Falling For The Wrong Girl

1.3| Love or logic?

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The greatest sacrifice is when you sacrifice your happiness for the sake of someone else."

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Silence.

Pin drop silence.

The air around the table that they sat was so thick that Sharleen could barely breath. Her mouth hung open and her eyes bulged out, temporarily forgetting to blink and were it not for her heart beating you could mistake her for a statue.

The rate at which her heart was beating one could have thought she was about to pass out any moment now.

The customers around their table were slowly catching some interest in the two of them, wanting to see how the proposal will turn out.

Sharleen never liked being the center of attention. She was fine with one or two people looking at her but not this much.

Tingles of sweat were quickly forming on the palm of her hands as her whole body started to slightly shake, as if trying to pass a message to her mind on how much uncomfortable she currently was.

Kevin who had been kneeling silently the whole time cleared his throat, gave her a small assuring smile and started his memorised speech, "For the few days that I've known you, you've brought out the better side of me that i never knew existed. I've been laughing and smiling more these days. Feeling more carefree than I've never been. This is the life that i want. I've never been a selfish person in my life, but just this once, I'll be selfish. I want you to be mine. Please be mine, Sharleen?"

Sharleen's mind was in chaos as she quickly thought about the situation at hand. Kevin was a good man, hell of a good man too. He was kind, funny, thoughtful, handsome and let's not forget, loaded. He was the whole package that a lady could want. Right?

But why wasn't she feeling lucky right now? Why wasn't her heart beating with happiness at his sight or why was her stomach not filled with butterflies like how people usually describe it? She knew the answer.

She didn't love him

She didn't love him but she couldn't admit it loud.

And how could she when this man had been nothing but God sent to her family? This man saved them from bankruptcy, they could be currently wallowing in poverty if it were not for him.

This man had been a perfect gentleman to her during all the time they had been together, not even once had he been angry at her, let alone lay a finger at her. He was the perfect man in her eyes and the eyes of her parents.

But - The heart had it's own mind

The feelings of her heart were very different from her rational thoughts. In her heart she knew he was not the right man for her.

Glancing down at him, she saw that his hands were slightly shaking and she knew he was starting to get worried. Shit. She was taking too long to give her answer. She started thinking of what would happen if she either said no or yes

If she said no, Kevin would probably storm out of the hotel angry and embarrassed, her parents would not be happy with her decision and even she herself would not be happy for her happiness lies in her friends and family.

If she said yes, Kevin would be happy, her parents would be happy, and she would be happy that they were happy too. But her heart? Well, that she was not sure.

Weighing the pro's and con's, she decided she would not be selfish. This man deserved happiness and if he loved her then she would learn to love him too. How many people had arranged marriages and fell in love in the process? If others did it then she could do it too.