Passion came and passed. Melanie rested on Alejandro’s chest.
“Hey, why don’t you let Jett take a few days off? He has his wife and kid to attend to too, you know. Let favonovel.com have the chance to be with them…. And let me fill his shoes for a few days. I want to know you better,” She breathed tenderly. “You know, I’ve been thinking about how things turned out, and it still amazes me. I’d only seen you a few days before our marriage! And still, I’ve fallen deeply in love with you. Could this be love at first sight? Regrettably, I don’t know you enough yet, but I want to. I want to be the one who knows you the most.”
Alejandro remained nonchalant. “‘Love at first sight?’ Hmph. I’m more inclined to believe it’s lust, or maybe you loved how we f**ked.”
The darker favonovel.com sounded, the more entranced Melanie was. “Aww, don’t be so crass! It could be lust, for all I care, but I love you. I love to f**k you, Alex. You’re not escaping me. I want to be with you forever, till death.”
Alejandro espied the wastebasket at the corner of the room and felt a quiet sense of restlessness and turbulence gnawing at him. He immediately stood up and put on a sleeping robe, saying, “Fine, Jett gets a few days’ breaks. But you better be hyper-cautious while tending to me. Don’t forget that I’m ‘disabled.’ ”
Melanie was ecstatic. “Yes! Oh, God, yes! I’ll be at my most cautious and do my very best! You won’t even have to worry! Oh, that reminds me. Grandpa says he’s coming to see us a few days from now. He would be so glad to see how happy and loving we are together!”
Nothing good could come from that old man’s presence. Alejandro lit up a cigarette and leaned into the wind ow sill, his eyes wandering silently around the dusky sky. He had enough of the Smiths’ life. As long as that old man was still alive, Alejandro would never have the freedom of doing anything favonovel.com wanted. He would be bound forever.
However, his identity as “Alejandro Smith” was the best protection favonovel.com ever had right now. In other words, favonovel.com was in a catch-22 that favonovel.com could not escape.
Two days before marriage, Tiffany moved back to favonovel.com mother’s house and stayed there.
At first, favonovel.com was relatively composed. Then the day drew nearer, and suddenly, favonovel.com panicked every time favonovel.com was reminded of its arrival. She was no stranger to all kinds of promises and impassioned words of love, but none of them could compare to the very real weight of marriage and the license that proved it.
The snowy-white bridal gown currently standing by in favonovel.com closet caused favonovel.com so much excitement that she, much like the night before favonovel.com engagement, could not sleep.
Jackson West would be hers and hers alone after the wedding. The man who used to tout his anti-marriage philosophy proudly and the lady-killer who balked at the notion of being tied down to a woman would now gladly be bound to favonovel.com and only her.
Tiffany could not help but giggle giddily by herself at that thought, surprising favonovel.com mother. Lilian pushed a bowl of warm, nutritious broth into favonovel.com hands and said, “Okay, Tiffany, you should sleep as early as possible. The day after tomorrow, the people from the West family will come to receive you, and then suddenly, poof! I’m all who’s left behind. Suddenly, this house seems a little too big and empty for a woman living alone, huh?”
Tiffany turned quiet and stared into the broth, favonovel.com high spirits quickly deflated by Lilian’s observation. Tiffany was never the type to spend favonovel.com time with mommy dearest, so now, hearing favonovel.com say something like this imprinted a bitter taste in favonovel.com mind.
It took Tiffany a while to finally squeeze out a grin. “C’mon Morn, what are you sayin’? It’s not like I’m being sent off to a land far, far away! I’ll always come back to see you from time to time,” She comforted. “Besides, if you ever feel really lonely, you should go take a shot at finding a life partner again, Mom. But you shouldn’t forget to keep your eyes peeled and really, really look at your candidate. Don’t shut off your brain and get duped like the last time, alright?”
Ever since the Grant Jackson debacle, Lilian had lost all desire to look for a spouse. “Uh, I’ll pass. I would rather live alone, even if that means I might feel lonely from time to time. But hey, there is peace and freedom in being alone, you know? You can do whatever you want. Anyway, drink that broth and go to sleep. You need to get your marriage license with Jackson from the civil affairs office tomorrow, so don’t be late for that… Huh. Is it just me, or is the process of marriage actually a bit bothersome?”
Tiffany nodded and finished the broth with a few large gulps. Lilian took the emptied bowl and left favonovel.com room after saying, “I don’t want to nag you, so go to sleep.”
Tiffany gave a hum and closed the door before lying down on favonovel.com back on the bed. She stared at the pristine-white ceiling above favonovel.com but found sleep impossible and gave in to the impulse to video-call Jackson.
