sank!
'Gēgē!'
He hate this word whenever Natalie say it!
Does she really have to call me Gēgē [older brother] !?
When will she realize that I am her ideal man?
Should I knock her head to make her realize that?
Henry sigh, he felt helpless.
He have been trying to show his feelings for her for a few times, but she is too dumb to realize it.
"Alright, alright! You can meet me at my place, just stop calling me Gēgē! It's making my ears bleed!" Henry complained.
Natalie revealed a wide smile. I really know how to beat him! Natalie thought.
"Alright! I'm currently at my self defence class, but I'm done. I'll just go home for a while and change my clothes. Wait for me there! I'll go to your place." Natalie said and then she ended the call without giving Henry a chance to response.
