A beautiful young lady with long silky black hair that rose with the breeze as it flew by. Beautiful and breathtaking as ever, with dark features, from big black eyes slightly covered by thick long lashes, that any woman would kill to have, to her thick black, perfectly shaped eyebrows, down to rosy heart shaped lips.

She had a body that defined perfection, with shoulders that's rose in elegance to a small waist and long legs. A type of a woman you wouldn't dare miss in a crowd as the aura around her screamed for attention.

Fiona, a young brilliant woman with many suitors, but none had stolen her heart. Yes some did steal a glimpse of her attention, but they merely wanted her for her fame, beauty and wealth. For Fiona finding a man was nothing hard, she didn't even have to try as men came running after her. Finding true love was something she had to climb mountains to find as she was never provided with that kind of luck.

And that's what disturbed her, the fact that she never found someone to say the words *till death do us part* to shuttered her deeply.

"Fiona you are already 22 going to 23 years now, people have already started talking"

A man wearing a luxurious business suit, who shared the same eyes as his daughter but more light toned than her and had brown hair compared to Fiona's. Fiona inherited her mother's beautiful features and dark complexion but not her emerald green eyes.

The man remarked seating up straight in a dining table. "But father I haven't found the One yet," Fiona replied dropping a spoon on her plate.

"Aw darling in this life, not everything is about love, you know that ..take me and your father for instance..we never loved each other but.." her mother started but she cut her short

"Mom that's because getting married to each other was the only way to help both my grandfather's hotels,"

Both of Fiona's parents were hotel owners. The most successful and luxurious hotels owners to be specific, her parents owned 3 hotels in Dubai. The reason her parents got married then was because her grandfather from her mother's side was having difficulties in growing his small hotel, for someone who didn't have much money, luckily her granddad from her father's side had the money he needed and to keep the business with in, they had to get their kids married at the age of 19 and they both grew in love with each other.

But Fiona didn't want that kind of relationship, she wanted to find someone *the one* to first court her, adore her with lovely words every day, take her out to dates, and she would be the lady who plays hard to get, but gradually give in to the man of her dreams, she wants to fall deeply for that man every time she lays her eyes on him, her heartbeat picking up speed every time he says her name. She wanted to experience how it feels to forget to breathe for a second as his fingers carefully and gently run through her hair, and hopefully their love story leads to a happy marriage love.

The kind of marriage everyone would be jealous of and most especially their relationship shouldn't be because of a business deal.

"Fiona you have suitors all over the country, some are business tycoons and some can help our business grow bigger in other countries"

There they go again making her love life a business proposal..

"But Mom," Fiona started with a pleading face, she knew with her father's last words, he would definitely arrange a marriage for her as he had always wanted to.

"No hunny your father is right"

"Dad this is not fair, please"

Her mother was about to disagree with her, but her father spoke instead. "Okay..." he rubbed his nose, something he did when he was thinking "..I'm giving you 6 months to find a guy that would..love you ..which I doubt would ever happen .. without that man wanting your fortune.."

"But Richard.." Fiona's mother tried interrupting, maybe to set her husband's mind straight, make him see that Fiona was simply being childish, but he added before she could finish "if the 6 months ends without you finding a man of *your dreams*.." he said it with a sneer in his voice "..then you will ..and I mean Fiona with no questions or negotiation involved..you will marry a man of my choice"

Her father stated decisively and his words rang in her head right after he finished stating them, she knew very well that this would not be an easy battle to fight but she had to accept.

"Okay dad , I accept your challenge..only on one condition" Fiona said slightly pushing back her shoulders gathering the little courage she had to talk back to her father and looked straight at her father's eyes, just like he thought her she should do in a meeting, act like a business woman, and she simply treated this conversation as one.

"What condition would that be?" Her father asked

"If I want that man to love me for me and not for my money , then I should act the part right mother?.." she asked both her parents looking back and forth at them still holding a serious look on. They both looked at her with confusion and she added to her words "..by that I mean I have to move out to a simple house and have a temporary simple job just for the time being,"

Her mother dropped her head back, laughing hard at her daughter's words, then looked back at her child and husband "God you're both serious" she exclaimed surprised when she looked back at their serious faces.

"This is ridiculous!..Fiona you are not going to.."

"Fine!" Her father replied making her smile slyly before extending her arm for a handshake with her father, to make the deal official.

After taking back her hand, she smiled widely and said "Thank you father"

"As your father Fiona, I will say that if everything turns south, remember to come back home okay?" Fiona nodded at her father agreeing.