NATHALIE’S POV-I felt like I had only fallen asleep for a second. Then I sensed Brianna’s tiny hands on my arm, shaking me awake.I opened my eyes and looked at her with a smile."Good..." I coughed without opening my mouth. I did this for proper speech as my throat felt very dry.“Good morning, baby.” I greeted.I cleaned my eyes because there was some dirt in them, and also to open my eyes. Something heavy feels like it’s on my eyelids, and I can barely open them.After wiping my eyes, I eyed Brianna.She’s pouting her lips, both sides of her lips are down and both sides of her eyebrows are raised.I’m glad she’s no longer hiding her true feelings behind her inexpressive look. Her worry was palpable, and it unsettled me deeply.I got up, then helped her get up.“Baby, are you having problems?”She shook her head.“Why are you sad?”She pointed at me.My eyes widened at what she did.“Me?” I pointed at myself too.She lowered the hand she was pointing at me and nodded.Maybe it was
NATHALIE’S POV-I proceeded to the room and carefully put Brianna on the bed. She was still so sleepy that even after I changed her clothes, she still didn’t wake up.I removed the trace of make-up from her face with the face wipes. I also removed the braids from her hair.“I hope you like the pair of clothes I put on you, baby.” I whispered laughing. Knowing how picky she is about what she wears.I kissed her forehead. “I’m going to change clothes first, baby. Sweet dreams.” As I rose, I disposed of the used wipes, gathered my scrub pants and underwear, and then I exited the room. He was just emerging from the bathroom when I saw him; his face was wet, and so were a few strands of hair around his face. He was now wearing a shirt and his pajamas.“There’s only one shirt left in the closet. Wear that one, Nathalie.”“Thank you, sir.”“You still don’t have slippers, Nathalie?” He took off the slippers he was wearing. “Use these, Nathalie."He bent down to hand me the slippers.I star
NATHALIE’S POV-The other programs continued without any problems and were fun.The three of us, Sir Calix, Brianna and I — stayed at our table while eating BriW chocolate ice cream.Meanwhile, Sir Calix was drinking wine. He had already drunk a lot of wine, so many times he was given a wine glass until he was given a bottle with a bucket of ice. I sat next to him, with a seat between us so Brianna wouldn’t smell the wine.His parents had left while Harrison and I went to the garden.Harrison was in front; he was a participant in the garter toss.I’m thrilled to see who catches the groom’s garter. If Harrison catches it, I'm sure there’s going to be fierce competition among the women.“The groom will throw the garter after! Three! Two!” The host paused, intensifying the situation.“Three!” the host suddenly shouted into the mic. then Mr. Wallace threw the garter to the participant and Harrison caught it.The instant Harrison caught the garter, a chorus of excited squeals erupted from
NATHALIE’S POV-“Huh?!” I asked in a high-pitched voice.“I just walked you here to make sure you got here safely. Calix is already inside, so I can leave you without worry.”I frowned. “What does Sir Calix have to do with it?”He shrugged, a smile playing on his lips in response.I put that question aside. “Let’s go inside.” I insisted again.After I expressed my feelings to him, we talked for a few moments until I invited him to come back to the venue. At first he didn’t want to, but after I insisted several times, he agreed to come back here.And now, his reason is just to accompany me? I don’t want to believe that reason.I crossed my arms. “Is there anything you don’t want to see inside?”We are outside the venue; the door was behind me. The guards who were here watching were already looking at us.“Don’t tell me.” I approached him with almost no space between our feet and faces.“Why are you so close?” I could barely hear him; his voice was so soft.“Is there anyone you don’t w
NATHALIE’S POV-“If you believe you’re no longer feeling affection, you are mistaken. You never stop loving. Everything you do, all your reasons, are out of love. There has been a chance that the way you love has changed.”“Let’s say, how you feel. Do you stop loving? You never stopped loving. Why do you protect your heart? Because you love yourself. You never told your mother the truth about your perspective in this situation because you don’t want her to worry. You don’t want your mother to worry about you because you love her. See? You never stop loving, Nathalie.”I listened to Harrison’s whole speech. Every word that comes out of his mouth is soothing.His words lightened the weight I experienced. He also cleared my mind, which I can’t explain how he did .One thing for sure, I didn’t expect anyone like Harrison, a handsome rich-man with a good profession, to talk and listen to me about this.He wiped the area under both my eyes, and then I felt the itchiness of my eyes because
NATHALIE’S POV-“Excuse me.” I grabbed the server’s attention again to bring the soup with bread and butter.“Yes, ma’am? How may I help you?” he asked after placing the appetizer on the table.“Where’s the restroom?”He pointed me in the direction, and after that I thanked him and left.I looked at the table where Sir Calix and Brianna were.I was shocked to see Sir Calix not just looking at me; he lock his gazed at me. I pointed in the restroom's direction to gesture that I was about to leave. Her forehead twitched. He was about to stand up, but Brianna pulled his coat..When Sir Calix shifted his gaze to Brianna, I got up and hurried to the restroom. I could no longer stop the urine in the air-conditioned cold. After I urinated, washed my hands, and was ready to leave, I glanced in the mirror and saw my reflection.To my surprise, my makeup and hair still looked good. It’s been a while since I’ve done this.I’m shy to praise myself, but I felt beautiful tonight. I press my lips