In fifteen minutes, she was out. She was dressed in a plain dress and was taken to the garage. Selen didn’t see anything dirty to be cleaned but because they hated her, she knew they wanted her to suffer.

She started cleaning and because the garage was large and filled with cars, it took her hours cleaning what was actually not dirty. Selen knew her life was going to be hard in the Avelino family.

But what she’d done exactly to deserve it, she doesn’t know. It’s been two years since her mother died and she hasn’t heard a thing about the one who killed her. She lived with her mother initially and because distance was between her and her father, she didn’t get enough information about what exactly happened with the case with her mother’s murderer.

She was in her final academic year in the university when the news of her mother’s death hit her. Her father and stepmother then took her in but her life became miserable after then. She wasn’t anything different from a stranger and was not allowed to do any job after her university.

And the moment when they needed someone to bear the brunt of her dad not going to jail, she became the best option. She’s only useful in salvaging situations and this is the second time they made her suffer in place of Tola.

Tired and exhausted, she returned to the servants quarters and was offered the leftovers of everyone’s dinner. She’d hardly eaten when she was summoned by another servant that the eldest master wanted to see her in the barbeque place.

Selen’s mind shivered again. Eldest master would mean, Mr Clancy Avelino himself, the man she was with the previous night. She nodded and forced a smile. The servant led the way and she was taken to the barbeque, a place next to the kitchen.

She saw the dude, sat with his legs crossed and the sight of Selen made his brow darkened as he exuded a chilling aura. Selen stood, her arms folded below her belly and her head bowed.

Philip already told her to act like a fool to remain alive. She really needed to act that way indeed, especially before this cold hearted man. She felt his cold gaze on her as he said "I didn’t expect that besides being from a greedy family, you’re also so filthy.

You throw yourself at every man at the bar and wake up the next morning to act dumb" he stood up and walked closer to her and then stood with his hands in his pants pocket "You will regret agreeing to this arrangement, you bitch" he declared.

"If you do not agree to this union, why did you request for it to seal up my family debt? Why didn’t you think of other alternatives, why this?" Selen blurted out loud in her heart.

She wished she had the nerves to voice them out to his hearing. That she could be allowed to express her interest in it. She didn’t want it too, it was forced down her throat like a bitter pill.

"Listen carefully to me. You are never to bring your face before me ever again. You’ll remain in the Avelino estate and never in my mansion. You are completely forbidden to mention the incident of what happened last night between us to anyone, not even my family.

Not a word of it must be out. If you dare mention it to anyone, I’ll slit your throat and feed your remains to the ravens..." he threatened. He never expected that the woman forced on him was also a casual woman.

Selen nodded and was going to leave when he ordered her to stop. She paused and turned herself to face him "you’re also forbidden from stepping your feet out of this estate without permission. You can’t address yourself as my wife either, just stay away from me completely" he concluded.

"Why did you agree to this marriage if you knew you hated me so much? Your rules are too much and I can’t cope with them. Why did you make my family agree to it as well, if you know you can’t think of other alternatives?" Selen demanded.

It was better to remain in the Williams family and endure Regina and Tola’s hatefulness than being brought here. Looks like her fate is worse here than it was, in her parents’ place.

He could refuse the union, he would have saved them both. But why agree to it and bring her to dehumanise her? This is too much for any man to do to any woman let alone, someone everyone thought was his wife.

"You don’t talk back to me when I talk. The next time you do that, I’ll sniff your miserable life out of you" he threatened. Does she think he wants it too? Greed led her family to force the union on him thinking he would accept her.

"End this marriage then or I’ll do it myself..." Selen was saying when Clancy lost his tempers and he grabbed her by her throat. "End what? How dare you threaten me...how dare you..you bitch"

His fingers tightened around her neck. And his fury wouldn’t be appeased if he didn’t teach this tramp a lesson. He exerted more pressure until suddenly he felt someone pull his hand off her throat.

"Enough Mr Clancy. You’re going to kill her" it was Philips voice but it was late as Selen already collapsed on the floor the moment Clancy’s grip was off her. He saw her laying unconscious on the floor and the prints of his fingers were evident on her neck.

The skin around her neck became reddened and squeezed and he knew a little more effort, it would be her end.

"You should control your tempers. Allow the lamb to live rather than killing her the first day she came into the house. You know why you agreed to this union, do you want to add more burden on your shoulders?" Philip asked.

"She questioned my orders. How dare she do that before me?" He thundered and walked away. No one questions him, not even his family. But this fool here, dared to ask him questions and even threatened him?

Who the fuck does she think she is?

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