CHAPTER 2

　　Christian had just dropped Miriam back at home. She entered the house before admiring the ring clutched to her fingers. She just couldn't believe that Christain had asked her to marry him. Who would have thought he would make such an announcement at such an expensive gathering.

　　"When did you get back?" The voice of her sister Eleanor echoed, making Miriam turn to give her a huge grin. "You won't believe what happened at the party Eleanor," Miriam let out happily.

　　"What? Tell me," Eleanor said, taking a seat as Miriam sat down beside her.

　　Miriam said nothing more as she put her hands forward displaying the expensive-looking ring. Eleanor slowly held onto her sister's hand before staring back at her in gloominess. "What happened? You don't peek happy," Miriam let out.

　　"Uhmm," Eleanor said, rubbing the side of her neck.

　　"What is it? It seems like you aren’t happy with the news!” Miriam said.

　　"I just feel sad because of how that family treats you because of our poor status. The material difference is very much distance from each other, and if you get married to him! It means you would start living with him right?" Eleanor asked while her sister nodded.

　　"I know that you care about me so much but I love Christian and I want to spend my whole life waking up next to him," Miriam muttered.

　　"I understand all that Miriam but who would be in support of such marriage? I'm only concerned about you, I know his parents would think you are after their money rather than you love their son wholeheartedly, trust me." Eleanor let out.

　　"What if things get hard and Christian can't keep up? I mean, his parents might not accept or treat you right because you are just a poor girl!” Eleanor let out worriedly.

　　“Eleanor, I honestly don’t think that is something they can do! Even if we are poor, I know that they would accept us and his parents are kind too!” Miriam said.

　　"Christian isn't like that and you can tell right?" Miriam uttered, Eleanor gave her a nodding smile before pulling her into a hug.

　　"Congrat, you have grown up so fast," Eleanor said, kissing the top of her sister's head.

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　　"Congrats son," Christain's Father muttered heartily before patting his son on the shoulders "Common Christian, why did you have to embarrass our family publicly?" His mother asked furiously "I don't understand what you mean Mother," Christain asked.

　　“I don’t know what you were thinking but why did you suddenly propose to that poor girl? Do you have to go public with the announcement that you want to marry that girl?" his mother asked yet again.

　　"Mother, I love Miriam, and letting the world know about it isn't a bad idea." He replied.

　　"You love her? Are you insane? There are a thousand prestigious and nice girls out there, why settle for a girl who only loves you for your money?" His mother inquired, panting hard.

　　“You know what? I only agreed for your relationship with that girl because I thought that you won’t take her seriously. For crying out loud. She is just a girl who works in the market as a vendor.” Monica yelled.

　　“My son, you can do better than this. Why don’t you wake up? Why don’t you just patch things up with your ex-girlfriend Lara? She should be the one you should be proposing to and getting married to!” Monica yelled out furiously.

　　“She is the right one for you and she comes from a wealthy family!” Monica added.

　　“Lara? Mom, Lara and I are history! You and I know that she was the one who broke up with me, why on earth are you dragging her into this? Don’t you get it that Miriam is the one I love and marry?” Christain told firmly.

　　“No way!” Monica blurted out with a loud voice.

　　"I think that's enough Monica, I believe being happy for our son isn't hard." Christain's father chipped in.

　　“Robert, you know that I won’t even allow this or allow Miriam to step foot into this house, do you understand?” Monica asked with a raised voice.

　　“What’s wrong with you? You know that your son is a grown up, you should let him decide for himself! I’m sure that he can tell between the good and the bad things. If he chose to marry Miriam, let it be!” Robert told her firmly.

　　"Mother, I respect and adore you but I wouldn't allow you to speak such a way about the woman I love, it's my final decision and you can't do anything about it," Christain made clear.

　　"I'm your mother Christian, I know that girl doesn't deserve you," his mother let out yet again.

　　"I'm not disputing the fact that you ain't my mother. Talking about who deserves one another, I think Miriam doesn't deserve a person like me, mother. Miriam is a definition of beauty and brains mother and all men would kill to be with her." He muttered.

　　"Nonsense Christian. Why don't you talk to your son," Christain's mother let out to her husband.

　　"This is the first and last time I hear you speak this way about Miriam like that. Why don't you just respect our son's decision and be happy for him? The young man wants our support and how hard can that be Monica?" Christain's dad let out.

　　"If this is what our son wants, let it be, and don't interfere! Moreover, you're not the one he is getting married to, don’t force what you want" Christain's dad finally said to his wife.

　　Her face scrunched in a frown, she stared at the face of her son and husband before leaving angrily.

　　"Thank you for the support dad," Christian said with a smile before hugging him.

　　THE NEXT DAY

　　The next day, Christain had picked Miriam up. He had wanted their wedding to be grand and something that should be known by everybody in the country.

　　"What are we going to be doing here?" Miriam asked, Christian's hands held her waist as they walked inside the Robert mansion.

　　"Uhmmm, it's normal for every wedding to have a wedding planner! I have invited one so you could tell her how you want the wedding to look like. You know that I can’t wait for us to get married!” Christian explained and that had ignited a chuckle from Miriam.

　　"Do we have to go this big for the wedding? A simple wedding with all our loved ones is enough," Miriam let out.

　　Christian was about to reply but his mother had approached them.

　　"Hello," she said, staring at Miriam.

　　"Well, hello Ma, how are you doing?" She asked with a smile but Christians mother ignored her greeting before striding towards her son.

　　"Thank God you are back, do you have any idea of who is back to see you?" His mother asked.

　　"A special person to your heart is here Christian," his mother let out not minding the fact that Miriam was present and listening.

　　"Mother, there is nobody special to my heart other than Miriam," Christian said, ignoring his mother's words.

　　He held Miriam's hands to leave but stopped on his track when he noticed his sexy ex-girlfriend present in his house. She wore a body-hugging skirt and a crop top that pushed her boobs, her high heels clicking to the floor was visible to the ear.

　　"Lara?" He muttered a little shocked.

　　"What are you doing here?" He asked.

　　Miriam stared at the lady before glaring back at Christain.

　　Miriam wondered what connection they had with each other until she noticed the Lady called Lara striding towards Christain, Miriam was a bit hurt when Lara hugged Christain tightly.

　　Christain removed Lara's wrapped hands on his neck away before giving his mother a stern look. Lara tried to wrap her hands around him again but he took a step back before she could.

　　"What are you doing here?" Christian asked again.

　　"Why, is that what you are going to ask me after five good years of not seeing each other? Can't I come here any longer?" She asked.

　　"Excuse me but I didn't mean it that way but you could have let me know," Christain insisted.

　　“I heard from Aunt Monica that you were planning on tying the knot. I wouldn’t miss that for anything so I rushed her at once!” Lara responded.

　　"Your mom said that it was okay that I live here. I thought I was always welcomed here? I missed you so much Christain and I was thinking we could still ignite the good old times," Lara said touching the side of his cheeks before turning to stare at Miriam who had been staring at all the drama that had been displaying right in front of her.

　　"Wait, you're Miriam right?" Lara asked but Miriam said nothing as her face was replenished with humiliation.

　　"You are beautiful! I have heard a lot about you, it's nice to finally meet you. I'm Lara, Christain's ex-girlfriend," Lara said before inching towards Miriam to place a peck on each side of her cheeks.

　　She engulfed her into a hug before pulling away. Miriam glared at Lara one last time before running out of the house.

　　How could she ever think she could match up to Christain's standard? By mare looking at Lara, Miriam knew she was the complete opposite of the sort of girl Christain would want to end up with.