Love Me Bitterly Loath Me Sweetly

Chapter 46 *The Well-whishers*

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After the tiring photo session, a few new faces were gawking at me as I stared back at them vividly. It turned out those were Orihime's fellow cliques whispering among themselves, flustered but honoured to have met me. They teased Orihime about how she landed a guy like Ichigo Kurosaki, and to my surprise, she agreed with them. Orihime is a splendid woman, and I opened my mouth to tell them, but they giggled and told us. "You guys are the power couple," they reasoned, so I let it go.And compared to her cliques, some of her friends, quite known to make appearances in the media due to their successful businesses, were acting a lot more frank with her. I accepted the furry of greetings from the people I didn't know personally apart from their business.

"I'm just a little upset that you didn't choose our church for your wedding!" Shirayuki moaned, who I believed owned a church together with Grammy.

I noticed Orihime looked utterly guilty, then Grammy came to her rescue, touching her arm to gain her attention. "It doesn't matter what church you choose, we just want you to be happy."

I doubted Orihime, given the choice, would choose any other church over this. No matter how beautiful or extravagant, it wouldn't be where Mum and Dad got married.

"When Orihime-san told us about her lost love, I couldn't possibly think it would be you." He glanced at me then back at Orihime, wanting answers.

Candice's lime green eyes met her gray orbs. "How could you forget to mention that your lover was Japan's number one business man!"

"And that was your Kurosaki-kun-Ichigo Kurosaki." Shirayuki put the quota up in the air.

"Cuz I didn't know. And I don't care." She shrugged it off and stared at me." They'll be teasing me. Pay them no heed."

"We often forget that you don't read the newspaper." Orihime opened her mouth, but Candice continued again quickly, unimpressed. "Yeah, yeah. You barely get time to sleep. We all know that too."

"I mean, how can you not know about Ichigo Kurosaki being the number one business man? Geez." Menina peered at me, and I noticed her pink orbs for the first time. "Please, let her read the newspapers even on your honeymoon." She snorted.

"That's not fair, darling." Michael turned, sliding his hand around her waist.

"Thank you, Michele-kun!" Orihime bowed gracefully to show gratitude, and he winked at her. "Someone is not crypt here."

Menina mocked him. "Says you!" Her eyes were wide open. "Unlike you, some people get the time out to propose, get married, and go on honeymoon."

Menina was muttering with a smile that came off like a sneer. Even Michael, who was a member of Central 46, had begun to show some anxiety. When the sound of violent stopped to change the music, the faint sound of rain could be heard across the pavement, followed by the silence in the group.

"We had already talked about this, didn't we, darling?" Michel said frivolously, with a wry smile.

"Talk?" She criticised. "You mean, on the phone?" She nodded her head. "Yeah, I remember something like that."

There was some back and forth, and although I hadn't been used to their squabble, it seemed all their friends were used to it. In the first few minutes, Orihime got terribly flustered and tried to arbitrate. She tried to coax and cajole them, but it was a wasted effort. Now she was no longer trying to interfere, but waited for the right moment to have her word in. I looked and met her troubled gaze. Orihime pointed at the two of them with her index finger, and I found their voices gradually becoming noisier. I went through a screaming match earlier in my head, and I found I couldn't stomach another one.