CHAPTER 23

I stand up from my place, I laugh in disbelief at what he said as I run my right hand over my face, I ask him if it's some kind of joke, but he replies with a simple no. I've seen this before, I saw it also with an Erika relationship, the guy didn't want anyone to know about his relationship since at the end of the story is that he had another girl he was dating.

—No. Ultimately that's not going to happen. Being someone's secret, never, I'd rather pretend than this.... —I think about what I'm going to say. —You force me to accept this absurd marriage and then you tell me that it's better to keep it a secret. —I was really about to explode.

—If this comes out... your parents will know and all the media will want to know about you, they will follow you as if they were your shadow and I don't think you are ready for that. So it's for the best.

—You think so?

—Yes.

I ended the conversation by making him think I had accepted his decision, I slept in another room as I was really upset that