"What?!” Josephine exclaimed. “How more shameless can he get? Isn’t he satisfied with ruining my wedding already?”
“He came here with Maya yesterday and it looks like they have something up their sleeves,” Gabriel said.“Or maybe Maya is the one pushing him to it?” Matilda said and Josephine frowned.“I don’t think she understands how it feels like to be cheated on or to see your dream wedding being snatched from you and happening to someone else.” Josephine fumed.After seconds of fuming over it, Matilda questioned, “So, will you be going?”“What?” Josephine looked at her and thought about it. She wasn’t sure anymore. “Are you guys going?” she asked.“Well, yes. And we were hoping you would also come,” Matilda replied.“But why? Why do you want to go? Even Mrs. Lewis told me to think about it and now Brian?” Josephine huffed.“Since you said you were over him, I thought you would have a plan in mind. Like a revWhen they arrived at Brian’s apartment, Josephine didn’t disappoint Sullivan this time as she waited for him to get the door for her.“Thank you Sullivan,” she thanked him and Sullivan bowed his head a little. Gabriel also got down from his car and they both walked to the front of Brian’s front door.Maya, who heard the sound of vehicle, peeped from the window, thinking that Brian was back but a frown settled on her face when she saw two black vehicles; one which looked expensive and the other which she recognized to be for Gabriel.“What is he doing here?” she muttered in a low voice and her eyes darted to the side to see who owned the expensive Sedan.Maya saw a young man who quickly hurried to the side to open the door for whoever it was and when her eyes fell on Josephine, her jaw dropped a little and then she saw how the young man bowed his head after Josephine said something to him.After the time Maya saw Josephine in the shopping mall where a well-to-do man defended her after
Sullivan parked in front of Lucas apartment and hurried over to open the door for Josephine. Even though he didn’t fully like her and thought she had bewitched his boss, he couldn’t help but worry about what had happened in the house she went to pack her things where her mood had turned off unlike when he first saw her in the morning.“Miss?” Sullivan called her and Josephine who had zoned out quickly zoned back in and she turned her head to the side to see Sullivan standing outside.“Oh! We are here,” Josephine said, just realizing that they were back in Lucas apartment and she got down from the car.After Sullivan shut the door, he went to open the booth and brought out her bags before closing it. Sullivan carried the bags to where Josephine was and said, “I will drop these inside for you.”Josephine was about to refuse when Sullivan started walking and she had no other choice than to let him do it. When they got to the front door, Josephine turned to Sullivan and said to him, “I wi
Lucas sat in his office, lost in his past when a knock suddenly brought him back to reality. He sighed and ordered whoever it was, “Come in.”The door opened, revealing Sullivan who walked in and went to stand in front of him. “Sir, Miss Josephine is back home safely as you ordered,” he reported.Lucas took seconds before asking, “Anything I should know?”“She seemed to be thinking about something after she went to an apartment to pack her things,” Sullivan revealed.Lucas brows pulled together and he repeated, “Pack her things?”“Yes. There seem to be a little misunderstanding between her and another woman in the house.Lucas looked confused a bit. The person Josephine said she was going to visit was someone she said cared about her and from the way she said it, the person seems harmless, except she didn’t tell him her other plans. She must have gone to her ex-fiancé’s place, Lucas came to the conclusion and his face turned sour.With a raise of his hand, he dismissed Sullivan but be
The Wedding Day...Josephine sat in front of the mirror, staring at her reflection and asking in her mind if she was making the right decision.“Jose, think about it. You need to make him realize that you are over him and that he is not winning. Show him you moved on and you are a lot happier than when you were with him,” Matilda’s words came to her and a sigh escaped from her lips. It was not like she was having a second thought after telling Lucas she would be attending the wedding and he would come with her.Josephine stood up from the small stool she sat on and walked to her bed where a lilac dress was neatly placed. She picked it and stared at it before putting it on. When she was done dressing up, she walked back to stand in front of the mirror to check herself out. The dress accented her curves and bared her shoulders while also exposing her long perfect legs, and a smile appeared on her lips as she thought in her mind that if only Brian had waited a little bit more, all of wha
Josephine did not bother to look in the direction of where Maya and Brian stood and instead, her eyes were on Lucas. She does not need anyone to tell her that there was lust in Maya’s eyes and Brian is probably eating his heart out.“There is something I forgot to tell you. You look incredibly beautiful,” Lucas said and Josephine blushed at his words before he pulled her face closer and gave her a kiss on the forehead. He tossed the key to the valet and they left after telling the man their suite number and to put their bags in their suite. Josephine felt Lucas pull her closer to him and they started walking towards the hotel. Josephine could feel people’s eyes on them, some of who were just arriving as them but she did not spare any of them a glance. She held her head high and one would not know that she was the same person who got her heart jilted.When they entered the hotel, after passing Brian and Maya with some of their bridesmaid, Josephine heard Lucas ask, “Is that your ex?”
When Josephine stepped into the ballroom with Lucas, it was not long before the people present started gushing on them and those who recognized who Lucas was, wanted to get close to him, but Lucas placed his hand around Josephine as if to signify that he was hers and that made Josephine smile. There were hundreds of eyes staring at them, some which were the people she recognized from the party of the night where she had ran out of Brian’s apartment and the looks on their faces made Josephine hold her head high.Taking her focus away from the people, Josephine felt her heart go heavy at the sight of the ballroom and her she fought back the tears that threatened to spill from her eyes. It was exactly the way she had imagined it to be and everything looks perfect, except for the fact that she wasn’t the bride anymore.When she looked up at Lucas, he gave her an encouraging smile and just then, Matilda appeared with a smile and led them to their seats. Josephine could feel people’s stares
Lucas and Josephine went back to their seats where Matilda kept cheering for her and Gabriel gave her a knowing look. “You both killed it! It’s your wedding after all,” Matilda said and they enjoyed dinner where they had buffet for guests and while Gabriel and Lucas were busy chatting together, Josephine looked at Matilda and saw her smile.“You didn’t have to wear the ring,” Matilda pointed out and Josephine looked at her finger where the ring was.“I don’t,” she said to her and she brought out the ring Brian had given to her.Matilda looked confused at first before her eyes widen immediately. She took the ring and compared it with the one that was on her finger. “I can see the difference now. Gosh! Everyone believed the ring was expensive then. I can’t believe he would even do that to you.”Josephine smiled and Matilda leaned closer to her before asking in a low voice, “Did he propose?”The smile on Josephine’s lips tightened and she replied in the same low voice, “It’s just for th
After dancing with Mrs. Lewis, she commented on the ring that Lucas gave to her and she blushed. She thought her mother would never notice it but she had seen it since she invited them over at their table. “Uhm...mother?” Josephine called and pursed her lips before speaking again, “Did you say anything to Lucas?” Of course, Josephine knew what she had said because Lucas told her, but she wanted her mother to say it herself.Mrs. Lewis smiled and replied her, “That is between the two of us.”Josephine smiled and then she later went to dance with the other relatives. After the dance, Josephine decided to walk back to her table where Lucas and the rest was and that was when she bumped into someone...or the person intentionally bumped into her.Regaining her balance, she looked at the person and saw that it was Brian’s mother; Mrs. Davis. Josephine had seen her sitting at the front table and she saw her carrying the sweetest smile where deep down, Josephine knew she was faking it. She sh