It'll Come Naturally

"What the hell? Tiana is her own flesh and blood, that she carried in her own body for nine freaking months! She gave birth to her! Why is she so keen on marrying her off like that, sacrificing her daughter's happiness like that? I just can't believe it! What a monster that mother is!" Annie just couldn't believe it. She thought that this kind of thing only happened in the old days. She had no idea that parents would still do this to their children in these modern times. Annie's opinion of Sheena had sunk low and deep. How could these kinds of people still exist in this harmonious and supposedly civilized society?

"Yeah, I am also confused. It is hard to figure out what is going on in that crazy woman's head," Rain said in a tired voice. Just thinking of Tiana's plight was indeed very exhausting. He reached out to pull Annie in his arms. He just wanted the comfort of his dear wife's embrace. He could only handle so much and could not save the whole world. He must make peace with it.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"I understand. But you said that you didn't want anything to do with the Ke family, didn't you? So don't worry about it too much." Annie held Rain tightly in her arms. She was aware of how pressured and tired he must be. She wished that she could help him, but what could she do? She let out a silent sigh, feeling a bit helpless. She gently patted his back, trying to give him the comfort he deserved. Maybe in everyone else's eyes, Rain was a tough man who was not afraid of anything and could achieve anything. But Annie knew better. Even the toughest man had his weak moments. And she should be there for him whenever he needed her.

"Yeah. That's what I think too." Rain closed his eyes, slowly falling asleep in her arms.

As the wedding date approached and got closer, Rain started getting busier. He wanted to finish all his tasks in advance so he could focus on his wedding and finally and legitimately be with the woman of his dreams.

While Rain was busy working his ass off, Tiana was not that lucky. Her family found where she had run off to and forced her to go back home with them. The Ke family wouldn't let her out of her own room because they were afraid that she would run away again. They were really dead set on marrying her off to the CEO of the CM Company. It was almost like a cross between kidnapping and illegal detention. Rain knew about it but just couldn't do anything about it. He had researched for information about the CEO whom they wanted Tiana to marry. Yes, he was indeed wealthy, but he was not known to be a nice person. He was famous for sleeping around with different women and he looked down on people below him, treating them like trash. As expected, he was much too old for Tiana. Marrying him would certainly be a nightmare for her. Rain just couldn't let this happen.

"Let me out, mom! Cyrus, do you want me to marry someone who is much older than you? My brother, please open the door!" Tiana shouted helplessly in her room which was at the top floor of the Ke family's big house. But her cries and pleas fell on deaf ears. There was hardly anyone who came near her door.

"Hannah, you are a woman too! You should understand! Do you really want to see me live a miserable life?" Tiana knew that she couldn't run away forever. But she just didn't think that her family would be this merciless and vicious. They made every effort to search everywhere for her and when they finally found her they brought her back and locked her in her room. It pained her when she realized that they had no second thoughts doing such a vile thing to her. She couldn't recognize her family anymore as they had become ruthless strangers who were only after the benefits that they'd get. They were really willing to sacrifice her happiness so that they could continue to live in comfort.

"Vance, Eugenia, what have I ever done to you to deserve this? I have always been very nice to you! Why are you two treating me like this?" Tiana kept shouting in frustration calling out to her brothers and sisters. But no one answered. They all pretended to not hear anything at all. They didn't care what she said as long as she could not run away again.

"Mom, do you really think that it's a good idea to marry Tiana off to that man? Wouldn't that make dad furious when he finds out?" Eugenia asked her mother-in-law in a worried tone. At least for her, she couldn't deny that Tiana was a good girl and treated her really nicely. And she felt pity for her too. But they just needed the money so badly. That was why they had no choice but to agree with their mother and sacrifice Tiana.

"If he comes back. You said it yourself. We don't know when he is going to come back, or if he is coming back at all. By then, it will be too late. He wouldn't be able to do anything about it except just be mad. He can get as angry as he wants but by that time Tiana would have already been married," Sheena answered in a cold tone, a smug smirk on her face. She talked as if the girl who was being locked up in her room was not her own daughter. She talked about Tiana like she was just an object that she could sell whenever she wanted to.

"Yeah, mom is right. I don't understand what you are afraid of," Hannah interrupted, rolling her eyes at Eugenia. In fact, she was the one who thought of that idea to marry off Tiana and told her mother-in-law about it. It was just a careless whim. But to her surprise, Sheena took it seriously and really thought that it was indeed a very good idea.

"I am not afraid. I just feel sorry for her. That's all. Just pity." Like Tiana said, she was really nice to Eugenia all the time. That was why Eugenia couldn't help but feel a bit guilty about what they were doing, ganging up on the poor innocent girl. They might have really gone too far this time, but there was no turning back now.

"Pity? That's funny. When she gets married to the CEO, she will become the wife of a CEO. She will live a wealthy and happy life. I really don't know what you are thinking right now, Eugenia. What, you don't want your share of the money anymore?" Hannah didn't care whom Tiana was going to marry, for she was not her real sister anyway. As long as her marriage was good for this family and benefited them, then she would agree to anything.

"Of course I want my share of money! Don't you dare think of keeping all the money to yourself!" When it came to money, Eugenia immediately forgot that Tiana, who had been really good to her, was suffering right now. She wanted money too, and she was going to get it. Nobody could stand between her and that money.

"I am not planning to. Don't worry," hummed Hannah in a mock tone. She thought that Eugenia was really fake sometimes. She even said that she pitied Tiana. How ridiculous was that? What a hypocrite! If she really pitied her, she wouldn't have helped them bring Tiana back at all. Eugenia was just as guilty as every single one of them.0000000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐