The Matrimony

25// Oxygen

Diana

How dare he?. Just because we were in public he think he could dote on me and I will forget about all what he did?. The audacity!.

I was in front of the mirror trying to calm myself down and pull it together. His touch definitely affected me more than I let on but I could never let him know that. When he first placed his hand on my thigh I felt  a strange but familiar tingling at my core. I was almost tempted to pull his hand up further but thought against it. Then after his little 'darling' it just felt revolting. I tried to pull it off but he grabbed on harder. So hard he left fingerprints on my once bare thigh. I looked at the bruise again then I felt the uncertainty slowly creeping into my mind. I remembered the times when we were younger. Alejandro had always sworn to protect me, to keep me safe, to never hurt me. I had hoped there was still a sliver of the old Alejandro left. The one I had fallen so deeply in love with and still was. But as I looked at the bruise which was slowly turning an ugly shade of purple, I felt uncertain. I knew Alejandro had a deep resentment for me, maybe he hated me. But surely not enough to want to harm me. Tears welled up in my eyes, but I quickly wiped them when I heard the door to the ladies room being opened. I turned around to see Olivia giving me a sympathetic look. God if there was anything I absolutely hated, it was pity.

"Hey, you okay?", she asked

"Yeah I'm fine. Just feel a bit under the weather", I answered.

"You know you can tell me about it. I know we only just met but I promise I'm not gonna sell the deets to a gossip blog"

I laughed. She was right. We had only just met but for some reason I felt I could trust her so I told her everything that happened at the office. By the I was done she was so mad I had to hold onto her to stop her from going out and throttling Alejandro.

"That asshole. Oh by the time I'm done with him he's gonna wish he was dead", she said

"Calm down Olivia. We are not killing anyone"

She looked at my saddened face and then seemed to be in deep thought. "You know what?", she asked, "We're going out tonight"

"I don't think that's such a good idea Olivia. We've never been in Cuba before. I barely even know my way around the hotel", I reasoned.

"Relax will you?, I have a friend who runs a tour company here. I'm sure he can help", she persuaded.

"I don't know Olivia"

"Oh c'mon D. You're only ever gonna be in Cuba once. Well maybe a few more times but this is a vacation. You're meant to have fun. Besides, you need to get your mind off Alejandro. Maybe if you show him what he's missing, he'll come around.

I had a bad feeling about this. But Olivia was right I needed to unwind and stop thinking about a certain dark haired demon. I gave her a small smile, "Ok"

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After the boys went back to the office, Olivia came up to my room with a bunch of outfits. According to her, she was determined to find me the perfect mix of beautiful and sexy. I sat still on bed while she rummaged through the many gorgeous dresses.

"Found anything yet?", I asked

"Nope. But just give me a minute", she looked around some more, "Eureka!", she screamed so loud I flinched, "I found it", she turned to show me the most gorgeous dress

(Pic of dress)