A Love Unexpected

a's

own, one more

arranged wedding, and

lic eye, a lot has been going on concerning the prepara

the circumstances surrounding this wedding, I thought I was just expected to show up to t

ing. She's a sweet person and, for some reason, she treats me like her o

lans with me, and it does make me smile, even though I'm not

since the day at his office, whatever information he wants to get a

and I don't even have his personal phone number. How in th

wers for the center placement on the tables?" Li

ng on the couch in the living room with

you think?" she continued, lifting her head

l," I say, offering

been doing a lot of rece

rfect it because she smiles back in response an

g down on the gold-plated coffee table in the center of the room. "Who are you thinkin

ce thought of my dress. I don't know

much thought into it yet," I responded, looking

edding dress. If anything, it should've been the first thing you put in plac

off by the sound of someone shutting

was

," she shouts ba

mum and I. I can tell he's quite taken aback by my presence, but he quickly

him, and she approaches him

says back to her

ence with a head nod as he unwrap

am," I said

ter than he did the last time I saw him. His beard had grown out a bit, so it covered the outline

ickly looked away to avoid him catching me dro

nd shifts it back to his mothe

finger up. "He'

up the stairs without g

asks me as she joins me back on the c

ther in their entire lives? I wanted to laugh in her face at that, but

us. At least I don't think t

" she says, n

over more wedding plans before she had to lea

had to be the most beautifully designed house I had ever been to in my life. All the tables were lined with gol

ting their growth as a family and it was the cutest thing. Judging by the number of p

ur, I got a text from Sa

walking with my face presse

o this hard wall, or at leas

all, though. It

down at me, his face filled with displeasure and irri

o sorry," I s