Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Leo looked intently at the woman sitting in front of him with her head bowed, reluctant to lift her head as if the man before his would jump at him as soon as his eyes met his.

It had been more than ten minutes of silence on them and none of them had wanted to utter a word and it had caused the woman to squeeze her fingers on the sweaty lap.

"Different. "Leo's speech made the woman finally lift her head up and look into the sharp eyes of the middle but only seconds later she looked down and thought of the words the man in front of her.

Different? How is that different?

"Turns out the old hag's getting smarter." He said again and smiled bitterly.

"Turns out she's changing his tactics, after his plan fails because she thrusts a bad bitch at me this time the home bitch she thrusts out." Leo continues making the woman in front of him squeeze his fingers firmly with his quivering body and glassy eyes.

Her heart beating wildly and in pain, it's the first time anyone's called her that and the worse it is that her future husband calls her a whore.

"Lift up your head!" Leo said in his cold pitch that made the woman hardly swallow her own saliva and slowly lift her head up.

"What's your name?"

"Alana." She answered quietly as he whispered.

"So what mission did he give you?"

Mission? What mission?

The woman Alana turned out to be just wrinkled her forehead didn't understand.

"Your mission is to kill me?" guess Leo let Alana's brow fade with her eyes wide open And shook her head firmly.

"I don't _"

"And what task did she give you?" Cut off Leo.

"Aunt Rose just said that she would set me up with her child." Alana is obviously still in her voice as quietly as possible.

"Who did she say was his son?"

Alana bit her bottom lip before answering Leo's question.

"Someone named Leo Smith." Alana answered.

"Me." Leo said, pointing at himself.

"She's not my mother for all you know." Further Leo's reappearance of his cold face.

Yeah, I know Alana's psychic

"So you better ask that woman one more time who the child is."

"I know you're not aunt Rose's biological son, but she clearly mentioned your name." Alana responded bravely despite her desperate heart.

"Then I should accept you to be my wife?" Leo asked as he glared at Alana making Alana more and more nervous and slowly nod her head.

"Stand up!" Leo said, in what seemed like a stern command, made Alana instantly raise herself up and stand up straight before Leo.

Leo looked at Alana from top to bottom, Leo knew Alana's appearance was different from the women rose had sent to be her future wife, most of whom had a beautiful face and was tall with all the luxuries that were inherent in them while Alana was plain in plain clothes and moderation and Leo recognized alana was a little sweet.

"Why should I receive you? What do you have over them?" Leo asked Alana to frown.

I was about to apply for Alana's psychic job.

"I'll take good care of you."

"Then just be my maid. "Leo responded quickly, making Alana open her eyes but only for a moment.

"Maid?" Alana's stutter.

"Yes, I thought you said a maid could do it. "Answered Leo, making Alana squeeze in the simple white dress she used.

There was only a moment of silence, and Leo could see Alana's frightened and increasingly confused expressions.

But Leo's next words made her  brow even more furrowed.

"Forget it, just tell the old hag to set her wedding date. "Said Leo and immediately got a protest from pedro's secretary and friend.

"But Sir."

"Just drive me back to my office Pedro." Leo's cut froze pedro and indignantly pushed Leo's wheelchair back into his office.

Different place after.

"How did you meet? - fun? "Asked Rose as alana dropped her body on the sofa and immediately massaged the root of her nose, sitting beside alana and waiting for her nephew's answer.

"Hey answer, aunt is waiting." Rose said, shaking Alana's shoulder, the moment she looked at her with her wrinkled face.

"Don't you see my wrinkled face?"

"No."

"Oh come on, you just threw me into a lion's den, I almost died standing there from his gaze." Alana's upset because that's how she feels.

"And I knew my fears only grew when he agreed to this alliance. "Alana went back to massage the root of her nose but was different from rose's happy face.

"Really, are you picking on me, Alana, it's not Aprilmop."

"Do you think I'm in the mood for jokes right now?" After alana finished her speech, rose shrieked right next to alana's ear while hugging her.

"He's finally getting married." Shrieked rose excitedly while shaking Alana's tiny body.

"Stop shaking my body!" Alana indignantly tried to break rose's embrace.

"So when are you getting married?"

"He handed it to his aunt." Alana answered.

"Really, then next week you'll be married."

"What!" Alana exclaimed in disbelief

"Why?"

"Are you kidding?"

"Do you think I'm in the mood for teasing." Rose answered Alana's remark, making alana squint her eyes at her.

"What exactly are you planning to do?" alana asked him in his seriousness now

"What, I just want you to be his wife."

"Come on, don't pretend to be in front of me, even if he accused me of having a mission to kill him, how bad was it between you?" Alana asked with curiosity.

Of course, just because two weeks ago rose suddenly approached her family who might be more than ten years old and rose asked alana's father, who was also rose's cousin, to marry alana with her stepson, that's all alana knew from her father, whether his father was willing to let her go, Is it too burdensome for her father and sister to send herself to rose

"There is no mission, you just need to be a good wife to him and serve him with all your heart." alana answered, throwing her daydreams away.

"But him."

"He's a cripple." cut rose

yes

"No, he looks at me like a prey ready to strike at any moment."

"That's because you seem weak in front of him, be yourself and win over his heart. "Rose says.