3. God Must Be Joking

"Whaaaat!!!" 

In disbelief, she checked her phone again. Still not satisfied with that. She checked the message on her phone. 

"God... This must be a joke!" 

She ran to her door and went around her big house. Every time she meets her housekeeper she will get the same answer. 

"Are you sure?" 

The old housekeeper looked confused at her young miss's weird question. 

"Ye... Yes.. Miss Nadine. Tomorrow is your wedding day."

Shocking and terrifying, she went back to her room. Her phone suddenly rang and she just ignored the call. Biting her nail to dismiss her shock, she is still trying to process what happened to her. But suddenly she laughed frantically.

"If You want me to pay for my sin, choose before I've forced him to marry me."

She is biting her nails nervously again and begins to think.

"I separated him with his lover once to marry me. Make an innocent man become a cheater and despicable husband. Kill our unborn baby to get his attention. And end my life in misery. Now I have a second chance. I have to fix everything. Everything.... Maybe he and my unborn baby will forgive me and I won't die young."

A smile was plastered on her rosy lips. Her phone was ringing again. She was so annoyed with that call and end up answering that call. 

"Ah father...."

Nadine doesn't seem to care about her father's words. And just playing with her nails. 

"Yes... I know. We will meet him this afternoon. I'll go to the office right now because I've something to say to you first."

Her father's voice can be heard clearly now because she puts her phone on speaker mode. And just leaving her phone on her bed. She walks away to her beautiful white dress that has been displayed in her room. 

"Yes... Make sure you sign everything. He promised to hand over his company to us. And marry you."

She is stopping her slender finger from tracing the gown in front of her when she hears about her wedding. 

"Wait father.... I have something to say. I'll go to your office."

Her father ended their call but she was still mesmerizing her wedding gown. 

"Mother's wedding dress. Such a pity that I wear this with my unhappy husband."

She remembered her wedding day. Her father threw a big party for her. Of course, as the heir of Big Step International, a famous company that runs a big hotel chain, he will hold an extravagant party. 

That day she felt so happy, she felt at the top of the world. Never thinking that her husband would feel miserable beside her. On her wedding night, he avoided her as much as he could. And just leaving her alone to go back to his house. 

"I'm so stupid...." 

After a little while remembering her nostalgic wedding, she had self determination.

"This time I won't be greedy. I'll let you go. Don't worry my Adi."

She left her beautiful gown and got ready to change her fate. 

***

"Anna? Did you get my email?" 

She is checking her laptop while calling Anna. 

"Okay. Please add that to the contract."

She smiles when hearing Anna complaining to her. But she quickly calms her down. 

"Don't worry... I'll handle my father."

Then she ended her call and looked outside her car. She regained her past memories. Today she will meet her husband. He will sign a contract to hand over his dad's company to her. 

"His dad, huh?" 

Then she remembered something. 

"I'm evil... Haah... It's still two days after his father's death. And I pressured him to make this deal."

Her memory wandered around to the past. When she met her husband for the first time.

That night he was attending a company gathering. All of the CEO of the hotel chain gathered at that event. As the representative of her father's company she, attended that event.

Every single person in that room knows her except him. Adrian Miller, son of the small resort owner, Ronald Miller. Every year they will invite a small hotel or resort owner to become their guest. 

Nadine suddenly smiled when she remembered how she met her husband. 

That day was not her day. Her father was scolding her for losing an important contract. They lost from a small company that she had never heard of before. And that is not even the end. Her dress for that night had been ruined because one of her housekeepers accidentally tore it when she took it from her wardrobe. Didn't have enough time to just wear her work attire for that grand event. 

Misfortune God still haunted her because she got stuck in long traffic when she went there. And on that really nice day, it suddenly started to rain when she wanted to enter the building. 

She looks so pissed off and not even in the mood to socialize with that higher rank. Everyone who looked at her didn't want to make a mess with her and just ignored her. Until someone out of nowhere came to greet her with his warm smile. 

"Hello... Are you new too? I'm Adrian Miller."

When she heard his last name, she looked so pissed off. Standing in front of her, there was a man who was just a few inches taller than her. His dark short hair was combed to the back. His warm honey eyes are covered with glasses. He's not muscular like her past ex-lover. Or handsome like a model. He is just a fine, ordinary man. 

He is that 'Miller', the one who took her project. And make her day like an incompetent loser. She wants to take revenge, she wants to humiliate him in front of everyone. 

"Don't you know me?"

He gave her a questionable face. She was just snickering.

"Let's get to know each other. Once again, I'm Adrian Miller, representative of Miller Resort."

He reached out his hand for a handshake. But Nadine didn't want to take it. She kept pissing him off. But Adrian didn't seem to care about her attitude. And keep babbling around his story. 

Knowing his partner was not interesting, he was trying to joke around. 

"Hey... See that fat man over there!"

She just turned her gaze to the fat man who secretly took a macaron and put that snack in his suit. But he didn't realize a beautiful lady standing behind him looked so angry. 

"You know... In two minutes she will tear his ear apart."

She was so fixated with the scene. And just like Adrian said, the woman beside him pinched his ear so hard. That guy looked so in pain and just apologized to her. 

Without any warning, Nadine laughs so hard seeing that funny scene in front of her. 

"That's much better. You look better when you smile."

Realizing that her mood has changed so suddenly, she stops laughing and stares at Adrian, who stupidly gives her a warm smile. 

At that moment, his warm smile was just like a bright sun on her rainy day. With just a stupid joke, she had fallen for him. 

"How do you know about that?"

He smiles again, his face looks so peaceful. And stared again at that fat man who was still being scolded by the woman.

"He is my father and my aunt."

Knowing that she has been tricked, Nadine just lets out a little laugh. Her night was not totally in a mess with that ordinary man beside her.

***

"Miss... We have arrived."