CHAPTER 1: THE PRIVATE WEDDING

***🎭—Cupidity (n.) - greed for money or possessions.

EMMERANNE’S POV

I was wearing a white dress that stood out over my dark color , my long curly dark hair was loose..

The surroundings are so beautiful and the church aisle is full of red rose petals.

I was here at the church as I approached the man that blurred face . He was wearing a tuxedo that fit his muscular body.

I feel that I love him very much and I know that he loves me too.

He held out his palm to me which I took and clung to his arm. Then I faced the altar but it was dazzling as if I would be blinded by its light ...

"It's just a dream" ... Maybe I'm just excited because I'm getting married...

It's already morning I need to get ready....

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I should be happy because I'm going to marry the man of my dreams, but I can't even force myself to smile.

Imagine, I didn't get any sleep last night just to prepare for our wedding day but where is he? My soon to be husband doesn't even here, probably busy working his *** off. Ironic isn't?

It's just me and this piece of paper inside the church, and we're having a staring contest now. Of course, I lose. I picked up the ballpen and quickly signed it in, there's no holding back. If I want to change him, I must not give up.

Suddenly, I heard a sound of footsteps coming on my way. I looked back and was greeted by my mother-in-law.

“Are you done?”

The moment I nodded, she flash her one dollar smile to me. Like she won in a lottery.

Fast forward before y’all got bored.

“My favorite daughter-in-law~”she’s was still at the door but I could already hear her voice.

I wonder if she swallowed a hundreds of megaphone when she was young, should I call a doctor?

“Favorite? What do you mean by that? As far as I know, I'm your one and only daughter-in-law.”

“My favorite daughter-in-law~”she said again, ignoring my question.

Ah, I almost forgot.

That's her magic words when she wants something from me, a money. But before that, I will ask her first because I love hearing lies.

“Where will you use it?”

“For anti-rabies injection! Look at my hand! I got bitten by our dog!”she exaggeratedly said to me.

“But we don't have a dog.”

“I-i mean... He's a street dog but I treated him like our family. But this is all I can get after I done everything for him?!”

“We live in the middle of the sea, so it's impossible unless he can last for ten days straight— swimming just to get here.”

If you all wondering why we're here, it's because my husband is a famous actor and he doesn't want anyone to know that he's married. Wanna know why? Of course, to maintain his popularity. His so called ‘fangirls’ will go berserk if they found out about me.

Now it's my turn to flash my one dollar smile to her, how dare her ask for money when they're filthy rich like me?

Tsk, maybe it's true that some people who have more money will never get contented. It makes them more so much greedy.

“Oh! I forgot, maybe I'm too old so I can't distinguish between dreams from reality. Forgive this old hag for saying nonsense things.”

I immediately picked up my phone and dialed the number of her personal doctor.

“W-what are you doing?”she asked me.

“Oh no! Earlier, you said you can't distinguish between dreams from reality and now you can't be able to see what I'm doing??? I'm really need to call your personal doctor.”

“W-wait—!”I cut her off, “Yes, this is Emmerrane. Can you come here to check for my mother-in-law’s condition? It's urgent. Yes, thank you.”

Before she could protest, I already hang up my phone.

“You should rest, don't worry about anything. I will call you when the doctor come.” I reassured her.

She looked at me like she about to lose her sanity.

“Don’t be sad, do you want me to call for your son?”

The look on her face seems got replace by fear and it caught me off guard. Why she so scared? It's her own son, my husband, we're talking about.

Before I could utter a single word, she left me. I was left alone in the kitchen, wait. Why I'm here in the kitchen?

I immediately snapped my head back and to my surprise, there's no fire! I almost forgot that I'm cooking! It's a good thing it didn't get burned because I also forgot to put the stove on.

Maybe I'm the one who needs to consult with the doctor***.

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