Chapter 2 Episode 2

Episode 2:

The sun's rays streamed across the window into the room.

The sunlight shone on Khiara's face and she groaned.

As she opened her eyes, a splitting headache overwhelmed her and groanings became louder. Everything felt strange and her body felt extremely sore.

She started to feel sticky, her hands clenched the sheets over her. Straightening up from the bed, her eyes went wide when she noticed she was in an unfamiliar room.

She let go of the sheets and frantically looked around to know where she was.

"Ahhhh..." She let out a scream as her eyes met Asher's.

"You're too loud." Asher said while covering his ears.

"What are you doing here?" Khiara clapped back. But then Asher didn't reply to her. His eyes were trailed on her exposed boobs while he licked his lips seductively.

Khiara followed his gaze and saw that she was naked under his gaze. As she took in the state of the bed, she realized what had gone down there.

"What did you do to me?" Khiara asked as she scrambled to cover herself with the sheets.

"We had sex." Asher answered simply with his right brow, arched. A frown was starting to mar his face as he took in Khiara's expression.

Khiara's head started to ring at his words. Her eyes filled with tears, "How could you do this to me? I was drunk!" She yelled in great distress.

On the other hand, Asher was speechless. How could he control himself when a lady he admired threw herself at him?

"I guess I was out of my mind..." Asher began, trying to explain himself. But he was interjected by Khiara.

"You were not drunk. So do not bring up the excuse that you were out of your mind. You're an Alpha." She didn't want to listen to his explanation.

She then bundled the sheets over her body and stood up from the bed, "I'm done here." She declared as she walked past Asher, heading toward the door.

She felt shame wash over her. How could she have thrown herself at a man she didn't even know? These were the thoughts that whirled in Khiara's head.

"Khiara, wait up." Asher called out and then grabbed her by the hand before she could open the door.

"Let's get married, I'll take responsibility for everything." He said, his eyes showing his sincerity.

Khiara snorted and then jerked her hand away from his hold. His touch burned her and she declared, "I'll never get married to you. I'm not a liability you have to take responsibility for."

"No, you will never be a liability to me. I admire you and you will be my wife." Asher declared with a straight face. He tried to guard the door but she was one step ahead of him.

"I'll rather die than get married to you, Asher." Khiara declared, her words setting him off guard.

Saying that she opened the door and walked out of the bedroom.

But a few steps from the bedroom, Khiara came face to face with Anna.

"What were you doing there?" Anna asked with a straight face. But her judging eyes betrayed her facial expression.

Khiara looked down at herself. She was only dressed in bed sheets. Who wouldn't be able to guess what had happened?

"You slept with Alpha Asher?" Anna asked, as she stepped closer to Khiara. Her eyes roamed all over and landed on Asher who was standing by the door. From his expression, he had no regrets about what had happened.

However, Khiara had enough of Anna's questions. She held tightly onto the sheets and then began to sprint toward her bedroom. She could hear Anna snort in the distance.

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Khiara stood before her parents, her head was bent low as she couldn't meet her parent's eyes. Anna was standing two steps away from her.

"You will get married to Alpha Asher in a week." Her father declared and she looked up at him.

"You can't do that to me, father. I'd rather die than get married to him." She yelled.

"Stop yelling, Khiara. If you didn't want to get married to him, you wouldn't have slept with him." Her mother scolded.

"I was drunk, mother. I didn't know what I was doing. Asher is the one to blame her and it was a mistake on my part." Khiara defended herself, her knees buckled and she fell to the ground.

"When you get married to him, it will not be a mistake." Her mother declared and then walked out. Anna was quick to follow after she threw a disgusting glare at Khiara.

Khiara watched as the mother and daughter walked away. Her eyes were on Anna who had spilled the beans to their parents. She felt powerless and helpless. Her father wasn't even helping.

"Dad, please help me. I don't want to get married to him." Khiara turned to her father and held onto his hand. She looked up at him with teary eyes and she hoped he would change his mind.

"You have been chosen, Khiara and I can't change that. You're the first daughter and you have to uphold the face of the family." Her father said and jerked his hand away from her hold. He walked away and left Khiara curled up into a ball.

Back to Anna, "Mum, why was Khiara chosen as the bride?" She asked as she walked side by side with her mother.

They were headed toward her mother's bedroom and Anna decided she would let her mother know what she wanted.

Khiara was her mother's stepdaughter here and she should be the one to enjoy privileges from her mother.

"She is the first daughter of your father, so she was chosen." Her mother stated.

"I want Alpha Asher, mother. Make him mine." Anna declared.

"I'm better suited to be his wife, not stupid Khiara. Make it happen, please." Anna continued to plead.

"You want that?" Her mother asked with a smile on her face. She halted her steps and then turned to look at Khiara.

Anna nodded her head vigorously.

"You will have him." Her mother declared.