56.5H U G OI want Rose to stop this wedding but I know she won't do it."Do you Hugo Edward Saintclare take Maria Audriana Chamberlain to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do you part?" The priest asks for the third time.I exhale heavily.What's wrong with you, Saintclare? I scold myself.I've practiced this. I've thought about this thoroughly these past few days. I've decided on my answer and I was so sure about it. I'm so sure of my I Do. I know I was going to say it today. I even practiced saying it in front of the mirror every night or when I'm at the office. I was so sure about this last night. I was so sure that I was going to say it for my upcoming baby with Audrey because I know Rose won't be here. I thought I could do it but why do I feel like backing-out right now?It's just two words. Now say it. I scolded myself.I
57M I R A N D AWhy did he do this?Why does he want to dance with me?Why does he do unexpected things without even owning up to his actions?Hugo always do things that surprises me. Hugo always say words that I never expect him to say or questions that I never expect him to ask. But at the end of the day, he does not even choose me.I hate this and I'm on the verge of choosing to dance with him or not.I want to. Of course.But a part of me doesn't because in the middle of the dance, we're going to talk for sure. And, Landon is here. I don't want him to think of something else.I don't want to talk to Hugo. There's nothing left to talk about anyways. What's there left to talk about? Is he gonna explain? Explain what? There is so much more important things to worry about and this should not be on top of that list.I should not let Hugo affect me. It's so easy to say but it's so hard to do.And I know I have no choice because we're already standing on the center of the dance floor jo
57.5I shake my head sideways while he sneakily wipes my tears."We need to stop this." I tell him as I exhale heavily. "We need to stop saying things like these to each other. This is wrong. This is far too sinful and I don't want to hurt people who mean something to me. We need to stop giving hope to each other because you're already married. I'm going to start having a family with Landon too.""Rose. Don't say that please." He begs."No Hugo. You need to stop." I spit.I slowly pull myself away from him and he's just watching me. We are not dancing anymore but we are still at the dance floor, standing before each other while the music continues to play on the background. I stare at him for the last time before I begin to walk away with this heavy feeling inside my chest. I rush back to the table and felt Audrey's eyes darting at me angrily."I just need to go to the bathroom." I kiss Landon's cheek."Are you okay love?" He asks and I can tell that his eyes are worried."Yes. I'm fi
58H U G OShit, Landon must have heard it all.I know I shouldn't have left my own wedding, but this is much more important than being stuck there with all those fake people trying to be happy for us.The entire drive, my mind is boggling about where Landon is going to take me. I trust him, despite our past and I know he would not actually do something to hurt me.He's my best friend.Ironic, calling him my best friend when I have always been so selfish.When Landon parked his car, I did too but I am still hesitant in following him. I gaze out of my window to see where he could have brought me, and I was very surprised why we came here this late. I don't know why he took me here.I see him hopping off from his car and then he stares at me eagerly with furrowed brows and I know that he is telling me to follow him in. What does this guy have in mind? I quickly turned off the engine of my car and stepped out too.He hasn't said any word to me and I can't seem to say anything to him afte
58.5I take deep breath in."You were my friend." He spits.Tears gather behind my eyelids fast."You were a brother to me Hugo. You were my best friend." He adds.I bent my head down because I'm too embarrassed to face him. He pushes me hard on my chest which made my tilt my head backwards. He releases me but we are still standing in front of each other. I can't find any words to answer him because I'm guilty. I feel terrible. I am too guilty."You promised me." He says.I sigh heavily. I'm still not looking at him because I couldn't dare to."You promised me you'll love Audrey and you'll be faithful to her because I told you to. You told me she's the one. You told me that Hugo and I haven't forgotten about that night. But now you're stealing Miranda away from me as well?!" He yells at me.I slowly pull my head up to him and he is already crying.There are tears on his cheeks."You betrayed me! But this time is so much worst! You fucked my woman, Hugo! You fucked her and got her preg
59L A N D O N I've parked my car right outside the pad where Miranda and I are staying in London and I don't know what I am feeling. I don't know if I'm ready to face her. I don't know what words I would or should say to her. I'm so mad but I don't want to be mad at her.I take a few minutes to try to calm myself down before stepping out of the car. Ned had brought them home right away when I left the reception and I was glad he did. I know she's waiting for me to arrive home and I know she wants to talk about it.I honestly don't know how to talk to her about all this.My fist feels numb and it is still hurting after punching Hugo.I know Miranda would explain to me but I don't know how to trust her after what she did behind my back. I just don't want her to explain everything because the fact that she had sex with Hugo for the second time totally angers the living hell out of me.I march my way to the front door and gathered my thoughts together with me as I entered the foyer. I l
60M I R A N D A"Let's have a paternity test."Landon's words are engraved inside my head for the past hour and I couldn't help but agree since I know that we both need to know about it to make sure. This is for reassurance and for us to have a peace of mind.He told me that he wants to make sure if it is indeed Hugo's or not and I agreed to him. Right after he asked for my consent, the two of us went to a clinic which conducts such test and he had to pay additional fees to make sure that the files will only be confidential to the doctor and the couple.Landon was very much decided to have this and I want this too.As soon as we reached the clinic, I went through two DNA paternity test right away. I went through a blood test from the alleged father who is Landon and a fetal cell analysis on me. The other one was much each and it was a 1 x 10mL blood sample from me and two mouth swabs from the alleged father.When it was done, we were told that the result would be sent to our e-mail a
60.5Damn he can still smile at me like that and I hate how he's acting fine."I am fine." He tells me.He holds both of my cheeks and plants his lips on my forehead while my tears are flooding on my face. He gently pulls my face up to him so I can look back into his teary eyes. He's eyes are filled with little amounts of tears but he's trying so hard not to cry."I promise you I'm alright. I'm okay now. I was mad at first but I know it won't lead me nowhere if I'd keep my anger. I've gotten over it." He tells me.Landon wipes my tears with his thumbs and smiles again. "Let's just start all over again." He says.I nod."Let's forget that it even happened because I'm trying to forget about it too. I don't want to remember it ever again and I don't want you to ever do that to me too. Promise me."I nod vigorously, "I promise.""I'm still hurting and I won't deny that it's hard for me to have that kind of trust again but I'm staying strong for you. And for myself. Of course for our baby.