Mask With Tears Novels & Stories

Tessa lifted her gaze to the man standing before her, and her chest tightened until it felt like her ribs might shatter. Just the sight of him was enough to break her all over again. Her vision blurred as tears welled, heavy with the memories of everything she had sacrificed for this man who never once chose her. Her throat tightened, but she forced the tears back, blinking them away before they could fall. Enough. She had cried enough for him. Now, her face hardened, settling into the mask she had learned to wear, one that gave nothing away.

He smiles warmly at me “ I’m sure you had your reason for that, whatever it is” Tears threaten to spill from my eyes. I lift up my eyes, fanning my eyes with my hands , willing the tears to stay away but I fail. One lone tear escapes and before I know it, I am bawling in my father’s arms. He holds me as I cry, lightly patting me on the back. When I raise my head, the makeup artist does not look too pleased. If looks could kill... She grudgingly touches up my face. Maria and Mr. Hernandez come in just as she is finishing and the make up artist warns, “ no more tears , please”

“Why are you crying? I’m just teasing you.” “I thought you people attend these gatherings to fool around?” the masked man pulled back and kept a safe distance between them. His heart ached when he saw the tears in her eyes. “You can play all you want. I don’t care” Amanda said in her low voice while removing her mask. “But you must remember this face, young master Mills” she revealed her red face with full of tears. “Because this is the face that would despise you forever” she said with gritted teeth.

“Don’t worry. Your Highness hasn’t come in here yet. And I brought you another mask.. one from your room.” She held it out. My favorite. The cream one, with gold lining along the edges. I took it from her slowly, tracing the soft material with trembling fingers. “Why… why’d you bring this one?” I whispered. “What if it gets ruined by my face…” My throat closed up as I blinked rapidly, trying to fight the tears burning behind my eyes. Ivana didn’t speak. Thank God Xavier hasn’t seen me like this. It's not the right time. “But… but,” Lauren hesitated, eyeing the mask in my hand, “is it okay to wear it now? Won’t it hurt your skin?”

I squinted, wiping the tears from my face with the back of my hand. He turned his head just slightly, then pulled his surgical mask down. And I froze. My entire body turned to ice. It was him. Him.

Vincenzo's heart beat unevenly, and he pressed the back of his hand against the mask, feeling the damp fabric of his breath as his chest burned under an unbearable weight. His teary eyes remained fixed on the small body, while his heart slowly broke, unable to bear the cruel and painful reality that lay before him. With trembling hands, Vincenzo removed the mask, revealing a tense face, contorted by the effort not to break down completely. His red eyes, burning from restrained crying, glistened under the cold light of the ICU, while his breathing was heavy and irregular, as if each breath was a lost battle.

"Do you take this woman to be your wife, to stand by her through thick and thin?" "I do," the man said, his voice muffled by the mask. The guests whispered in awe. Howard Larson, the Larson family's big shot, was so in love with me that he would not let a bad cold stop our big day. He did not want to disappoint me. "Wait a second." The man's eyes darted around, and his forehead was dotted with sweat. I smiled and asked, "Howard, you're looking a bit pale. Too busy with the wedding to remember your medicine?"

The moment the comments exploded with “face reveal, face reveal,” my heart leapt into my throat. I knew the kind of man he was and he could decide to ruin me. I couldn’t breathe. It was like every eye on that screen reached into my chest and dragged me naked into the open. My hands trembled as I slammed the laptop shut so hard it nearly cracked. My reflection in the black screen stared back at me, wild-eyed,teary ,mascara running down my cheeks, lips still swollen from being used.

Her eyes were darkened by the mascara that spilled due to her tears. “Just leave me alone!”

He gulps down the Foie Gras, takes a sip of the margarita, and answers her question. “First off, I love how beautiful you look. Your mesmerizing dark skin hypnotizes my eyes whenever I look at you. Your honesty and you holding me down, gives me goosebumps. No person in my life understands how I am truly feeling internally and externally than you. You keep me at peace whenever I am angry or when I’m having my nightmares. You always call me out when I’m taking things too far. Lastly, I love how you always represent your culture to the world. You always wear that African hair wrap everywhere you go. Heck, I haven’t even seen your real hair once. But that’s what I love about you, you don’t have