Chapter 7 Wedding

• I STILL can't believe that in just a few days I'm going to marry Zandy, the man—that gay guy who stole my boyfriend. It seems like just yesterday that my life was quiet and in an instant, it was disrupted when Zandy came into my life. Is this a dream? I never thought that I would marry the person who stole my boyfriend. Great! Is this how fate plays out? Is this what Andrea is talking about, that game of insidious fate? Well! In that case, I'll play along. I've already started so I'll just finish the game that fate wants.
• "Wow! You look so gorgeous, hija," Aunt Mandy complimented me when I measured the gown she had made at a well-known bridal boutique in Manila. If I'm the only one who can follow, it's okay with me to just marry us into a casual wedding. Less cost and another thing is that this is not a wedding of two people who truly love each other. It's just a marriage on paper.
• I tried to smile. I turned to Zandy who was on the sofa holding the magazine he had been looking at for a while. He didn't even look at me.
• "Thank you, Aunt," I said. I turned my clothes on, then looked at the big mirror there. I was amazed at myself because of the beautiful wedding gown I was wearing. An A-Line wedding gown style that brought out the shape of my body that I can say was shaped well. My cleavage is also out that maybe any man would look at me, except for Zandy who doesn't care about me.
• "What do you think, Zandy?" I heard Aunt Mandy ask.
• I turned to them. Zandy dropped the magazine he was holding and then turned to me. I almost fainted when he looked at me. It seems like I'm a sinner from the way he stares at me. I also couldn't help but look at his handsome face. If I were a fragile woman, I might have screamed in excitement. If I hadn't known him, I might have married him with all my heart.
• "It's too revealing for her," he simply said with no emotion on his face, nor even desire for my beautiful body. He looked at me from head to toe again then turned to the magazine again.
• My eyebrows went up and my nose twitched because of what Zandy said. Is he serious about what he said? That's all he would say about what I was wearing and how I looked.
• "Why? You don't want her to reveal her body? Can you choose the gown for Miles, since you are the one getting married," said Aunt Mandy.
• "No. Just pick any wedding gown but not that one." He didn't even face Aunt Mandy.
• "No. I like this one. Also, it's not an issue these days whether it's revealing or not. What do you want? I wrap my body and wear a jacket and pants?" I said why does he even care about what I'm wearing? Who is he? We don't love each other so he doesn't care what I want to wear. I wanted to say that but because Aunt Mandy was there, I just didn't say it.
• "Fine. Wear what you want," said Zandy who didn't even look up.
• I just frowned and faced the mirror. Why doesn't he like this wedding gown, it's really beautiful. Then, it's perfect for me. Maybe he's just insecure about my beauty and my body. I just smiled at the thought.
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• EVERYONE is BUSY at home preparing for the wedding that will be held the next morning at the church. I didn't contribute to their planning, they all planned from the little things to our wedding itself. I don't even know who will attend that wedding.
• All of them showed joy and excitement on their faces, while I was quiet in the room and thinking about what will happen after this wedding. I can't imagine being under the same roof as Zandy as I think about who he is and what he did to me. Can I be with him?
• I want to wake up from a dream at this time. I hope I'm just dreaming and when I open my eyes everything will be back to normal. Going to work and going home with nothing on my mind but my work. Because of my marriage, my leave from work was extended.
• "Miles."
• I turned to my door when Mom knocked on it. Later it opened and my Mom and Dad who somehow regained his strength entered. At least I can make them happy with what I do and Dad doesn't have to stress for me because of that curse.
• "Do you need anything?" I asked them. They even came closer to me and smiled with a hint of sadness.
• "We're here to see how you are doing. I know you're not happy right now, I can see it in your eyes. I just wanna say sorry again for forcing you to marry Zandy. I know what you're doing is against your will but I want you to know that we're doing this for your good. I know that eventually, you'll understand everything," Dad began. I see in his eyes the conscience of what they did to me.
• "Your Dad is right, Miles, all this is for you. We know it's hard for you, but eventually, you'll understand," Mom seconded.
• "And besides, we know Zandy, so we wouldn't give you to a man we don't know. We know you're in the right hands with Zandy. He's kind and gentlemanly," Dad said, almost making me cry.
• I wanted to laugh because of what Dad said but I held it back. If they only knew what Zandy did to me, they might take back what they said just now. But I always choose not to tell them what happened to Zandy and me because Dad might get hurt again.
• "You're right, I feel bad for this. I'm annoyed and angry because I feel like you deprived me of the right to choose a man to love." I bent down for a moment and looked at them seriously. "But it's because of you, that's why I chose to get married. Maybe I can retreat when our wedding doesn't work, right?" I said.
• "Mandy and Andrew and I have talked about that, Miles. If you two don't get along after a year and ask each other to let each other go, we'll agree," Mom answered.
• "We won't force it if you can't agree. We don't want you to be imprisoned in a troubled relationship, but we want to try to break your grandmother's curse," said Dad.
• I bowed down. I wanted to laugh sarcastically at what they said. It seems that everything is just a trial and we will see the outcome of it. Are they that desperate just because of that curse that isn't true?
• If that's what they want, I'll do everything for Zandy to ask for annulment himself. Even if I give her ten men just to have her annul with me, I will do it.
• "Alright, kid, get some rest and your wedding is tomorrow. You need enough rest. You should be the most beautiful woman that day," Mom said with a smile. "You should enjoy that."
• I just smiled even though it didn't reach my ears. How can I enjoy that if I didn't like that marriage? Did I insist on that?
• I just nodded and didn't say anything to them. I just watched them leave my room. I was left dumbfounded and later messed up my hair out of annoyance. I'm just thinking about what could happen, I'm going crazy but I know there's nothing I can do. I just need to come up with a plan on how to force Zandy to cancel it. They also said that when it doesn't work, we come and tell them.
• That was my plan, for Zandy and I not to work together and for them to see that we are not happy with each other so that they can see for themselves the fact that we should not have gotten married and that they made a mistake in their decision. I will show that I am not happy with him and that the marriage is going nowhere.