"I don't want to marry you again Scarlett".
It was like all the blood in my body was draining away. "W... what? what are you talking about?", I asked, my hands were already getting sweaty. "This was a mistake and I don't want to spend the rest of my life with a mistake, I'm not doing this anymore, the wedding is off". "What? no please Carlos, please you're.. you're having anxiety and that's normal, please i-" "I'm done Scarlett ". It wasn't that he was cancelling our Wedding that was making me loose my mind at this point. It was that he was saying this on our wedding day. I was in my weddings dress, doing final touches for my makeup.They were gonna call us in the next 20 minutes.
"Carlos please", I went on my knees. "I've made up my mind already, I'm sorry". "Why didn't you make up your mind all this while? why did you Wait till now? to embarrass her on purpose? to make a fool of her?", my best friend and chief brides maid asked, getting very angry. "Please don't yell at him, he's just stressed, it's the wedding stress, he doesn't really mean it", I said crawling to him in my wedding dress. "I mean it Scarlett, I can't keep pretending that I love you when I don't, and I'm not entering a life time relationship with someone like you... you're a liability, I'm tired of you, gosh Scarlett it's tiring pretending, I don't want to pretend my way to the alter, I'm doing you a favour, to save you from a marriage you'll spend everyday crying, because I don't love you anymore, Goodbye Scarlett the wedding is off", he said angrily and started walking away. But at this point regardless of the fact that he just shamed me in the most brutal way possible, I was a fool. I grabbed his hands begging him, tears streaming down my face ruining my makeup "What do you want me to do to change? I'll do anything you want me to do, I'll be better, I'll change ", I said crying. "Scarlett let this man go, stop letting him make a fool of you, did you hear what he said??". "Carlos you're my entire life, you're everything in my life, please don't do this to me please, I love you, and you know I love you, please Carlos, please, I will be a better woman for you, I will change I will do anything you want ", I shamelessly begged."Scarlett go away, we're done, forever ", he said hitting me away and walking out of the room.
"Carlos please don't put me to shame, please ", I yelled after him "Girl please relax ",all the chief brides maid came around me comforting me and trying to get me to stop crying. "Why... why would he do that to me? I thought he loved me? we've been together for four years, why ? am I not deserving of a happy ending? did I do something wrong?". i cried my eyes out. "What's going on?", my half sister, Isabella came into the room. "Carlos just called off the wedding ", my best friend Diana said. "What? why? Oh my gosh Scarlett what did you do?", she asked panicking. "What did she do? she just got dumped on her wedding day and you're asking her what she did? are you even listening to yourself?", Diana asked getting pissed. "Why will Carlos just wake up and call off the wedding? oh my God mom Is gonna be so pissed, she worked so hard for this ", she said pacing up and down the room. "Isabella if you're not here to comfort her then get out, because you're being so self centered right now. You're not even thinking about the fact that your sister just got the biggest heart break of her life, you're her fooling around!". "Fooling around? why couldn't she just secure this man? why not? why is she so the way she is!". "Excuse me!".The fight was getting out of hand and it definitely wasn't what I needed right now. I immediately took my heels off and ran out of the room to the back of the garden
I sat on the fountain, crying my heart out, thinking of what exactly I had done wrong. I have loved this man with everything in me.Yes he's abusive, he beats me up over the slightest inconvenience, yes he cheats on me, but, I genuinely don't care as long as he just acts like he loves me.
I just want to be loved, is it so much to ask for? Am I asking for too much? After dating for four years, I had to beg him to propose to me. He insisted on having kids first, I think that's why he doesn't want to marry me. Because I refused to have kids with him. Maybe I'll go back and beg him to get the kids first, maybe he'll charge his mind. I saw a penny sitting on the edge of the fountain. They say if you make a wish it'll come true I closed my eyes and was about to wish for Carlos to take me back, then I changed my mind. "I wish I'll find someone who loves me", I mumbled in tears and threw the coin into the water. I pulled my dress up in my hands and buried my head in my dress and broke into another round of hot tears. "Is it Normal for the bride to be crying on her wedding day?". I heard a deep Russian accent say. I carried my head up slowly and was face to face with a very handsome man... I don't know if it was my eyes but he looked like he was glowing. He had short black hair that hung across his perfect looking face, his eyes were Blue, almost white you'd think he's blind. He had a perfect chiseled jawline and a very perfect face. Some people are just naturally perfect, without even trying. He had a cigarette in his hands. "No, but it's worse when the groom decides to dump the bride on their wedding day", I mumbled, cleaning my tears. He handed me a small napkin from his pocket. "Here, beautiful women are not meant to cry", he said handing me the napkin.well..... i i don't know, we haven't the time for it yet what do you mean "you haven't had the time for it yet" you're still on marital leave aren't you?? said Roxanne well yes, but that's not it what is it then said Amy oh I don't know girls, it just it's justttt th th the right moment hasn't come yet silence...... "you're kidding" scoffed Amy are you serious??? said rose "the right moment? what even is that" Roxane said y you know, the right moment silence........ it's not like I don't want valerio, I just don't know why I'm stubborn about sleeping with him... w we haven't had the time for it yet, you know valerio is busy with the execution of the will ...... I said snapping out of my thoughts that's still not an excuse scarlet said Roxanne "no offense but that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard" rose chimed in but don't you want him? said Amy great question Amy said rose of course I do!!! or an even better question, doesn't he
hi girlsssss hiiiiii scarletttt hey beautiful!!! omg I've missed you girls sooooo freaking much I've missed you too said Amy rising to kiss my cheeks me too girl rose said hugging me "I've missed you more" Roxane said standing to hug me have you girls ordered yet? I said settling down on my seat no we were just about to order coffee said Roxane flagging a waiter good afternoon ladies, what can I get you today said the waiter as soon as he approached us "girllll it seems like yesterday we were at your wedding and now it's been a month already" said Amy as soon as the waiter left after taking our orders " yeah girl I can't believe it's a month already, you look soo radiant, that new husband of yours is really taking care of you" rose said yea I noticed that too Amy chimed in "yea girl, he's a total upgrade from the other one, I mean a full upgrade outstanding upgrade" said Roxane smiling "ok okay guysss, I get it" I said feeling flustered "valerio is gr
Scarlett's pov "so you've finally come to your senses and come running back to me Scarlett" said a familiar voice that I know all to well c- ca -Carlos.... I knew you would always come crawling back you worthless bitch i- I-i d didn't "shut the fuck up, you knew exactly what you were doing when you married valerio" he said advancing towards me grinning evily "and now that you've come crawling back in going to show you exactly what I'd do to those who stab me in the back" carrrrlllllooooossssssss noooooooooo gasps I jolted up drenched in sweat it was all a dream, thank heavens I wasn't back to that lunatic, I was here finally free of that monster, I'm here with a new one. one whom I know nothing about..... way to go Scarlett you've done it again....... you've made bad choices on men.... again I know I kind of panicked when nona told me all of those things about valerio... but I didn't expect it to bring back this nightmare, but I do know one thing tho
Thank you for meeting me here, what can I offer you? I have coffee, bourbon, whiskey? A glass of water would be fine "Ok, I'll ring the butler to get you some" I said my hand reaching for the bell Yes sir? Get Mr freeman a glass of water Right away sir I can't thank you enough for honoring this invitation (pouring a glass of bourbon) as a good friend of my father I can only imagine how his death must have affected you, given the circumstances and all.... Oh why yes Mr Alessandro, your father was a good man and his death was very quite unfortunate but I believe he is in a good place, a better place, I believe he's resting with our lord...(butler setting down the water before him) Which is why we must make a toast to our beloved father and good friend who may not be with us here, but his legacy lives on (raising his glass) to Georgio Alessandro "To Georgio Alessandro" repeated Mr freeman their glasses clicking Speaking of legacies did my father
Scarlett pov what the hell just happened??? I muttered still frozen, why would he act like that ?? **footsteps approaching** "What happened here!!!" exclaimed nona "I heard shouting and valerio refused to tell me anything!!, what the hell happened here!!! "Scarlett!?, SCARLETT!!???," nona said rushing towards me "GET VALERIO QUICKLY" nona gestured to maid that I had now noticed holding a tray of food and another maid holding something else "i- I'm fine nona" I said quickly snapping out of my frozen self once valerio's name was mentioned What the hell happened here Scarlett nona said in calm voice "I-i- I- h- h-he-e" I said sputtering, the words refusing to come out "it's ok my child" nona said softly leading me to the bed "let's get you dressed up first and fed then we can talk about it" she said gesturing to one of the maids to come closer, the maid handed her some fresh clothes "here, go change into these" she said handing me the clothes " set up the food anne
Scarlett's Pov "is it me or does this man look soo fine from this angle" I thought looking up.at him as he carried me up the stairs, nona behind us "I wonder what his lips taste like,they look so plump, I wonder how he's going to react if I just kissed him, I wonder if he would take m........" SCARLET?!!!!! said valerio snapping me out of my forbidden thoughts "did you hear what I just said" said valerio looking at me And for a split second I could see him looking at me amused , but it was gone as quickly as it came "did you hear what I just said Scarlett" he said repeating it u-uhmm w-h-ha-a-tt i-i uh-h-h w-w I said sputtering "I was asking if you've had anything to eat" he said in an amusing voice almost breaking a smile no I haven't I said suddenly feeling very self aware " how could I" I thought to myself "its been a rollercoaster of emotions and events today and I haven't even had time to process it" I was so lost in thoughts that I didn't realize that we'