Chapter Twenty nine
Just then an old man pats Alex on the shoulder and puts his hand down before it reaches mey face as he says to us
“Congratulations again Mr. and Mrs. Cinnati. Sorry about my son, sometimes he forgets to put his emotions in check to keep the peace” he says smiling at people around us more than saying it to us. He is putting on a show
That’s when I look around the room and realize that the venue has grown tense and everyone is keenly watching us, the women look horrified. I guess our wedding nearly became a blood bath if Alex had touched my face at my wedding in front of the family. I then laugh and smile as they take their leave to release the tension and let people know its okay to get back to the party.
Cyrus is still tense beside me and his hand is now holding my waist, his touch getting stronger and stronger on me.
“ow, that hurts. You’re hurting me” I whisper shout at him but he doesn’t stop as he says back to me angrily
“You think that hurts? I haven’t even started hurting you yet, think about that the next time you flirt with a man in front on me again, especially a man like him”
“Flirt with him? What do you mean?”
“Were you really going to let him touch you like that? Seriously, I thought you were raised better” he says with disdain
“You do know your mother practically raised me right? Besides I don’t know what you are talking about. What did you want me to do, what should I have done?
“Don’t pretend you don’t know what you were doing. Just remember that you’re my wife now and your actions reflect to me and the family, I would hate for this incident to repeat itself again”
I am about to answer with a nasty retort when an older man accompanied with his wife approach us. They all give their wishes and then the old man says,
“I couldn’t understand why you broke your engagement with my baby but seeing the two of you together has made me realize why. Love conquers everything and there is nothing worse than being in a bad marriage. I just hope my daughter can find love in her marriage, your young brother looks like a good man and there are closer in age. I am hoping she finds what you too have just as I had found love with my beautiful wife” he says as he kisses his wife’s hand. I immediately know who he is
“Mr. and Mrs.….., thank you so much for coming to celebrate with us”
“The pleasure is all ours, we are glad we could make it. Just don’t take the Lenkov’s little show to heart, I would be mad too if I had to lose such a beautiful creature before I had her” Lorcan says playfully to Cyrus and his wife hits him playfully on the chest and they take their leave smiling.
That wasn’t so bad. At least one of the families is okay with our union.
It is during toast when Cullen makes an appearance at the reception again. He seems to be better than the last time i saw him and he has had a change of clothes. Since he is the best man he has to give a speech and he does, the speech seems to be about what a wonderful brother Cyrus has been to Cullen and I and painting me to be a little obsessed with his brother. Although he does throw a jab at Cyrus, about how he used to pretend in front of everyone to have no interest in me while he used to have a picture of me on his wall. I know it’s not true but the remark makes Cyrus so mad he crashes his champagne glass with his bare hand.
Then its time for dancing where I dance with my new husband and then our parents join us. I then get a dance with my father and the male relatives in my family, I see Cullen trying to get to me on the dance floor and then I find myself in Cyrus arms all of a sudden as he gives Cullen a warning look to not come closer. I guess Cyrus is still mad about before when Cullen made me cry, who knew my husband cared about me.
Cullen isn’t deterred as he still comes and asks for my hand in dance from Cyrus. Cyrus’s hold on me gets stronger and he tells Cullen to not cause a scene in front of all this people and just leave.
“You’re the one causing a scene as you keep your hands so tightly around your wife against your own brother and best man, bella’s best friend. People are already starting to notice I wonder what rumors will be spreading around by the end of the night; we both know how people like making up stories about things they don’t understand.”
“It’s okay, it’s just a dance” I tell Cyrus who reluctantly lets go looking around at the people and leaving the dance floor completely
I plaster on a smile as Cullen and I begin our dance and it’s quite between the two of us as we dance to the music. Cullen was always my partner when we had a party or a ball to understand when we were children; we used to be so close until that night drove a wedge between the two of us. I don’t know if we will ever be the people we were before but I wish we could have them back
“Bella…” he starts
“Its okay, don’t ruin this. Just don’t say anything” I interrupt him because I want this to be the way we say goodbye to each other as both brother and best friend before we have to tolerate each others during family functions. Without tears or painfully words.
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