The sacred bride episode 17

The Sacred Bride
written by Bunmi B. Gabriel.
Segment 17
★★★★★★ Alisdair ★★★★★★
I stared at Eric as he preached what I already know to us. Of course I know what I’m doing is wrong but what choice do I have? I have to do what it takes to get what I want to make the one I love happy. His nic nac boo boo was boring me and Seb, he shouldn’t make me feel so bad more than I already do. The door opened, the last human being I wanted to see came in, I whimpered while Sebastiano scoffed. She walked in slowly, her hands buried into her overcoat pockets. She stopped walking five feet from us without a smile, her angry eyes on me.
‘Look, I know it’s bad but I was desperate,’ I said lowly.
‘If Eric didn’t call me, you seriously wouldn’t have told me, right?’ We glared at Eric, he shrugged. ‘Alis, how could you be so stupid to fall victim of Sebastiano’s trick? This idiot of all the idiots….’
‘Don’t even start Kristal, I’m older than you remember?’ Seb said, since when have she cared.
‘And so? Should I applause to the fact that I was born after a nonentity? F-ck my life Seb, mom gave birth to you with your brains shoved deep into your anus. You shouldn’t speak when people are speaking, your stupidity can rub off on us.’
‘That’s all you ever know how to do, sass someone and that’s why Clinton dumped your ass for a respectful lass.’
‘So says the guy who have been married three times and divorced. You are so useless you can’t even settle down, even that pretty ass black haired girl damaged your already condemned balls.’
‘My balls ain’t condemned!’
‘The f-ck bro, you were married three times and not even one of your wh-res could come up with a fake pregnancy or even miscarriage. Don’t involve yourself where correct men speak and if you dare interrupt my speech again, I will go Kristal 9.0 on you.’ She threatened, Seb shut up immediately.
‘Kristal, calm down….’
‘Oh I should calm down and drink over your initiation to club moron, okay,’ she shrugged and sat down beside Eric. She took his drink and stirred it smirkingly. ‘What do we toast to? Oh yes, toast to my best friend’s new brain, 0 brain compatibility….’
‘Kristal….’
‘No!!! I get that Sebastiano will suggest such a shit because he wasn’t born with a brain. His own folly has been there since forever so hey, whatever but you, I expected better from you. You f-cking lied about your s€×uality! That’s terrible! What if she finds out later?! What if she gets hurt!!!’
‘Kristal, I w….’
‘My f-cking tits! I run a woman right org-nization, this feels like wickedness to me!’
‘Just calm down and let me explain!!!!’ I roared at her, she scre-med in frustration and stood up.
‘I don’t need it, better propose to her properly and start preparing on how to fall in love with her or I’ll ruin your life with my mouth. Remember I owe all your secrets and yay me, I’m also a blogger. Watch what will happen when I start releasing secrets, better not hurt that girl.’
‘I’m not involve, right?’ Eric asked hopefully. She smacked his head harshly. ‘What did I do?!’
‘That’s for not telling me on time and supporting evil!’
‘I had no choice….’
‘F-ck your brain d*ckhead! There’s always a choice. Sebastiano, God so help me I will sell your entire life to Kathy Globe and destroy your future!’
‘I’m your brother Kristal, what is wrong with you?!’
‘And I’m a mad woman who don’t care!’ She yelled at him. They were going to start exchanging words soon, they fight every single minute. I chuckled, she’s cute when yelling and the funny fact is that she looks exactly like Seb who she hates. Seb’s little sister with big mouth.
‘Kristal, can I talk to you outside, privately?’
‘No.’ She deadpanned.
‘Please?’ She rolled her eyes and walked out. She never listens, as long as Seb is in the same room with her. I stood up and followed her outside, she was still fuming. ‘I know you are angry….’
‘Furious, enraged, bitter….’
‘Why?’
‘Maybe because I know the girl you plan on using, she used to be an acquaintance back then in music school. She’s a kind person, too kind for what you plan to do to her. Bloom is so kind that she won’t see what you are planning to do even if it’s in the open. She’s too good for this.’
‘There is something about her Kristal,’ I said looking down from the balcony where we stood. ‘Something that increases my desire to marry her. I know it’s weird but I can’t help it, I can’t help the force dragging me to her. I feel like being with her is the right thing to do, like it’s all I have to do.’ I admitted. She looked down at the balcony and sighed.
‘When I met Bloom, she wasn’t a happy person. She smiled and laughed, acted like she was the happiest girl in a world of cupcakes and rainbows but she wasn’t. I know that because I’m very good at studying the emotions of people you know, the reason I own a large therapist company and woman right org-nization. There is something about her that gives her pain, like a thread holding her life together, one that can snap anytime.’
‘I know, hurting her however would be bad.’
‘You are already hurting her with your lies,’
‘One I will fix once we get married. I feel like she’s important and I will do anything I can to make her very comfortable, not just because I want something from her, but because I truly care.’ She smiled lopsidedly.
‘You like her,’
‘Since the very day my eyes set on her,’
‘Hmmm, have you talked to Mama about this?’
‘She’s the one that encouraged me, said it will help me get over my humanity hate.’
‘If you are going to trick her into carrying your child, make her love you dearly so she won’t regret it. Remember she can easily abort it or take pills to prevent it.’
‘I already have something planned out for tomorrow after work. I was hoping you could make it official for me, add some finishing touch?’
She grinned and nodded. ‘My specialty.’
Bloom
Well, life can’t get much difficult from here. Alis was acting too sweet, trying to make up obvious but whatever. I still can’t digest his s€×uality disorder, that’s what I’ll call it. I finished giving his instructions to the workers, he had the entire staff members assemble in a hall and made me give out instructions while he worked in his office. According to what I know, that have never happened before and he gave orders that everyone respect me as much as they would respect him. The rumours was running everywhere, I bewitched the stony hearted Alisdair Kendrick.
If only they really knew how he really was on the in,side.
‘You are all dismissed,’ I said tiredly, releasing my hair from it bun prison.
‘Yes ma’am.’ They chorused both with hate, respect and incredulity. I nodded and carried my files, I walked down from the podium. I walked out of the meeting hall wiping my sweat with my hanky, I was stressed out emotionally, mentally and physically. I wasn’t looking where I was going, my mind was somewhere else; with someone else.
I scre-med something hot fell on my body, really hot. Someone dropped turned f-cking hot black coffee from the stairs above. I kept scre-ming as the hotness burned into my skin, from the left side of my face to my shoulder and hand. I was already crying while a woman poured cold water on me.
‘What happened?’ Alis asked, his voice was filled with concern and anger. How did he know? He pulled me into his arms and inspected my burn. ‘Who did this!!!’ He thundered. I was still crying like a baby, my skin is really delicate.
‘I don’t know sir, the coffee just….’
‘Find me that person or you are all fired!!!’ I was busy blowing my hand as I cried, I was certain Leila was feeling it too. ‘Bloom,’ his voice had soften. ‘Come, I have something that will help you.’ I nodded, He scooped me Into his arms bridal style, everyone was murmuring. The light began to glitch, cups were shaking slightly, Leila was feeling it.
‘I’m fine,’ I whimpered telepathically.
‘Your hand,’ she hissed in pain.
‘Slight accident, don’t worry.’
‘What happened?’
‘Later,’ he carried me into the elevator, I was still crying by the way, my hand was burning and I was soaked in cold water and stained in black coffee. After a while, I was in his office sniffing at interval as he sprayed something on my arm.
‘How are you feeling now?’
‘Better,’ I said looking at the whirling dark cloud behind him, Leila was watching me through it.
‘Just stay this way for ten minutes and then wash it off, okay?’ I nodded. ‘You are w-t, you need a bath.’
‘I don’t have anything to wear,’
‘I’ll have Estella hurry to a shop and go buy you something to wear,’ he said stroking my hair gently. ‘I’ll be back, okay?’ I nodded. He pinched the bridge of my nose and stood up straight from his leaning position. ‘Wait,’ he smiled and walked out. The cloud took Leila’s form immediately.
‘You’ll heal completely in a minute, how will you explain that to him?’
‘I don’t know,’ I shrugged. She walked to me and sighed, I was sitting on his swivel chair. ‘Any luck finding out who Meghan Blues is?’
‘No, not one. I tried searching the internet, asked the relatives at the confirmation meeting but nothing. Dark is my only hope now but he’s still in a coma.’ I looked down at my feet guiltily.
‘If I didn’t attempt suicide, he would have been okay now, I miss him.’
‘Me too,’ she sat down on the table and folded her hands. We remained in silence, deep in thoughts. ‘The relatives accepted, your wedding with Alisdair will hold within a week or two.’
‘Uhm,’ I sniffed. She took my hand and smiled.
‘I’ll find her Leila, I promise.’
‘You’re Leila,’ I laughed. She hit her head and laughed with me. ‘Thank you Leila, you’re the best.’
‘I know. If I don’t be the best, who else will,’ she said with a playful smug smile. I chuckled. ‘Gotta go now, your fiancé’s coming,’ she said with a wink. ‘Ta ta!’ She poofed out of sight. Alisdair walked in with Theo, remember that his bodyguard?
‘You took long,’
‘I went to buy it myself, the store was just down the lane….’ He left his word hanging as he pointed to where Theo would drop the shopping bag. ‘Fred got the person, a lady with red l¡pstick problem,’ he said that part with amusement. I know what that feels like. ‘I was so stunned, I couldn’t stop looking at her l-ips. My first thought was….’
‘Did she add palm oil to her l-ips after smearing the l¡pstick on?’ We said simultaneously. Theo chuckled but Alis’ cold glare made him straighten his face.
‘Sir,’ he bowed and walked out.
‘You can use my bathroom,’ he pointed at the other door I have never been through. There’s a room there, you can change.’ I nodded and stood up.
‘What did you do to her?’
‘Detained her for assault,’ I nodded, serves her right. I walked to the bag Theo dropped on the chaise longue and picked it up. I opened the door with excitement, the secret room. I walked in and shut the door after me, the lights turned on automatically.
‘Nice,’ the room was dark but the darkness brought out the beauty. I walked straight to the bathroom, need to change.
★★★★★★ Alisdair ★★★★★★
‘…I already have the cameras set and ready to go, just try not to mess things up for me.’ Kristal bossed me like she was my mother.
‘For you?’ I snorted.
‘What? I spent so much time forcing you to add those special words, I’ve dreamt about this all my life so yes, me.’
‘It’s not a real proposal,’ I said with an eye roll. She snorted.
‘Don’t mess up,’ she hung up, brat. The intercom buzzed, I sighed and pressed the button.
‘What is it?’ I snapped.
‘Miss Valentina is here to see you,’
‘Urgh! Tell her I’m dead,’ I gro-ned. On second thoughts… ‘Let her in,’ I cut the intercom off and smirked. The woman won’t let me be, using business as an excuse to pester me. Sooner than expected, she walked into my already opened office with her bad legs. She walks like her knees are fist bumping each other.
‘Alisdair,’
‘What?’ I asked coldly.
‘You’re mean you know,’ she purred, sliding into the guest seat. ‘You don’t check on me….’
‘And why should I check on you?’
‘As your partner and friend, what if I was dead?’
‘I attend your funeral if invited,’ she winced and laughed painfully.
‘I heard you have a bitch now, who’s the lucky wh-re?’ I was about to answer her stupid question when I heard Bloom scre-ming my name. I jumped to my feet and rushed into the room to check on her. I opened the bathroom door a little, in case she was unclad.
‘Bloom, you okay in there?’
‘Something tangled my hair,’ she cried. ‘I can’t see and the floor is awfully slippery, help.’
‘Do you have anything on?’ I whispered, staring at Valentina who was at the door.
‘No, but I’m sure it won’t bother you, right?’ I understood, right, I lied that I’m g-y. I opened the door w¡der and walked in, don’t think Alis. I shut the door back and walked to the shower glass.
‘I’m coming in,’ I opened the door gently, she was tangled somehow against the shower pipeline. How come? ‘How did you get entangled?’
‘I don’t know,’ she whined childishly. F-ck! She’s unclad. I kept my eyes up at her face with great struggle, avoiding staring at her br-asts which were slightly covered by foam. I walked closer to her.
‘You are clumsy,’
‘Shut up,’ she whispered. I slowly untangled her hair. Soap was allover her face. I stepped back immediately, laughing away my nervously. ‘Thanking you,’ she giggled. Oh God! My eyes went down. I hurried out of the bathroom, f-ck! I’m sweating. I walked out of the room back to the office, the woman was gone. I rest my hands on the table and shook my head, I will never get that image out of my head.
Bloom
I stared at Alis as he ate quietly, I was still blushing from what I did, I had no choice, I was stuck. He took me out to a beach for dinner, the candles and lanterns were so rom-ntic and it was making my heart flutter. He saw me unclad, he’s g-y so no big deal, right? Ah! He didn’t ask about my hand again.
‘Bloom,’
‘Yup!’ I popped, acting normal. He stood up, is it me or does he look hot in his opened beach shirt and white trousers. Oh kill me with opened chest shirt, I’ll die in an instant. He smiled nervously, what? ‘What?’ I asked looking at my body. I wore a dark red dress with black lacing around the edges. It clung to my figure and stopped mid-th-gh in a black lace fringe and black sandal heels. It was okay, right? ‘Is it what I’m wearing?’
‘Not really,’ he smiled, taking my hand gently. ‘Dance with me,’
‘Okay,’ I said uncertainly. He pulled me up and wrapped his arm around my wa-ist. I put my hand on his chest laughing nervously. He used his other hand to t-rn on the stereo.
♪ Mm
Mm, mm…♪ the song played…oh! I love this song! Justin Timberlake’s perfect for me. He wrapped his arms around my wa-ists while mine stayed on his shoulders.
‘Look at me,’ as if I was looking at his shadow before.
♪ I know your favorite song
I hear it everyday
Whoever made your smile
Made it to get in my way
And every time you laugh
You make that little sound
It’s just the hærdest thing
To love you but not know how
So I spend all my nights
In the dark and afraid
‘Cause I’ve tried to forget you
But these things just don’t go away
I hate that you’re perfect,
Perfect for me
If I didn’t know better,
Then I would believe
We were made for each other,
But I’d know the truth
You’re no good for me,
I’m no good for you
And I hate that you’re perfect
You’re perfect for me
I hate that you’re perfect
You’re perfect for me…♪ just looking into his eyes and swaying slowly to the song is making my heart thump again, my eyes were glistening with tears, he’s g-y. He spun me around thrice.
♪ What good are words
When they always
Just get in our way
And it hurts the most
Just to know that you
Don’t feel the same, the same
So sometimes
I get down on my knees
And I pray things will change
But life is what happens
When things they don’t work out our way, our way….♪ I rest my head on his shoulder so I won’t cry, does anyone realise he’s g-y? It’s breaking me.
♪ So I spend all my nights
In the dark and afraid, mm
‘Cause I’ve tried to forget you
But these things just don’t go away, away
I hate that you’re perfect,
Perfect for me
If I didn’t know better,
Then I would believe
We were made for each other,
But I’d know the truth
You’re no good for me,
I’m no good for you
And I hate that you’re perfect
You’re perfect for me
I hate that you’re perfect
You’re perfect for me….♪ he sat me back on the chair as the song ended. He went on one knee, eh? Can somebody explain what is going on?
‘Bloom,’ he clasped our hands together. ‘You know I s-ck at being rom-ntic…’ Do I know you? ‘The day I met you will never leave my head, ever. To me, you will always be that sunset that beautifies my day, the glow that bright up my night. It’s funny how I’m actually kneeling here and proposing to a woman because I never thought I would do it once. You have become a very important part of my life Bloom, and again I’m sorry for forgetting the ring the first time but now I’m going to ask again,’ he removed his hand and brought out a ring from his pocket. Oh my God! ‘Bloom, will you marry me?’
I fanned my face, I wasn’t expecting him to do such and it was making my body vibrate too much. ‘Alis…’
‘I know marriage is a big step for us, something we can’t separate from but it’s a path I want to take with you. Please don’t reject me again,’ oh now I get, cameras. Tears ran down my cheeks, all fake, he’s g-y.
‘I’ll think about it,’ I said chucklingly, stroking my chin dramatically. He whimpered and pouted.
‘Babe, please?’
‘Marriage is a very big deal, don’t you think?’
‘I promise not to hurt you, I will do everything in my power to make you happy. I can’t fully vouch for myself but just shut up and accept this ring, my knee is killing me.’ I rolled my eyes and wiggled my fingers.
‘I’ll accept your ring next year,’ I said with a cartoonish voice. He burst into laughter, what did I say? ‘What?’ I laughed.
‘What type of voice is that?’ He asked between his laugh.
‘I don’t know,’ I said with the voice again. He snorted and flicked my head. He slipped the ring into my finger. I burst into tears well and fanned my face. ‘You finally bought me a ring, you’re not poor….’
‘Very funny,’ he chuckled pulled me up along with him. He encircled my wa-ist again while we laughed for our own different reason. Mmm, let me say it again, he’s g-y. ‘I love you Bloom,’ my heart skipped.
‘I love me too,’ I said still crying by the way. He chuckled and closed the distance between our l-ips. My stomach rumbled, this l-ips were cold yet oh my God! I’m k-ssing Alisdair!
My hands slipped around his neck and into his hair, I deepened the k-ss with great pleasure, he k-ssed back. Wait? Is he sure he is g-y? The way his tongue moved in my mouth, the way he was k-ssing me was…well, unbelievable. I broke the k-ss and peered at him suspiciously. ‘What?’ He asked chucklingly.
‘Are you sure this is your first time k-ssing a girl?’ He rolled his eyes with a laugh. ‘Tell me, who disV-rgined your l-ips?’
Hey! Act funny and die in,side, it’s alright.
I threw my bag on my bed and flung myself on it. I puffed heavily and stared at my ringed finger. Such a beautiful ring. ‘Hey sis,’ Leila chirped. ‘Oooh! Nice ring!’ She squealed. She sat on the bed and took my hand. ‘Gorgeous.’
‘Thank you,’
‘See what is threading on Kathy Globe news, released an hour ago.’ She said showing me her phone. I sat up and took the phone. “Famous business tycoon Alisdair Kendrick has a girlfriend! Watch proposing video” Was the headline. I didn’t bother asking Alis but I knew this would happen.
‘Phew,’ I laid on the bed back.
‘According to Kathy, someone shot the video and sent it to her, true life. Other medias are picking it up, it’s official.’
‘I know, happy married life to me.’
 
Tbc