The Kidnapped Bride

Jennifer dressed up a little bit to come in front of other ladies.

Why miss and mess up this wonderful opportunity to embarrass Javier's stepmother

Going downstairs, what came in her view was a group of ladies sitting around the absolutely sitting hall.

There was a large table in the middle with a sofa on the all other four sides.

'Looks like I have many ladies to entertain... seems Shirley and Emily will face a good bash from my side..' lifting her chin high, she moved in their direction.

With the ticking of the heels, everyone's attention diverted to the lady, whom they have never seen in this villa before.

"Shirley.. who is she?"A lady asked with puzzles on her face.

Shirley, who was conversing with her friends with a friendly smile, suddenly felt her eyes narrowed. 'Such a sweet girl… she fell into my trap too easily..' 

Looking at her lady who just asked her the question, Shirley responded, "She is the hostage in my house. You know… since my family and the other state aren't on good terms, we decided to abduct the girl from another state."

"So you mean to say that this girl is from another side?" Another lady asked when she covered her mouth in utmost shock and surprise.

Shirley simply nodded her head, "So what? after all she is a lady too and lonely. Jennifer.." directing her gaze at Jennifer, Shirley spoke, "Why don't you join us?"

As Shirley asked with a sweet gesture hers out of courtesy, Jennifer accepted the same offer, "You are so good to me, Ms. Shirley." 

With this, she came in between the ladies and bowed slightly to introduce herself with proper respect and famine attitude "I'm Jennifer Taylor. Recently graduated from abroad.. it is nice to meet you all."

She received mixed gestures from other ladies present there. Some were quite disappointed by her presence while some looked impressed by her introduction and the values.

What made them even more curious was the fact that, despite being from their enemies' land, the girl has no attitude to show.

Rather, she looked quite friendly with her unique smile that played on her face.

"It is nice to meet you, Ms. Taylor. I'm Chloe Saint. How is your stay going on here?" The lady asked with a polite tone which was neither friendly but wanted to strike a conversation.

It wasn't like every day they get a chance to meet someone from the other border.

Jennifer smiled when she answered back, "I'm good Ms. Chloe. I have been here for a long time already... but you see, I haven't stepped out of this villa due to the restrictions on me.. so I can't say much."

Her words were a proper answer yet some who were understanding and cunning enough, understood the hidden meaning behind her words.

In another sense, she blamed Johnsons for caging her in this villa for so long.

Since Chloe took the initiative to talk, the other ladies didn't lack behind, "Ms. Taylor, why are you standing there? Come, here it is with us." One more lady offered her the seat where Jennifer sat. "Thank you so much."

"Oh, what formalities to be dome here!. Anyways, you said that you graduated from abroad? May I know which university did you attend?" The lady asked for her academic background, in order to know if the new hostage was simply bluffing or telling the truth.

Jennifer understood the same, the meaning beyond the ladies' words too, "It was the university of Backline. It is in the north...if you have heard about the name. It is quite a famous one though." 

A shock escaped everyone's face. Even Shirley wasn't able to stop herself from asking further "You are not joking right? the Backline….university?"

"Yes. I thought that you must be aware of my educational background, Mrs. Johnson.." Jennifer didn't miss the sarcasticness in her voice.

It was simply that they are holding her yet they aren't aware of her background.

The ladies in the hall were all stunned to their core.

For them, it was a big name. First of all, to know that she was a hostage, like who is living under Johnson's roof.

With her behavior, she looked no less scared and quite hopeful.

How was that even possible when the kingdoms are apart from each other?

Another lady who was impressed by her background yet passed the dagger in her path, asked, "You are graduated from such a prestigious university but what are you doing here then?"

"As Mrs. Shirley revealed that they have kidnapped me so I have been kept here for some time… Whi knows for how long. But I'm already falling in love with your states."

Having her direction she looked at the lady beside her who was friendly too, "Your state, the much I saw a few days back when they brought me here, is beautiful."

The compliments made some other ladies feel proud while some, who were unhappy with her appearance, seemed satisfied until now. "Girl, you surely have brains to look at. Otherwise, I won't have anything to tell you about our attitude when.."

The lady seemed quite alerted about the image of her state. The defensive look that she passed to Jennifer was already making her feel daggers, yet Jennifer somehow managed to maintain calm.

Jennifer tossed her smile, "When I long to another state? There isn't as much flora and fauna as here. I love gardening and plants and flowers are my favorite so I found the same here. As always, with no much pollution, I love here's friendly environment..."

"Oh, sure! Our state has utmost plants and we all love that." There was a proud smile on another lady's face, that even her eyes turned crystal. But then, Jennifer's eyes shifted to another direction when the voice was heard.

"So you don't plan to return?"

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