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"I want to marry the madman." Ariana blurted out, a smile on her lips.
"What are you talking about?" Chris frowned. He didn’t like where this was going. Why would Ariana want to marry that man?
"Are you out of your mind Ariana?" Abby asked but Ariana looked like her mind was made up. She will never let Penny be above her, if marrying Osvaldo is what makes her superior then she would.
"Penny survived the night in that mansion and she was his wife. By that logic, if I survive the night with the madman, then I’ll be his wife. Penny will be of no use to us anymore."
"Are you insane Ariana?" Chris yelled.
"Do you have a death wish Ariana?" Abby yelled.
"Ariana listen to us. Let your sister handle him for now till we find a suitable match." Gregory said to his daughter-in-law. He couldn’t let her marry that madman, she was Christian’s wife.
"For how long father?" Ariana asked.
"You all said to be the wife of the madman, one needs to sign the golden contract. Penny hasn’t signed it yet, yet, she’s managed to cause too much trouble." Ariana said calmly.
"The more we let her, the more trouble we’ll be getting into. And who knows, eventually, she might sign the golden contract." That was Ari’s biggest fear was her sister signing the golden contract and becoming the head of the family finally.
She promised to deal with Penny, but she couldn’t do that if her sister was still with Osvaldo. She has to prove to everyone that she can tame Osvaldo so that she can take Penny’s place.
"You’re not doing it, Ariana. I will not have you marry that boy. What will your mother say?" Abby asked.
"You forget I’m not a part of the Adkins family and my mother’s words mean nothing anymore mother." Ariana started. She had no idea why they couldn’t see the bright picture.
"Mother. Chris." She turned to Chris. "You know everything I do is for us all. It’s not like I’m really marrying that madman. I feel disgusted thinking about him. But we need to prove to the lawyers that I can tame him to get Penny out." Ariana said.
"If I succeed and get to sign the golden contract, everything will be ours. Then we can finally kick that stupid Penny out." She said trying to convince them.
"I see some sense in what she’s saying." Gregory suddenly said. He didn’t like the idea, but he would do anything to get Penny out of the Adkins family for good.
Her coming here was a mistake, and they all fear if they don’t get her out quickly, she might send them all away.
"Father..."
"Hear me out, Chris. Ariana is right. If she succeeds, she gets to marry that boy. But what use is he, she’d still be your wife. She’d get pregnant and claim the madman had slept with her and then, our grandchildren will inherit everything the Adkin’s own legally." Greg analyzed everything and Abby smiled.
"That’s a perfect plan."
"But how will Ariana spend the night there without getting hurt?" Chris asked.
"Oh, that’s nothing. The maid already told me about it." Greg said.
"About what?" Chris asked.
"About how that fat bitch survived. She had locked herself in the room all night, that’s how she was able to survive." Greg said.
The maid that had attended to Penny that night had told him everything. Rosie, while he slept with her.
"That’s a good thing. We just need to find a way of getting Penny out of that penthouse." Abby said.
"That’s easy. You can leave that for me. I’ll be back with her." Chris started walking away without another word to anyone.
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Over in the Penthouse,
"I am bold..." Penny wheezed.
"...I am confident..." she huffed, placing both hands on her waist like she’d just finished running a marathon, one she didn’t even sign up for.
"...I am beautiful." She barely whispered the last word before flopping to the floor like a fainting goat.
Her chest heaved. Her lungs were screaming. Her whole body was done. The hour-long affirmation torture had finally broken her.
"...Um...Ung... Huh..." she gasped like a fish out of water, trying to suck in air through the waist trainer wrapped around her like an overenthusiastic hug from a grandma with no chill.
"Penguin?" Osvaldo’s voice cracked through the air like thunder, and the next second he was kneeling beside her.
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