A Bloody Mess

Ella's POV

The last week has been unexpectedly okay, I really thought that I couldn't go through with this. After the party I went home to an empty apartment and everything in there reminded of the life I had with Chad and it made me wonder about the life I was to start with Alex. Chad and I are over for good. After a lot of crying on my part, I finally fell asleep only to be woken up by a loud knock on the door.

" Go away..." I yelled from my bed which was useless because the walls are sound proofed. I didn't want to get out of bed, I mean how could I when I was heartbroken like this? I stayed in bed hoping that the person knocking on my door would eventually leave but they didn't, infact, the knocking only got louder. I reluctantly got out of bed and went downstairs. I opened the door and Alex was standing there with coffee in his hands.

" Oh it's you..." I said in an irritated tone and left the door opened for him to come in.

" Wow, and here I was thinking that my beautiful fiance would be happy to see me, especially since I brought her coffee. " He said. Well I might not be happy to see him but I was glad that he had coffee with him.

" Thanks..." I said and took the coffee. " What are you doing here Alex?" I asked him.

" Well I think that you and I got off on the wrong foot, can we start over?" He asked me with a smile, I didn't even know if he was being genuine, even more, I couldn't tell if he was being serious.

" Is this supposed to be an apology?" I asked him.

" I don't have a reason to apologize but Ella, this marriage is going to happen whether we like it or not, you know that as much as I do, the least we can for each other is to try and be civil about this, l know that you have a good business head on your shoulders so we can just treat this like a business transaction, they said that we should get married, they didn't say anything about falling in love." He said.

I know it for a fact that he doesn't want this marriage, which is why I didn't understand why he was suddenly so cool about everything. He is talking about this like it was just a simple business transaction when it was not, this is our lives that we are talking about here.

" Why do you want to do this Alex? We have nothing in common and from where I am standing, we don't even like each other, you could have said no to this whole thing, why didn't you?" I asked him.

" Because it wouldn't have made any difference, Ella this is obviously not what I imagined my life would turn out but here I am, trying to make it work. All eyes will be on us, even now as we speak there's reporters outside waiting for us, you also could have said no, why didn't you?" He said to me.

" It's complicated..." I said and sat down. He sat down and took a sip of his coffee.

" Ella even if we don't want to do this, it's too late to turn back now." He said.

" I hear you, so now where do we go from here?" I asked him.

" Now we put on the show of our lives, we go ahead with the wedding plans. " He said.

" I suppose, we have less than a week to plan a wedding, how are we going to do this?" I asked him.

" Simple... Guys you can come in." He yelled and my door opened, three people came in with note pads in their hands.

" What's going on?" I asked him with a puzzled face.

" Meet our wedding planners. " He said with a smile.

" All of them?" I asked him with a surprised face. I don't understand why we need three wedding planners.

" Yes we do, we have a week to pull this off so we are going to need all of the help with can get. " He said and stood up. " I'll leave you ladie's to it. " He said.

" Oh... okay." I said with a smile. It was unexpected.

He left and I was alone with the wedding planners, he was right about me needing help and I won't lie, even if it was a bit extra, it came in handy. Each was given a task to focus on and I made sure that Alex was involved in all the final decisions, I thought it was only fair, well everything but the dress, my father insisted on paying for it and he said that he didn't want anything less than eighty grands on me. Personally I think that it was a waste of money to spend all that money for a dress I was going to wear just for a day. Planning the wedding with Alex was not as bad as I thought it would be and I have since realised that he is a big spender, we were having flowers flown in from Paris, a celebrity chef with a personalized menu of our choice, well all of my favourites, we have a celebrity Baker for the wedding cake, we couldn't find a venue so his parents offered their house, turns out they have this massive house in a massive property, we could literally transform it into anything we want so we decided on a themed wedding and the theme was Paris. I told Alex that I always imagined myself getting married in Paris and since we couldn't plan a wedding in Paris at such short notice, they brought Paris to us.

The morning of the wedding came and I was nervous, I had a week to plan the wedding, the hardest part was finding the right dress, I had no time for alterations so I had to find a dress that fits. After searching and fitting so many dresses, I finally found the perfect dress.

I spent a week with Alex and his driver Jack as he drove is around town while we did preparations for our wedding. I thought that being with him in the same place might actually jog up his memory but after a week, I know that he has probably forgot about our one night stand years back. I have never wished to talk to Isabella like I did in that moment. Isabella is a doctor and on the night of the party she had to leave for Africa for the Doctor Without Borders initiative. She couldn't even make it back on time for my wedding. She feels bad but I understand.

The last week has given me time to get to know Alex a little better and despite what happened between us, I feel like we are in a better space. The wedding was going to happen today but unlike a week ago, I was not open to the idea. We have both since discussed a lot of things, things about what we both expect from each other during the course of our marriage. He respects me and the fact that I don't want to be a kept woman. At first he told me that I would be expected to stay at home while he goes to work, I made it very clear that I was not a house wife material. I mean I would go crazy.

Both of our mothers had no problems being housewives. His mother is a noble who was raised with a silver spoon in her mouth, she was treated like a princess and that is how she lived. It was the same for my mother, she didn't want to work and she never had to. I don't have to work but I want to work, it is not just about being independent but also about following my passion. I love what I do and I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world. Today as I looked at myself in the mirror, I felt a bit of hope that maybe things are not going to be as bad as I thought they would. I didn't not want this but a part of me is a little excited about the future. Alex has been nothing but a perfect gentlemen all week and if that is who he really is now, then I can live with it. I can't accept that.

" Oh baby... you look so beautiful." My mother said with tears in her eyes. I swear that my mother was more excited about the wedding than I was.

" Thank you. " I said.

" Are you done? The driver is waiting for us downstairs. " she said.

" Yeah, I think I am. " I said and we were on our way to the church. The whole time I had knots in my stomach, I was very nervous. We finally got to the church and my mother called my father to come and walk me down the isle. He told me that I was beautiful and kissed my cheeks. The music started and I walked into the church, everyone was looking at me but I kept my eyes on Alex and he never took his eyes off mine. We said our vows and just like that, we were married. We went to his parents house for the reception and even though it was fun, Alex's mind was far away. It was like he was only there in spirit.

I didn't know what was wrong but I could see that he had a lot on his mind. Hours went by and people congratulated us, I was tired and wanted to leave but I realised that my now husband was nowhere to be found. I figured that I could go and look for him myself, I was hoping that he could sneak us out. I went around the back and saw that the pool house had the lights on, to be honest I thought that I could hide away for a few minutes. I walked closer and that is when I heard chatter from inside. The door was not closed. I heard Alex's voice and I went in and what I saw is something I was not prepared for in the least. I saw my husband shooting a man in cold blood, a man who was begging for his life. I realised that I didn't know the man I was married to.

" Alex?" I said in shock as I made my inside.

" Get her..." He said to the other guy who was in the room with him.

" Let's go, you don't want to see this. " The man said and tried to grab me but I slipped away from him.

" Alex what the hell is going on here? You just killed a man!" I said in a horrid voice.

" Knuckles clean this up, let's go. " He said and tried to touch me but I pulled away.

" Don't touch me!" I said with venom in my voice.

" Like it or not we are stuck together and I suppose it's better that you found out now rather than later, you see that man, he was a traitor, he had this coming so don't worry about him, we have to go. " He said and put the gun in his back. I was petrified.

If you saw Alex Black you wouldn't think that he was capable of something like this, I don't know how I am going to do this but I know that I made a mistake by marrying this man, who the hell is he? A gangster in a suit? A thug?

" You can't stay here, we have to go. " He said.

I didn't even know what that man did but whatever it is, I don't think that he deserved what he got, Alex is heartless and that much I know. My husband is a dangerous man and the confusing part about all of this was that I believed him that the man had it coming. Why would I trust him after seeing what he did to that man?