My Perfect Bride- Editing Begins

Chapter 9- The Dream

Emerald Wright

Coward the word brought back the memories I never wanted to revisit.

My school days were not so memorable. I was a subject of bully to popular jocks & queen bees of the school.

When my parents found out , they complained about the bully gang to our principal. Hell broke loose, they stopped bullying me physically but tortured me emotionally more. I started avoiding them more & more.

And they got a word to increase my turmoil and tore me apart Coward. When Austin used that word again, I went back to the 16-year old Emerald Wright, the nerd of the school, who was bullied & who had a rough Junior & senior year. Some bad memories never fade away, they always remain in back of your mind. I decided to become more upfront, after my school. I didn't want to be a walkover anymore. That's why more or less I became defensive.

I had started seeing Austin in different light. He seemed to be a warm and caring person.

When Ben met me next day , as I entered my bosses cabin, he greeted me with a compliment. I realised when he introduced himself , in front of his girlfriend Summer, he was flirt, but I knew better how serious he seems for her . I was not the person who was used to be such compliments, so I blushed.

I saw Austin giving a death glare & when he accused me of being inefficient, with his words, I seethed.

I didn't know why his words affected me so much. I thought, I misunderstood him, but guess I was mistaken. He is a jerk.

Worst part was, my body was on alert whenever, I saw Austin. There was a weird unsettling feeling and I didn't know why.

For a entire week, I ignored him. It was the hardest part. I was trying to shortlist candidates for him. I didn't ask the women whether they were Virgin or not, I still found it insulting.

Tuesday, I was tagged along with Becky and Summer to the amusement park, which I missed as I had a office trip to Vegas with my Boss.

My subconscious mind, kept on repeating the moments again and again. I had to volunteerely snap out of it. Summer & Becky went for the rides and I decided to opt out of it. This is all that assholes fault. I don't know why I felt so bothered about what Austin said or what he did.

This was beyond my understanding and it was driving me crazy. I saw a bench isolated placed far away from the crowd & decided to have a seat, my mind drifting again to that incorrigible Austin Salvatore.

"Yeah, I am on a date, he is so handsome, we are just having dinner " a heard a voice next to me.

"Listen I can't hear you , network issues, will call ya later " she ended her call.

I shifted to my left and glanced at her. She wore a blank expression and looked straight , I could observe her empty black orbs & her brunette hair were messy. She sighed loudly and then felt my eyes on her, she turned to my side and gave a painful smile.

"Life is so strange" . I don't know why I was talking to this stranger.

"You bet". I saw the glistening shining in her eyes, showing the un-shed tears which she was trying to hold back.

"Pour it out , you will feel better", I adviced.

She looked at me , bobbing her head, shaking with her tears she cried "Is it a crime to be single forever ". My head snapped at her direction.

"I am 30, have no job & no date , life sucks & on top of that I have been single forever, a big taboo, my relatives mock me for the same " she poured her heart out.