CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

TAMARA

"That guy pisses me off, how can he talk to you like that?" Alex said while he paced back and forth the dressing room anger evident in his tone and facial expression. I understood why he was so angry, Damien Kingston resulted in threatening my family and company to force my hand because he had no regard for anyone but himself. If he wanted something he would do anything to get it.
Yes, my family didn't deserve my sacrifice after everything they had done to me but I just can't stand on the sidelines and watch him hurt them or destroy everything my mother built. A sigh left my lips as I took my seat on the nearest bench my legs could take me because I was still shaking in fear from Damien and I previous encounter.
"We have no choice Alex, he already has us by the neck and so can't do anything to stop this wedding" i said looking up at Alex who has finally stopped pacing.
"But this isn't right Tamara, they must be something we can do to stop this, I can't let you go with him after what I just witnessed a few minutes ago" Alex said running his hands through his hair discomfort evident in his gaze, "He might just hurt you with words now but what about later on? What if he hurt you physically? I won't be able to bear that Little bee"
"If we run, he will hurt Thomas and the rest and also destroy the company to get revenge for screwing him over" I said placing my face I'm my palm as different thoughts ran through my head.
"This is so fucked up, everything is just one big mess and this is all that bastards Thomas’s fault, if he told us that company wasn't doing well, we would have found a way to save it but no he ran to that bastard Kingston for help" Alex said running his hands through his hair for the second time today, he always does that when he is angry or frustrated and he is experiencing both emotions now.
"We just have to do as he says Alex and think of what to do later on" I said finally coming to terms that they was no way out of this situation, my gaze moved to Alex and his gaze had softened and was now on me.
"We will get through this, no you will get through this Little bee and I will be right here with you" Alex said as he approached me taking his seat on the bench beside me, he then leaned in to place a kiss on my forehead as he held me in his arms, the tears I didn't even know I was holding back came rushing out as I cried silently in his arms.
"Let it all out little bee," Alex said as he ran his hand down my back inorder to comfort me, after a few minutes had passed, my cries died down and I pulled away from him giving him a sad smile.
"We better get the bridal assistants back In here before Mr Kingston comes back" I said as Alex gazed at me with sad eyes.
"Okay little bee" Alex said getting up to his feet to calling the assistants back in and as I he was about to leave I called out to him.
"Can you stay with me, please" I asked and a gave me a sad smile
"Sure, little bee I will be right here" he answered taking his seat on a bench in the room, while the assistant started to fix my makeup.
Alex stayed with me just as he promised until the bridal assistants where done but he left when I was going put on my wedding dress and came back in when one of the assistants told him it was okay for him to come back into the room.
When he came into the room and his gaze landed on me in my dress, his eyes clouded with tears, "Little bee you look stunning" Alex said his voice breaking a little at the end.
"Don't you dare cry Alex because if you do I will cry too and they will kill both of us for ruing my makeup" I said causing him and the assistants too laugh.
"Okay I'm not going to cry, and don't tell the guys I almost did, they will never let me live it down" Alex said chuckling softly as he placed a quick kiss on my forehead being extra careful not to ruin my makeup.
After a few finishing touches I was ready to head for the church and I felt my heart rate increase and my palm became sweaty.
As we left the dressing room for the church, Alex held onto my hand all through. On getting to the entrance of the church, Damien's gaze met mine before he turned to the event planner Mrs Adams so she can give the orchestra the go ahead to start playing 'here comes the bride'
"You got this little bee and like I said before I will be right by your side to the end" Alex whispered softly.
"Thank you for doing this Alex, it really means a lot to me'' I said, smiling up at him.
"No worries Little bee, now let's get this over with weddings creep me out" Alex whispered, causing me to giggle at his statement.
When the wedding planner gave us the go ahead to come in, Alex and I started marching into the church as everyone gaze fell on us, i had to hold my dress up a little so i wouldn't trip on the hem of the dress.
My gaze scanned the room looking for familar faces when i found my family, they were staring at Alex in surprise but we paid them no attention, I'm sure he was going to get an earful from his mother after this, but for as long that I've know Alex, he didn't really care what his mother did or said to him.
My gaze then moved to Alex’s friends, they were standing in the corner of the church smiling in our direction, Shane gave me a thumbs up and a smile while Huston blew a kiss at me and winked causing Joe to smack him at the back of the head, if not for shane grabbing onto his hand, he would have falling on his face.
"They always find ways to embarrass me because they never take anything serious" Alex said, causing me to giggle at his friend's antics, then when my gaze landed on Damien, my cheerful demeanour instantly fell. He was just watching me, his face was devoid of emotion, when we reached his side, Alex handed me over to Mr Kingston but before he left he whispered something I couldn't quite make out to Mr Kingston causing a frown to form on his face.
After he was done saying what it was, he pulled away from Mr Kingston and focused on me, "Be strong little bee, it will soon be over" Alex whispered, placing a kiss on my forehead once again before going to join his friends.
"Shall we begin?" the pastor questioned his gaze on Damien, he nodded and the pastor's gaze then focused on the guest.
"Dear beloved, we are gathered here today to join Damien Kingston and Tamara Sanders in holy matrimony, if anyone here has a reason these two should not be married please speak now or forever hold your peace" the pastor asked and when no one spoke up, the pastor continued speaking.
"If there are no objections let's proceed to the exchange of vows and rings'' the pastor said as his gaze moved to Mr Kingston so he could start.
"I Damien Kingston take you Tamara Sanders to be my wife to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer for poor, in sickness, and in health, to love and to cherish(and obey), till death do us part" Damien said as he took the ring from the wedding bearer and placed it on my finger, when he pulled away I felt my throat close up, I couldn’t breathe neither could i recite my vows, I was too consumed by guilt.
"Tamara, Tamara" I heard a familiar voice call out and I looked up to find Mr Kingston giving me a warning look snapping Mr back to reality.
"I Tamara Sanders take you Damien Kingston to be my husband to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer for poor, in sickness, and in health, to love and to cherish(and obey), till deaths do us part" I said taking his ring from the ring bearer putting on his ring finger.
"Now that the vows have been said do you Damien Kingston take Tamara Sanders to be your lawfully wedded wife"
"I do"
"Do you Tamara Sanders take Damien Kingston to be your lawfully wedded husband"
"I do"
"Then with the power Invested in me I pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride"
"Don't" I whispered as I watched Mr Kingston lean in, he couldn't take this from me too, I won't allow him, he then covered my face and pretended to kiss me and the church filled with applause and cheers, I looked at the front row and Mr Zane and Mrs Sarah were also smiling at us and my heart hurt, we were lying to all this people, I couldn’t run, I was officially his wife the thought of it made me to to puke my guts out.
Damien then held my hand and helped me down the stage, leading me towards his family.
"I'm so happy, I feel like I'm going to start crying any moment from now" Sarah said as she engulfed me in a hug, then she pulled away after a few mimtues then Mr Zane gave us a small smile before congratulating us.
"Congratulations, you are finally off the market, how do you feel Damien?" Mr Zane asked and Damien faked a cheerful smile.
"I'm really happy grandfather, Tamara is finally my wife and I can't wait for us to live the rest of our lives together" Mr Kingston said, placing a kiss on my cheeks, I tried my best not to flinch when his hold tightened on my waist.
"I hope you too have a wonderful marriage" Sarah said placing a kiss on Damien's cheeks
"Thank you" we both said In unison, after we left where Mr Zane and Miss Sarah were seated, it didn't even take a few minutes before we were surrounded by Damien's other family members, they all wanted a chance to congratulate us and at one point I was quite overwhelmed, then from the corner of my eyes I stopped Emilia seated at the last row with a sad look on her face as she at Damien, what was she doing here?.