chapter 2

Niya's Home---

"Niya... are you still up sweety?" Mr. Smith knocked on the door.

"Yup Dad" Niya answered while opening the door.

"Is everything alright dad? It's already past midnight and you are here. Do you need something?" Niya asked in a concerned voice because usually her father doesn't stay up this late and he had never knocked her door on his own and that too past midnight?

"Umm... yeah... actually... umm" Mr. Smith struggled for words but nothing came out from his mouth.

"What happened dad?" Niya asked again.

"Umm... first come in and take a seat." Niya said while offering a glass of water.

"Now tell me what happened?" Niya asked when she her father a little relaxed but still she could see few droplets of sweat on his forehead.

"Dad?" she asked in a genuine concerned voice while holding his hands.

"I'm sorry Niya.." Her father spoke not meeting her gaze. It was really confusing for her as well as a hell of concerning.

"For what dad?" She tried to sound normal but concern could clearly heard in her voice.

"I'm really sorry Niya." He again spoke this time meeting her gaze.

"Don't make me feel puzzled... You know I'm not good at solving puzzles so please try to be clear." She said with a force smile on her lips and with a fake chuckle to decrease the tension from the air.

"Actually Niya as you know yesterday I had breakfast with Cassano's for our upcoming project." He started.

"Hmm so..?" Niya asked him to continue.

"So... actually yesterday they didn't come for project only." He said looking at his hands tressing the lines of his left palm with his right forefinger and avoiding her gaze.

"Then what they want?" Niya asked directly in a stern and firm voice.

"Actually Niya... they..." He paused and couldn't continued his sentence.

Niya could already feel the heaviness in his voice and pain in his throat which he had holding till then.

"Dad look at me." She made him look in her eyes..

"Speak." She nodded at him to assure him and rubbed his shoulder to make him feel better.

"Speak." She again said more softly than last time.

"Actually you know the president of Cassano group of industries?" He asked.

"Hmm he is the youngest and cruelest billionaire in the business world. What he did? Did he said something to you?" She asked imagining the situation if he had did something against her father and already swear to make him see hell on planet Earth.

"Umm no... not him" He paused.

"Then who?" Niya asked.

"It's his wife.." He said while looking at her face trying to read the emotions but he find none.

"What she did?" Niya asked without any emotion.

"She.... she.." He couldn't complete.

"Dad?" She asked.

"She want you to get married to her husband... as his second wife." He said after a pause and he already could see the rage in her eyes.

"Is she mad?" She asked.

"Why she wants her own husband to get a second wife and a co-wife for her??" She asked not understanding the reason behind this absurd proposal.

'If she wants a threesom, get a slut. I'm not interested to entertain them in their bed' she thought to herself. And look at her father for an answer

"It's... it's... it's because... she can't get pregnant..." He said avoiding her gaze, not wanting to see her expressions.

"So...?" She asked boring her gaze on her father.

"So she want you to get married to her husband and give them a heir for their family." He said

"Whoah this is great!!! What am I? A child making machine?" She yelled asked.

"It's not like that sweetheart." Her father tried to make her understood.

"You are going to get married in their family even if as a second madam, you'll be honoured after giving them their heir you'll be the mother of the next generation and will be respected as one" He said.

"So?" She asked.

"So I want you to get married to him." He said looking out side the window.

"Look at me dad and repeat your words." She said holding his jaw.

"Yes I want you to get married to him." He said in a firm voice while gulping his own tears and tearing his heart in don't know how many pieces.

"But why?" She screamed through tears in her eyes which were threating her to stream down at any moment.

"Because I'm saying so." This time he also raised his voice.

"Dad?" She asked in a helpless voice.

"My dear it's for our own good. That woman threatened me if you won't get married to her husband she'll make your life hell or may be even make you die and my child if something happens to you I'll die the next second as well. I can bear any pain as long as you're alive. She told they'll will let you live and after childbirth if you want you can get a divorce. They just want a legal child from you and nothing matters for me more than you life my princess. It's just for 1 year, as soon as you'll give them their heir, they let you go from that hell otherwise I can't even imagine what hell they'll make you live in my child. Please try to understand your dad my princess." He said with tears in his eyes. He pleaded her to say yes for this marriage and she had other choice after hearing all the reasons her father gave her. She had also heard about The Cassano Family and their connection with underworld and she also couldn't imagine the consequences of rejecting their proposal.

"But why me dad? There are so many girls out there, they could get anyone for him who will be willing to do this job then why me?" She asked still couldn't digesting the fact of being a second wife in this early age and that too out of love, a force marriage where she'll had no respect, no dignity for herself. And the most important thing the thinking of the world about her character because the whole world would never know the real reason behind this relationship. What if they spread the rumour of being her a gold digger and a homewrecker.