All Chapters of His Reluctant Bride: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

There were a number of times that things had to repeat themselves to call them coincidences. Whatever it is that was happening with Vincent, it was breaking the ceiling for coincidences and making their way into weirdness. She would’ve never figured this one out if it had been a plot twist in a drama. Damn, now she was comparing her life to a drama. This showed how weird her situation really was. She smiled as she watched Vincent slap Nathan in the back of the head before heading back to sit down beside her taking her hand in his. Those two were close. She knew that before she even met Vincent. Nathan was always talking about his big brother. He admired him more than anything and Vincent had apparently been the father figure in his life that he never got to have. Nathan once told her that he wanted to become a doctor because he wanted to be there for his family if they ever needed something. His older brother was taking care of them by providing for them so he wanted to do the sam

Vincent’s POVAira was avoiding him… It’s been three days since they had dinner with his mother, and since then he hadn’t seen her yet. Whenever he tried to reach out to her there was some kind of excuse. Right after he brought her back to her apartment, he had suggested that they go see the wedding venues the next day but she’d said that she had a tenant's meeting she had to attend and she had to inform them that she was going to move in two months and rent out her apartment.Since it was a resident’s meeting, he knew that guy was going to be there. The one who kept eying Aira like she was some kind of candy he couldn’t have. He had made a show when he met him last time just to give him a message, but he was still worried he might make a move on her.He knew he had no right to stop guys from hitting on her, but no one knows that. Everyone else thinks that it’s perfectly normal to do it since he was her fiance and he was planning on using that status as long as he was going to get

“Are you-”“I am, god knows we both heard this question enough as it is so why don’t we make a rule of not asking that of each other?” Aira snapped.They were in her parents’ driveway getting ready to go in there and break the news to her family. Or rather, to her mother and brother, because she was pretty sure that Nathan spilled the beans to Grace and Vincent had already told her father to get his blessing.So she had to deal with just two people. It’s not that bad…“I was going to ask you if you weren’t going to wear your ring,” He said with a worried look and Aira flushed.“Sorry, I’m so on edge these days,”“Don’t worry about it. It’s going to be okay,”“It is… I’m just worried that they would try to stop me because of what happened with Jace,” She said with a sigh,“I’m sure they want you to move on from that guy as much as you do. So this is going to be good news for them,” Vincent reassured her,“Yeah, maybe you’re right,” Aira admitted“Shall we?” He asked and Aira nodded.Gu

Aira tore up the page from her sketchbook and threw it into the bin beside her desk. The ripped paper landed on top of the mountain of papers and tumbled down until it landed on the floor making Aira even more frustrated.Nothing went her way these days, not even a torn piece of paper stayed where it was supposed to stay.She looked at the blank sketchbook before her, put her pencil to it, and after a few strokes, she sighed giving up and putting them down. She needed a breather before she started going crazy and destroying something.Her mind was still going on a loop since last night. Since her grandmother dropped that bomb on her like it was nothing, then went on having a casual conversation as if she hadn’t just shattered Aira’s world with those words.Since when was she thinking of retiring? She remembered the stubborn old woman going on about dying with a brush in her hand. So what prompted all this?Aira still had trouble processing the thought since then. She hadn’t been able

“There you are, this is the last of your luggage,” Said carter as he put another box on the kitchen counter,“Thanks, man,” Vincent told him and made his way toward the counter to check the content of the box, “Great! I was wondering if I’d forgotten to pack this,” He announced as he pulled out some complicated culinary device.Aira stood there watching the two of them with one brush in her hand and a coffee mug in the other,“Uh, guys, am I missing something here?” She asked still looking at them with shock. “Oh! Aira! You don’t need to get out of your studio. I can take care of everything alone,” He told her with a smile as if what he was saying made perfect sense.Just a minute ago she had been peacefully working on the scenery she had been struggling with for days. It was finally coming together and she was having a lot of fun painting it on paper. Something she enjoyed doing whenever she needed something physical to do. A drawing tablet just didn’t have the same effect sometimes