A few minutes later they came back, Brian walked towards me with a smirk on his face.
B
rian: “You dodged a bullet beautiful.” Her whispered in my ear then walked to his seat, next to his father.
Andre: “I am so sorry for the misunderstanding and the confusion, but after talking to my wife and sons, we thought it would be best if Bradley is the one to marry Naledi, considering the fact that they are the same age and they may have common interests at their age, but of course that is if you and Naledi agree. If not, then it will have to be Brian.” He said whilst looking at my dad.
Phila: “This should be Naledi’s decision not dad’s, after all she will be the one married to this Bradley not dad.” Phila said through his teeth, the whole marriage thing was rubbing him up the wrong way and he couldn’t contain his dismay any longer. Dad gave him a warning look.
Mom: “Phila is right, it is Naledi’s decision, the same way Bradley made his decision, Naledi should also be afforded the same courtesy.” Dad looked defeated after mom said that.
Me: “I will marry Bradley.” Don’t look at me like that, I know you think I am a yes girl but I’m not, I just think it would make more sense if I married Bradley instead of this ass wipe called Brian, he seems to have a dangerous aura around him. Hence I picked Bradley over him. I have known Bradley for a whole 5 years, even though we were never close friends, but we have always been in the same class from grade 8 all the way until last year so I know more about him than I do Brian and I will take that over a devil I know nothing about.
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Here I am getting ready for my engagement party, sitting in front of the make up artist getting dolled up. For some odd reason, I am actually very excited about this, maybe it is because last night after the dinner, Bradley and I spoke and we decided to make the most of the situation. He also explained why he left all so suddenly and I ended up forgiving him, we are set to have that first date on Friday after my classes. Anyways back to the present, the make up artist is doing the most on my face and I am loving it.
When she was done working on my face, my hair stylist walked in to start on her work on my hair as well. She did a beautiful sleeked tuck and roll style that just accentuated my beautiful hazel eyes. I then put on my dress, with mom’s help of course. It was an elegant off the shoulder, long burgundy dress, with an almost pleated skirt, paired with a black Luella stiletto. When was completely ready, we left for Amanzimtoti Civic Center , where the engagement party was set to take place. We had just parked outside the hall when Bradley called to find out how far we were, and I told him that I we were already parked outside so he made his way to us. I only stepped out of the car when I saw him approach in a navy slimfit trousers, white shirt and burgundy suede loafers. We were matching and we didn’t even notice it. When he reached me, he gave me a well needed hug and I just felt like I belonged in those arms. I was still lost in Bradley’s arms when I heard Sanele saying that everyone is waiting for us, I looked at him and he was standing by the door, I looked around for Phila and Sphe but they were nowhere to be seen. I must’ve been really lost and comfortable in his arms for me to not notice my brothers leaving.
The hall was beautifully decorated but I couldn’t see it as anything other than a career exhibition center, crazy I know but a year ago we were here for a career expo, so for me this is not an engagement party venue. I’ll try overlooking it though, just for tonight. We went ahead and greeted almost everyone until we were tired so we just went to our table and waited for the ‘formal affair’ to begin. As we were waiting, I noticed the some of Bradley’s team mates and friends walking in. I knew that meant I would have to get up and do the meet and greet once again. Luckily for me though, they seem like a smart bunch because they came to us and so I didn’t have to get up and move around. We spoke for a few minutes then Blake, who was the self appointed MC, asked everyone to settle down. She then announced that the parents to come up and say a few words, which made no sense to me because there is not to congratulate here, I mean this marriage is not out of love it is a business transaction but I wasn’t about to complain so I sat down like the good girl I am and listened to the speeches from both sets of parents. I listened to both our dads acting like they’re not responsible for this union, I swear, those two don’t know anything about accountability. Anyways, the party went on with some of Bradley’s friends wishing us well and his best friend expressing how happy he is that Bradley finally shot his shot with me with me even though there was a 5 year delay *lol*. We were done eating and I was ready to leave when Bradley asked me to take a walk with him. We went outside and walked around the hall and went to his car and he sat me on the bonnet. We spoke about everything under the sun until he became serious unexpectedly.
Bradley: “I’m sorry we had to get engaged like this, I would have loved for us to date first then get an opportunity to propose to you in a way that would make you happy and make it hard for you to say no.”
Me: “No worries, it was hard to say no in this situation too so there is a common factor.” I said with a slight chuckle. He looked at me still wearing a serious face.
Bradley: “Ledi I am serious, I promise to make things right, I will make you fall in love with me and I’ll make sure that you never regret marrying me. I love you Starr, I love you.” Then he swept me into an emotional but heated kiss. One thing about Bradley, he makes me feel foreign things and I am here for it.
Me: “There is nothing normal about our relationship hey?” I asked after that steamy kiss.
Bradley: “Where is that coming from?”
Me: “ We spent a night together in the same bed before anything, didn’t see each other for almost 2 months, then we went straight to being engaged, that is not normal.”
Bradley: “We are also not normal babe, we are extraordinary!” He said pulling me into a hug.
