Nick
Two years earlier...
"What did you decide?" Killian questioned me when I left my father's room after thinking over the proposal calmly, with Killian's implicit threat.
"I will accept your proposal. I will take over the company," I said, feeling those words taste bitter in my mouth.
"Remember that it's not just about the company. It's about the wedding and doing what you're told," he said haughtily.
"Fine," I crossed my arms over my chest. "I'll take the fortune, the control of the companies, and I'll get married," I said, and he nodded contentedly. But my mind was already planning how to do this. I had no interest in anything that had to do with him, but it was the only way to save my father and keep him alive. I would use the money to continue covering the treatments he needed,
