The air is thick with tension, I can forgive but I cannot forget. He has secrets that I need to know, that are important to know. He is sitting down, looking outside in a trance. "Isaac," I mutter in the softest voice, his head snaps to me in an instant. "Why did you choose me? Why? What is so special about me? Why me?" I whisper .
To everyone Amelia was the perfect child, she was beautiful, 'kind', smart, brave and she got all of the attention. He lets out a breath of air and turns back to the view, the sun setting in vibrant colours of pink and orange with a tinge of purple. "Because you are so beautiful, inside and out. Did you know that we didn't just meet the day I claimed to be your fiancé? We knew each other, Claudia. I had the biggest crush on you, there was a craving and an obsession for you. You were always there for me, I remember when you were 8 and I was 11 and someone was teasing me, you stood brave and incredibly cute with your piggy tails. You said something along the lines of, leave him alone- he's the nicest boy I've ever met. I immediately fell in love with you. It's always been you, you clouded my mind, my soul and my body- I couldn't get enough of you. Then you left one day, years later I find you and your dad is coincidentally in debt to me. What better way to reunite with my one true love than forcing a marriage?
I was stupid and it was wrong, I could've tried to make you fall for me the old classy way but I needed you in an instant. No man could touch you if you were married to me. Do you remember?" I gather my thoughts together with wide eyes. I KNEW HIM! This is some new information to process. All I need to do is remember, remember. Remember now I sound like Lydia from teen wolf.
"You've always loved me?" That's all I can say, that's all I've processed so far. He nods slowly, "but why me? I'm not so great. Amelia is more beautiful than me," I duck my head, he lifts my chin up; when did he stand up and walk over to me exactly?
"Why can everyone but you see how truely beautiful you are, inside and out? Amelia may be attractive but you are the beautiful one, it has always been you. Okay?" I furrow my eyebrows remembering something.
"Then why were you such an Ass hole to me whenever I needed you. You were never there for me, Zac: I needed you so much but where were you?" I whisper in the most fragile voice.
"I-I didn't know how to react, okay? I didn't want you to know that I loved you. I wanted you to be oblivious to my love, and at the time it seemed like a pretty great idea to say I had to go," he shakes his head and rubs his thumb across my top lip. "But I was stupid to think of such an idea," he says lowly.
"You were," I whisper. "All I wanted was for you to comfort me, to tell me that everything would be okay soon. I don't understand anything. Why did this happen so suddenly? Why did they suddenly hate me?" He sighs and shrugs, reaching up to run a hand through my locks. It gets caught along the way, in the deep mass of curls and I try not to laugh. That is why you never run your hand or a hair brush through my hair.
"If I knew I'd tell you, but I don't know. Now, isn't it time for you to go to school?" I used to be excited by the idea of school, but now I'm not so sure. Now school is just a memory of my dad abusing me.
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"How's your arm feeling?" Carter gestures towards the cast that has been signed by numerous people whom I like. Some people who I hate have asked to sign it but I just say no or walk away without answering them.
"Better," I shrug looking at the blue cast. A silence passes through us, I break it,"so how have y'all been without me?" I chuckle dryly.
Aaliyah gives me a sad smile and places a hand on my shoulder while Joey sighs, "it hasn't been good. Everyone was talking about it you know? Some people say that they saw you jump out of the car." I look at the ground for a brief moment then look back up at them.
"And others are calling you a fake because of the arranged marriage-" Carter clamps a hand over her mouth, but I shrug at him.
"It's true isn't it? I'm fake because I lied to everyone, I lied saying Isaac and I actually loved each other when we didn't. We lied to everyone," I sit down at the bench and stare ahead of me. "Everyone's talking about it, you can't protect me from their harsh words. Look at all of them, staring at me, silently judging me for a choice that I didn't even get to make. That's what people do and I have to get over it, you won't always be there to protect me," I rub my eyes tiredly.
"We know that... we'd just like to think that we can protect you but we can't, it sucks that we can't protect our best friend," Aaliyah hugs me tightly. I smile softly and nod, "but we will always try Claudia, no matter what happens we will try."
"Thank you," I whisper softly.
A teacher stops in front of where we are sitting and looks at me, "your mother is here to see you Claudia." The old lady stares me down, waiting for me to make a move.
My mother is here.
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My Multibillionaire Husband
RomanceI was 18 when my father arranged a marriage with a young multibillionaire man to make peace between our families, I didn't want this. Isaac Miller is a multimillionaire, he owns thousands of companies across the world and I'm just Claudia Richardson...
