Chapter 2: The Plot 1

FLASHBACK

"Here Kira." Leslie,who is Kira's elder stepsister said while handing her a glass of juice.

Kira took it while flashing a small smile at her. She drank the entire content of the glass before dropping it on a table close to her.

She stared at her sister before saying,"thanks a lot sister. I really needed that." "You are welcome, little sister." She said with a sweet smile on her face. "Congratulations on finalizing your engagement with Kevin."

Kira only smiled lightly without saying anything. "Kira ,can I ask you a question as your elder sister?" Leslie asked tentatively. "Sure you can. We have no secrets between us."

"Okay then. I would like to know if you are happy being Kevin's fiance?" She asked while studying the expression on Kira's face Kira only had a calm look on her face as she glanced at Leslie who was looking at her with concern written all over her face.

"I really don't understand the question you just put forward now but all I know is that all my life,I have been groomed to be Kevin's wife. I have no say about who I get married to. I have been betrothed to him from bet. I also know that father's business depends heavily on their family. So I have no say. I just need to be play a good wife to him in the coming future."

Kira said nonchalantly like she was just speaking about the weather. "So you don't have feelings for him , right? " Leslie asked carefully. "No I don't. I think marriage is just about mutual respect. I don't care about what he does as long as he doesn't cross the bottom line. Once I get married to him,we will stay out of our personal lives." Kira said while taking a seat as she was feeling dizzy already.

Seeing her take seat while being drowsy, Leslie took it that the drug was already taking effects.

Leslie signalled Kevin who was having a conversation with the parents and he knew what she meant by the look immediately after seeing it.

Kevin gave an excuse before leaving the presence of the elders. He made his way towards Leslie who was standing beside Kira who was already unconscious. "Is she unconscious already?" Kevin asked as he reached where the both of them were.

Leslie just nodded while giving him a look which depicts "it's obvious".

Kevin just overlooked her stare. He smiled at her in which she returned the same smile.

To outsiders,it might look that they are just having fun but only the both of them knows what the smile entails.

"Come on, let's go drop her in the room." Leslie said while glancing at the unconscious Kira who was sitting.

"Mum,dad, uncle, aunt,we youngsters would love to go have fun." Kevin said whilst smiling to the elders who were engrossed in a conversation.

The elders just glanced at them giving them a ho ahead before continuing with their discussion.

Seeing that the elders did not ask why Kira was unconscious,the faces of Leslie and Kevin revealed happy smiles.

At this point in time,Kira was already trying her possible best to wake up. As soon as she was forced to stand up,she woke up immediately and that was due to the force. She didn't open her eyes because she felt weak but her other senses were still working perfectly well.

The drug given to her made her really weak and she was trying her best to open her eyes but it wasn't working. She then gave up trying and then decided to use her other senses to help her understand what was going on around her.

Kevin held Kira to her feet . She almost fell but he steadied her. Leslie opened the door of the private room and they made their way out of the room.

As they were walking in the hallway, Kevin asked a question. "Do you remember the room number?" Kevin asked.

Leslie took a deep breath before answering him in a rude way. "Do you take me for a fool? Of course I remember perfectly well." She answered while rolling her eyes. She was giving him an attitude.

Kevin gazed at her deeply as he said,"you and I know that I don't want this engagement between Kira and I but I am helpless. I can't go against my parents" "That's why you are a coward. Can't you just tell your parents that you don't want to have an engagement with Kira. I mean I am also a daughter of the Bryams or is it because I am an illegitimate daughter?" Leslie asked emotionally.

Kevin immediately stopped walking immediately she said that. Fortunately there was a chair in the hallway so he dropped Kira to sit down.

After dropping Kira,he turned to look at her. He gazed at her affectionately while wiping the tears that were dropping from her eyes. "You are the only one I love. You will be my wife. I can't see myself being with any other woman except you. Is this not why we made this plan, to tarnish Kira's image so my parents can't tie me to her. You are still a Bryams no matter what so do not belittle yourself." "Once the plan is successful,we will get engaged and we will be married and no one can stop us from being together. We will always be together also with the child in your womb. You will always be the woman I love. I love you so much." He said to her lovingly.

"I love you also but I can't just stomach the fact that Kira's name is on the engagement paper instead of mine." She said angrily. "It's just an engagement paper. It's not even the wedding. What if I got married to her,what were you going to do?" He asked her teasingly. "You wouldn't dare get married to her. I know that for a fact." She said.in a domineering manner "Of course my lady. I dare not get married to anyone apart from you." He said to her while patting her head.

All this while,Kira had been awake and she had listened to them professing their love to each other.

She felt bad. Her fiance and her sister were together and even had an unborn baby. Leslie could have told her. She would have tried her possible best to make her be the one Kevin was going to get married to.

But they had to collude to make my reputation unclean.

She tried so hard to tell them that she could help them but it was to no avail as her body was gradually losing all it's strength. She felt that she has never be this helpless in all her life. She slowly succumbed to the darkness which welcomed her.