Mistaken Name, Perfect Match
My boyfriend's assistant, who also came from the same university as him but a lower grade, has an incredibly similar name to mine. While mine is Marissa Parker, hers is Melissa Barker.
At the party our colleagues are throwing to celebrate the end of my unmarried life with my boyfriend, Liam Yarrow, Melissa once again mixes up our names.
Everyone is cheering and joking around as they unfurl the banner they had prepared, and one person reads the wording out loud.
"Congratulations to Liam Yarrow and Melissa Barker! May you two be happy and blissful forever!"
In an instant, the originally noisy room falls silent.
Melissa's timid voice then rings out. "Sorry, Marissa. I accidentally made a mistake again."
Instead of answering, I turn to look at Liam.
Liam's brow doesn't even wrinkle in the slightest as he subconsciously assures her, "It's just a minor matter. She won't mind."
Following that, he gets up, walks to Melissa, and stops in front of her, placing me opposite him.
With this action, his figure completely blocks her from my sight, and like many times before, he shoots me a warning look.
"Marissa, it's just a banner. Mel didn't mean to mess it up. At the end of the day, everyone already knows that you and I are the stars tonight, so don't dwell on this, okay?"
He calls me by my full first name, while Melissa gets an affectionate nickname.
Can his feelings be any more obvious?
I slowly release my grip on the balloon I was holding.
"Alright, I won't."
I will never dwell on anything to do with him again.