Chapter 3

Marcella pov

A young man walked up to her and held her waist from behind, she touched his hand in awareness, holding it tightly with a loving tenderness and they looked into each other’s eyes then he lay a fat kiss on her cheek, my heart immediately sank and I was short of words to speak.

I became painfully unaware of the hundreds of guests watching me, waiting for me, for the grand revelation of the Solis heiress.

I felt a huge lump on my throat and I swallowed hard. My eyes were beginning to swell in tears.

He cuddled her from behind and they looked radiant. They looked perfect. They looked deeply in love.

“Miss…?” A hand tapped my shoulder from behind and I turned, it was my maid, I immediately gained my consciousness and looked back at all those wanting eyes looking at me, they all looked worried and I could hear some of them murmur.

Oh fuck…I didn’t know how long I was silent, I held back the tears as long as I could, I instantly regretted my actions, how stupid I was wanting to come out in front of everyone but I already started the speech so I have to end it.

“Mum…Dad, there’s something I’ve always wanted to say, I feel like you already know it but I just want you to hear it from me…you are the best thing that ever happened to me, I love you”.

I could hear people sweets reaction from the crowd. “Awww…She’s such a sweet girl”. They hall was filled with clapping, my mum feeling so proud, signaled for me to come down the stairs so I rushed down the stairs and hugged her. I didn’t do it because she wanted me to or for the cameras or the guests, I did it because I was drowning in an endless sea of pains and regrets and I needed to hold onto someone who actually loved me.

Then I excused myself. It was my day but I let her have the spotlight, besides that’s how she always liked it.

The party was in my name but my mum was the true celebrant, it’s always been her thing so I let her enjoy her moment. With everyone cheering at my parents I’m so sure no one would notice my absence.

I hastened into my room and locked myself in my bathroom thinking about what had just happened.

She was the reason I consented to a birthday so large, the reason I wore this dress and dressed so pretty, so she would notice me, she also gave me the signs and I was ready, I just wanted to tell the world how I feel about her.

“Mum, Dad…. I love Lucille Parker, yeah, I’m into girls and my heart confirmed it with this pretty lady my heart now beats for”. This was how I was going to say it but now my heart felt torn between words and wars.

“Marcella…”

Maya kept knocking at the door but I ignored.

“If you don’t open up, I’m going to call mum and dad and tell them you’re going to commit suicide”.

I shrugged angrily and got up, yeah I knew my sister too well, if she waited any longer, she’ll make with her threats. I swung open the door and she rushed in.

“Oh my god, you’re a mess” judging from my face, my mascara was all over my face. I just ignored her and sat on my bed.

“You poor thing… you must have been so hurt” she sat beside me brushing the hair off my face.

“Did you know?” I asked her in a quiet tone my sister is a gossip girl always with updates about everyone and everything but this time she seemed unaware.

“No… I didn’t, but how can you claim to love someone and not know they’re straight and clearly not into you” she bashed me with a judging tone but I ignored her.

“She looked so happy with that guy and I asked around, do you know who he is?” She threw the question at me but I still remained mute.

“Okay…. I’ll tell you, that young dashingggggg…….handsomeeeee!! Young man is Patrick Ortega, the Heir to Kilo’s dynasty recently rebranded to the family’s name when his father bought the company and that is the now known NO dynasty, which means Nobert Ortega dynasty and he is the man after her heart, and they’ve been so much in love for sometime now…” my sister kept talking stirring the pain I already felt in my heart, I wanted to explode and tell her about it, the reason I acted that way wanting to come out but I promised to keep it a secret as long as it kept her safe but she kept whining.

“And he loves her so much…they’re in the same college and probably get married someday because they’re crazily in love with each other!!! And she never had an eye for you, she never noticed you…she’s not even gay!!” Maya kept yelling at me and I had my fill I was going to take that secret to my grave but her words were pushing me.

“Why are you yelling at me… “ I tried to hold my ground beyond my emotional breakdown but I couldn’t.

“Because you dragged me into your madness and right now I feel stupid!!” She stood up angrily going to my drawer, I wondered why she was headed there until she grabbed the journal and threw it into the furnace.

“Enough with obsessing about someone that doesn’t know you exist find someone else to love maybe a boy this time!!” She warned me angrily.

I got so mad at her I walked up to her and let it out, that secret I promised to bury a long time ago now I was going to say it out.

“That journal was never mine!!!” I yelled at her.

God!!! I felt so stupid after saying it.. I could read in her expression that she was lost, oh boy was it going to be a long night of lots of explaining.