I sat in a rustic stone barn with pitched ceilings and rustic old beams, in the middle of a 20acre vineyard which overlooks hundreds of olive trees and grapevines. This location is a dream come true for every bride but this aesthetic view is still not helping me relax.
I looked at myself in the vintage full-length mirror, I looked good except for the sweat beads on my forehead, a lace embellished organza tulle ball gown, and my goddamn legs shaking underneath it. My three bridesmaids turning crazier by the second completely panicking.

"I still can't understand why he has to get married like this forcefully? You are spoiling
"What did Jessica want to talk about?" I asked Jason. We are now seated at the main table after lunch sipping the century-old wine."Why do you ask?" He raised one eyebrow."Just" I averted my gaze from him to my wine glass swirling it."Are you jealous?" He smirked at me."I better stab myself to death with this fork." I scoffed at him showing the fork I had my cake with.His smooth laughter filled my ears. "She is asking for a job." He shrugged his shoulders.Ohh!"Can I have everyone's attention? Yeah and the newlyweds too... Stop flirting you two got a lifetime for that now" Ryan raised in his seat and is clinking his glass with a fork."What are you doing? Sit down" I hissed at him."No, I don't want to lose this opportunity to embarrass my best friend and my brother." He chuckled loudly.I sank in my
Oh, God!I looked at the bed in the middle of the barn decorated with rose petals, fairy lights dangling above it. The path from the door to the bed was covered in red and white rose petals. Scented candles lit in the corners.A giant glass candle holder with 6 white biggest candles I have ever seen. A small table next to the other side of the bed with cake and champagne.Did I come to the right barn? I remember it being messy with my clothes, flowers, and makeup. There were barrels of wine on one corner and this giant makeup mirror with lightbulbs around it, where I got my makeup done in the morning. I am damn sure there was no bed in here."Oh wow," I heard Jason gasp next to me. I turned my head so fast at him that I heard my neck make a small cracking sound."What is so wow about it? They all are being too childish." I let out a nervous laugh turning my gaze away from him and took a fe
I went to my room and kept scrolling through Instagram when I received a group video call from Mandy and Reeva.Unknown anxiety raced through my heart. I picked the call and said in fake enthusiasm, "Hey girls, how are you both?""Hi," mandy replied in a dull voice."Are you two even worthy of being called a friend? It's been 3weeks and you both went MIA on me. No call no message." Reeva growled on the other side of the phone making me gulp."A lot was going on. I was a bit busy." I told them."No matter how busy you are, you at least got to reply to my texts. I was worried when both of you didn't reply." Reeva said exasperated.Okay, this is it. This is where I tell them that I got married. Better now than never."Honestly what happened is.." I was cut by Mandy."I broke up with my boyfriend." She sniffled."What?" I and Reeva shouted together. As far as I know, they are crushing on each other since middle school
"Amy, wake up" he shook my shoulder waking me up from my deep slumber. I opened my eyes and stared at him groggily."We are going to land in few minutes." I nodded my head at him and sat upon the bed running my hand through my wild curls trying to tame them.He left the room and took his seat. I followed him quietly and took a seat opposite him. The air hostess asked us to keep our seatbelts on.After landing, we met a man in his 30's waiting for us at the arrivals gate. Dark skinned, medium built, and short buzz cut hairstyle."Welcome to Tanzania Mr. and Mrs. Brown, I am your travel guide, Natron. I will be with you and help as your driver, your guide, and translator too.""Thank you Natron. We appreciate it." Jason shook hands with Natron. Natron took hold of our luggage leading us to the car.After reaching the destination, I was stunned by the place. A camp house is p
The sound of an annoying alarm woke me up. I checked my surroundings. It is still dark outside, why do we have to start at 5? I'm sleeping using Jason's arm as my pillow. We are hugging each other in sleep. What is wrong with me? There is a fucking pillow abandoned on my side of the bed. I strained my hand to switch off the alarm blaring from the phone lying on the bedside table beside Jason. A little bit more and I can reach it. "What are you doing?" Jason's raspy voice startled me. "Trying to molest me while I was sleeping?" "Eww. I am trying to switch off your alarm. If you will leave me then I want to freshen up and go for coffee. I badly need one to stay awake." I told him shoving his arm from my waist. I went to my room and brushed my teeth. Jason called me to get my coffee. He stood with a tray with two steaming mugs of coffee. We sat on the wooden wicke
After another few days in Serengeti, we traveled to Zanzibar by Brown's private jet. Zanzibar, the spice island. We thanked our staff at the campsite and Natron for making our stay at Serengeti smooth.We checked into our beach resort. The pearl white sand, clear blue waters, and swaying palm trees are calling out to me the moment I stepped in here. But, first I need to eat and hit the bed and snooze today.Since we are here in the offseason, the rainy season here... there aren't many tourists. So I was hoping the beach is not tightly packed."We need to go to the prison island," Jason said coming out of the washroom with his hair dripping wet from the shower. He is dressed in his jeans and a towel around his shoulders. My eyes darted to his hard rock chest and his well-toned abs.A stray drop ran through the curves of his abs disappearing into his jeans. I gulped and turned my head towards the
It's weird how we both tried sleeping on our ends of the bed last night but ended up in the middle together. I wriggled out of his hold to get ready for the day's activities. Is this our new normal?The tension and awkwardness decreased a bit compared to the previous night but were still there. We spent the whole day sightseeing walking through buildings with the rich architecture and spice markets. And making pit stops to have some food in our system.We didn't do our mindless rambling but at the same time didn't stay silent. It's like how two acquaintances spend time together, not too comfortable to talk anything but not awkward either.One particular evening, we went on a Dhow boat cruise just to witness the beautiful sunset in the Indian ocean. Sailing on a traditional dhow along the coastline of Zanzibar. Snacks, beer, and soft drinks were served by the staff.Soft music played in the background as th
"Wow, it feels so good to see you both again." Reeva squealed into the group hug. I went to meet them at their place."How are you feeling now?" I asked Mandy holding her palm and giving her a little squeeze."I'm fine now, Thanks'' Mandy mumbled softly."Yeah, now you got the time to talk. You never answered your calls or gave replies to messages. What are you so busy with?" Reeva glared at me placing her hands on her hips.I gulped looking at her. How can this short petite girl possibly make me shiver in fear?"I was busy..." I drawled out."With what exactly?" She pried breaking my hopes that she would leave the matter."Uhh my family from India visited, and I need to spend my time with them." I felt guilty because most of my time is spent moping around in my bedroom thinking about the wedding and Jason. To be frank I didn't spend much time with them.