Chapter 2- Marriage proposal

Few months ago.
A charming beautiful girl was busy drawing. She was a drawing instructor at a school. Very soon she finished her drawing and turned around to face the students only to say "Today's class is all about pencil drawing. It is monochromatic which means there is only one color. We will not use any color. So...."

Tringggg.......

"Ok children, times up. We will continue this tomorrow" after saying that the girl left the class.

As soon as she left her phone started ringing. Seeing the familiar number a wide smile appeared on her face and she answered immediately "Hello."

She heard a deep male voice from the other side of the phone "I am outside." 
"Coming."

After hanging up she rushed to the gate and saw an elegant 6 feet tall handsome young man who was leaning on his sports car in front of the school gate. He was wearing a royal blue shirt. His facial structure is stoic with a sharp nose. He was running his hands through his silky black hairs. 
He was grinning widely when he saw the girl coming out of the school gate. He ran towards her, hugged her tightly and whispered "Lisa."
"How long have you been here Daniel Brooke?"
Daniel Brooke chuckled and replied "For a while."
He lowered his head and kissed Lisa softly and longingly.

After pulling back Lisa asked him "How is your work going on?"

Daniel Brooke was a struggling lawyer. His father Thomas Brooke was a famous Lawyer in the 'X' city. But he didn't want to join his father's law firm. He wanted to build his career on his own.

"Ah.... right now I don't want to talk about the work. I am here to spend a good time with you and don't worry, one day I will be famous like my Dad."
"Best of luck." 
Daniel caressed Lisa's pink cheek and muttered "Let's have coffee together."

Within half an hour they were sitting face to face in a coffee shop where they regularly visit. 
"Daniel on a serious note my parents are continuously pressuring for marriage. I am starting freaking out. Let's get married before its too late."

"Baby you know very well right now I can't think about marriage. I want to concentrate on my career first. What is the point of this discussion?"

Lisa felt bad hearing this. She felt something was broken inside her. She was hoping that Daniel Brooke will agree with her but his response was enough to shatter her dreams. She was depressed by the continuous pressure of her parents for marriage so she wanted to discuss this matter with Daniel Brooke. But.....

"What if I get married to another man?"
Daniel glared deadly at her and said "Dare to do it."

Lisa was too lazy to continue this discussion so she changed the topic. After chatting for a while Daniel dropped Lisa at her apartment.

After waving Daniel Brooke she walked towards her house and pressed the doorbell. The door was opened by her mother Linda Holmes who was smiling from ear to ear and said "Honey you are back. Look who have come to see you." 
Lisa's gaze shifted towards the living room only to see a young man and a middle-aged woman. The man was very handsome looked like Greek God wearing grey colour suit which was complimenting his honey-colored skin tone. His black eyes were very deep filled with stars. He was wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He was staring at Lisa with a faint smile.

Lisa was dumbfounded and for long time she was not able to react. 
The cold icy voice of her father Mark Holmes's snatched her back to the reality "Meet Mr. Carl Black and his mother Mrs. Helen Black. Mr. Carl Black is a professor of Physics at our college."

Lisa's father was a librarian of a renowned college of their city. So there was no doubt that he was familiar with Mr. Carl Black. She thought they came here to meet her father.

Lisa greeted them politely with a smile "Hello Mr. Black, hello Mrs. Black."

Carl Black also responded politely with his cold deep sexy voice "Hello Miss Holmes" and Helen Black only nodded with a grin in response.

"We have fixed your marriage next month."
Mark Holmes said with a beaming smile.

Lisa's jaw dropped in shock and stood still on the spot as if she was rooted there speechlessly. Her eyes were wide open. Her mind was blank and she was unable to hear anything. She only saw the people around her were moving their lips and smiling. She didn't know when and how she came back to her room.

"Honey I am very happy that you are getting married. Mr. Carl Black is such a gentleman. You are very lucky dear." 
Linda Holmes's voice snatched back her to reality. 
She was startled and stared at Linda Holmes with shock. 
While peeling an apple Linda continued to speak "You know what, he came himself to your father and asked for the marriage proposal. It's very rare to get such a good person nowadays. Your father is...."
Before Linda Holmes could complete Lisa interrupted And "you people didn't think to ask me once before you promise him. How could you?"
"Huh?" 
"You know I love Daniel. How can you fix marriage without even asking me?" 
Linda  Holmes was speechless and for few moments there was a pin drop silence. Then Linda started saying slowly "You are still dating Daniel Brooke despite of my warning, aren't you? Honey listen carefully, he is not serious with you. People like Daniel only keep playing around. One day he will hurt you. Try to understand before its too late."

"It's not like that mom, I know Daniel better than you. He will never hurt me."
"Oh really?... Then why is he not getting married yet?"  
"There is no rush. When the time comes we will get married."
Lisa sighed deeply and pleaded holding her mother's hands "Mom tell daddy to cancel this marriage. I really can't get married to anyone whom I don't even know. Please Mom."
Linda Holmes brushed off her hands and blurted out angrily "Lisa, are you dreaming? Do you think Mr. Thomas Brooke will accept you as a daughter in law? Don't forget that they belong to a higher society. Their social circle, lifestyle everything is very different from us. Lisa come out from you dreamland and face the reality. We are ordinary people and we can't mess around with them. We can't afford the consequences. Mr. Carl Black is far more suitable for you. He is a very good person and you will not regret marrying him."
"But....."
Lisa tried to say something but before she could finish Linda Holmes interrupted  "End of discussions. Go rest early."

Lisa was so furious that she couldn't help but started crying uncontrollably. 
She quivered and said "I refuse to get married to Mr. Black and if you force me to do so then I'll take my life away."

After saying that she grabbed the fruit knife and was about to cut her wrist she was slapped tightly on her delicate face by Linda Holmes. Within a blink, the knife was snatched away by Linda Holmes and she said " Are you out of mind? How dare you? Ok, fine. If you want to suicide then be it. But neither I can see you die in front of my eyes nor I can see the humiliated face of my husband. So I will finish my life first."

She cut her wrist ruthlessly immediately after saying that. Blood was dripping down from the wound.

Lisa was so scared that she started shouting "Mom what have you done?"

She grabbed her mother's wounded wrist tightly to stop the flow of blood and started calling her father "Dad, hurry up, come here." 
Hearing the commotion Mark Holmes rushed to Lisa's room only to see the pitiful condition of mother and daughter and asked "What just happened here?"
"Dad hurry up, take Mom to the hospital."

They rushed to the nearest hospital as soon as possible. Lisa was pacing back and forth outside the emergency room continuously rubbing her palms. 
Mark Holmes glared at Lisa and asked coldly "Now care to tell what was going on?" 
Lisa startled and stopped on the spot. She glanced at her father and muttered "I am sorry Dad. It was all my fault. I won't do it again." 
Mark Holmes shrugged helplessly and said "I just don't...." 
Before he could finish the doctor came out from the emergency room and said "Mr. Holmes you can meet the patient now. There is nothing to worry about."

Lisa and Mark Holmes both entered the room. Lisa couldn't control her tears after seeing her mother and whispered "sorry, sorry, sorry....." hugging her tightly. 
"I need to talk to my daughter."

Mark Holmes sighed and left shaking his head. Lisa sobbed and stammered "I..I.. am r..ready to get m..married with Mr. Black."

Tears rolled down from Linda Holmes's eyes and said softly "You will be happy with Mr. Carl Black." 
She patted her daughter's head gently.

In Black villa..

Carl Black was lying on his bed and his gaze was fixed on the white ceiling. A faint smile was never leaving his face. His mind shifted to the memory of Lisa when he saw her first time in his college library.

That day she was wearing a yellow coloured sleeveless knee-length dress which was complimenting her slight pink fair complexion. Her blonde hairs were falling till her shoulder. In Carl Black's eyes, she was like a fairy. She was talking to the librarian. Carl Black couldn't control his feet to move towards her and he heard her sweet mesmerizing voice "Ok Dad, then I am leaving first."

For few seconds their eyes locked with each other when she turned around to leave. Carl Black skipped a bit when he saw her deep blue eyes so closely. But very soon she turned around her eyes and left without glancing him. Carl Black turned around to see her leaving figure and was unable to avert his gaze until she disappeared from his sight.

Recalling this a wave of happiness hit his heart. His heart was drumming inside his chest and he smiling from ear to ear. He murmured her name "Lisa..."