chapter 19

Lucas looked at her with his deep sea- green eyes, and said in a cold tone, "Ms. Mittal can you please not call me Mr. William, it sounds like I am some old guy"For a moment Carol didn't understand, Lucas continued, "You call Mr. William to my Dad and you call me also with the same name, don't you get confused ever?"Carol was unable to understand why Lucas was behaving like this, from the time she started working for him, he was always calm and collected but what happened to him today.She forced a smile and said, "No problem Mr. William, I will call you Sir going forward"Lucas nodded and waved her to leave.The fact was Lucas was frustrated because of his parent's words and he never liked Carol calling him Mr. William, he wanted her to call him by his name.He wanted to hear his name from her sweet mouth for once, but that never happened and today it came out in frustration.Lucas tried very hard to concentrate on his work, but Alex's words were ringing in his mind that they will get Carol married to Daniel.He threw the pen in frustration, stood up and walked towards the French window and lit a cigarette, and started smoking thinking something deeply.After smoking for some time he took out his phone from his pocket and called Alex, when Alex's phone rang he smiled and looked at Alice and said, "I told you, my plane will work"Alice smiled and asked him to pick the call and keep it on speaker, and Alex being her loving husband did the same, and answered the call keeping it on speaker, "Yes, Lucas"Lucas was silent for a few seconds; Alex thought Lucas was not online so he said again, "Lucas, are you there?"Lucas replied, "Dad, I am fine with your arrangement"Alex was in a happy mood and wanted to play with his son, so he said playing innocent, "Sorry son, I didn't get you, what arrangement you are talking about"Lucas felt a little annoyed but he still said, "I am ready to marry Carol"Alex and Alice felt relaxed, Alex replied, "Great decision son, we are heading to Carol's home, we will talk to her mother and share you the good news soon"Lucas hummed and hung up the call, he was unable to understand why he did this, he knows that he still has feelings for Catherine, even though she cheated on him, but why Carol marrying someone else was bothering him.Alice and Alex reached Carol's home, they had already met Carol's Mom many times, so it started with a friendly conversation, and when Alice said that she wants Carol to marry Lucas, Carol's mother was unable to believe it.She had known William family for long and who in the city doesn't know them, if her daughter gets married in their house she will be very happy, she felt that her daughter is very lucky that she got a marriage proposal from such a powerful family, so she agreed immediately, thinking that it is good for her daughter.Alice and Alex left Carol's home happily, when Carol reached home, she saw her mother's happy face and asked, "Mummy, what happened, you look so happy today?"Carol's Mom made her sit on the sofa and said, "Baby, you trust your Mom right?"Carol asked in confusion, "Mom, why are you asking such questions, of course I trust and love you the most."Her Mom felt relieved and said, "My little girl, I have fixed your marriage"Carol was shocked hearing this, before she could ask any further questions, her Mom continued happily, "You know Mr. and Mrs. William came to our home today and they want you to marry his son Lucas"Carol's hands froze the moment she heard that her mother had fixed her marriage with that cold-hearted person; she would never want to marry such a person, who has a gloomy face all the time.She wanted to be with someone who cherishes her, loves her but Lucas was all the opposite of it, she wanted to deny this marriage immediately but seeing her Mom's happy face she didn't have the guts to do it.She had never seen her Mom so happy after her father's death. So she kept silent and didn't deny marrying Lucas.After having the approval from both the kids, Carol's and Lucas's parents were very excited, so they decided to skip the engagement ceremony and directly go for marriage in a month time.Lucas didn't oppose as he also wanted Carol by his side as soon as possible. It's killing him every day to see in front of him but he can't touch her.She is very old school and she doesn't want him to touch her before their marriage, she never told this to him directly but he understood it with the way she keeps distance from him.It never happened to him; he never craved for any girl like this in his life, not even for Catherine.Carol had requested that this marriage be kept low key and she wants to work after her marriage also, and she doesn't want people in the office to know about her relationship with Lucas at least till marriage.At first, Alice and Alex didn't agree, but Carol somehow managed to get their approval.Lucas was once again amazed by Carol, as much as he had seen Catherine and other girls want to show off their relationship if they are with a rich man, but Carol was not like that.Everyone was busy preparing for the marriage.Like every other day, Alexa reached James's office bringing his lunch, it's been a few days since their marriage and Alexa did everything to impress James.She was a perfect wife a man can imagine, but Alexa was not happy with the closeness of Olivia and James.Like every day she knocked on James's office door but today she didn't get any response from inside, she again knocked and waited for a few minutes, and as usual, Olivia opened the door from inside but today she looked different.