Lahat ng Kabanata ng 21st Century Bride : Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

"It's been only two days but I feel sore as if I ran up a mountain ten times," Emily groaned as they fell to the couch. Kat had insisted that they cancel the wedding planners that her father had hired and do everything by themselves, stating that this was the only fun fact about a wedding."I wonder why I listened to Kat; all of this would have been handled by a bunch of people who would get paid in the end," Vida said."Well, do you have the money to pay them?" Kat asked and they all took a breath, understanding what she meant."Well, who says I have to be the one who pays? Axel is there, and he is the one who wants to go in for this marriage, so don't you think he should be the one paying?" Vida asked. Her friends looked at her with a stunned expression. Even though it did not sound like something positive, this was the first time she talked about him, and her description did not sound like she was talking about a monster. "You know I am right, so I think we should call the planners

Axel was left stunned by her reaction; he had been sure that things were getting better between them, but every time he seemed to be getting through to her, something came up and ruined the whole thing. He knew that going after her was going to be wasted effort, so he knew he had to find out what had happened in the ladies' room, as that was when everything changed. He walked into the room with all eyes on him, wondering what had just happened."Are we to continue the meeting without her?" One of the men found the courage to ask on behalf of everyone else.'Continue," Axel said, sitting in his chair. He was going to observe everyone there to know what had happened. He stared at a woman in particular, as he was sure she was the one behind the entire thing. She had stood up to go to the ladies' at the same time that Vida had gone and it was after the encounter that she came out angry and throwing a tantrum."Ms Andrea?" he said, stopping the meeting. The room fell dead silent as everyon

Vida knew she was childish to ignore Maria like that but since she still could not bring herself to talk to the woman, she decided that this was the best thing to do."My Vida? How is breakfast?" Maria asked, trying to get a reaction from her. This was not the way she usually reacted to her cooking, and she was worried. With the way she stormed out yesterday, she was worried she had done or said something to hurt her feelings. She replayed the conversation a thousand times in her head while she was trying to drift to bed and concluded that it was just a normal conversation. They had not brought up Axel, who was a trigger for her, and everything seemed normal, so why was she being so erratic?"Fine," Vida murmured, barely audible. She dropped the toast on the table and pushed the seat behind her before she stormed out of the room. After the humiliation at the company and the interaction with her nanny, she had decided that she was going to really expose Axel after the year they would s

Vida had been sure that she would not feel nervous, but here she was, sweating on her palms. The wedding that her friend had planned for her was finally taking shape, and she was grateful for her at least. Maria came into the bride's room, and from the mirror, Vida saw her but immediately diverted her eyes. She was still angry about what she had found out by chance. Who knows what could have gone on between her and her father when she was away? How many more secrets did her father hold from her?"Can you please leave us?" Marai asked these vendors who were working in the room. As if on command, they all stood up, left whatever it was they were doing and left only two of them in the room. "Vida, can we talk?" Maria began walking towards her."About what? Do we have anything to talk about?" Vida asked her words dripping with poison laced in them."Of course we do; it seems you are mad at me and I have no idea what I have done to make you this way," Maria replied, and Vida cleared her th

"I guess you are right," Vida said, and Axel almost jumped in the air that she had been convinced. He knew that if she had been adamant about staying alone, there was really nothing he could do about it. There were still people who loved each other but stayed in separate rooms for privacy's sake, and they could spin that if it ever got out, which he knew it wouldn't."Okay then, I have had the staff put your things in the master's bedroom." he turned and she followed him out to the room. She gasped in awe as they got into the room. Everything in it was truly majestic. More like something for the master of the house. In the middle of the room stood a huge king-sized bed neatly arranged with pillows and a comforter. She saw one door, which she assumed had to be the closet door that would lead to the bathroom. She looked around to take everything in; it was beautifully designed, but there was nothing in it to signify that it belonged to Axel. It was more like all of the decorations were