Chapter 17

Juliet Calland
I stepped into my house in Norway and guest what? I gave Nadine's project to other designer. I couldn't do it, I've tried too many times but I just can't do it.
My parents were surprised to see me coming home all of the sudden. My mother got up from the sofa in the living room walking towards me.
"Juliet, are you okay?" She asked and I hugged her right away. I bursted into tears right away. I've been holding my emotions for days while trying to design the engagement dress for Nadine.
My heart was hurting so much that I couldn't handle it anymore.
"Who hurt you?" My father asked in an angry tone.
"Who hurt who?" I heard Jayson's voice.
"Let's go to your room, let's talk." My mother grabbed my hand and dragged me to my room upstairs. I was crying non-stop and she kept trying to calm me down.
She locked my door and sat me on the bed. She patted my hand and wiped my tears.
"What happen to you? Tell me." My mother asked and I looked at her. She gave me a light smile and wiped my tears again.
"Leo."
"Leo? What's with him? Did he do something bad to you?" My mother asked me in panic.
"No, I did something bad to him."
"Tell me everything, honey."
"I don't know what's wrong with me, it's just.. I don't know." I said and my mother hugged me. She patted my back trying to calm me down.
"It looks like you're falling in love." My mother said and I looked at her confused.
"Love?" I asked as I wiped my tears. My mother smiled and helped me wipe my tears. She caressed my head and nodded.
"Maybe you're in love, you're in love with Leo."
"No way.." I said as I shook my head.
"Baby, you can't deny it. If you're not in love with him then why are you crying?" My mother asked as she took my hand.
"I don't know."
"Oh.. Juliet." My mother chuckled.
"What?"
"You're just like your father." She said.
"Hey!" I turned to the door and my mother shook her head.
"Do your own thing, Isaac!" My mother shouted and I sighed.
"Listen, Juliet." She looked at me and smiled.
"I know you still don't realize that you love him yet but I suggest to find out what you really feel sooner because time is ticking. He's already engaged to Nadine and if you don't act fast, you will lose him."
"But.."
"But what? You think you're not capable of love? Or maybe because you used to play around?"
"Trust me, love is different. It involves a lot of jealousy, being clueless sometimes and it's okay and it's normal."
"But he's going to marry Nadine, I don- I don't know. He was engaged to her all of the sudden."
"It's because they found out about him asking you to find him a bride instead of seriously engaged with you. Your father was mad about it too, he thought Leo was serious but he was happy to know Leo's engaged to another person now." I sighed listening to it.
"Mother, what should I do now?" I asked because I'm still completely confused with what I'm feeling now.
"Everything.. came too fast.. the process.. I.. I don't know. I'm still figuring out about when suddenly.. he.. he just got engaged to someone."
"Actually.. Nielsen household right now is not in a great situation. His parents went crazy with the kids because they just.. a mess. That's why Logan really pissed off and made him get engaged with Nadine after finding out about you and Leo weren't that serious."
"It's not your fault, honey. It's just the situation that they're in and of course Leo felt a little pressure on him." She added and I sighed.
"But I don't know, mother. He somehow wanted me to cope with his fast pace. I can't cope with that, I never been in love before." I said and my mother nodded.
"I understand what you mean that's why me and your father decided not to force you into an arrangement again. At first, It was my idea because I thought you both will complete each other knowing that you both have the opposite character."
"What made you cry though? Did he call you?"
"His fiance's friend happened to be Lena. Lena introduced Nadine to me and wanted me to make her engagement dress."
"And then?"
"I couldn't do it. I can't.. I don't know why. I was frustrated and.. I felt weird." I said as I looked down to the ground.
"It's okay, darling. Okay.. how about this? You take a rest, calm down and just stay in Norway for a couple of days. What do you think? Maybe you.. can figure out it here?"
"Okay."
"Sometimes.. it might be a feeling of lost. Maybe you're used to his presence all the time and suddenly he's gone. You might feel a little bit empty because of that too. Or maybe.. what you feel might be.. something more." My mother smiled and I nodded.
"How about you, mother? When did you realize that you love father?" I asked and she chuckled.
"At that time, he's just different. He was pretty boring, he loved books too much and I found that quite interesting. I thought I was charming but.. he has his on and off switch."
"But he loves you so much."
"Oh Juliet, not every love story process is.. as fun as you thought it would be. I was supposed to marry King Logan at one point. We were engaged at that time." My eyes widen, I never thought my mother got engaged to another man before. I thought my parents met in a magical way and just.. started their journey together.
"Your father wasn't keen on love actually. He dated me because he thought he could get the attraction away but it was more. I got engaged to King Logan and then your father asked his mother for help to request me to the Logan family and my parents."
"Why didn't he request you by himself?"
"Because he knew that I wouldn't accept it. He was afraid I got into another man's arms." My mother chuckled.
"He loves you so much."
"He is now.. not back then. I wanted to smack his brain so bad for being an idiot." I chuckled when I heard my mother complain about my father.
"What was the feeling when you know you love someone?"
"When I saw your father, he's comfortable to be with. It's a weird feeling that you can feel home somehow. And then, for me is.. it's a little bit complex because somehow you know when you feel it."
"I mean.. your father said that he couldn't bear seeing me getting married to another man because he thought that man will be a lucky bastard. He told me in our honeymoon that he felt like his world was crippling down when he saw me being engaged but when I saw him coming to my engagement party.. he was.. a little bit civil but not really."
"I'm jealous of you." I pouted.
"You will get your own happiness, Juliet." She smiled and I nodded.
"Love sometimes comes fast.. sometimes it comes slowly.. it's just based on your luck."
"Thank you, mother."
"Your welcome, my dear. I will beat the shit out of Leo for making my daughter cry. How dare he!"