MY CHOICE

With tears streaming down her face Jessy said, "Don't you ever say that again, I care for you a lot, but you need to try to understand?"

Brent snarred at her with disdain, feeling his heart hurt with grief from her rejection. "No, you try and understand, from the moment I saw you, I fell in love with you, you might think that I am crazy and all I have told you are lies, but it is the truth."

With that said, he steps away, turns his back towards her and slowly walks for the door to leave the apartment. 

With her eyes closed Jessy wasn't aware that Brent had turned his back on her and was leaving. Jessy took some deep breaths as his words played in her mind, she couldn't bear to hear those words he spoke, they kept pounding in her heart. 

Turning aside from him Jessy wiped the tears as she whispered, Breant could hear her voice and he knew she was trying to control her emotions, he was hurt and angry for her rejection. 

When he heard her groan it caused him to stop in his tracks and turn around taking a few steps towards her. 

Hearing her words more clearly as he walked closer to her, "Why can't you understand, Mark said he loved me and would give his life for me, the very same way you said you love me. You may not know this but when my cousin Johanna was left at the altar and she waved some money in front of Mark, all he said he loved me, it was just a joke. He forgot about me immediately and in the blink of an eye, he rushed over and married her. My heart is still wounded, just as he dumps me without thinking twice, Who knows if it will happen again, I really can't go through that again." 

Unable to control his emotions and his love for her, he hurried over to her understanding her grievance. 'Is she afraid to say yes, because she is on the rebound?' Recalling the words he heard after Johanna's wedding about the cousin's boyfriend. 

Brent hugged her tightly, stroking her on her back, he whispered soothing words of comfort as his embrace tightened.

"Sweetheart, I really love you and I promise I will never disappoint you. I will leave for now but think about my proposal and if you agree we could get married tomorrow, tonight any time you want, I don't care if you are still on the rebound, my love for you is all that matters to me?" 

Jessy considered what he said, 'Does he believe that I am rejecting him because I still love Mark? Oh God, why do people misunderstand my concerns, how could he say such a thing? Hasn't he taken into consideration how this marriage will affect his parents?' 

Looking at him wanting to know what he was thinking, "But BJ, what about your family? Will they accept me as their Daughter-in-law?" 

"Sweetheart, right now my family have nothing to do with this marriage, you are my choice, I told them I love someone else, my darling marry me, and I will deal with anything else after?" 

Shocked in her heart, Jessy wondered how he could say such a thing and disobey them. She considered everything for a few minutes and how heartbroken he was then said, "Okay, but I don't want to hurt them so no one must know for now, I can't bear people pointing fingers at me?" 

Picking her up he was so excited and swirl her around, "Thank you so much my darling, I love you." 

Hearing him say the word love so loosely, she recalled Mark's words once more, which was like a song to him every day for the past six months. For me to find out who my true love is I took this journey wanting to know what sacrifice the person was willing to make. I just couldn't allow anyone to enter the Albert's with evil intentions. Mark's behaviour for money proves that he is unworthy of my love, and the honour to stand at my side.

Brent brush the tears aside when she said, "Yeah right!" 

Kissing her lips, ignoring her mockery, he repeatedly said, "I love you, sweetheart, just trust me," he repeated those words until she nodded her head.