บททั้งหมดของ 21st Century Bride : บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 40

The sales rep packed up the ring and escorted both of them out of the shop. As soon as they were outside, Axel turned to Vida. He cleared his throat and clutched the box tightly."Do you want to have dinner together?" he asked, and she immediately shook her head. It was as if it was her default answer because it did not look like she took a minute to think about it."You did not think about it; don't you think you should have at least considered it?" he was forced to ask."I know what I want, so I don't have to think too much about it," she replied, and he nodded."But that does not mean I can't plead with you to at least have dinner with me. We are getting married and...""We are getting married based on a contract, so I do not see why we will need dinner between us," she replied. Her tone was purposefully hurtful, but he did not want to hold it against her. "Moreover, my friends just came over, so I think I should have dinner with them," she added."I know that, but I thought you'd

Vida had no idea how she had gotten to the hospital. She stood in the room where her father had been just a few minutes ago, alive and well, but now he was gone. She felt a pang of regret fill her mind; she never thought that the last time she saw him was going to be the last. She had procrastinated going to see him all day because she believed he would be there by the next morning, when she wanted to see him.The doctor stood in front of her with Axel by her side. She looked at him, and all she could hear, even though he seemed to be saying a lot, was a loud ringing in her ears. She swallowed a knot that formed in her throat and tried to listen, but it was not working. She wanted to know why he had died all of a sudden when he was fine.She watched the doctor leave after shaking hands with Axel and she wanted to chase after him but her response was slow. She wanted to beg him to try all he could to wake her father once again. She remembered how often her father asked her for a visit w

Vida had hated that she had to play the happy couple wuth Axel but if she had to get her plan of exposing him rolling, then she thought that this was a very small price to be paid. Her friends had dragged her out shopping and she was glad that she did because the silver dress she had gotten hugged her curves so tightly that they made her do a double take in the mirror.Axel dropped by the house to pick her up and she could see how he was drooling over her but she decided to ignore it. She just wanted to get over tonight in one piece and knowing she would have to act like his arm candy all night long tired her out. She was shocked to see the number of press waiting for them outside the venue just to take a picture and hear a few words from the couple."Don't these people have better problems to cover?" Vida asked herself as she saw them rush to the car after Axel had slowed down."Wait," he said when she was about to open her door and step out. He shut off the car and came down to open

Vida was awoken the next morning by Maria hurriedly coming into her room to give her 'good news', although she would not really classify it as that because, to her, she did not care if it was good to every other person. The news about their engagement made it to the first page of both business papers and lifestyle magazines. Her mind was beginning to grasp just how important Axel was, and if he was that important, why did he choose her? Was there something they had as a family that he had his eyes on? She wondered but did not say it to her nanny because she knew the woman would scold her for being harsh on him."Isn't this just wonderful?" Maria asked, clapping her hands together ever so gleefully."I guess," Vida shrugged as she sat up in bed with a yawn. She did not want to dampen the mood of the woman, as this seemed all so exciting to her."I am so glad you are marrying someone as influential as this. I mean, it can only be this good, right?" Maria asked, and Vida nodded. Her phon

All of the snarky and hurtful words that Vida had been thinking of in her head to throw back at him had suddenly flown out as soon as she heard his compliment. She could not understand why he would say something so outright to her like that. Axel was thrilled to know that she was just as normal as he was. This was the first time he had seen her blush, and it made her cute. 'She was a girl after all,' he thought to himself. Maybe complimenting her often and catching her off guard would make her seem less terrifying anytime they met.Vida did not know how to respond to this compliment; she had caught him stealing glances at her multiple times, but the truth was that she had never thought he would be brave enough to compliment her directly to her face. She was a bit flattered to hear that, but coming from him made it all feel weird. She also found it suspicious that he was doing it out of the blue. Was this his way of buttering her up? Did he do this so he could have full control over ev