Next morning,
..
The soft rays of the sun snaked passed the curtains and bit deeply into Zoey's eyes.
She groaned and slapped the bed.
"Yvonne,my eyes mask,give it to me,"she murmured in her sleep before stretching her hand out.
A gentle muscular hand covered her palm and she squeezed her eyes.
What the hell?
She observed the hand with her hand,and scoffed.
This seems like a man's hand.
She took some seconds to sniff in the smell of the room also and her eyes snapped open immediately!
This is not her room!
She sat up.
She looked up and found a man dressed in a white suit gazing down at her with a look she couldn't break the code to get what it means.
"Huh?,wh-whoo,"she snatched her hand from his.
"Who are you?,mister?"
"Mister?"he snickers.
He adjusted his tie then chuckles, "That's not the appropriate way to address your groom,bunny."
Her brows jerked up, quizzically.
Groom?
Isn't that the word normally use for a man that is getting married soon?
She suddenly bursted into laughter which caused the man to frown.
"Ohh,what a joke! Don't tell me you're in your actress era in your dream,Zoey."she slapped her forehead before throwing her head backwards.
"Hahahaha,time to wake up now,durling dreamer."she shut her eyes and opened it.
Her heart missed a beat when she found the man's face so close to her.
"Exactly. You woke up late. Now,you want to play crazy?"his hot breath engulfed her face.
Her eyes went to his eyes whose bridges were reddened.
"Heyyyyy,this cannot be! Don't tell me you are Sifous?"she grinned,not believing what was going on in the room.
Sifous?
Leo's gritted his teeth.
"And who is this Sifous? You're supposed to be alone in this world! Tell me,I will have him killed immediately,"
"Christ!, it's really is Sifous! Woahhh,you totally came out of the game! How is that possible?"
Leo took a deep breath before standing properly.
He jerked his nose,and put his hand in his blazer's Inner pocket to take a stick but withdrew it.
"Smoking on one's wedding day gives one absolutely bad luck,"Nora's voice rang in his ear.
He cursed silently.
He supposed to have gotten rid of all memories they shared together but they seems to have been slapped into his ears,and his soul seems to have seeped them into his body that are now inseparable from him.
"I only say things once. Your name is Paige, you're -"
"Wha-aat?!!! My name is Zoey! I am afraid something is not quite right in here,"she grimaced.
"You're supposed to be an idiot!"he sounded pissed.
"And you should be the biggest fool in the world for thinking such."Zoey spat.
Leo turned away from her and practiced the "breathe in and out" way of keeping oneself calm.
He glanced at her again.
"Our wedding is in an hour time. Sure,fine, let's say you're Zoey. You'll be the bride I'll exchange vows with at the altar,"
"Why would I get married to an uncle like you?"she asked,sarcastically.
"Un-cle?"Leo faltered.
She nodded.
She crossed her legs and sighed.
"Get me my usual morning tea,"she requested and flicked her hair back.
"Damn Ralph,"Leo grunted under his breath.
"Confirm these information,miss.
You are alone in this world?"
"We can basically say I am a cheese without a burger so yeah,I am all I've got,"she played with her hair using her finger.
"You're an idiot?"he peered his eyes down at her.
The flesh on her forehead wrinkled up in indignation.
"You are without power?"Leo pushed on to the next question.
"Now that I really think about that,it makes me really angry,"she sighed languishingly.
Leo gave a satisfied nod.
"And you'll do everything I tell you to do?"
His eyes grows out at her in anticipation.
She looked up at him.
"If it's marriage you mean,then let get married,"she accepted out of the blue.
Leo was relieved but taken aback a little.
Why did she agreed to that just like that?