Unexpected Love

Unexpected Love: Chapter 5

I haven't asked myself that question for a long time now. But, really, how am I? I was not okay, I knew that. It felt like a was stuck in a cage. I was lost in the middle of nowhere, with no one to hold on. My parents entrusted me to a boy with a cold heart, where love did not have any place. I was not kidding, he really was still a boy. He was not man enough and not mature enough to handle things. He was really harsh to me. He made things even harder than it was.

"Gale?" Mico snapped me out of my thoughts.

"I'm okay," I smiled and lied.

"Oh come on, I know something's wrong. I know about the marriage."

My eyes got bigger and I gave him nothing but a strange stare. "What do you mean?"

"Fixed marriage," he simply said.

"It's okay, as long as my parents are okay with it. Plus, there's no harm done."

"That's very brave of you Mrs. Collins." He gave me a playful smirk.

"Excuse me, good Sir, but it's Miss Gale  Aquino." I played back.

We cooked some pancakes together with bacon and egg. It was a classic breakfast. My favorite of all.

"Tomorrow, I want to have a bonfire. I want to make s'mores." I said as we made our way to my room.

"Sure! That would be fun," he replied with excitement.

I thanked him for the night and waived goodbye. I decided to end the night and slept with a full stomach. By the way, the jerk was not around so I really had a good sleep.

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We enjoyed the beach for at least one month before going back to the city. It was time for school, again.

"Bitch, where the hell are you?" Em shouted from the other line. It was the first day of school and luckily Adrian did not drive me to school. Dad gave me a car so I did not need to endure an awkward ride going to school with the jerk.

"Just wait okay? It's hard to find a parking space." I shouted back.

"Fine, I'll wait for you here. I'm at the back of the main building." She lowered her voice but it was still too loud.

After a couple minutes of trying, I finally found a parking space. I grabbed my bag before going out and headed to my destination. I checked my phone for some messages and saw that Em have sent me more than 50 messages. I smiled with her silly act. I raised my head to check my pathway and felt like someone's watching me. I checked my surrounding and found out that people were staring at me. What the hell?

I met Em at the back of the main building and went to our class immediately. I felt so weird and did not even bother to look straight.

"What's the problem?" The bitch asked me.

"Em, everyone's staring at me." I mumbled under my breath. I was not used to too much attention.

"Why wouldn't they stare at you? For your information, you're the new wife of Adrian Collins." I saw her roll her eyes.

"And?" I asked innocently.

"Gale, it's simply because he is Adrian Collins. That's all."

Did I really deserve that attention just because I was the new wife of that jerk? Yes, he was popular because he was a basketball player of the university and a lot of girls liked him. But, it's him and not me. So, why the hell were they staring at me?

We went to our class and everything went smoothly. We still had the same schedule but with different courses. Our last professor was absent so we were off early.

I was having the time of my life when the jerk ruined my day, again. He was right in front of our classroom with a chick in his arms. Seriously? He had the guts to flirt in front of many people and in front of me? I was aware that we were not in good terms but can't he give me respect at least?

I felt so humiliated and disrespected that time. I felt uncomfortable for people staring at me and then I felt even more uncomfortable because of what he did. I feel so low and degraded.

"She is Adrian's girlfriend, Gale just came in between." I heard a girl whisper to her friend. Wow, so, they were talking about me behind my back and I am the antagonist in their perspective. These people were so unbelievable.

"She's a slut," another girl said.

"She's so ugly."

"She looks ridiculous."

I felt my blood boil and found myself running to my car. Em was shouting behind me but I did not even care to look back. I just wanted to get out of that place as quickly as possible.

I don't want this life anymore. I can't do it.