'I can't believe I'm getting married off like this at my age... Gah! This whole engagement is a full-blown nightmare! Why did my life have to come to this...' Barbara grumbled to herself under her breath, waiting for her fiancé to arrive and finally meet her

"I'm going to be a trophy wife, aren't I? What a fate... I'm sure I've been arranged with some old geezer, a fat businessman, or—or who-knows-what to be my hubby..."

Barbara chuckled scornfully, unable to accept her impending fate.