Chapter 2. Bella's Plan

"No, Dad. Bella doesn't want to marry a man I don't know. Bella already has a boyfriend. Bella doesn't want to break up with him! Bella doesn't want everyone to laugh at me for being a replacement wife," the girl protested."

Jonathan rubbed his face roughly. Bella was always difficult to handle. He had to try to make his daughter accept this marriage.

"Dad humbly requests. Besides, Maduswara Company is currently at its peak. You will surely be able to enjoy all their wealth."

"Bella doesn't believe that you would say something like that. Dad do you think Bella's happiness can be bought with money? Bella doesn't care whether he is rich or poor. Bella will still reject this marriage!"

"I don't care, you have to marry him. If not, I will no longer consider you as my daughter." Jonathan immediately left his family to go to his room.

"Dad! Bella doesn't want to marry him!" Bella shouted to Jonathan, who ignored her.

The girl cried, hugging her mother tightly. Bella didn't want to be a replacement bride, but her father kept insisting on making her a replacement wife.

"Mom, please tell Dad that Bella doesn't want this."

Juwita stroked Bella's hair softly. Actually, she didn't mind if Bella married a Maduswara descendant. Bella's future would definitely be guaranteed.

Who didn't know Maduswara Company, a company that recently ranked highest among businesspeople.

"Honey, you have to accept this marriage. You will surely be happy if you marry a Maduswara heir."

Bella released her hug with Juwita. The girl did not expect her mother to say that. Juwita even persuaded her to accept the marriage.

"Why are you no different from Dad? You care more about wealth than your own daughter's happiness?"

Bella quickly wiped away her tears that kept flowing. She then ran to her room.

"Bella!" Juwita shouted when she saw her daughter running away.

Blam!

Bella slammed the door to her room hard. She immediately threw her body onto the bed, pulling the blanket, burying her entire body under it, and crying uncontrollably.

"Why do I have to marry a man whom I don't love?" She staggered.

Bella had been crying in her room for a while now. Every woman would dream of a wedding in her life. But not this girl, this marriage made her so sad.

Why not? How could she not be sad when she had to marry a man she didn't even love? She had never even met him.

"What should I do? Should I just run away from here?" Bella mumbled to herself.

Isn't marriage about taking time to get to know each other, but not for her. She was forced into marriage by her parents.

Refusing.

Of course, she had already refused this marriage, but still, her parents insisted on marrying her off to a man who had to become her husband because of business.

"Oh God, please help me. I have to contact Daffa. Yes, I have to contact him right now."

Bella immediately searched for her phone. She couldn't stand having to marry a man who she had never loved. She had to sacrifice her long-established love.

When Bella was looking for her phone and thinking about how she could escape this room, suddenly there was a knock at the door.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Who is it?"

"Delisha."

"Come in!"

Delisha entered Bella's room and saw Bella who hadn't slept yet. "You haven't slept yet, Bella?"

"How could I sleep? If tomorrow is my wedding day with a man I don't know at all."

"Sorry, Bella, but this is Daddy's decision, you have to accept it."

Bella grabbed Delisha's hand. "Delisha, would you help me? I really need your help."

Delisha raised her eyebrows. "Help? What kind of help do you need?"

"I want you to replace me as the bride."

What!

Delisha was surprised to hear what Bella said, she was right. Bella asked her to take Bella's place. No, that's impossible.

Daddy and her aunt would definitely be angry if they found out that it wasn't Bella on the wedding day, but it was her.

"No, I don't want to," Delisha refused.

"I beg you, only you can help me." Bella joined her hands on her chest with a sad face.

It's not usually like this, Bella never put such a face in front of Delisha, whom she gave only a look of dislike.

How could Bella dislike Delisha? Delisha was Daddy's illegitimate child with another woman, but Daddy always put Delisha above everything else, even though she was his legitimate child.

"Delisha, please help me. I beg you."

Hiks!

Bella fell to her knees in front of Delisha, she begged Delisha to help her this time.

"I beg you, Delisha, only you can help me, you know, right? I can't marry a man whom I don't love. You also know that I already have a lover. Only you can help me, please be my substitute. I beg you."

Delisha couldn't see Bella kneeling at her feet, she knew that Bella had never considered her as an elder sister. However, all this time, Delisha always thought of Bella as her younger sister. It's not appropriate for a younger sister to kneel down on her elder sister's knees.

Delisha shrugged off Bella. "Get up, please don't be like this. Tomorrow is your wedding day, I can't replace you. Daddy and Aunt will definitely be angry. Especially with the family of your fiance, I don't want to make Daddy and Aunt embarrassed."

The man who was arranged to marry Bella was a descendant of Maduswara, the most respected family in this city, not only because of its wealth, but also because of its generosity.

"I don't want to marry that man. Please, please help me, be my substitute. I will give you anything you want. Love from parents, I will give it to you. Wealth, I will definitely give it to you, but please. I don't want to spend the rest of my life with a man whom I don't love."

Delisha didn't know what to say to her sister anymore, she was also confused about what she should do now.

Tears in Bella's eyes were evidence that Bella didn't want this marriage.

"Well... let's do this, Bella. You wait here, I will call Daddy."

Delisha will come out of the room. However, Bella held Delisha's hand.

"Don't! Please don't tell Daddy. Daddy will definitely be angry with me. I don't want to, I'm scared."

Bella begged Delisha very hard not to tell Jonathan about it.

Delisha sighed in distress. "Okay, I won't tell Daddy."

"Thank you, Delisha."

Day had turned to night, and Juwita was about to go to Bella's room to wake her up because today was her wedding day.

"Honey, open the door, the groom's family has been waiting for us, it's time for you to get ready."

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Honey, can you hear Mommy!"

Juwita shouted for her daughter who was still inside the room. However, Bella didn't answer her. Juwita's heart began to worry.

"Mom, why has Mommy been calling Bella for so long?" Jonathan asked, who was in front of Juwita.

"Here, Dad, Mommy has been knocking on Bella's door, but Bella hasn't been opening it since the beginning."

"Bella, open the door, or else, Daddy will break it down!"

Because from the beginning, there was no sound from Bella's room, Jonathan finally broke the door down. However, when the door was successfully broken, how surprised Jonathan was when he didn't find his daughter in the room.

"You damn child!"