My Revenge His Regret

Chapter 8

Analisa's POV

It is officially my birthday. I wish I could say I was excited, but I most definitely am not. When people usually celebrate one's birthday, it is a joyous occasion. However, this is not the case for my family. It is an opportunity to network. I can feel myself at my breaking point and I know when it breaks I am going to lose the perfect image my parents forced on me. Yesterday, my godparents spent the day with me and my parents were not happy about it. Me and my godparents did go to the spa, which surprised the staff because my godfather joined us. It was a sight to see. He is so stiff but so funny and kind. I love seeing them together. I want a relationship like theirs. You can clearly see how much they love and respect each other.

Most girls have to go pick a dress they want to wear for their party, not me. My mother made me a dress. I know I should be grateful, but I hate the dress. It is itchy and so tight I can barely breathe, not to mention the built-in corset feels like it is stabbing me all throughout. My mother would not listen and told me this is the style that looks best on me. It looks and feels like a wedding dress. My mother said it's not because she would never allow me to wear an emerald green princess-style gown. Yeah, the color theme she chose is emerald green, topaz blue and gold. Ironic because, minus the gold, they are the colors of my eyes but not the same shade.

I spent most of the day getting ready for this stupid party I did not even want. I do not know half of the people invited. If it had been left up to me, then I would have had a small gathering.

Days like this, all that training I went through comes in handy. I also received the email with all the details this morning at 8am. I know I will not be blindsided today. I know everything that is supposed to go down. My godfather is currently going through the contract my parents arranged with Austin to see if there is any way for me to get out of it. Leave it up to my parents to force me into marrying someone I want nothing to do with. If I have to go through with it, I am going to make sure I am not the only one miserable. Their perfect image is flawed and everyone will see it. I have so much crap on everyone around me. Yes even Declan. I need to be 10 steps ahead of everyone, because in these industries, it is cut throat and the last one standing is the most capable.

The only thing that can be used against me is my relationship with Declan and our PDA. They could mention Declan's infidelity but nothing serious was caught on camera, only pictures of him around other girls. No kissing, hugging or anything s****l in the photos, only arm grabbing and closeness.

"Are you ready baby?" I turned and saw Declan standing ready to go into the venue of the party. I forgot about him being my date until he showed up. I do not even remember leaving the mansion. "Yes, please do not call me that in public. We are not together anymore." He gave me a sad smile. "I love you and we were together for years. It is hard not to give you affection or call you by endearments." I glanced at him and sighed. "Now is not the time for sweet sentiments. It is time to show the world that even if we are no longer together, we are still friends." "I don't want to be your friend, I want to be with you. We had plans to get married at 21 and have kids at 25. What happened to our plans?" I scoffed "My parents and your cousin happened." I could see the door was about to get opened when I added. "Declan, please I beg you do not do anything impulsive or stupid tonight because I will not be able to save you." I got out of the SUV with a smile.

I get my photo taken as Declan steps out. The paparazzi and reporters are having a field day asking question after question. I tilt my head and slightly raise my hand so they know I am going to speak. "I know you all have questions you want answered, but I do not have all night to answer these questions. I will, however, say that although me and Declan are no longer an item, we are still close friends and we will remain in each others lives. Our break up is not because either of us stepped out on the other. We still do love each other, but because our futures no longer align. And no, I am not hooking up with my assistant. He is also a person I consider a friend even if he is on my payroll. Thank you."

I get inside and am bombarded by my parents about being late to my own party. They should be lucky I showed up at all. They start to pull me in all directions, introducing me to people they want me to meet. Not like I will ever communicate with these people again. They all look at Declan curiously when they notice he is following behind me but no one asks about him and they do not address him either.

Halfway through the party, Declan disappears. I just shrugged, thinking maybe he had gone to the restroom, until the sound of a microphone got my attention. I looked at the stage and there he was with microphone in hand. "Hello everyone. Most of you don't know me, but I was Analisa's boyfriend for the last few years. I know some of you already know the gossip about our break-up. Analisa, if you could come to the stage I want to ask you something." He can not be serious right now. It is so obvious what he is about to do and I really do not want to embarrass him in front of so many people, but it is going to happen. I walk to the stage and he turns and drops to one knee. There are gasps and snickering. "Baby I love you so much. Let us please move past the errors of my mistakes. Will you marry me?" I am about to answer when a deep but loud voice answers for me. "Get up boy, she will not be marrying you. Her mother and I have already chosen a man for her to marry and it is not you." My father could not just let me turn him down gently, could he?

The room erupts in laughter and I go to help Declan up when someone stops me. I turned and saw Austin holding my arm. I looked back at Declan and he was red from embarrassment. I warned him and he did not listen to me. Declan managed to get out, "Who?" I turned to look away from him as I saw a tear escape from his eye. I want to comfort him and protect him. Austin laughs and then casually says "Me." I can feel the anger run through my veins as the word comes out of his mouth, but I hide it. I whispered to Austin. "Let me go so I can comfort your cousin. This is embarrassing without you making it worse." He nods and releases me. I made it quickly to Declan's side. I pull him into a hug as he cries. I then whispered to him. "Why don't you listen to me?" He sniffled and said "Did you know or is this a surprise to you too?" I gently pulled away from him and looked directly into his eyes. "Let's talk in private." He nodded as I led him to a private room. I hear movement behind me and I know there are 3 people following behind.

I heard the door close with a click. I guided him to sit down before softly saying, "Declan, you should know by now nothing can surprise me. Yes, I know I found out this morning. I did not want other people to know that I knew, but I did warn you and even tried to hint about it throughout our messages and conversations today. You are smart but dumb when I warn you and keep you from embarrassing yourself. I have known something weird was going on for awhile now. You were tested twice, by Austin and my father. They picked some interesting girls. I must say they are nothing like me at all, so kudos to them. It also showed me that you have a weakness and that you are also not 100 percent sure if I am exactly who you want to be with."

He looked down at the floor. "I do want to be with you."

I chuckled dryly. "We have been together since we were 13 and obviously the lack of options made you question if that was really true or not. Your cousin is more dedicated to showing me he wants me than you are. It is rather embarrassing if you ask me."

Austin adds his 2 cents. "I do know what I want. And it was love at first sight for me."

I turn and scowl at him when I say, "Some people get obsession confused with love. I, however, know the difference and also have enough self-respect to know when to give up because someone does not want me, especially if said person is in a serious relationship with another." I hear a sigh when I add. "One should not only respect themselves but also those around them. It is common courtesy."

My mother says "You should be nice to the boy we chose for you to marry his father in influential."

I rolled my eyes at her. "Do you think I care about being surrounded by influential people? I don't, they are nothing but ignorant and arrogant assholes. Besides, the same influential person you speak of is also related to my Declan or did you forget that? Most parents want their children happy and would move mountains to make it happen, but not you guys. No, you will move those mountains to block the path to my happiness and add landmines, so I am trapped in the place you want me so I can never leave." My father says, "Its not like that we only want what is best for you."

I looked directly into his cold dead eyes. "You say you want what is best for me, but how is Declan not what is best for me? We are the same age. We have been dating since we were 13 and you are friends with his parents. He is also an academic scholar and does modeling part-time. He is going to college and has a job. His family runs in the same circle as us and he has remained faithful to me. Compared to Austin, who is an athletic scholar and does the bare minimum at school. He only took up modeling and acting because he wanted to impress me as well as you both. He is younger than me and is still in high school. He just lost his virginity not long ago and has had s*x with numerous girls since then just so he could stop stuttering around me due to his nervousness. Let me tell you about those girls he chose to sleep with. They will never compare to me because I am intelligent and my beauty is beyond something they could only ever imagine, and never obtain, not even through surgery. Not to mention, they have small standards and sleep with anything that has a p***s attached to it or anyone willing to have s*x with them. They have all had to be treated many times because of their interest in sex." I turned and looked at Austin. "Is it still attached? Did they make you feel special? Do you really think I want to touch you after you touched them? Did you know I am disgusted being in your presence or that you touched me on stage in front of everyone? I want to throw up thinking about it. You know what. Let me ask you something else. Why would you want me when I was with your cousin?"

He turns away and I know he is embarrassed. I add, "Austin, you and my parents may have forced me into yet another contract and you think you won. I will be forced to marry you because there is no way out of that contract, but know this, I will make you regret ever interfering in my life as well as my relationship with Declan."

Declan runs out of the room before I finish my sentence. I got up and hurried to follow after him.