I am Diego, the heir of the richest family in the world. I hate my life, my 

parents are busy with loving the money more than their only child. They 

even engaged a marriage between me and the girl of a healthy family so 

they will get rid of me.

  As I entered the deepest part of the forest I could no longer hear or see 

my servants and so I was able to finally rest. The fresh air, the birds 

chirping and the sound of the stream running through the forest gave me 

a sense of peace. This is the time where no one dares to disturb me.

  I was surprised by that loud crack in the tree and the fall of a girl almost on my 

head. Suddenly all those peaceful thoughts had to be put on hold. I was 

worried for the girl, so I held my arms open to catch her. I was happy that 

she didn't hurt herself. I looked at her blonde hair mixed with some dried 

up leaves that stuck to her head and in her emerald green eyes that 

captured mine. After the initial embarrassing shock we both couldn't stop 

looking at each other. The feeling of her eyes looking deep into mine felt 

both warm and peaceful. When I saw the dried up leaves on her hair, I 

remembered that she just fell out of the tree.

  I saw the blonde girl's eyes shift towards something behind me. I saw 

her trying to escape from my arms and the look of worry on her face. I 

heard a woman shouting and calling her 'my lady'. I was surprised by all 

those voices out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the forest.

  While I was confused with all the happenings, she dragged me into a 

bush and covered my mouth with her hand. The moment she placed her 

hand on my mouth I could feel her warm soft skin and in that very 

moment my emotions began to play. I wanted to kiss that soft skin so 

badly. I tried to get her hand away, but I could feel some resistance and 

her gaze was still on me. While we were hiding in the bush and were 

having this little moment between us, we could suddenly hear voices that 

were getting closer. We both looked at each other and immediately knew, 

we have to keep quiet. I pulled her body towards mine so she wouldn't get 

seen hiding in the bush. I couldn't believe what was happening and why 

everyone was looking for us. Me and the blonde girl were trying to keep as 

silent as possible to not get caught. At some point a few of my servants 

and her maids were very close to the bush, but they didn't see anything. 

After some time they kept on searching and we were alone again in the 

bush.

  The blonde girl finally started to catch her breath, while looking at me. It 

was a moment of pure silence before she suddenly whispered to me "Can 

you let me out now? ". I was still holding her in my arms as I was still 

confused about what happened. I couldn't believe that so many were 

looking for us in the middle of the forest. 

  After I finally let her out from my arms she quickly started to fix her hair 

and clothes and even the leaves, that stick to her dress. She looked beautiful 

and for a split second my heart beat faster just by watching her. I was very 

happy that she wasn't hurt when she fell. In the middle of the forest, 

surrounded by all the bushes, trees, and small plants, she looked like a 

goddess out of a dream.

 While I was lost in my thoughts as I was looking at her, I heard her 

whispering something before she walked away. I couldn't hear what she 

said, which made me shout at her: "Wait, what did you say?".

 I didn't understand her sudden change and why she started running 

away. But as she was running I decided to chase after her. When I ran after 

her I could hear her voice. "Please, PLEASE, don't come after me. PLEASE". 

That voice felt so familiar, I felt so connected to that voice. As I was getting 

closer to her I called out at her "Wait, wait stop running. I just want to 

talk". The girl says "AND I DONT WANT... DIEGO."

 Aurora... the girl who I hated for so many years. I remembered the day when our parents proposed us to marry each other 

and that I absolutely refused. And now she was here in the middle of the 

forest, saying I shouldn't come close to her. Her voice was so tempting, her 

hair so soft, I couldn't believe it.

  Our fight started to get more aggressive and our shouting could almost 

be heard at the other end of the forest. Suddenly I saw our servants and 

her maids running towards us. I couldn't believe, that they found us out 

here and how did they even know, it had to be my servants that told them. 

  All while our fight got more aggressive with Aurora pinching my cheeks 

and me pulling her hair.

  My servants were shouting " MY LORD... WHAT ARE YOU DOING" while 

her maids " My LADY.... YOU ARE RUNNING FROM YOUR HOUSE TO FIGHT 

WITH YOUR FIANCE??"

  We ignored both our servants and the maids of Aurora. We were so 

deep into each other that we didn't even notice all the people around us. 

We just couldn't stop pulling each others hair or pinching each others 

cheek. It felt like all the hatred and anger of our childhood fights just came 

up, but with this feeling of love and desire at the same time. We were still 

fighting until our servants and maids finally managed to separate us, but 

we tried to push them away to get closer. I didn't know what to do at that 

moment, I still couldn't believe that I am so attached to Aurora, whom I 

hated for so many years. All I knew was that I want to fight with her and at 

the same time kiss her and be together with her. She says "yeah you 

loser.... You're lucky our servants are separating us...."

  I couldn't resist laughing when she said this. We were fighting and 

insulting each other like we did when we were children. In that moment I 

realized that she doesn't have this feeling of love I feel for her, but it made 

my heart skip a bit. "Oh you wanna fight do you Aurora?" I said while 

pushing our servants and maids away, who were trying to keep us 

separated. She replies with a poker face "Come you little brat. You're still 

the same spoiled kid" . Hearing her call me a "little brat" and that "I am 

still the same spoiled kid" made my blood boil. But before I started 

insulting her back, I wanted to show her that I am not a kid anymore. So, I 

ran right at her and pushed her against a tree with full force so that she 

couldn't move.

  I could see her sticking her tongue out at me, but as soon as our faces 

were inches apart from each other she started pulling my hair and 

pinching my cheeks again so I couldn't get closer to her. It was her way of 

mocking me and wanting to irritate me as much as she could.

 Just when we were about to insult each other again, we heard horse 

steps getting closer really fast. When I turned around I saw the carriage of 

my and Aurora's parents approaching us. I couldn't believe it, they found 

us, they found us out here in the middle of the forest. Their faces of shock 

looking at us, just made my face red with shame and embarassment. With 

the arrival of our parents, we could finally cool off and act like we were "in 

love" so our parents wouldn't see the fight and our actual feelings. So, I 

immediately put my arm around her and placed her head on my shoulder 

while looking at our parents who looked at us with proud hearts. We both 

put on the biggest smiles, trying to hide the hate we have for each other 

and just act as our parents want us to act.

   We put up an act, we played the role of the "perfect couple" and kept 

hugging and smiling at each other, while looking at our parents. The 

servants of both our families were silently laughing about all this and how 

we had to play the happy couple even though we couldn't stand each 

other. We continued to play this role, just to keep the lie alive and make it 

look like we wanted to get married. Our parents were convinced by the 

love we showed to each other, they didn't know how much we actually 

hated each other. We both had to smile at each other even though we 

wanted to pull each others hair out. We both knew that there was no other 

way to get out of this marriage than this performance. After saying 

goodbye to our servants, we got in the carriage with our parents and 

began to drive back home. The tension between us, after all these hours 

together, was almost unbearable....

  As the carriage arrived at Aurora s mansion, she pretends to hug me as a 

good bye but she whispers to me "I hate you bastard". I hated her and she 

hated me, but still we were supposed to marry each other tomorrow. I just 

started laughing when I heard her words and whispered back at her "Shut 

up Aurora. Your parents think you actually love me", I couldn't hide the 

joy in my words. Then with a smug smile on my face, I kissed her on her 

forehead as a final goodbye. Her parents were happy, so they didn't listen 

that closely to what we were saying. Now we finally reached her home and 

she left the carriage and we both knew, that tomorrow we had to put all 

our worries aside and get married. We knew, that we had to do this, there 

was no other option. I hated her and she hated me but as soon as 

tomorrow comes we are husband and wife. After seeing her walk away, I 

just stayed in the carriage for a bit longer, to calm myself and just breathe. 

I couldn't believe, that tomorrow I would be married to Aurora.....

  While I was sitting in the carriage, I imagined our future. 

I pictured us arguing every second of the day, shouting at each other, and 

hurting each other's feelings. I imagined us sitting in silence in our 

bedroom every night, ignoring each other and not having a word between 

us. And the one thing that came to my mind the most, we would never be 

happy, or we would never love each other as husband and wife.