Engaged to the Heartless Heartbreaker ✔

Chapter 59 - Paradise

~~~ CHAPTER 59 - PARADISE ~~~

"I've heard some news today," Elena told me while I was at the balcony of my room, overlooking the spacious palacio grounds.

Busy men and women were seen below preparing and cleaning the concreted front yard near the pool for the wedding reception. The wedding was to be held a week from now and was actually set on Wednesday next week, exactly during my twenty-second birthday.

Not far away, there were people mowing and making the lawn so beautifully and perfectly manicured. Every single one of the people below seemed very happy and lively that nobody wanted to stop from what they had been doing.

"What news, Elena?" I said, turning my head to her. We were both standing by the carved wooden railing.

"Javier Suarez is to get married on Saturday, just four days before yours," she said.

"What?" I uttered surprisingly.

"You seem really surprised," she remarked, almost laughing.

"Of course! It seems unbelievable," I said, remembering what happened during that charity event night.

"Yes, it really is true, Thea. Javier Suarez is getting married," she said in confirmation.

"OMG! To whom?" I asked, still disbelieving.

"Guess what? He's marrying a senator's daughter," Elena said.

"Oh!" I gasped and turned back my sight at the grounds below.

During the charity event, Javier still appeared to have loved me. He was genuinely hurt when I left him outside the gym. Now, I began to wonder if he was even real with all those things he said to me in the past.

"Thea, come on. It's my first gift for you. You can't refuse it, okay?" Javier said, fluttering his eyes as if begging for my reconsideration. Indeed, he appeared very sexy on that kind of facial expression.

"B-But this seems very expensive..." I muttered as I looked at the bracelet that he offered to me as my twenty-first birthday gift from him.

"Because I only want to give the best for you," he explained, smiling at me and grabbing my wrist. "Okay, let me try it on you."

Indeed, when the bracelet was already worn on my wrist, it took my breath away. It was so beautiful.

"I love you, Thea," Javier stated softly while he was holding my hand.

Suddenly, Nigel appeared in my mind and the three words that he also told me the night before... his very first time to say those words to me.

I took the bracelet off my wrist.

"No, please, don't take it off," Javier pleaded.

I gave the delicate thing back to him. "I'm sorry, Javier, but I can't accept it. I'm really sorry."

Oh, the thought of him giving me some bracelet a year ago! I was thankful to myself that I didn't get the mistake of accepting it.

"Yeah... I'm surprised... but I'm happy that he's finally moved on with his life," I said to Elena.

"I've heard there has been a flurry of preparations for Javier's wedding... I think, for political purposes... knowing that the senatorial election is just around the corner. Media men are all invited to cover the whole wedding event. I think, it's going to be for publicity."

"Oh!"

"Yeah..."

"You seem to know a lot..." I commented.