You Complicate Me (Complete)

Chapter 20

Max Miller

I've been standing near Ashwin like a one got lost in the summer beach, I couldn't even predict what's going to happen next.  Their cultures were so different, I don't even have clue.  

"Are you okay, bro?" Ashwin turned to meet my gaze.  He was leaning on the Indian traditional wooden pillar?  

"No, I was just excited and happy for Arya.  When will they exchange rings?"  He glared at me.  "To post it on my Insta page." I smiled.

"Soon." he shrugged.

Then there was a silence.

"So how many followers you have?" he said.

"Sorry-what?"

"On Insta,"

"Just a couple of," I said, shrugging my shoulder.

"ashwin_thehottestman"

"What?" I don't know why he suddenly acting weird.  

"You follow me then I'll follow you back.  I don't have time to search you know.  I'm kinda celebrity over there." he said, smirking.  "Don't worry I'll follow you back there boy."

"Okay, sure." I smiled.

I pulled out my phone and started typing ashwin_thehottestman on Insta and followed him.  

"Wait.  What on earth?  You said you have only couple of followers and you meant this?  Couple of millions?  You gotta be kidding me."

"Why would I be kidding?" I said.

"Why you didn't tell me you are a celebrity?" his eyes widened.

"Max! there you are!" Alexa shouted from the main door way.  And I couldn't be more happy when she saved me from over-hyped Ashwin.  

"I'll be back, man" I patted on his shoulder before walking to Alexa.

When I walked to her she dragged me to upstairs where Arya was sitting in front her dressing table, hands closing her face and letter on her hands.  "What happened?" 

"She is saying she isn't ready to get marry."

"Why?"

"Cause, I don't want to." Arya cried, the room went silent.  

Alexa closed the door and knelt below Arya.  "Oh dear, if you are not ready to get married then just go and talk to your father.  He might understand."

"You think cancelling an engagement in India is just that easy and I'd never tried before I inviting you to this engagement?  I tried, pleaded him but he never heard to me out.  Not even once." she turned back to mirror.  "I wish I shouldn't go to that party with him."

"No, no, dear.  You just helped him, it's neither of yours mistake." she tried to calm her down but it only makes her cry even harder.

I let them two talk and when I was doing nothing in that room one diary caught my eye.  I walked to it and when I was about to pick it up.

"Max, tell her something." Alexa called me out.

"Yeah, yeah don't worry about that.  You're looking beautiful."  I said still looking at that diary which has the drawing of Eiffel Tower in it.  Not only just that logo on that diary, most of the pictures in her rooms are all about Paris.  And that surprised me.  Everywhere I turn around I can see Paris it's either in letters or in pictures.  

When my eyes finally landed on Alexa who was looking at me strangely or weirdly and saw Arya was crying, started wondering what just happened.  "Did I say something wrong?"

Alexa shook her head annoyingly as she put her hands around Arya, comforting her.

A few seconds later, there was a knock at the door, revealing Ashwin standing with his huge grin.  "It's time for her wonderful day in her life." he said and walked her downstairs where the rituals were going.

"You never going to change, don't you?" Alexa clenched her teeth and walked away from there to stand behind Arya in that rituals, I guess.

And when there was no one on that room, I took that as a chance to look at that diary.  I know, believe me I know It's a wrong thing to sneak into people's personal stuff.  But girl like her can write journals too?  How wonderful.  I couldn't control myself from opening it and even my mind my saying to to close it but one paper, one single paper which wasn't one of those old leather book's but seems like an A4 sheet or just some random notebooks paper caught my eyes.

And as much as I tried to fold it and put it aside, that much it excited me to read it.

So which I did.

It says, letter to my first love.  Which clearly shows I won't be her first love, okay.  She won't be my first love either.

My first love,
Who never knew I loved and still do.Every time I try to move on, I couldn't. It was like you're a magnet, and I was your iron, the memories of you pulling me over and over.
Every time I try to forget you the most, you come to my vision often, laughing at me. I felt cursed. All I want is to move on and live my life. And here I'm stuck with your memories.
Every time I saw your heartbroken story, why I feel like that heart was mine? You can never count how many times I felt sorry after seeing your status on what's app. I'm not saying that you should love me instead. You'd always passed through me like I was invisible to your eyes which made me cringe.
Every time I close my mouth, I start repeating your name again and again like your name is my mantra. Why?
I know it's a one-sided love but, why it affected me to write this letter to you?I want you to know that I never laid my eyes apart from yours, and I know I can't ever.
But I'll wait for your eyes to meet mine even in my death grave.Yours

affectionately, Invisible love.

I never got any love letters like this.  It's feels like those words that just came from her heart and found love in her voice.  I wonder how many things this one girl is hiding from me.  She was seriously in love that boy.  Whoever that one was, they should be very unlucky because he didn't even knew a beautiful, enchanting, cheerful, gorgeous woman had eyes on him.  

I hope this engagement will never happen.

And that was it, just like that Arya was came into that room and locked that door behind her and started crying.  I was looking at her fingers for any sign of an engagement ring.

And....