Fake Fiance, Real Feelings

Chapter one continued

She had no idea that the path ahead of her would put a hundred of her staying power, touch her innermost substance of soul, and finally would figure out the reason of love in her life. The episode on abortive betrothal and true sentiments had just began and Evie was about to find out that the best love stories come up from the chaste encounters.

The Dance of Deception

The grand hall, with its flashing lights and deafening noise, started to fade away in Leo's mind, eventually replaced with the peacefulness of his country estate. Evie was in front of Leo's study with her heart drumming like a tambourine with both excitement and happiness. It was high time she began a frank talk with him regarding her deep-seated emotions, and uncovering the complicated layers would enable them to be seen beyond the pretentious masks and that had been there for far too long.

In the instant she stepped into the room the scents of old leather and aged paper overwhelmed her, quoting one more sentence to a speech of school learning. Leo, his fingers tapping against the mahogany desk he was reading documents from, watched curiously at a completely serious manner. Evie hesitated for a moment, as she never really expected to see Alpha standing there, looking at her with an intensity in his face that evoked the militant perseverance she wanted to see.

Her heart pounded wildly in her chest, but she made a deep breath, cleared her throat and almost instinctively startled him from his work. With a glance at each other, the surroundings then became nonexistent having realized their place in the vibrant world outside. It would probably be a freeze frame scenario and the effect of it would seem that time didn’t even exist with our only focus of existence becoming this moment of truth and vulnerability.

The flickering of her eyes led to an illusionary feeling of his soul. He knew. He felt that the masquerade which they were on was no longer the very expression of what they dreamed of and said to not be limited so. A longing battle was contained by him because of the blame between duty and desire that he was struggling with, he had this realization that their association was more than a mere act.

After another deep breath he indicated his other chair for Evie to sit down. The enormity of this unspoken feeling of theirs was never explicitly acknowledged, but which hung thick in the air, creating a palpable tension which neither of them could ignore for long.

He whispered into her ear, "We both have tasted it," hers as much as mine. Those tender words granted her a feeling of oneness with him. I have reached the end of my tolerance and I cannot be the only one who has been disturbed by this. The border between our role and reality has become thin and there is no way I can deny the gravity of these feelings.

As the phrase "cherry on the top" popped into her mind, Evie's heart leaped at his confession with a ripple of relief which seemed to wrap her in a warm, soft cuddle. To her mind, it could just be so that her feelings were all-one sided, that she had invested in an unbalanced connecting network. However, since the moment when Leo spoke out, I could doubt no longer. The mask that we had tried to keep hidden under our complex existence was finally laid bare.

As they softly listened in the quiet of the study, Leo started to lay bare what he went through, the conflicts he had encountered in the course of his endeavors as he juggled between his desire to deliver for his funders and to have an actual connection with people. Evie was gaining more and more insight after every meeting she had with Mr. Thompson, as her heart became filled with sympathy for the man that she didn't consider just a business anymore.

In the middle of that instant the fences which had put them in their confines, were broken down and stood before a naked soul. These were tinged with narrations of their hopes, fears and mind in which I could relish. It was dancing with all my heart open, an authentic impulsive expression that connected me with this stranger in a surprising way.

Weeks became months, this is how their story developed by a roller-coaster completing of little acts of love and desire. They could now navigate the complexities of their fake engagement with much more clarity, knowing that they were now one step closer to the feelings that they had always held and had never stopped to act on.

Not just the world, but even our own breathing would have been held in suspense, wonder and some of doubt mixed in our eyes. Social nametag urged and conjectured. So their accusatory judgment was always around, just showing their acceptance limit. On the other hand, their love became firmer and matured each day, it growing stronger as they stood by each other.

The journey they had to face wasn’t easy but in the worst circumstances, they were confident they could overcome anything. With threat of shades of their troubled past beginning to plan for uncertain future ahead, the obstacles they overcame now and then the strength of their togetherness was a test to their relationship. But they went through every storm together, and with every storm they looked back, proving that their love had only become stronger and more decided.

Finally, the first chapter of their story was ended. The moment of the new beginning between Leo and Evie came. They had gone against all odds. So much more than accomplishing challenges, they have offered interesting discoveries, and true pioneers went further than exploring what's already known. We've cottoned this time the tale of the fake fiancé and the real feelings like almost they turned into a love story that would be the subject of a fairy-tale which would be eternally carved on heart.

Little as they were aware that their journey was only at the beginning. The road forward will always feature unanticipated turns and yields, and this is one of the reasons they need to keep on struggling and not giving up. Though brought on their team by love, they were not going to give up on each other no matter what was coming their way.

Thus, when the last pages of the first chapter were read, Evie and Leo faced the fear of the unknown, but with each other they recognized they had a force greater than that of anything else that could go against their future. In the midst of their hearts winding together, they took the next step with utmost excitement, ahead of the realization of the magnitude as well as the magic lying beyond the scope of the world.

The study that Evie and Leo were sitting in saw the couple's hearts unguarded. Thus, the two traced a route for exploration and emotional discovery. What started out as pretence, their fake relationship gradually blended until both cannot help but feel the true emotions they pretend not to have.

Trend by trend, with each day, their connection was getting stronger, and their mutual experiences were becoming more and more significant. There they used to trade for long periods of time, experiencing laughter, talk, and deep discussions that stretched from superficial to intricate matters and the next step of their lives. Meet Evie who just steadily blew her mind by the different personas of Leo shown in every layer of his personality. That was truly a groundbreaking number.

Even Leo, a relative quiet one, also enjoyed being around with Evie. Only with her, he felt he could vent the hefty loads of expectations and be exposed, spilling out the uncertainties and fears he could not talk about before. They felt backed up by each other on those occasions when the stress of their daily affairs would have been entirely suffocating, and in that place they could be all, just themselves.

As was the case with the passing of days to weeks, their bond crept into the media and spread even beyond their private circles. The real smiles of pure love shone so bright between them that the community had come to know and admired their positive glow, with the widespread gossip going on about how their public relationship was different and surpassed the underlying fake love story. They also gained more attention than they wanted, as trivial details about their life became the subject of stories in the gossip columns, and the elite became interested to know every move they made.