"5, I met you. Understood that I was born to marry you. You were silent, you were shy. But I managed to make you be my friend.

At age 13, I fell in love with you. I loved your cheeky smile.  I loved the way I am the only person you rely on.

At age 17, I became yours and promised myself to you. I pledged to wait for you no matter how long. You were sweet, caring, and treated me like I'm the only woman in your world.

At age 18, you left. Moving to another country to meet the future that you are born to. I waited but you hardly called.

At age 25, you came back for me, but you're not the man I knew.
From the day I was born, I was meant to be his. It was okay. Everything was great. I loved him as we played on the playgrounds, as we watched grow up- and he loved me. Suddenly, he left with his father to go to Italy leaving me behind for seven years, he came back but he wasn't the same.
From the day I was born, I was meant to be his. I was happy to be his. But he was no longer the man who I was betrothed to"

His betrothed

　　I was woken up by continuous knocking on my door. I groaned in annoyance and groggily stood up, bursting the door open, revealing Matteo through the door. My hair is all messy, my eyes are still adjusting to the light. It has been a while since I have had a proper sleeping schedule, and I am apparently making the most out of this vacation. I glared at him, “What?!”


　　“Sorry to bother you but it’s already 10:00 AM and we have to take a flight to Corsica which might take 3 hours. Is it okay if you get ready now?” Matteo asked, smiling politely at me, looking quite nervous that he is waking me up now during my sleep. “We’ll stay at a private beach resort. Unless you don’t want to, then you can go back to sleep.”


Chapter 36