8

Diana Point of view

I plastered in my place when Adam left. I kept looking at his back, hoping that he might turn back and take me to our suite. I was confused and shocked and started to get suspicious about our marriage.

If I had more wealth than the Adam family, I would have said that he married me for the sake of money, but no. it was weird. I tried my best this time to snap to all the bad thoughts that I felt digging me in badly.

But that time was a big no. I just couldn't bear the feeling of being overlooked by my husband even though we just got married two days ago.

Liza hurried to my side and patted my back. She tried her best to confront me, "don't worry, he will be back. I am sure he's under pressure for his final exams, that's all."

I swayed my head and looked into her eyes. The tears streamed on my cheeks, "I hope so. Because my instinct is telling me something else. I am not sure yet of the reason behind Adam's turning his back to me. But something was hidden." I said what I felt in my chest, but liza agreed with me this time.

She nodded and pulled me into a sisterly hug, "don't cry. Everything will be okay."

After a few moments, she held my hand and then wiped my tears, "let's go to your suite and have fun as two girls. Is there a jacuzzi?" she wondered, and I giggled, "yes, and the view was amazing. That's too bad that I didn't get the time to use it with adam."

She waved her brow up and down and dragged me, "but we can use it," she screamed, cheering up.

And I leaked to our suite with her. She was right. Having fun with my best friend was better than letting myself cry over anything.

Once we stepped inside the suite, she screamed in awe, "oh my god. This is wonderful. Let's turn on a movie and bring some snacks and whiskey from the small fridge and jump into that jacuzzi right now." She said her immediate plan, and I didn't say no. I couldn't do it. It seemed like fun.

We started laughing and chatting like in the old days. She even asked me about my studies, "you know what! We didn't study anything for the last ten days. Because of your wedding and the preparation. We should start tomorrow."

I nodded, "yes, we should. I will tell Adam that we should move to our house. I already feel I had bad luck in that hotel."

I think we kept drinking whisky too much until I felt dizzy. The laughter echoed throughout the whole suite. "we should stop drinking."

She pulled me out and said, "let's get a quick shower and sleep for a while."

"Okay."

But before we could step into the shower room, someone knocked on the suite's door. I looked at her, and she told me, "what? Open up."

I didn't move an inch. I had no idea why. So Liza decided to go and see who's there. She found a guard, and he handed her a big box. He said, "this is for miss Diana. It is from Mr. Alex." And he bowed his head slightly respectfully, and he excused.

She closed the door and walked towards me, stunned, "can you believe it? How could we forget about Alex?"

I shrugged, and in curiosity, I sat on the edge of the bed, and I opened the box. I dropped my jaw in awe once I had seen the red dress, "oh my god. The man obviously likes the red color so fucking much." I giggled, making fun of the situation.

But liza jumped on the bed, saying, "no, he likes seeing you in red. Fool."

I pouted my lips, "but I can't accept his gift. I am a married woman now. Besides, I can't do it."

I left the dress on the bed and walked to the shower room. She followed me and knocked, then she stared at me and said in a firm tone. "listen to me. You will go and meet the guy and have fun. Forget about being married as much as Adam forgot about you."

I blinked, shocked, "what! I am not gonna cheat on my husband. No way."

She scoffed, "this is not cheating. It's just having dinner with a decent and elegant man in a public place. Besides, can you tell me where your husband is? He saw the man and heard his words, and he insisted on leaving after all. He called you a tomboy. Sorry, but I can't defend his situation anymore."

I tried to process her words, but I couldn't swallow any in my head, "no, I just can't."

She pulled me out and said, "you will. And if adam really loves you, he will go after you."

I decided to just go and thank him. Nothing was more in my head. I was confused and unable to think at all.

"okay. But in one condition.'' I raised my finger to her face. She agreed without thinking, "I agree. Whatever you want."

"don't send a text message to Adam this time. I want to see what he will do when he discovers it later. I want to figure out if he's jealous or not. Okay?" I asked her and told her to do it.

She accepted, "okay, now go and have fun. I will help you get dressed."

I dried my body and started wearing the off shoulders red dress that was tight as if it was tailored especially for me! I was confused as to how he knew my size! Eliza helped me put on some light makeup. She even selected a black purse and black heels for me.

I commanded once I finished, "I really like the look. Thank you. Especially the way you brushed my hair up in a ponytail."

She checked me slowly, then she said, "girl. Adam is a jerk for letting you alone and studying."

I sighed in depression, "don't press on my nerves, please, at least not now."

She checked her wristwatch, then she said, "it's almost 8 pm. You have to hurry now. He said he will be waiting for you by the front door."

And knocks again on the suite's door to see only one when I opened it. "adam!" I was shocked. And it appeared on my face.

He stared at me for a while, "you look different. And then he walked past me as if he didn't notice the change of my look.

I turned my heels and tried to stop him, "where are you going, adam?"

He yawned, "I am off to sleep. Could you please turn off the light?"

Liza threw the pillow into his face, "are you serious? You didn't even notice her new look? You didn't even care to ask her where she was going! Who are you?" Liza lost her temper. Honestly, I wanted to do more than she did. But the shock prevented me.

Adam took a quick glance off his shoulders, "she looked like a lady. And now, could you both get out and turn off the lights? I am so exhausted." He said carelessly as if it wasn't important.

And for my luck, Alex came for me. He was there because I didn't shut the door yet.

He checked me slowly from my heels to my hair and then stopped by my eyes. He looked at me intently and intimately and said, "you look like a ray of sunshine. I am really speechless." He was admiring my look, and his eyes said a lot. The man really liked me. I was the shocked one because an elegant gentleman, with blue piercing eyes and hot body and tall as 6,4 feet not to mention his black hair with the perfect hair cut and his Armani suit was admiring my look. His words would have been the nicest ever if I wasn't married.

I shyly said, "thank you."

And that's when adam jumped in between us and said, "you are not going anywhere with that man."

I was happy from inside, but I wanted to wait and see Adam's reaction.

Alex scoffed and gazed at Adam, "well. Let's play a small game. She can ask you a question she prefers, and she can ask me the same question. Over giving the right reply wins. If you win, I will let her now and go. And if I win and I am sure I will defeat you because I am not stupid to date a married woman, I didn't notice that her husband never cared about her. And if I care about her that much, then it means I collected all the data about her since she was born till now in less than two hours. So, are you ready?"

Alex challenged adam. And Adam agreed immediately, "sure, she's my best friend after all. And I know every tiny detail about her."

Alex looked at me, and I accepted this to only prove to myself that Adam really loves me. And I was wrong.

I wanted Alex to lose, and deep inside me, I made fun of this word challenge.

How would a man collect everything about me, even my secrets, in a couple of hours? That was no way.

"Okay, are you both ready? I will ask the same question to both of you. I got injured when I was a little girl while riding a bike. At what age this happened to me? At what grade?" I asked them, and it was very easy for Adam because it happened while we were both playing, and he hit me by mistake while he was playing soccer in front of my parents' house. I fell to the pavement, and I hit my head and my elbow. And my elbow bled so badly that my parents took me to the hospital, and Adam kept saying sorry. I was almost 12 in grade 5.

I looked at Adam, knowing he should give the right answer, "Adam, I should start with you."

Adam rubbed his forehead, trying to remember, "you used to play soccer with us like a boy all the time, and you got injured many times. But I don't exactly remember when it was the worst."

I gulped nervously, "my worst injury ever, adam." I gave him a second chance to squeeze his memory.

But Alex burst out of laughter, "he didn't know it. As I expected. Let me give you the right answer. He hit your head while you were playing on your bike at the age of 12. Grade 5 and your parents took you to the hospital back then. And your injury was very bad. Your head and your elbow bled too much." Alex said proudly and stretched his hands to me.

Adam stuttered, "when? Why can't I remember this accident?"

I let Alex take my hands in his, and I didn't reply to adam. I just threw Adam a disappointed look.

But Alex gave Adam the answer to his question, "do you know why you can't remember? Because you never cared about her. She was always around you, and you didn't appreciate her friendship nor her love."

Adam grunted, "how dare you? You don't know how good our relationship is as friends."

Alex scoffed and laughed at Adam's words, "I know everything. You better don't start, or I will tell her the truth."

And suddenly, Adam zipped his mouth. His face reddened as if he worried much.

And I didn't dare to ask Alex anything. Because I was afraid that the truth might hurt me. I didn't want to hate adam. I loved him for years.