Chapter 2~Decision for myself~

Echo’s Pov:

"Marry me, Echo. Please, marry me. I need you,"he said.

His eyes seemed to be  true and it made me almost believe him until I heard his next words.

" I will promise you you will get all the things that you want. I will provide you with all your luxuries that you want. Please, marry me or else my dad won't inherit his property to me. I know that you love me. Can't you do that much for me? For the one you loved all this time?" he asked.

"What? You're marrying me for the inheritance? And you knew I liked you? Since when?" I asked.

I was broken apart when I heard that.Before I was mad at him, I despised myself for loving him before but now I feel like dying of shame over here.

I had imagined my life beyond any imaginations with him but...my life turned out to be worst of worst...

He knew that I liked him but still he did that?

He completely played with my feelings. He totally disrespected it.

I was being used my him to get the inheritance from his dad. I was... I was just a tool to him, a tool which would ease his every path.

That day, I thought I would never be used by anyone anymore.I won't let anyone to use me anymore. Not again.

Even after trying so hard, I couldn't stop the wedding. But on the day, before our wedding I decided to do something that I never did in my whole life.

That night,

I entered inside the pub, got drunk and then… then…then…I don’t even remember what did I actually do? Did that even make sense? How can I forget what did I do the whole night?

Next morning, when I opened my eyes, the flower designed chandelier above my head was the first thing I saw. It was pinkish color and that bloody pink color was making me smile, unknowingly.

I got back to my senses, when my hand touched the hard muscles of someone I don’t know. I mean someone I really don’t know.

I checked my clothing on my body. All of my clothes were on the floor and except my inner wears.

Hell!

I was just on my inner garments.

 Placing both of my hands over my eyes, I gasped for the air and in between my forefinger and the middle finger I peeped the man beside me.

GOSH… His head was turned to another side and I had no interest and neither I had guts to look at his face.

I quickly looked around for my clothes, immediately changed into the one and bolted out as quick as possible. I just couldn’t believe myself. What did I just do at night? I was dying to know that.

 But, my clothes and the bed and man beside me was enough for me to tell what must I had been doing last night?

I basically ruined my life.

With the shame, guiltiness and the frustrations written all over my face, I hauled a taxi and drove back home secretly.

Yesterday's night was unplanned for my life. I had never planned yesterday's night but I had planned exactly what should I do on my wedding day.

I had been planning for this since the day he told me that he was marrying me for the sake of inheritance of his dad.

I didn't tell that to his parents or my parents because I knew that they would be hurt but I knew what his truth were.

I had planned not to be with him. I had decided to live my life with my own decisions once in my life.I wanted to know if I would be able to face the world alone and trusting myself just once.

Italy.

That was where I applied to do job after the  day I found him cheating on me.

I would have been long gone but I wanted to surprise Jeremy with the biggest shock in his life.

As it was totally dawn, everybody were still asleep. I had already informed my best friend about this and she had promised me she was never going to tell this to anyone and I knew that she would never tell it to anyone. I trusted her.

I took out the passport and some documents from my wardrobe and then, strode out from the room leaving a single piece for my parents and brother.

I was sorry to them but this was the first time I felt that I should do something for myself and I wasn't going to step back from this anymore.

I went to my best friend's house to grab my things. I knew that everything would be messed up Everything would be messed up here but if I get married with this guy, my whole life was going to messed by him.

When I sat on that plane and as it flew away from Chicago, I felt as if I have got my own wings. As if I was free to live my own life.

 It was a total new place for me but trust me I really loved that feeling of breathing the Romanian air and to be away from the pressure and the fake relationship. I was glad to be away from the unwanted reckless and non meaningful efforts of Jeremy.

As the plane landed,I took in the long breathe and walked to the taxi stand.

“Ciao,” he said as I got inside the taxi. I was unknown to the language as I was told that the hotel exclusively required the English speaker.

“Hello,” he smiled as I got in.

“Where do you want to go?” he asked in English.

I showed him the address and he smiled,” Away from the city and near the beach. Quite a good place to work and stay.”

I don’t know why but I really didn’t like the way he remarked me on that.

After a long drive, I reached at Hotel Archimedes. I didn’t exactly understand why they named it as Archimedes Hotel but I didn’t have any concern on that.

I got down from the taxi and then walked to the reception counter. I could hardly understand the language. It felt like I was some Alien landed on somewhere foreign land. Yeah it was a foreign land obviously.

She directed me towards a woman who was of almost 40 years of age and she lead me to my employee quarter which was almost on the top floor of the hotel. Thank to elevator or else I would have broken my petite poor legs on walking there.

“ These are you keys mam and this is your room. You will be joining as the housekeepers supervisor from tomorrow itself. So, prepare for it mam,” she said. The most important and happiest thing was she was fluent English speaker.

“Uhm…Excuse me! But does everyone speak English over here?” I asked her.

“ Yes, Mam almost. English is compulsion as the owner is American and the customers are mainly the visitors from English speaking countries,” she said.

“Oh!,” that added the relief to my excited heart.

“Please, have a rest for today mam. You will have your dinner in the employee cafeteria at 8. Till then you can have rest. Please, inform me if you want to have something refreshing,” she asked.

I was sent some food after that I got back to sleep as I was really tired.

I was deeply in sleep but I was woken with the rubbish and irritating sounds outside my door. But, I was too lazy to walk to the door and look at what was happening outside the door. 

Instead, I pulled the duvet and then covered my body and then, went back to the sleep.

The next day, I woke up with the knock on the door. Lazily I walked to the door and then, opened the door yawning.

When I opened the door, it was…”You,” I said…