Luke is an events organizer and moved to Maiami, receiving the best job offer. He had nothing to complain about, if he hadn't had the misfortune of having a neighbor who they met didn't like each other. Jackson is a painter, who lives next door and is convinced. To make matters worse, she met up with the man who broke her heart and left her at the altar, Dereck. She, thinking it would be the most peaceful change of her last years, realized that it was more complicated than she imagined. Even though Luke feels attracted to Jackson, he won't admit it and will do anything not to fall in love, but he will manage to live with Jackson in an indifferent way.
View More"What?!" Susan raised the glasses on her face, stood up, and glared at Clarabelle who was sitting right in front of her.
She was very surprised when she heard what the brown-haired woman said.
“Susan, please… calm down. Everyone's turned this way." Clarabelle took Susan's arm and asked her to sit back down.
Several people in the cafe looked at them because Susan's voice was quite loud. Susan still couldn't believe what Clarabelle had said.
"I have no choice, Susan." When she said that Clarabelle was not smiling broadly. On the other hand, the twenty-four-year-old woman's heart was frantic.
"Are you sure? Won't you regret your decision, Lala?" Susan put her glasses on the table. She stroked the hair on her head roughly.
"This is my only chance. I am very confused. However, I feel this is the way I can do it.” Clarabelle took a deep breath, searching for the right words to describe the plan in her head to Susan.
“At The First Time, I Meet You? My God, Lala…” Susan shook her head violently.
Clarabelle just said if she signed up to be one of the participants in a reality show at one of the television stations in the city of Sydney where they lived. The event was quite booming and had been going on for years, bringing together a man and a woman as a couple for the first time on their wedding day. The pros and cons were still there about the show even though it had been on TV for years.
Susan and Clarabelle were among those who didn't really like the concept of marriage presented on a reality show entitled At the First Time I Mett You. How could two people who did not know each other at all, meet for the first time, at the altar, become a couple, and promise to live together as husband and wife? Very unreasonable.
Then Susan heard Clarabelle clearly say she was going to follow the show. Susan repeatedly patted her heart to reassure herself that she wasn't dreaming.
"Lala, don't you remember our agreement? We will marry a man who is handsome, kind, and loves us. It doesn't have to be a person with money, as long as he has a good job, it's okay. The main thing is that he loves and is loyal. Do you remember?" Susan leaned forward, snuggled against the table, staring at Clarabelle's boyfriend who was also looking at her.
Clarabelle swallowed her saliva. That was their deal, their hope. It was not easy to find the right life partner. But they do not want the origin of a man who was ready to be their companion. There had to be a sense of love that underlied a relationship, let alone a marriage. As it turned out, Clarabelle had deliberately chosen to enter a marriage by participating in a TV program, without knowing who the man she was going to marry was. Magical, wasn't it?
"I know, this is weird, very unlikely. But, given my situation, do I have a choice? I have to get married soon. And I'm not close to any man, Susan." Clarabelle's sad voice sounded again.
If possible, Clarabelle didn't want to have to make that decision either. This was not what she had dreamed of for a marriage that she would live in for the rest of her life.
"Lala ..." Susan still regretted her best friend's decision.
Since they were friends in college, Susan knew Clarabelle very well. The girl's life and struggles, all the pain and wounds because of the men who just played with her. Of course, Susan was very worried that the same thing would happen to Clarabelle.
“Susan, I don't know what kind of man is right for me. Only heartbreak I got when I fond love and you know what a mess I was. The experts will be able to find a suitable person for me.” Clarabelle gave a reason why she intended to join this phenomenal event.
"Hi! How tenses are you two? What is it?" A man of the two women's age appeared. His smile was wide, looking at Clarabelle and Susan.
"Ah, Jack, sit down." Susan grabbed Jack's hand, forcing him to sit next to her.
Out of curiosity, Jack obeyed. He looked at Susan, then at Clarabelle. It seemed that these two female friends were not doing well.
"What's the matter with you guys? Got a boss reprimand?" Jack guessed what happened. The two women were still looking at each other with a strange look. "Ah, are you two fighting? Falling in love with the same guy?
"No, not all," Clarabelle said a little curtly, but her words also made her feel nervous.
"Jack ..." Susan looked at Jack. The look on his face showed she wasn't kidding. "You want to marry Clarabelle, don't you?"
"What?!" Clarabelle and Jack answered in unison, looking at Susan who was clearly not joking.
"Susan, what are you talking about?" Clarabelle became annoyed with that one friend. Instead of supporting and relieving her, it made the situation worse. Jack already had a fiancé. He was already planning his wedding in the next three or four months.
Jack still didn't understand what Susan and Clarabelle were talking about. How could he come and be asked such a strange question?
"Wow... what's this?" Jack looked at the two beauties in turn. He asked for an explanation.
Susan also told Clarabelle's plan with a tone full of worry. Jack, who heard that, was even more surprised.
“Oh, my God! Lala?" Jack looked at Clarabelle with his eyes still wide. "You're not kidding, are you? It's just talking, right?" Just like Susan, Jack couldn't believe that was what Clarabelle was going to do with her life.
"She's not kidding. If she is just kidding will I be this upset, Jack?" said Susan.
Jack looked at Clarabelle who glanced at her.
"Jack, you know Lala is a good woman. Help her. You'd better marry her. Instead of marrying a man who comes from nowhere and she will suffer for the rest of her life." Susan's words were very clear.
Jack and Clarabelle looked at each other.
LUCIEN I wake up early because I have to prepare Carol before going to school. I wake up 15 minutes late, now that I'm anemic, nauseous and dizzy. I'm slower and I can't have the same agility as before, but I'm improving. Dereck gave me his room and went to sleep in the guest room as I ordered. Lazily and drowsily, he gets me out of bed and leaves the room, walking down the hallway until I reach Carol's room. “Carol, wake up... “I say, entering the room and see the empty bed. I hear voices and I walk calmly, because I recognize Dereck and Carol's voices in the bathroom. I look over and I can't believe it when I see Carol already ready and Dereck holding her hair, trying to make a bun. The two talk, laughing. Carol teaches Dereck how to make a bun and the two have fun together. This dedication from Derek moves me. “Lucien, good morning... “Carol notices my presence. They both look at me without understanding what is happening. “ Sleep well? “Derek looks at me smiling. “Yes... “I
Lucien Next morning I was sitting on the bed in the hospital clinic. After so much effort I managed to eat, as she was dying of nausea and lack of appetite. Days later I felt unwell again and ended up in the hospital again. In fact, I had severe anemia and needed care. I finish eating lunch and place the plate on the tray. I pick up my cell phone and start texting my friend, wanting to know about my sister. I'm missing my little one. As soon as I pick up my cell phone and the door opens, I see the vision of Dereck and Carol entering my room together. Carol soon runs to me, carefully sits down on the bed and gives me a hug. “ My love! “I give a lot of kisses, full of longing. “ Are you well? “Yes, but I miss you too. Dereck approaches me with a calm look. “Are you feeling better, Lucien? “ What are you doing here, how do you know “Lorena told me everything. “ It's nothing serious. Thank you and thank you for bringing my sister “ I say smiling, because I can't disguise my happi
3 weeks later Lucien I walk through the garden near my house with my sister, who is now 9 years old. She's getting more and more beautiful and it just fills me with pride. Always on Sundays, from 8am until 1pm, they close the street for walking. It's 9 am on a beautiful summer day. I wear black leggings and a black top, with a cap, and my sister is wearing yellow. Her favorite color. “Lucien, can I have a puppy or kitten?" “Of course you can, but do you promise to take good care of your pet?" “ Promise!" “Okay, this week I'll take you to an animal adoption home and you choose. “Yay! “Carol smiles, jumping. My sister has always liked animals, just like me, but since my dog died ten years ago I've never had another pet. Her name was Betsy, she was my companion and best friend. “Little brother, isn't that Dereck? “Carol points out the last man I want to see on the face of the earth. She runs happily towards him, calling him. “Carol, come back here! “I quicken my steps, wanting
LUCIENI want to hurt him at all costs. I want him to feel what I felt, to live in a dark world like the one I lived in when she simply took me out of her life as if I were nothing. “You’re no use to me.” I never forgot that phrase, but what continues to kill me inside is the way she said it, looking coldly into my eyes and having said it so easily, without even blinking. I didn't know if she ever really loved me or if it was her comfort, as she said the last time we saw each other, before I went to New York. If Dereck knew, I would leave everything for him, because he had everything here. He felt complete and anyway, he encouraged me to fight for more, but he destroyed every good thing I believed in. He made me see that love is for idiots and only serves as a consolation. That social level is much more important and now here I am. I'm on the list of the most successful.I've been in several places, until I got here, fighting to finally have the world I had left without him. I went to
LucienI am stopped, as Dereck closes the door again, blocking my passage.“ You are crazy? “Dereck holds my arm and forces me to face him. “You're the one who's crazy and has a level of infinite arrogance!“I learned that from you.“What did you call me here for, then? To humiliate me? To be arrogant and rude?"What did you expect from me?"I stare at him for a few seconds, with no answer to give him, as I was expecting the opposite. I expected a yes and not just on the proposal, but on everything. I was hoping for a yes to having him back in my life. I expected a kiss and hot sex like other times. I was waiting for that Dereck I had known for four years, who said he loved me and adored my sister. That Dereck, who today was more like a Lucifer, a traitorous angel.Dereck holds my face, puts his mouth on mine. A rough, dominating kiss, as if wanting to demonstrate who the alpha is. A good, suffocating kiss, a mix of love and hate, perhaps more hate than love.“ Let me go. “I push him
3 years laterDerekIn my room, just wearing a towel, choosing the suit I'm going to wear. I go to the wardrobe and see the shirt I wore the day I met Lucien at the strip club, a splendid night and a path to happiness, which I interrupted or which fate did not allow. I show a smile and run my hand over my dress, I close my eyes remembering the wonderful night I had. I remember his hands on me, feeling me, a touch without kisses, but one that managed to cause incredible sensations in my body. I open my eyes, returning with my feet on the ground; I close the wardrobe and finish getting dressed.I had been invited to the opening party of a multinational company called “Lucius”. An international magazine company, and one of the most expensive. This company exists in several places around the world and now it would have a branch here too. I had no idea who the partner of this company is, since it chooses a partner in each country where it has an established branch. However, I know one thin
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