chapter one
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" Are you sure about this?"
Ver asked as she helped me put on the bow in my custom made white and black tuxedo.
" no am not, am angry at all this but I don't have a choice"
I said putting on my best smile, I looked at myself in the mirror, I looked dashing as always and I asked myself the same question; 'am I sure about this '
I could hear my heart racing in my ears, and I tried to calm down as much as I could but it was fruitless, God doesn't sell the air that we breath but right now it felt like I couldn't afford it, because no matter how much air I breathed it did not fill my lungs the I wanted it to.
I took a deep breaths as Ver patted down on my back. I closed my eyes and tried to talk myself into this, like I've been trying to do for the last three months after I was told about the wedding.
'this is inevitable, there are other things worse than a man being forcefully married, like for example......the world could end and....... and......there could be a plague' .
my dad entered and I came out of my little trance.
" it's time" he said as he came and stood next to me and looked me up and down
" you look good, Kayla is lucky" he said with a slight chuckle.
I shot him a deadpanned look and he quickly became serious.
" I know this is not how you imagined your first marriage but it's out of my hands"
"my first marriage? How many do you think I will have?" I asked my father flabbergasted.
" I don't know, however many you want." He said as if he wanted me to know that he was supportive of me in everything I would do but seriously I did not want to be in this marriage..... so f**k his fake supportiveness.
I was about to call out on his bulls**t when Ver interrupted me.
"let's go before you two ruin the happy occasion"
"I'm not happy" this was definitely not my happiest day or occasion for me.
" I know but it's out of my hands, now let's go we don't want to make the bride wait." Ver said as she pushed me and my father out of my room.
" I have no problem making her wait" I shot back trying to delay as much as possible.
But Ver was having none of that, so within half an hour I was sitted in a white Audi outside the chapel where my wedding was to be held.
The chapel was classically built. It looked like an ancient Roman church, well I wish that's all that I could say about it, but This is where I grew up, my mom was a devout christian, she went to all church meetings and was even the church women fellowship chairperson, and as a result it meant that everyone of us had to go to church and also join a group that was at your level.
After my mom died we tried to go but my father and I eventually stopped going only starlet continued to go. it was hard for me to go because of different reasons that were unknown to everyone except me.
I got out of the car and made my way into the church, I took a deep breath and slowly walked down the isle as photographers and some people took photos of me and cheered me on.
I stood on the podium and waited for the bride to arrive with my best friend by my side.
My friends and bridesmaids danced down the isle with happy smiles on their faces, when the last ones got to their sits the music changed to a slow one ushering in the bride. she appeared and right next to her was her father who had the widest smile but one could tell from far away that it was a forced smile, they locked arms and started walking down the isle.
She wore a beautiful curvaceous mermaid dress with lace covering the arms and above the chest, the veil covered her face and swept behind her. no doubt she had chosen the best wedding dress that fitted her perfectly.
Finally she stood in front of me, her head bent down while her father stretched his arm for a firm handshake, " take care of her" he said pulling me in for a hug, " hurt her and I will hurt you a hundred times more" He smiled and put his daughter's hand in mine, then walked to his assigned seat.
"we are gathered here today to witness the union of this two beautiful souls, Edward Watford and Kayla Burke, if anyone has any objection to this union please speak now or forever hold your silence."
We waited for a few seconds, and right now I wished someone would just stand up and object, but those were only wishes, there is a saying that says 'if wishes were horses beggars would ride them'.
" if there's none, let's continue......"
The wedding took hours to finish well around forty-five minutes but it felt like hours. As soon as we were done we walked out of the church holding hands as people cheered , threw confetti and rice to ward off evil in our marriage and danced all around us. We got into the Audi and went straight to the reception, Yep thus was an arranged marriage but they didn't spare any expenses or miss out on anything, this was a fake-real wedding.
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