James looked at the congregation and divulged a fake smile. He lifted his elbow towards Amelia and looked at her. “I’m tired of standing here. Let’s go.” Amelia moved closer to him and wrapped her arm around his. They walked down the altar and proceeded down the narrow path in front of them. Amelia kept her head bowed as the people kept throwing flower petals on them. “Congratulations, Amelia Parker!” She heard someone shout, and she was forced to look up. She looked at the direction where the voice came from and her eyes fell on Ava. ‘Was she the one that greeted me?’ She wondered, when she saw the angry expression she had on as she stared at her. Different people were taking pictures of them from different angles. James kept his facial expression cold, while Amelia was shy and scared. They got out of the church gate, and Helen rushed to stand in front of them. “Let’s take pictures together!” She said to them excitedly. “Mom, I’m tired, okay?” James mumbled, and she shook he
The wedding reception was arranged at the back of the church, in an open field. There was a large white shed to prevent the people and the meal from the sun. Helen and James got to the venue and saw some people were eating already. She searched the place with her eyes for Charles and saw him having a chat with Freddie. They seemed happy. “I’ll talk to your father. Find your wife. I’ll talk to you when I’m done.” She tapped his shoulder and walked up to Charles. James saw Amelia sitting on one of the chairs, she was staring at the meal in front of her hungrily. James scoffed and walked up to her. “If you want to eat it, just eat,” He mumbled and sat in front of her. She smiled faintly and looked up. “I was waiting for you. I was told that I can’t eat until you are here.” James raised his brows and chuckled. “So you decided to wait for me? Why?” “Errmm… So that we can eat together.” “And if I didn’t wait for the reception, would you have still waited for me?” He asked, and she
Amelia picked up her phone and ran out of the room after she saw James was bent on getting his slut naked right in front of her. She cried aloud as she ran to nowhere in particular. She could feel her heart breaking into pieces inside of her. ‘Why did I ever think he would feel something for me?! Why did I believe he would want to have anything to do with me! He has always made it so clear but I keep giving myself stupid hopes! You’re a fool Amelia.’ She ran up to the third floor and entered one of the rooms. She switched on the lights and looked around briskly. She walked to the neatly laid bed and sat on it. She lowered her head and continued crying. At that point, she needed a friend badly, but she had known. “Shouldn’t he have at least done this another day? I would have preferred he ignored me and sent me out of the room alone. Not with another woman!” She mumbled in tears. Her phone began to ring all of a sudden, and she wiped her eyes with her hand and checked who the cal
Amelia was done preparing breakfast, and she served it out on a white ceramic plate. She put some of the crumbled eggs on one side of the plate and the ground turkey on the other side. She placed it on a white tray and smiled widely as she stared at the food. She had tasted it, and she believed he was going to love it. She filled the glass jug with water and put a glass cap in the tray too. She headed out of the kitchen and walked to the dining table. She lifted her feet carefully so that she wouldn’t spill anything. She got to the dining table and looked up to see James seated already. Next to him was the woman that came home with him last night. She stopped in surprise and stared at both of them. ‘Don’t tell me you want me to feed her too.’ She thought. “What are you waiting for? Serve the meal,” James said, and she bounced her head slowly. She placed the tray in front of him and looked at the woman again. She looked truly beautiful and classy. “Why is there just a plate? M
Amelia drove to the company herself. She was happy she could still remember all she was taught at school about driving. James left the house the same time she left too. He didn’t say a word to her but she went ahead to greet him. She wasn’t bothered that he didn’t give her a response. She wanted to focus on the positives alone. She got to her desk at the office and arranged it. She missed the table so much. If not for Helen, she would have never had the chance to work in his company anymore. She began to work on her laptop shortly, when she heard someone approaching. She lifted her head and saw Tina standing in front of her. “Hi, Tina. Good morning.” She let out a bright smile. “Hm,” Tina responded and narrowed her gaze at her. Amelia creased her brows and stared at her. She had no idea why ‘Hm’ was her response. “You seem quite happy. I wasn’t expecting that,” Tina teased. “What do you mean?” “You are living in James’ house now. I believe that is the worse place you can be.
Amelia was done at the company where the meeting took place and headed to her car. She hadn’t spoken to James since they arrived in Florida. She wasn’t sure if she could head back to Alabama without him. She sat in her car and put a call across to Elena. She couldn’t stop thinking of how to get to her apartment without James knowing. “Hi, Elena.” “Hi, Amelia. How are you doing?” “I’m good. And how are you?” “I guess I’m good too.” “I’m very sorry about last night. I didn’t mean to make you cry.” “C’mon, Elena. It’s not your fault. It’s James’ fault. He is the one that made me cry. Will you be able to visit today?” “I’m not so sure, Elena. I’m in Florida as we speak. I just finished a meeting.” “Florida? Wow. So, you went alone?” “No. Mr. James is in Florida too, but he isn’t with me at the moment. He is in his Casino. I don’t know if I’ll be able to come back to Alabama without him. Even if I do come back, it will be late at night.” “That means you can’t come today, right?
James looked up and sighted Amelia and another man from where he stood. He looked closely and noticed they were closer than usual. ‘Are they kissing?’ He stormed to where they were, his heart was racing like a train, his respiration increased, and he was perspiring heavily. ‘Why would another man take advantage of my wife in an open place like this? In my Casino!’ He got to where they were, he grabbed the young man by the hand and pulled him away from her. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?!” He asked, and didn’t wait for him to answer before he threw a punch at his face. “Mr. James!” Amelia called in awe. “Don’t you dare call my name! What do you think you are doing? You wrapped your hands around him, like you were enjoying whatever he was doing to you?!” “She didn’t do anything wrong, okay? Who are you anyways?!” The young man answered, cleaning the blood that busted out from the corner of his lips. “I am her f**king husband, and who the hell are you?! Why are you ki
Amelia and James flew back to Alabama in the same airplane, but they totally ignored each other. Amelia tried looking for ways to talk to him, but James wasn’t ready to even look at her. Though Amelia was sad that he was totally ignoring her this time around, Fred was busy texting her over the phone. He said funny things that made her smile and sometimes giggle out loud. James often stole glances of her and saw her smiling while checking her phone. He wondered what or who could make her so happy over the phone. They got to Alabama in less than two hours and they headed straight to the company. They had a lot of work to do. Amelia was glued to her chair for more than three hours, organizing files, preparing documents, organizing and distributing messages from different departments. James on the other hand left for another meeting at his father’s company. It was a meeting Freddie was going to attend too. Amelia was still working when she perceived a familiar scent in the air. She