At the dinner
The dinner took place at a beautiful restaurant. As I started walking with the nosy couple next to me to the table, I saw a man. A man that I thought looked similar to someone, but who? The more I walked to the table where the man sat, the more I found him similar to the man who was smiling at the grave.
Bella: "Adam, you're already here."
"You're earlier than I expected."
Adam: "I finished earlier so that I could meet the bride and the groom first."
We all sat down. I didn't want to think about it, but... he is so handsome. He is more handsome than Edmon.
Edmond: "Ah... Adam, this is Elisabella. The older sister of Bella. "
"And this is Adam, our best friend."
No wonder they are so close.
"Nice to meet you, Elisabelle Isenvor."
"It is also my pleasure to meet you, Adam..."
"Adam Smith." mentioned Adam.
"My pleasure to meet you, Adam Smith."
Bella: "Should we order?"
We ordered and waited patiently for the food. While waiting, we talked about the wedding. But I noticed something in Adam's eyes. I felt like it was PAIN.
Does he actually have a crush on Bella? Or does he like Edmond?
Or is there another reason behind that fake smile of his?
I thought that maybe I should ask him after dinner. But wouldn't it be impolite to say to him, "Hey, you look like you're in pain.""Can you tell me why?"
He would surely respond with, "It's not your BUSINESS!"
But I want to know why he is in pain. This was the first time in my life that I felt such curiosity toward someone.
There is a saying that I saw in him:
"We hide behind a fake smile to mask the pain, but sometimes we wish someone would look closely enough and see how broken we really are from the inside."
I felt like I could see his pain.
My overthinking was cut short thanks to the waiter, who came on time because I was staring at him like I wanted to kill him.
We ate (the restaurant is nice, but the food isn't). And after finishing everything, I excused myself to the bathroom. One more minute and I would be throwing up at the table. I finished my business in the bathroom. I saw Adam standing in front of the bathroom door.
"May I know why you're here, Adam?"
"You looked pale, so I thought that I would check up on you."
"That's lovely of you, but I'm fine. I can handle it myself. "
We stared at each other's eyes for a minute before Adam broke the silence.
"Why were you staring at me at the table?"
"Because you looked in PAIN."
"..."
"How did you know that I was in pain?"
"Your eyes, they tell a story like an open book."
After telling him that, he told me why he was sad.
His mother wished him to marry someone before she died. But it never happened. So now he's regretting everything.
So that confirmed that my theories were all false. Deep inside, I felt relieved. But I didn't know why. Anyway, we finished talking and made our way to the table.
We said bye to each other, and parted ways on our way home.
TBC
Hi! I will try my best to update, but school is starting back in some days. So if I don't update one day, I will make sure that the next time I update, I put the amount of chapters that I didn't update.
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