Angela was flipping through the magazines of the bridesmaid's gowns. Regarding the gowns of the bridesmaids—they haven't chosen them yet, but the drafts are ready. Kathleen sat down beside her and smiled.
"I think baby blue would be great with the lilac flowers."
"Hmm." Angela nodded. "You got a great taste, but I think we should consult the bride." She opened her purse and reached for her phone. Kathleen watched Angela's every movement and dialed someone. It rang two times and the call was answered. "I am ready to leave. Okay, thank you."
Kathleen smiled when Angela faced her.
"I will be going now." She stood and took her scarf. Angela Pattinson was a beautiful graceful woman. She always wanted to be close to her, so Angel would want her as a daughter-in-law. But it seems that neither of them can control this arrangement.
Angela arrives at his son's house and her father-in-law is walking on the treadmill with his therapist. She greeted her father-in-law. She told the maid to call his son as she sat down and picked one of the wedding invitation templates.
"Mother." Zachary jogs downstairs and kisses his mother's cheeks.
"I thought that today is the pictorial for the release of the invitation?" Angela asked. Zach sat down on the Hollister couch in front of her. The maid served her refreshments.
"She's not feeling well." He said. "The concussion from the accident was a big trauma to her."
"Andromeda has many traumas." Elder Manuel Pattinson said. "From her childhood until now. Alexander shaped her up to be the heiress he wanted. So, accidents are just a little trauma to her."
Zach thought about traumas. What was her biggest trauma? Was it when she got embarrassed by her own family or—was it when they lost it? He rubbed more salt on her wounds and left her. It was her biggest trauma.
"Can I see, Andy? Did you already feed her?" Angela asked.
"She's sleeping." He said.
"Make sure that she eats a lot of nutritious food. Don't stress her out before the wedding."
Angela sipped on the iced tea and gave him the adorable template of the wedding invitation.
"I like this." It was a cream color with black and red spirals and red printed petals around it. Zachary took it and his heart ached as memories started flashing in his head.
***
"Zachy!" Andromeda jumped on the bed which woke him up. He opened his eyes and smiled at his excited fiancée but closed his eyes again. "Zachy…" she pouted and hugged him. "Wake up." He opened his left eye to peek at her and that adorable look that she was making.
Zach wrapped his arms around her and started kissing her face.
"You are so adorable."
"I know. By the way, I found a very perfect template for our wedding invitation."
"Hmm. Who are you going to invite?"
"I—" She thought for a while. "I don't know. You give it away. I don't want my parents to be there or any of my relatives. Marrying you is enough for me. Even without the invitation." She grinned and showed him the sample. He smiled and nodded.
"Anything you like, baby. Why don't you want to invite your parents?"
"I just want the wedding simple. No people, just you and me. But you can invite your gorgeous tycoon friends? I mean they are good friends…"
Zachary reached to her face and kissed her nose.
"Okay, Andy. Anything you want. Just a simple wedding with my men and I will call my sister so you can have a maid of honor." Andromeda nodded.
"Okay. I'll just tell them to make a few of it!" She excitedly kissed his lips and jumped off from bed.
Zachary rolled in her direction and watched her make phone calls and emails. She looked so beautiful and young with that oversize shirt that she was wearing. She just looked good in everything she wore.
Once she was done with making setups for their upcoming wedding, she ran toward the bed and threw herself into him. She giggled when he tickled her on her sides and she started kissing every inch of his face.
"I'm excited to be with you forever and always." She said softly, her eyes twinkling and looking into his. Zach was the same as he reached her face and he smiled so ever charmingly.
"My heart is pounding right now. I can't wait to be with you forever and always." He reached for her hand and placed it on his chest. Andromeda pressed her lips to avoid crying in happiness. She has never been so emotional in her whole life. She was so emotional around him and she liked it. She likes showing all her emotions to him because he understands her.
"We will set up a party before our wedding and I already invited a few of my friends," Zach said. But she cares no less about whoever he invites. She pressed her ear down to his chest where his heart is located. She smiled as she listened to his heartbeat. Zach was in euphoria about whatever she was doing. He held her head with his left hand and his other arm wrapped around her.
Zach has never been happy in his life. Every time she's with him she's doing this kind of gesture, and it makes him crazy. She was the best drug in his life. His euphoria, his air, and his life.
***
But what happened to them? They are the best couple in the whole world though they aren't perfect. But he loves her dearly. He tried so hard to let her go but every time that he tried—he just couldn't let her go. After that incident, leaving her, he can't sleep, he can't eat, he can't focus. He tried to sleep with another woman, but it never worked out because every time that he kissed someone—he thought of her.
Smelling another woman's perfume gives him a headache. He was longing for her. Her smell, her touch, her kiss, her voice… Now that she's here with him—he doesn't want to let her go. Being away from her was like a body without a soul.
"Excuse me." He said.
He went upstairs and reached the doorknob but stopped when he heard her sobbing. His heart was breaking hearing it. He pressed his ear to the door and listened to her mourning.
"I'm sorry—I am so stupid! Stupid!" The cry and the pain that he's hearing slowly break his soul. "I should've never trusted anyone… anyone…" She sobbed.
Zachary held his chest. He felt like he'd been stabbed physically. He deserves it. He deserve this pain and he deserved to be tortured by her.