Author povLaura was taken Aback by everything she saw. She was unable to believe it . Her mind wanted to believe it but her heart couldn't. No , she couldn't have seen the right thing. Maybe she read the wrong document or she read wrong. She picked up the file on the floor, slowly and patiently. Glance through the first page like she did earlier, it was the same thing. She flipped through the first, the second and the third. With every glance through each page came a different kind of chest pain. Her mouth was out of Saliva. Her eyes were slowly closing but she tried to keep them open. She dropped the papers On the floor again. She was sure now of what she had read. She didn't make any mistakes, no she didn't . In Fact she read everything correctly .Her whole world came crashing In just a few hours. She wanted to scream and shout, she wanted to pull the tablecloth and rip the dress off her body. She wanted to quench the fire on the burning candles. She wanted to turn
No wonder Earl was so happy about the wedding, his daughter was finally getting married to her choice . Pearl knew about all of this too .She just couldn't stop him and he had also threatened her not to say a word to Laura. " You knew everything… you only married me for what my father was willing to offer. " The marriage was against both their wishes she knew that and it wouldn't have mattered so much if she found out the truth like 2 months back because then she didn't feel anything for him but now?.... "You lied to me,You all lied to me. My father married me off for a contract, You knew, Pearl knew , Everybody knew. You all know." She pushed the fragile furniture away from the bed stool . "I was setting all this up , I set everything up for you, I was starting to love, I love you , I wanted this now . I wanted everything and now ?" She was breathing so fast , her hands were running through her hair aggressively. The beautiful curls were starting to roughen. .She ferocio
Author pov "No, no …" .she shook her head and moved backwards till she stepped On a piece of the broken glass. The Sharp pain she felt On her foot, the glass pierced through her feet and got stuck in there. She immediately retracted her foot and closed her eyes with a sharp gasp."Laura!!!!!"Nicholas wanted to go close to her to help. "Stay the fuck away from me ." This pain Is compared to nothing I feel . She dropped the leg with the glass stick stuck in there and walked on it out of the room with blood stains leaving a trail Nicholask. She was in severe pain . The pain from the piece of Glass in her legs was Nothing compared to what she really felt. Her eyeballs became blurred from held back tears. Nicholas watched her walk out of the room in pain. Arhh he was in so much pain too seeing her in such a state . He picked up a glass piece too and tightly held on to it till he started to bleed as well . If Laura felt so much pain, he also wanted to feel as much pain as she d
Author pov Stepping into the main restaurant herself. It was beautiful. The cool sound of the violin, the hanging light bulbs in different corners of the room , the beautiful faces of the rich, the low chatter and murmuring filled the hall.The glass tables, the goblet, royal plates and cutlery. Everything In the hall spoke of Royalty and class. Another was impressed. The place found a way to ease her tension. She got herself the perfect spot. The other tables were occupied with mainly romantic couples. Both the old and the young. While she was all alone. She did care, she knew what she was in for before coming there all alone. It's no crime to enjoy one's company all alone.She sat down elegantly in such a way that she was able to face the others. Staring at her empty chair . A tuxedoed waiter came up to her with the menu. "Ma'am? Here." He placed it on her table and waited to take her order. Laura ordered the salad and the beef. With champagne. She wanted somet
Author pov"I will see you some other time" . "Sure " Laura pulled out her phone from her purse. She was getting a call from a friend. She got into her car and they drove off . Xavier stood watch at the car till they were completely out of sight. When Laura got home that night, she went to Nicholas's room. She was missing him so much but still didn't text him or call. It was just two days after all. HE will be back soon. She comforted herself. Went to his wardrobe and picked out one of his oversized T-shirts. When he wore it was definitely not oversized. She took her bath in his room and wore the shirt. He wasn't close to her but his shirt was. The lavender and earth fragrance on the shirt really made Laura feel like she was hugging him. It's crazy how his belongings were able to keep her so calm. As she was about to lay down on his bed, her phone rang. The screen turned on with Nicholas's name appearing with a pickup sign. Think of the devil and he appears; call
Author povShe was turning from side to side, picking up her phone and dropping it back. She picked up her phone, stared at his number, almost about to dial then drop it again with the thoughts `` He is probably sleeping peacefully and enjoying his trip. ( punk ) . She kissed her teeth and tossed the phone aside again. She kept doing that. One minute she is with her phone, the other she is filling her mind with assumptions and doubts. What Is he doing? Was the extent really necessary?Since Laura got married,and moved to France, she never called her parents. Not pearl and definitely not Earl. She severed all ties with them since the day she stepped out of their house as Nicholas's wife. She thought of putting a call through a day after the date she had set up and unfortunately she found out the truth about everything and just stuck with her plans of staying away from them till whenever. Though Pearl tried to reach her on several occasions she was her mother after all but La
Author pov"We are not doing anything wrong here, it's just two friends going out to have fun. I'm sure Marconi would understand. There is no need to worry ." Xavier's words . Antonia still didn't feel comfortable. Till she made up her mind to just let him do whatever he wanted. The man she was so worried about; Marconi didn't even bother to reach out to her with how their conversation ended the previous night. "Why am I worrying so much about him?" Xavier is just a friend that once saved her life. Marconi was also aware of that fact . When Xavier came, Antonia wasn't ready . A worker asked him to wait at the guest lounge for her.When she was done, she came downstairs. Simple but elegant. She already told him she didn't want a fancy restaurant or shipping. She Wanted something unique. So she wore a white pants, and a cropped top. It were In summer so he took a sun Shade along just like her college days.When she came down, she met Xavier waiting for her (seated). His e
Author povShe asked for a simple date rather she got a walk down the memory lane with him. Antonia couldn't lie, she wanted more of such dates. More of simplicity than complexity. She enjoyed everything and Xavier just made it better .When they were done, Antonia couldn't help but kept praising him for his courage. According to him, he had just two people he was working for. His mother, the only woman he wants to see happy with the world by her side and His younger sister Clara. During the two hours out , Antonia was able to take her mind completely off Marconi. All her worries were gloom disappeared. When they were done, they got back to where they parked their car. Chatting and laughing about the funny incident that happened. Xavier couldn't stop staring at Antonia while she laughed hard in the car. Was he getting attracted to her ? Or perhaps he just admired her? No one could really tell. "Thank you Xavier, all these it was exactly what I needed. "Having heard Xavier