Chapter 3

• At that, he looked at her, and his crystal blue eyes burned into hers; for the first time for as long as she could remember, he looked at her for as long as fifteen seconds.
• He only nodded later and looked away from her. She let out a low sigh, step by step, she told herself, after all, he chose her himself.
• The family shared a few small talks later before settling for dinner, and not for once did her so called fiancé said a single word to her.
• The family seemed oblivious to the matter, but it burned her; she was really dying to talk to him; he hadn’t said a single word since coming in.
• When talked to, all he did was nod or lift the corner of his lips in a faint smile. She really wants to hear his voice; it has been so long.
• She wanted to ask about him, his life, why he chose to marry her, and if he still prefers men to women. She just really wanted to hear him talk and had to force herself to eat, telling herself maybe he would single her out after dinner; after all, they are about to wed, they needed to talk to each other, right? Get to know each other. Even though they had known each other for thirteen years now, from middle school to high school; they were hardly friends.
• She could remember then in school, the only words she could say to him were ‘hi, hello, and goodbye,’ which he always, always responds to with a nod or a smile and sometimes a wave.
• He hardly speaks in class or anywhere in school, so his attitude tonight was not much of a surprise.
• Back then in school, one could only see him talking to his male friends; never for once had he been seen speaking to a girl, and then one day, a junior student saw him in the bathroom with another male junior who had his pants down.
• That was how it was concluded that he was gay and not for once did he step out to deny it.
• After dinner, the family settled to talk about the wedding, they wanted them married as soon as possible.
• Sasha stared at him, wanting to know if he would object to anything or choose to add any, but he just sat there like a statue, not saying a single thing.
• She tried to catch his eyes a few times in order to single him out, but after looking at her when his mother introduced her, he has not glanced her way again.
• And for a brief Moment, Sasha wondered if she was doing the right thing, but nothing, nothing will make her happy as she would be, being his wife.
• His phone rang, and he excused himself to answer it outside, the discussion continued without him, and after some minutes, a servant walked in to announce that he was gone.
• Just like that? Sasha thought, she looked at his parents, but they only nodded at the maid and continued with what they were saying; they didn’t seem surprise at his attitude, and she guessed this might not be the first time, and then again, that tiny voice asked her again if she was doing the right thing, she sighed and asked herself, am I?
• ***
• “Sasha love, can you come over to the house please?” Vanessa asked sweetly on the phone, and Sasha sighed; it’s been nearly two weeks now since she left their home, her wedding date has been fixed, she is to be married coming Saturday. Well, it’s not a problem for her, only that her husband to be has never called her or even asked to meet with her.
• “Sure, Mom,” she replied, and she could swear she felt her smile; calling the woman Mom really makes her happy; maybe it’s because she never had a daughter, she thought.
• “I’m waiting for you, darling,” Vanessa replied and hung up the call.
• Sasha sighed and stared at the document in her hand; she was getting married but not for once had she gone wedding shopping with her husband to be; she has never been asked to select anything on her own.
• They had these two big wedding planners taking care of everything, talk about getting married into a rich family. She has an estimation of four hundred guests being invited, and she wondered what she would be doing with so much guests.
• She dropped the document and stood up from her desk; she picked up her car key and sighed; it’s been nearly two years now since she started this branch of the company, and she really wants to make her father proud, and nothing will shoot them up to the top front like getting the Jack and Jones contract, although the business plan is to take place in a year’s time, but they were already looking for the right company to handle it, and almost all the growing firms are after it, well including some companies that have never met the light even after being established years ago.
• Am I marrying him because of this contract? Of course, it has to be for it, but she knows deeply within her that it’s more than that; in fact, the contract is hardly remembered when talking about marrying him. How many years has she fantasized about him? From the very first moment she set her eyes on him in the middle school when she was just thirteen, it had been like that to their high school, and they have only been separated because they had to go to different colleges.
• She said goodbye to her secretary and a few others of her staff and walked outside the building; she stepped into her car and reversed from the lot before driving with one destination in mind, the Brown’s. She still can’t believe she is getting married into that family.
• She passed the gate and drove into the country home, she pulled over in front of the mansion, and a few servants greeted her; they all knew she was the new bride, the fiancée to the young master. Some of them often wondered why she agreed to marry such a cold man, but they shook their head, they already knew the answer, if given an opportunity, they would also marry him heartily, for who wouldn’t want to marry into such a family and not to talk of, he was also incredibly handsome.
• Sasha walked into the house to see Vanessa speaking to her son, and her heart missed a beat; she never expected to meet him here. She swallowed and walked up to them, and Vanessa smiled when she saw her, “Darling, here you are,” she smiled.
• Her fiancé looked at her then, their eyes met, and his crystal blue ones burned into hers, deriving a shiver from her. She cleared her throat and decided she must talk to him today whether he wanted her to or not.
• “Come sweetheart; I wanted you both to do something. There is this new wedding dress that arrived in one of Michael’s boutique; I need you to try it on,” Vanessa said with a smile.