Ophelia ( A story about a love process ) ( COMPLETE ) ( EDITING )

Chapter 13 - Blessed

Flipping through the book mindlessly , I cannot concentrate so much on it. My mind were focused on a certain someone , Angela and her hurt expression when I told her the truth. It’s been few days , since she didn’t came up to work. I feel lonely because she’s the one who usually there flashing up her warm smile at the counter.

I’m losing a friend because my selfishness. Even though she confessed that she still have a feeling for me , but I am belong to someone else now and also I cannot reciprocate her feeling because I only see her as a friend.

“Rosalind please stop shuffling your feet !”.I said with angry , We both sitting on our bed. I don’t know why I’ve been so angry this past few days and each things Rosalind done always annoyed me. I blamed it with my concern towards Angie , sure it’s not Rosalind’s fault but at least stop making me feel irritated.

“Sorry.”. She got quiet looking so down. I feel bad for shouting at her but I’m still too angry and too anxious right now. “So..What happened with , Angie right ? How was the talk with her ?”

I closed my book staring in space while remembering my conversation with Angie after I announced that I and Rosalind were married. As expected her expression turned into shock , she gave me a dry chuckle thinking that I was joking but when she saw my serious expression she realized I wasn’t.

I took her to a nearby park bench , Rosalind was watching from the far giving us some privacy. I knew she was curious about this too , but she held her self , for this is the thing my self have to fix alone. Angie fell into silence , still processing what I have been said earlier.

Angie suddenly raised her head then turn to look at me. “Is it true ?”.She started. “She’s your..wife ?”

I gulped , then taking my wedding ring from my pocket. “Yes , it’s true.”.She eyed the beautiful ring on my palm then letting out a bitter chuckle.

“Why you never told me about this ? Are you playing with me this whole time ?”

“No !”.I corrected. “I never intended to do that. It just , I didn’t know how to tell you. It also still so sudden for me.”

“What do you mean ?”.She looked in confuse and interest.

“Rosalind and I , we were in arranged marriage.”

She looked in disbelief , probably surprised too for something like that still happened in this age of modern time. “Arranged marriage ? That’s mean you and her were forced into marrying each other ?.”.Maybe at the start it seemed like a forced marriage , but today I begin to accepting it. I nodded my head for the answer.

“Tell me honestly.”.She demanded. “Did she ever threatened to hurt you if you were not accepting this marriage ?.”

“No no no , quite the contrary.”

“So ? If you were forced into this then you don’t even love her right ?”

My answer were silence because I don’t even know what to say or how to describe my feeling towards Rosalind. I stared at the ring on my palm , toying with it. The answer is always there , always have been. I’m just too blind and too cocky to even tell the truth.

With my limited vocabularies , slowly I will explain it to Angie. “Yes , at first I dislike the idea of marrying her. I only met her once and when we met again , she suddenly propose to me. I was so powerless , I couldn’t refuse, it was my parent’s decision too.”

“Then why you still staying with her ?”. Asked her incredulous. “Just leave her. If you need somewhere to stay , I will gladly provide it for you.”