77. Sorrow

POPPY:

I held my breath as Sebastian kept on staring at me, not even stopping the wind as when my hair danced along with it.

The feeling of the rough texture of the sand entering my shoes tickled my feet.

“Poppy. Do you want to spend your life with me?” Sebastian asked again when I did not answer.

I wanted to scream yes! I would definitely say yes! I’ve been loving this man for quite some time now and now that he was offering an eternity with him, who was I to say no?

An opportunity to spend the rest of our lives together? That would be fantastic.

But what about Olivia Green?

Images of her heavily pregnant belly while tears rolled down from her eyes flashed in my mind.

It felt like tiny needles were being stabbed in my chest.

Yeah. Olivia Green. Getting drunk with Sebastian’s offer to be with him was already too good to be true.

Accept him, Poppy, my mind urged. How long will you keep on thinking about someone else’s happiness, Poppy? Why can’t you think of your own happiness, hu