Chapter 2

Tatiana Kamerie I stood in front of my dad's office and took a deep breath before going inside. I knocked the door two times and walked in. I saw my dad sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed. "Dad, are you okay?" I asked my dad as I closed the door. He opened his eyes and he shook his head. "What's wrong?" I asked as I walked closed to him. I sat beside him and he sighed. "The company.. is bankrupt." He said and my eyes widened. I was speechless and I know how much this company means to him. It's everything for him and the fact that it's bankrupt broke my heart too. "How?" "It's not shocking news for me because I know it's slowly going down but I've been trying to lift it up for about 3 years but it got worse." He said in a really sad tone. "So what are we going to do?" I asked as I held his hand. "Mr. Romeo will come in a few minutes and I will ask him to invest in our company and give him a big percentage of the share." I hope this Mr. Romeo will help my dad because or else I will see my dad being sad and broken hearted. Suddenly there's a knock on the door and my dad got up from the seat instantly. He walked to the door and opened it. He smiled widely and shook the man's hand. I got up from the sofa and walked towards the door. My eyes widened and I gulped to see.. him. So he's Mr. Romeo. He saw me and he didn't look surprised at all. My dad led him inside and my dad asked him to sit. He smirked at me and then he turned to my dad. "Mr. Romeo, this is Tatiana, my one and only daughter." My dad introduced me to him and he smirked looking at me. I was trying to avoid his eyes. "Tatiana, this is Mr. Romeo." "Deandre Romeo." He put his hand in front of me and I shook it. I don't have any other choice than being polite because he will be my dad's company investor at some point. "Please sit down." My dad gestured to him to sit and he walked towards the sofa. He sat down, put right leg up to the table and looked at us arrogantly. I sat down beside my dad and I can't believe this guy's attitude. He looked around the office and then he turned to my dad. "I hate talking about useless things so I'll just get to the point, Mr. Kamerie." Deandre said and my dad nodded. "I will invest 5 million dollar for your company but I won't give it to you for free. I want 2 things." He said in an arrogant tone. He sat up straight and he turned to me smiling evilly. "Please tell me.. I will grant your wish." I can't believe my dad said that. "First, I want 60% of the share for 10 years and I will send 7 of my people to work here. Is that okay with you?" "Yes.. I can tolerate that." "The second one.. I want your daughter." He said as he pointed at me. My eyes widen and I got up right away. My anger rises up that second. "I'm engaged!" I said as I showed him my ring. He smirked and leaned back to the sofa. He turned to my dad and raised his eyebrows. "It's up to you, Mr. Kamerie. It's your choice." "Yes, you can take my daughter." My dad said and that shocked me more. "Dad!" "Great." He said and he took his phone out. He called someone and I turned to my dad. "Dad! I can't believe you sell me to a guy that we both don't even know." I bursted out. "Bring the contract in.." He said and ended the call. "I don't have any other choice." My dad said without looking at me. "Dad! I'm engaged to Eric and we're going to get married in 2 months!" I bursted and tears came out from my eyes. I was angry.. my body burned in anger and I looked up to the ceiling. Suddenly someone walked into the office with a black file in his hands. He gave the file to Deandre and Deandre opened it on the table. He pushed it towards my dad. "Call Eric.." My dad told me and I walked out from the office. I walked towards Eric's office and bursted into his office. He was surprised to see me crying. "You should go to my dad's office." I said. "What? Is there something wrong?" He asked in a panic tone, I dragged him to my dad's office. "So.. you're her fiance?" Deandre got up from his seat. He walked towards me and Eric. He stood in front of us and looked at Eric arrogantly. "Who are you?" Eric asked in a rude tone. "Respect him, Eric! He's our investor and our one and only hope!" My dad bursted coldly. "What?" Eric asked my dad disbelief. Suddenly Deandre took my left hand and took off my engagement ring. "Hey!" I hissed. "What the-" Eric said and he almost punched Deandre but my dad stopped him. Deandre threw my engagement ring away and I looked at the ring on the ground. I was speechless. I turned to Deandre disbelief and he smirked. "You're not his fiance anymore.. You're mine." He said as he slipped a new ring on me. I looked at it in disbelief. The ring is two times bigger than Eric's. "You!" Eric was going to punch him but my dad pushed him away. "You need to respect me, Eric, or else you will sleep on the street tomorrow." Deandre said in an arrogant tone. I was going to take off the ring but Deandre stopped me. He pulled me into his arms and when I was going to push him away, he whispered to my ear. "If you take it off, your father.. your ex-fiance will end up on the street without their clothes. Do you want that, beautiful?" "You bastard!" I pushed him and he laughed evilly. "We're settle then.. James, I will marry your daughter in 2 months and tomorrow she will move to my mansion." Deandre said. "You! Son of a bi-" Eric bursted. "You're a really good actor, Eric. You really are.." Deandre said and that stopped Eric. That made me confused, good actor? What does that mean? "I'll see you tonight, Tatiana." Deandre turned to me and smirked. "You asshole!" "Thankyou." He said and then he and his secretary walked out the door with the contract on his secretary's hand. I was speechless. "You signed.. the contract?" I asked my dad. "I don't have any other choice." "You sold your daughter, James!" Eric bursted. "The company is bankrupt, Eric. If he didn't invest, we all will end up on the street without even a cent to live!" My dad bursted and Eric's face changed. "What?" "Deandre Romeo will invest 5 million dollars for us and he asked us for 60% of share only. We will go back to our path, Eric." "Dad! I'm engaged to Eric!" "You can marry him and then get divorce." Eric suddenly said and I turned to him disbelief. I was speechless to hear him say that. He was angry 2 minutes ago and now he agreed? "Eric.. are you out of your mind?" I asked him. "After the company is stable, we can pay him back and you can divorce him." He added and I scoffed coldly. "Tatiana.." "You're not my dad and you're not my fiance anymore!" I bursted angrily and walked out from the door. I left the office and drove to my apartment. I walked into my room and cried my heart out.