"Dad......, I don't want to get married, please try to understand me"
Sofia kept trying to persuade her father with a tearful face.
"Everything is settled. I have promised my master, that nothing can happen now. You must get married under any circumstances,"
Her father angrily said. They called her at the last minute because they knew she would not be ready for marriage easily.
Sofia gasped in emptiness, tears streamed down her eyes.
They called her saying that her mother was sick and now after coming here he is announcing her marriage without even asking her once. Sofia still couldn't believe it. She is feeling as if she fall from a cliff.
"Dad, what about my dreams? what about my career? if I got married I can't continue my dreams"
Sofia asked her father while sobbing loudly.
She is just 22 years old and has just graduated from university.
She never thought that her father had already arranged her marriage.
Her question made her father's face slightly loose. A few seconds later, he grabbed Sophia's arm tightly.
"Dream? What kind of dream? Is your dream more important than we? If you marry a Young master, all our sorrows will end, your sister will get a good education, if nothing else, at least think about your mother, day by day, Her condition is deteriorating and she cannot be saved if she is not operated on in time, but we do not even have enough money to buy her medicine, Master has promised me, he will help us if you marry Young master"
Sofia glared at her mother and her sister who are sitting on the sofa. Her mother was suffering from cancer.
And they are poor they don't have enough money for her mother's treatment, she knew it.
"I know we don't have the money but I'm trying. If I win the upcoming competition then all our problems will be solved. Wait a while,
and also have you ever wondered why he wants to marry his grandson to me? Look at me and look at his grandson, is there any match between us?"
"What happens if you don't win the competition?" Her father roared. Sofia was speechless, she didn't know what to say.
Suddenly, her father began to drag her toward the mirror
"come with me"
Sofia was so confused.
" dad, what are you doing?"
Her father stands her in front of the mirror and slightly pushed her.
" yes, you are right there is no match between you two, looked at yourself, with this your body nobody going to marry you,
I don't care why he wants you to marry into his family, I'm working for him for 20 years, so one thing I'm sure that they are a really good family, they are not like the other wealthy family if you talk to them I'm sure they will permit you to pursue your dreams,
so tomorrow is your wedding, get ready, they are having a small wedding ceremony, there will be only family members, so prepare yourself, I do not want to hear anything"
She stared at her reflection in the mirror. With her oversized body and those glasses that which don't fit on her face, nobody likes her she knew very well.
After his final decision, her father walked toward his room, leaving Sofia broken.
Sofia looked at her father in horror" tomorrow? dad......try to understand I don't want to marry" She cries out.
She looked at her mother for support.
"mom....." Instead of helping her, her mother lowers her head.
Rhea holds her mother by the shoulder and helped her get up from the sofa and they moved closer to Sofia.
"If you really don't want to get married, I will try to talk to your father, but you know your father's habits. He will never listen to us. Once he decides, I can't change, but I will try to talk"
Her mother said lovingly.
Sofia's face lit up as she spoke.
She hurriedly wiped away the tears and smiled as she hugged her mother.
" I knew it, Thank you so much, mom"
Her mother caressed her back and said,
"Don't worry about my treatment, I'm ready to die for your happiness"
"mom.....what are you saying?"
Sofia was shocked by her words and looked at her mother.
"If you are not happy with this marriage, don't get married and don't worry about me.
Maybe my life span was just that. But you know, Rhea wants to study medicine, but we don't have enough money to send her to a good college. In your case you are independent since a young age, You never needed our help to study. But Rhea can't work as hard as you. You have to help her. Promise me you'll take care of Rhea when I'm gone",
Rhea and Sofia were shocked by their mother's words.
" sis.....just listen to dad......I can't bear if mom left" Rhea cried. Not a single word came out of Sofia's throat. She failed in deep turmoil. She is not so stupid to not understand their emotional blackmail.
She never thought that no one would support her, so Sophia realized that they had nothing to do with her happiness.
After thinking for a while, Sofia wiped away her tears and said,
"Don't worry, nothing will happen to you and Rhea will be able to get admission to a good college. Go and tell dad I am ready for marriage"
after saying that Sofia turned around and runs toward her room.
Entering the room, she closed the door behind her, buried her face in bed and screams loud as she can, so that no one can hear her.
After crying for a long time, she got up and went to the bathroom. Even though they didn't care about her happiness, she does.
How can she leave to die that woman who raised her? She can't do that.
As Sofia comes out of the bathroom her eye halts on the picture that was hanging on the wall. It's her birth mother.
Her heart pounded again at the sight of her mother's photo. Tears welled up in her eyes. she slowly sniffed her mother's photo,
"Mum, I miss you so much today, Dad never understood me, he still blames me for you" She burst into tears while caressing her mother's picture.
Today, for the first time in her life, Sofia was missing her birth mother this much. Her mother left her when she was born.
After her mother's death, her father remarried. Her father loved her mother very much.
When Sofia was born, her mother died of excessive bleeding, and her father made her responsible. And Sofia blames her father for her mother's death because he can't get her to the hospital in time. So the relationship between Sofia and her father was never good. They were busy blaming each other for her mother's death.
Rhea's mother was her stepmother, but Her stepmother never discriminated between Sofia and Rhea. For the first time today, Sofia is missing her mother.
If it had been her mother, she would have stood up for Sofia, but she is alone today. Her father never listens to her.
she had no choice but to get married even if she didn't want to. Her father would never let her go. Sofia holds her mother's photo on her chest and lay down on the bed. She could not think of anything.
After a while, someone knocked on her door. "Sister, it's time for dinner. Come down." Rhea's voice came from outside the door.
"I'm not hungry,"
Sofia replied from inside and covered her face with a blanket.
How can she be in the mood to eat when she finds out that she is marrying a stranger?