"BETROTHED" ✔️

Chapter eleven (Our conversation)

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" I've come closer but you're a still a distance." he said in an amused tone, "You don't like my presence?"

"N– no, not that."

"Then come closer, darling."

I looked at him in wonder and hesitance.

"Shayenne, I won't bite you or something." he replied with a smirk.

I managed an awkward laugh so things wouldn't seem too serious. I gathered false courage and approached him till we were sitting close together but still at a respectable distance.

"That's more like it. So, tell me about yourself."

"Well," I stared at my fingers, "I'm engaged." I looked at Shane. His expression made me laugh . He looked at me like I had something not clean on my face.

"You, you're–"

"Engaged." I completed, laughing even more. Shane didn't seem to believe it "Is it shocking?"

"Um, just that I didn't expect that. Since when?"

"Eighteen."

His eyes widened a little.

"For so long?"

"I'm the one who asked him to postpone our marriage. We were betrothed from my birth."

Shane leaned back into his chair.

"What?? Are you serious?"

I laughed a little.

"Yeah."

He still seemed not to believe me.

"And what's the lucky guys name?" he asked.

"Josh Nelson."

"Excuse my curiousness but how old is he?"

"Thirty."

Shane stood up all of a sudden with an expression that said:

'That's it! I've heard enough to shock me already!'

I laughed at how dramatic he could be. He was playful and it made me feel a little more comfortable.

He looked down at me and scratched his head, then ended up laughing too.

"Thirty?" he asked again.

"Yep." I giggled, "Is it bad?"

Everyone one always had the same reaction which I found funny, not insulting.

"Not like it's that bad but, what the fuck? I didn't expect that."

I laughed.

"He's the only guy I've ever known or dated."

'I should shut up. Maybe I'm spilling a little too much.'

"I thought that shit of being betrothed only happened in the old days." he said, sitting by me.

"Well, it still happens today."

"Wow. You have a picture of the lucky Josh?"

"Um, yeah."

I opened my little bag and took out my phone.

"Here." I gave him the phone to look at one of Josh's pictures. He took the phone and the reaction he had was as I expected. He put a hand over his mouth then raised a brow while he stared at the picture. After a while, he turned to me.

"Um, he is mature."

I giggled a little knowing he was trying to find a compliment to give my fiancé.

"Shane, be honest. I won't be offended."

He looked at me for a very long time. Then he took a deep breath and spoke his mind.

"He looks 40, you're too beautiful and you deserve better I think. I don't mean to judge him and I'm sorry, but I hope he has a heart of gold. There, that's my mind."

I was surprised and stared at him. I didn't expect him to be that honest. I thought he would lie.

"No offense." he quickly added with a smirk.

"Um no, no. It's just, I didn't expect that but at the same time I actually did. Most people say the same." I smiled, trying to prove I wasn't offended because actually I wasn't.

"Oh, okay. Phew!" he said, reassured.

I laughed.

"Shayenne, tell me something else."

"Yeah?"

"Do you love him?"

I smiled, nervously.

"Very much."

Shane's brows shot up.

"Wow. Oh, okay. Does he treat you right?" he asked seriously.

"Yeah." I lied.

Shane stared at me as if he knew that I was lying. And I had the feeling he did.

"Shayenne, are you honest?"

"Yes, I am." I replied quickly, "Let's go so you show me the surroundings now." I had to divert. I took my phone from him.

"Alright then. Let's go." he still didn't seem convinced.

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