/Brian’s POV/Isn’t it very strange that my father’s assistant of all people, came to knock on the door of Elliot’s room and asked to talk to me after she legit insulted me at the airport for being a coward that couldn’t stand up to his father.I could read the uneasiness on her face with Elliot’s presence in the room, an expression that I have never seen before, so I asked Elliot to go on with the preparations for the bachelor’s eve that he was rambling about before Meelah walked in.Elliot has been engrossed with planning my wedding despite the fact that I didn’t want the wedding to happen and he isn’t such a big fan of weddings because of how his parents turned out, but falling in love with Dianne has changed his mentality about everything concerning love and marriage, so it was expected that anything marriage related will get him out of the room without questions.After getting Elliot out of the room so that I could concentrate on what Meelah had to say, but she had nothing to say
/Brian’s POV/I have nothing else to lose by hoping that Meelah will be able to do something about my wedding to Eden like she claimed and there is a 50:50 chance she will really do something about it, so I am going to take her word for it.“The day is still very young, so instead of waiting for Meelah to make a move, it is better to take the well desired nap that Elliot deprived me from having earlier just for us to come to have ‘fun’” I decide as I make my way to the door.“perfecto” I let out a satisfied smile as I hang the do not disturb sign on the door knob, before making my way back into the room to the room to take a nap since it won’t make sense for me to start locking the door of Elliot’s room, depriving him access into his own room, the ‘do not disturb’ sign is just the best bet for me.‘I think this is the most peaceful that I have felt in the last ten days, but I think I would have felt at peace earlier if only I was able to connect the dots that Melanie Caleb has been t
/Brian’s POV/After Elliot explained his plans about how we were going to spend the rest of our day, I got a call from Elva that her team were already waiting for Elliot and I in front of my room to help us get ready, and I tried to discourage her that I am not like a lady that needs help with getting dressed, but my sister is really stubborn so she refused and told me that I should get myself and my best man to my room in Emerald bay otherwise she was going to track down my location to come over to where I am to fetch me herself.First of all, Elva is the main stylist in charge of the event and because of how impromptu the whole wedding is, her team is short of staffs so ember has to take care of the star of the show that includes my mom, the two brides and their mom, all by herself so that she can be rest assured that there won’t be any major slip ups that will cause the wedding to be delayed.Secondly, she has to supervise the hair and make-up of the brides’ friends before going ah
/Meelah’s POV/I stormed out of Eliot’s room after making it clear to Brian that if he doesn’t call of the wedding I will, but the truth is that I don’t know how I am supposed to go about it, especially when I know that the only reason why my best friend is doing this is because she doesn’t want to be the reason why Ember gets robbed of the opportunity to marry Adrian that she has been secretly crushing on since college.The problem that I have right now is that Ember has no idea that her sister is making such a huge sacrifice for her because Eden made me swear that I wasn’t going to tell either Ember or the other girls, but the weight of this secrete is killing me.I have seen Eden’s emotional state go from bad to worse since she agreed to marry Brin kings, she even had to break up with the love of her life just because of the big sister role that she has been play9ing for a long time, and she feels obligated to continue doing it.I once asked Eden why she referred to herself as the
/Meelah’s POV/“Hey….” Eden says tapping me lightly and drawing me out of my wandering thoughts.“What are you thinking about?” She inquired with her slender brows taking a worried curve.“It’s nothing” I answer almost immediately, making her send me a dissatisfied look.“Heyyyyy…. talk to me” she coos talking my face in her hands“Don’t lie” she emphasizes with her hazel eyes boring into my soul as if she could read me like an open book.“Fine….” I sigh as I surrender “I was hoping that a miracle happens tomorrow because it pains me to see you sacrificing so much for your family” I answer her and she just smiles lightly instead of saying anything in reply to me “Wait a minute…” it suddenly occurs to me, making me pause dramatically “What if we elope?” I suggest only for Eden to start laughing hysterically.“Can you stop laughing and consider my suggestion seriously?”“Wait a minute….” She suddenly stops laughing “You we’re not joking?” She asks in a serious voice “Of course, not
/Meelah’s POV/We all listened to Aurora as she kept on dishing out instructions on how perfect she wanted our wedding content to come out since she wanted to use the wedding content that she will be uploading to boost her followers and also gain a massive social impression.The mere thought of the plenty videos in her favorite collection scared the hell out of me, more so my mind is not focusing on what they are doing, the only thing my mind keeps drifting back to is how I am going to be able to kidnap my best friend without getting exposed if the worse comes to worse.I don’t want to jump into rash decisions because I know the type of person my best friend is, she will definitely put up a fight to stop herself from getting kidnapped, which will only be possible if I have an accomplice, but the point is that who do I call?“Should I just call it a truce with that betrayer by asking me to help me with this?” I stop to consider for a moment.“No…. I can’t do that” I stop myself from co
/Meelah’s POV/I stare at my best friend on the ground with wide eyes that I cannot shut, with the feeling of the room spinning around me “She was fine an hour ago” I mutter as I force myself to move from my frozen spot. “Eden please open your eyes” I beg her desperately, but all my plea seem to land on deaf earI notice the knife that she used in spitting her own wrist next to her and a bottle of pain killers that I packed when we were traveling.I intentionally bought a bottle of pain killer for the trip because of the stress I knew that I was going to go through but instead of the full bottle that I traveled with, the bottle next to Eden is empty.“Eden please don’t do this” I plead again, and this time around I notice her clutching a piece of paper so I take it from her to check the content.“Dear Meelah, I am really sorry that it had to get to this, but there is just no way I can go through with this wedding. I thought I was going to be able to do it at first because my fat
/Meelah’s POV/ “I really want to go along with your suggestion, but it seems way too difficult to accomplish” Ember speaks up after a while, dragging me out of my own thoughts. “I understand that you are trying to help my sister so that she doesn’t have to go through with this, but how the hell are we supposed to successfully switch the bride without being noticed by anyone, and where did you get this whole bride switch idea from because it sounds really unreasonable” she expresses in concern. “I know that all these sounds unreasonable right now, but if we put heads together we can actually pull this through”I declare with determination in her voice because under no condition am I going to sacrifice my best friend's physical and mental health, just for the sake of an arranged marriage.“How the hell are we going to get a replacement for my sister less than four hours to her wedding” Ember inquires frantically pacing around the room and I stop to consider for a moment.If the b
|Meelah’s POV|I start rounding up the exercise of decluttering my space because this is the first time I am getting back home at the normal closing hour instead of working overtime like I have been doing with Brian, only for my phone to start ringing, so I pause what I am doing to pick up the call.“Hey babes… how are you doing?” Eden says as soon as I pick up the video calls and before I can reply to her, the other girls join the call.“Melanie Caleb… you skipped two girl’s nights without any call nor explanation to justify your actions,” Aurora accuses as soon as she joins the call.“Hmmm,” I sigh deeply.“The past two weeks have been crazy in Kings Corporation, with me trying to stay out of my husband’s ex-girlfriend who tries to sabotage me at any opportunity that she gets, the latest project of Kings Corporation that has been making both Brian and I work overtime because he needs to prove to his father that he can handle the company while I have had to prove to people that I did
|Meelah’s POV|Sunday went by in a blur with my girls showing up at mine and Brian’s house because they were worried sick about me switching off my phone after the incident that happened at the movie premier not only did they just help uplift my mood, but they also mentally prepared me to face the cold world (Kings Corp).It's Monday morning and instead of excitedly walking towards the tall and imposing structure that is standing out against the sky, reaching for the clouds in front of me with the windows arranged in a grid-like pattern in front of me, I am quite nervous but also eager to start work after being away for a while.I park my latest baby (the Tesla that was gifted to me by my father-in-law), then I take out a few of my necessities while clutching my ID badge, my bag, and other necessities, and then head towards the reception desk.I greet the security guard with a friendly smile and I swipe my badge at the entrance turnstile, hearing the satisfying beep that confirms my a
|BRIAN’s POV|“Can you stop being difficult and just tell me who the photographer nigga at the movie premier is?” I urge Meelah because her nonchalant attitude is seriously starting to piss me off.“No one important,” she answers, waving the issue like it is nothing important as she focuses on her breakfast.“Photographer nigga is no one important, but you and your sister were fighting over him?” I remark to get a reaction from Meelah, and judging from the way she pauses dramatically from reaching for the baked beans that are a part of the breakfast platter, I know that I must have struck a nerve.“Fighting over him?” she scoffs.“Are you for real right now?” she questions, looking at me dead in the eyes.“How was I minding my business and getting my pictures taken, only for me to get drenched by the torn in my flesh the same things as me fighting over a man?” she expresses painfully and that makes me realize that I must have gone too far.“Fine…. I apologize for my insensitive choice
|Meelah’s POV|I should have known that running into RK the previous night was not going to end well or should I say that I should not have unblocked that villain and tried to give him the benefit of doubt by thinking he must have had a valid reason for decamping to the enemies camp, but it was obvious from all indication that RK chose Jayden Conor and Skylar over me because of the money that they offered him, but the question that has been on my mind since yesterday was why RK Is still trying so hard to be in my good graces after everything that happened.To say that I was livid when Skylar tried to mess up my life once again by using RK was an understatement, and even though I had so many unanswered questions for Ryan, I was way too blinded by rage to hear him out, and now that everything ended up blowing out of proportion, I kinda wished that I was patient enough to hear him out so that I can at least get closure and move on with my life.I ended up avoiding Brain after we got home
|Brian’s POV|After trying to get Meelah familiar with the movie she didn’t look interested in the slightest, probably because this type of movie is not her kind of thing, she stepped out of the cinema to get some fresh air, but she went for a long time.Even though I want to keep enjoying my movie, I have no choice but to step out to check up on Meelah simply because I brought her here and I have to make sure that she has a wonderful experience, or else the aim of bringing her here will be defeated.I stand in front of the event hall, scanning around to see if my eyes can capture Meelah from afar to assure myself that she is fine so that I can return to the movie theater but I see her with a man who is busy taking pictures of her and from the looks of it, I don’t think this is the first time they are meeting because of how he is putting his hands on her to direct each pose he wanted her to strike when he could have just described it tor her or strike the pose instead of touching her
MEELAH’S POV|I wasn’t expecting that sly human being to take advantage of the situation by offering to help me if only I agreed to hear him out but I had to agree because I couldn’t let my girl’s efforts be in vain, and instead of sending the driver to get me a random ring, but Brian stepped down from the car himself to get me a ring which made me wonder what he is playing at.Anyway, Brian got me a pretty simple and elegant ring that doesn’t look as complicated as the previous ring and I love it because I think this ring sits my personality more, more so you will barely know that it is a counterfeit ring, so a win is a win for me.We are now at the event venue, and here is Brian stepping out of the car while I am waiting for him to open the door for me because even though I agreed to hear him out, he still has to make up for how miserable and rejected I felt during the week so that I can feel his sincerity.Big Daddy Brian has finally put the gentlemanly teachings he got from his wo
|Brian’s POV|After racking my brain, thinking of the best way to ask Meelah out to the movie premier, I decided to abandon the responsibility to the butler because I knew for a fact that I was the one whom Meelah had issues with, and she was not the kind of person that will take her anger out on an innocent butler by intentionally making his task difficult for him, and it worked because just when I was driving into kings estate yesterday, I saw Meelah’s driving out.I actually thought of driving out of the estate to block her wherever she was going to have a conversation with her, but for someone who made a conscious effort not to run into me even while we were living under the same roof, I knew better than to try, and thank goodness I decided against it because on getting home, I was informed by the butler that his part of the task was completed.I went about my after-work schedule normally, and while I finally settled down to eat dinner, I got a message from Elva that she had been
Everyone in this house except for me stayed up all night trying to help with the outfit and everything because my fashion enthusiast friend decided to make an outfit for me from scratch after she found out about the movie premier at the dying minute and she had got her team of designers here as early as 5 am to help with the process of making me an outfit despite my protest that it wasn’t necessary.Brian's sister also showed up with her team of makeup artists, hairstylists, and nail technicians, just to get me dolled up for the event, and I have been sitting here since I took my bath while they dress me up like a doll.“Your bestie wants to talk to you,” Aurora says, handing me her phone hours later after I sat to get my hair, nails, and makeup done without being allowed to check the mirror. “Are you not scared that I will see myself through the camera of the phone?” I question Aurora and that makes Elva block the camera from my view.“I still stand on the existing protocol that I w
\Meelah’s POV\After being made to feel stupid by Brian and like a total failure by my mother-in-law on Wednesday, I needed a way to vent, and the last thing I would have wanted in this life was to put a call through to my girls because I just like me, they had stuff going on in their lives, and it won’t make any sense for me to put everyone in a bad mood just because things were going sideways for me, so I went to mine and Brian’s bedroom to sleep but the more I laid on the bed, everything I could think about was how Brian kickstarted my day by overreacting to the perfume that was supposed to boost my confidence, so I ended up smashing the perfume bottle into the wall hoping it will make feel better but it barely did anything for me.I tried to snap out of the negative emotions that I was feeling so that I could be prepared for the next day’s work, but nothing seemed to be working so I resorted to something that I wouldn’t normally resort to just to escape my problems even if it was t