MARRYING MY EX-FIANCE

It's been so long since I last saw him―seven months. It wasn't that long to mend the lost part of my soul that has been ripped apart, but it is enough time to heal my heart. Looking at him with a blank face mirroring his own I saw the petite brown-haired girl clinging to his left arm in my peripheral vision.

I have anticipated this but I stood my ground. I faced the old man in a wheelchair beside him―his Grandpa. The moment we broke up I traveled far away, leaving his family who has been my own for three years with no goodbye. Staring at the old man I felt a small pinch in my heart―longing for his gentle caress of affection like the rest of his family who treated me like a princess.

I heard a man clear his throat beside me only to see my brother who is a lawyer―their family lawyer.

"What do you need me here for?" I asked everyone in the room but particularly the man who broke my heart. I saw him trace my face with his sight to find anything familiar but he found nothing. I changed; I became better.

"Ana Navier, have a seat." My brother informed me and I locked my gaze with him trying to find anything out of his expression by counting his breath per minute―guilt.

"I am here to inform you that your late father signed an agreement with Sr. Callahan. As stated in the contract that you and his son Wave Callahan be married on or before you reach the age of 28. You only have 9 months left to prepare for your marriage―

"Find a loophole in the contract. I can't marry her, I love Selene," he said with harshness in his tone, abruptly cutting my brother with his hands in a fist as he comfort the woman on his side who has a downcast expression.

"Unless you are married to another for this contract to be void." My brother finished as he bowed his head in shame.