NIEL'

y back. "You're ready bro. Sure you

ped her head into my room. "Five minutes more, and you'll be called for

l be together on the papers." The look on my mother's face as she'd explained what we'd stand to

nched his arm. "Don't be so worried, bro. It's jus

king about this marriage, you've been saying it's not go

or when I was needed, and I smiled. "She has no

" Samuel screamed at my retreating bac

afted out. We were both aware that this was a sham to keep our parents happy and I knew nothi

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her beauty if whoever had picked it had eyes that were working and whistled. Damn, was she a beauty. The dress, rather than removing from her beauty, simply added to it, and she especially made it work with her elegance and grace

the ceremony or me at all. In fact after walking down the aisle, she hadn'

A'S

ot to go ballistic there and then and the sneer and smile that had crossed my parents face when I'd been walking down the aisle hadn't helped matters but what had me really furious

staring at me with a mocking smile. I must have missed s

nd rolled my eyes. The preacher sighed loudly. "I said

r couldn't help but not like me, I respo

sponded, all the while holding my eye. We continued staring at eac

a devastated expression. I could vividly remember tellin

got really close, I pulled away and returned the mocking smile he'd used with me earlier. "I don't want to." I saw the irritation flash through his ey

o had started applauding as we wal

, they look really amazing, like something my four-year-old will use to play dress-up with her toys

a confused tone and watched her cheek turn red. "But th

ugh the rim of her glass

ng is done. I just have to get t

sed as if waiting for me to fill his name, but I s

and I collected the glass with her

s still in the cold about a lot of things about me. The less she knew about me, the less informed she would be. Right now, she was so innocent and pure and the last thing I needed was for he

g around the glamorous hall that I hadn't been able to appreciate. There were high ceilings decorated with what looked like soft fabric and twinkling fairy lights, and the chandelier also couldn't be left behind. It had shi

n't exactly tell her I was asking, so I wouldn't risk running into him. Since we'd parted ways after the kiss that hadn't happened, I'd been doing my bes

ely managed to run into the women's room. I took a deep breath, staring at myself in the mirror, and flinched as I no

turned to her. "Do you h

nd on what screamed that she was a threat, to me. She applied some on her lips leisurely and handed it back to

t she had said. "What???" I could feel my heart stop as I glanced sharply at her, her words ringing in my he

smile was so familiar, I couldn't count how many times

demanded, barely hearing myse

ns the answer is no. Looks like we'll be seeing

ad until I felt the need to puke. I rushed into a cubicle and emptied my already empty s