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Chapter 16: Martyr

LUCREZIA

I exhaled loudly as if a heavy boulder of rock is lifted off from my shoulders. I shut my eyes, my hand automatically reaching for my rapid beating heart.

I still couldn’t wrap my head around what had just happened. I couldn’t believe that I’m already engaged with Pietro just like that.

Last time, we just had a fight and in another spur of the moment, we’re now engaged.

I had no idea that this could actually happen in real life. The whole thing wasn’t sweet and romantic as I had hoped for, as any women had hoped for in a marriage proposal. What happened was far from how things are depicted in the movies.

The whole thing was a mess and things happened unpredictably. Just when I was ready giving up my love, Pietro swooped in and swept me in his arms.

Pietro’s proposal wasn’t any good either. It wasn’t some sort of a dream I had that was fulfilled. He made it clear that our marriage would only be a marriage of convenience.

What is marriage without love?

I guess I’m about to fin
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