Back To You

Chapter 3: Wedding day

September 29, 2011

The wedding day

~Drake

I woke up from the sound of my phone which was set to alarm 2 hours before the wedding. I looked up at the white ceiling in my bedroom. Yes, it's my wedding day today. The day that I've been waiting for has finally come. This day should be one of the happiest days of my life because it will be the day when I can finally claim Alexandra as my wife.

Alexandra, the love of my life. I know it's corny but it's the truth. She's the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. She's different from the girls I knew. She's kind, brave, hardworking, loving, caring, she's everything a man could ever ask for to be a wife.

I first met Alex 3 years ago in the hotel where I met with my Chinese client. She's a teller there and I was mesmerized when I saw and talked to her. Her voice is so calming and she looks like an angel. After our first meeting, I asked my secretary to send her a bouquet of tulips with my name on it. And after a week, I came to see her personally and asked her for a date and she gladly accepted it. Man, I thought I was the luckiest man on earth that day. So we dated for almost 6 months before she finally became my girlfriend.

I introduced her to my family and to my world. Despite her status in life, my family and friends accepted her. It's because they can see the kindness and sincerity in her. That's also why everybody loves her but not like the love I felt for her. It's much more than anyone can offer.

But I think I don't really know her that well. I don't know to myself, I'm so confused at this moment. But I can't erase the fact that I'm hurt from what I've learned about her since last night. When I've known about it, it's like my heart is going out of my chest because of anger, confusion, love, hate. When I heard her cheery voice last night, it's like all my doubts on her was fading.

How can the person I loved and cherished hurt me like this? How?

I think last night's phone call will be the last time I will hear her voice.

The wedding we've been waiting for won't happen. What will she feel about this? Will she be hurt ? Will she cry? Or will she just laugh because I was a fool for not knowing it earlier?

Every time the thing I've just known since last night crosses my mind, my heart is being crippled, my pride is being tarnished. And I think this is enough reasons to justify the thing that I'll have to do.

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