The fake wedding

The wedding day

3 year ago...

Charlotte p.o.v

It's the day of the wedding, and I'm still having cold feet about this. This was supposed to be a quick ceremony, and we'd go on a week honeymoon to let them buy the bullshit act. I was waiting for someone to tell me it was time, like I was on a show or even a play.

His family loves me, and in that time I've gotten to know them more then I've known rafe. I've moved in with rafe recently, he's been a cold hearted bitch and wouldn't take a second glance at me. I twirled the shiny rock around my finger, looking at it made my stomach twirl in disgust. I smoothed out the white dress, it was simple and strapless. Why am I doing this? This is so stupid. I couldn't stand the thought of someone calling me Mrs. Cameron. More or so from the way I got the name, and the man that it came with.

I felt alone more then ever, miserable at best. I stared at myself in the vanity mirror, seeing my mother walk in her eyes widened seeing me. "Oh don't you look beautiful." I just stared into the vanity mirror "Let's go get you married." My mom doesn't know about this neither does my dad, who instantly didn't want this for me. He didn't trust rafe for not asking them in advance.

"Still shocked on how you never told us about him." I felt horrible lying to my mother, she loves me and all she wanted was the best. "I told you mom I wanted to make sure he was the one." The lies flowed out of me like I was going off a script. "Well he seems like the one." We walked to where I was entering to get married to this stranger.

"Showtime."

I walked down the isle with a big smile, I felt sick lying to all this amazing people. my family sat on one side, and his on the other. I never thought of myself getting married like this, I imagined myself getting married to someone I fell in love. Obviously not someone I knew for only a few weeks and met at a bar.

I faked some tears to get it going, it worked rafe seemed pleased. Though he didn't even look at me completely during the vows. I knew who he was looking at, he was looking at my cousin. He was eyeing her, I wasn't mad, I just wanted him to be smart about this.

"I do." It felt like a bitter taste. "I do." Rafe finally turned his eyes on me, and I could see the disgust. It hurt me knowing that all he saw me was a woman he paid to keep an act for his family. He didn't even see me as a human. "You may now kiss the bride." I was dreading this moment, it was a fast small kiss I could barely feel and I wasn't complaining.

We walked down the aisle hand in hand, like those wedding photos you see in magazines. Just as fake, but they probably actually like each other.

Rafe's p.o.v

"So when do I get the money exactly?" Charlotte was talking to everyone thanking them for coming. Meanwhile, I talked to my father wanting to know how quickly I can divorce her, and keep my money. "Oh the lawyer didn't finish the fine print son, you need to be married for 5 years." I felt my blood boil, I have to be married to her for 5 years in order to get my money?

"Shouldn't be a problem though would it?" JJ strolled up to us, and I scowled inside. He's always in someone's buissness, mainly mine. "No, not a problem at all." I spoke through gritted teeth, JJ stood with a smirk.
"Rafe Hun the car's here." I looked down at Charlotte, I felt angry just looking at her.

"Well let's get this honeymoon going." I pulled on a fake smile, my eyes looked around seeing the car. Though landing on her cousin, who sent me flirty eyes and bit her lip at me. Thoughts in my head made me slightly wanting to take her in the back seat with me.

"Rage?" I snapped out of it, looking down back at Charlotte. We waved goodbye to everyone, and got in the car instantly being silent. "That was lovely." I groaned not wanting to hear her speak, I liked the quiet I got. "I could give you Jades number if you'd like." I turned to her confused. "Who?"

"My cousin the one who you've been eye fucking the whole ceremony." I didn't think she'd see me, I wondered how obvious I made it.

"It'd look bad with me cheating." I muttered looking away from her. "Maybe this honeymoon will be fun and we'll get to know each other better." She was a bubbly person, and I hated that. I didn't respond to her and just looked out the window enjoying the silence.

This is going to be a very long 5 years.