HEAVENHe can't see me. I do not exist in this room.I kept chanting in my head as I picked up my handbag and was about to head to the door when his voice made me stop short in my tracks."What are you doing?" His spoke almost beneath his voice like he was trying to threaten me, causing shivers to run down my spine. Letting out a breath of air out of my mouth, I slowly turned around to look at him with a smile that almost faltered as soon as my eyes landed on him.Blue and brown clashing together as our gazes met. I could feel my heart palpitating for reasons I couldn't fathom as he kept his unflinching gaze on mine.Shit. He was obviously in a terrible mood as he stared down at me like I was a prey that he was ready to devour.But somehow I... No my brain did not care as words flew out of my mouth."Yes? What does it look like I'm doing?" I questioned, my gaze never leaving his. I knew I looked fearl
"What!?" the word escaped from my mouth before I could even bite my tongue. "Why that soon? What's going on, Maria?" I offered the fragments of thoughts I had left as every word in my head flew out as soon as the heaviness of her words settled in.Despite my outburst a few seconds– minutes ago, Maria was calm as she chuckled staring at my face.Don't look at me, I look crazy."I know it's too sudden but can we just do this and get this over with it?" Maria said, her eyes looking like they were drowning in sadness. I exhaled and squeezed my eyes shut. Why was everything turning around so quickly? Everything was moving so fast that I couldn't even process anything before another event occurs. Taking a deep breath and sighing, I said, "let's just do that but fill me in with everything." I know I had said that but inside of me, there was a war going on and when I saw Maria sigh like a load had been lifted from her and her eyes flooded with relief I could not help but question myself i
"Damien is missing," Her words poured on me like ice water, causing me to be speechless. "He has been missing since Wednesday."I felt a rush of excitement immediately. The wedding was not going to hold, I was finally not going to be stuck with that asshole. "So, what is going to happen now? Is the wedding still going to hold?" I tried to keep the excitement in my voice away. Maria exhaled before trying to speak. "Sweetie, I know this is all too much for you but I assure you that it would be fine." It wasn't too much at all. I didn't even want anything to be fine. It was good like this. Maria shoved her stuffs into her bag and hung it on her shoulder and offered me a smile. "You can get changed and go home. I'll text you if there is anything.""Sure." No witty reply, no nothing. She'd better text me that ot was cancelled. She was almost at the door when she turned like she remembered something. "And the wedding is still holding, even if he doesn't show up."And with that statemen
The familiar deep tone in which he spoke to me in made me recognize who it was. I thought he was missing?My thoughts consumed me even as he lifted up the veil and my eyes tried to adjust to the environment. Indeed, it was him standing in front of me in a white suit that made him looked good. Too good that he looked more of a real husband to be than a fake one.I felt nothing but spite as I stared at him. He should have disappeared until the wedding was over, that way I would he humiliated and won't get married to him."Take her hand in yours," The priest clad in a black gown ordered in an Irish accent and he did. "Damien Jones, do you take Heaven Harper to be your wife, to live together in holy matrimony, to love her, to honor her, to comfort her, and to keep her in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, as long as you both shall live?"As long as we both what? Sir, that should be as long as this facade lasts.I was sure he was almost nauseating as it took heartbeat before
I still couldn't get over the fact that I was tricked into this. Staring out of the window, I couldn't stop my thoughts from drifting to Damien. I had left him there without thinking about the fact that he might not be able to go back... I scoffed in disbelief. This kind of thoughts should not come to me, I don't give a fuck about him. All I should be thinking about now is how worse the situation I'm in now has become. I was not just living in someone's shadow, I was forced to without any option.I understand now the reason why Eliana has refused to speak with me. I could have foresaw this but I was just blinded. The driver drove through a large gate held by white colored pillars. Tall trees adorned both sides of the road as we drove further, I couldn't help but notice how beautiful the mansion which sat in the middle of a large expanse of land– was as we rounded the fountain and came to a stop in front of the mansion. I almost thanked the driver for the ride but remembering how
It took me a little while before I was able to compose myself after I was distracted by that jerk.I ran a cold shower to help me calm my nerves further before I went down to join him for dinner. I can't afford to be affected by him again. When I came out of the en-suit, I walked to the closet in order to look for something comfortable to wear but I quickly realized that the clothes in the closet were new ones– Louis Vuitton, Gucci and nothing from the ones in my closet. Not even a trace of me.I preferred to sleep in my shorts and oversized t-shirts but he obviously got rid of them. Rolling my eyes, I begrudgingly slipped on the red negligee I found there and took one last glance at myself. Not satisfied with the way I looked, I picked up a robe before going down. The aroma of food filled my nostrils as I climbed down the stairs. I reached the dining room to find him sitting with an impatient look on his face. It was obvious that he had been waiting for a while now. This thought
I stormed upstairs into my room and immediately reached to my phone. I took in deep breaths before I dialled Maria's number and placed it against my ear. The tone rang for a while but she was not picking up. I tried to call her again but it was still the same.I threw my phone on the bed and began to pace the room as I couldn't just sit. I was beyond frustrated. I hated this. I couldn't understand why Maria loved to throw me into the den of vipers. In as much as I hated to admit it, I felt like I was living with a demon or vampire who can just snap my neck at any minute.I hated it. I hated him. I ran my fingers over my face and into my hair and took in a deep breath before picking up my phone and trying her number again. "Great. Just great!" I exclaimed when I realized that she had switched off her phone. My phone pinged almost immediately and I couldn't help but wish for a moment that it was her. Probably texting to apologise or whatever but it was Eliana. Eli: Hey babesEli:
I didn't expect that the journey was going to be long. After making two stopovers we touched down finally at the Hawaiian airport.I didn't care about the warm air as all I wanted was to get to our resort. I immediately collapsed on the bed after getting to our resort.Not surprisingly, it took me a whole three days before I was able to fully recover from a severe jet lag. On the fourth morning, I felt better than ever.I placed my head on the pillow properly as I turned to face the floor to ceiling windows overlooking the mountain and the beautiful view of a clear river. I don't know how the resort was built but it was built in a way that every part shared a view of either the mountain and the river or the rectangular pool just outside of the resort. A smile appeared on my lips as I stretched out my limbs. I don't regret coming here at all. Eli was right after all. I grabbed my phone from the nightstand, recalling that I haven't informed Eliana that I was here yet. Heaven: Guess wh