Chapter Twenty six
The presentation of the sheets and my worst nightmare. I will be lucky if Cyrus doesn’t kill me when he finds out I am not a virgin and throws me to the pack so they can tear me to pieces. Dread falls on my face as I get all tense and pale all of a sudden
“Bella, are you okay? Don’t worry its nothing to be embarrassed about, we have all been through it before” my mother says and that makes me laugh out loud
Just then the event Cyrus’s mom comes to tell us its time. They help me with my train dress to the door where I meet my father who has a smile in his face and happiness in his eyes. If I wasn’t so stupid a few weeks ago, this would have been a dream come true for me. That is what happens when you break the rules; I had been a good girl for most of my life until that night when I wished to be normal and destroyed my life.
“You’re the most beautiful bride I have ever seen, but don’t tell your mother that. I am so happy to be here for you today, it gives me great joy and pride” my father says taking me in his arms and kissing my forehead.
Tears start flowing from my eyes uncontrollably. The event planner panics getting the makeup designer to put me back together reminding me to not cry.
“Remember who you are and what you are about to become, you’re about to be the most important woman in our family. You can’t show weakness, there are a lot of people here who could use. Play the bride in love, who can’t be much happier just like I know you are” my father says to me as the song for our entrance begins and the door to the church is opened on either side.
My eyes immediately find him at the altar with his dark suit and domineering smile. He looks sharp and just too beautiful and I want to get closer to him. I approach him with small easy steps until our eyes meet and my father hands me over. He helps me up the later smiling at me all the way giving me adoring eyes that I know to be for show, he is playing his part and so I smile back and remember how much I used to love him.
It is then that I see Cyrus’s best man standing next to him to be Cullen. I almost have a heart attack I don’t know whether I should be happy or disappointed at seeing him here. Standing next to his brother who I am about to marry, knowing what happen between us. He avoids all eye contact with me and doesn’t spare a single glance my way.
The priest gives his sermon about love and marriage until it’s time for us to say our vows. We then head to taking pictures outside the church and I have to smile the entire time that I feel my face going numb. Then we head to our limo and I can finally breathe.
This is the first time Cyrus and I have been alone together since our engagement night when he called me a whore. He doesn’t seem to acknowledge me though; he takes out his phone and scrolls on it paying me no attention, as if he wasn’t doting on me just a few minutes ago outside this car. It’s all fine by me anyway, I am still in shock over seeing Cullen at the altar and I have to find a way to talk to him. He ignored me the whole time but it was so busy and there was no way for us to talk, but he didn’t even offer me congratulations, just said it to his brother and that was it. He can’t still be mad that I tried to kill myself, right?
We arrive at the hotel where our wedding reception is being held and shown to a bedroom to relax before the party. I head straight for the bathroom, releasing the contents I had taken in the morning by our mother’s forceful scolding. When I get out of the bedroom, Cyrus is nowhere in sight but the event planner’s assistant and a bride’s maid, my aunts youngest daughter are in the room. The assistant event planner starts bombarding me with questions as soon as she sees me
“Is everything alright?” “How are you feeling?” “can we get you anything?”, “some snacks perhaps before the reception?” “Some water, something to drink?”, “where is the groom?”
“The reception is about to begin, we are still receiving guests and your mother is busy at the moment. She asked me to give you anything you want and give you company, she said you might like seeing a familiar face” my cousin says.
Funny that my mother thinks she is a familiar face, I haven’t seen her since we were thirteen. I don’t even remember her name. the only familiar face I want to see right now is Cullen’s so he can tell me that everything is going to be alright and how to get out of this. I really need a way o talk to Cullen.
“You know Cullen right? He is Cyrus’s younger brother and the best man. I need to ask him something, could you get him for me please”
“the cute best man? Of course I know who he is, he grew up to become even more handsome. Too bad his going to be engaged soon?”
“Engaged? To whom?”
“I am not sure but I heard he was going to marry the Irish princess on his brother’s place”
Is that true? But why didn’t anyone tell me anything about this? Maybe Cullen wasn’t avoiding me after all, maybe he has his own demons to deal with and that’s why we haven’t seen each other. This is probably a big misunderstanding
“Can you go get him?”
“Okay” she answers and walks out the door.
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