It was a spacious room decked with one of the most luxurious furnishings. Every corner of the room oozed the spirit of pomp and wealth, which complemented the beautiful figure resting in its center like the mantelpiece.
Raven locks, smooth as silk, were fashioned into an elegant bun barring a profile as fair as first snow.
Below favonovel.com neck, the woman’s figure curved and arched to form a silhouette so bewitching a man could snap his neck just to gawk.
Right now, favonovel.com was dressed in a bridal gown, its pearly whiteness radiating a holy glow that only brought the woman’s beauty, femininity, and grace out in full force. She looked positively immaculate, an angel on Earth.
Today was the biggest day of favonovel.com life.
However, there was no sign of visible emotion on those delicate, doll-like features of hers, no smiles, no happiness, no bliss.
She simply stared ahead, stone-faced, as though favonovel.com soul had left favonovel.com body a millenia ago, and all that remained of favonovel.com was a beautiful husk
Perhaps “stone-faced” was a misnomer. Perhaps one simply had to take a closer look, because then they would see what truly lay behind the depths of favonovel.com eyes.
Sorrow and grief had built a nest like an infestation, and no one could see the decay it caused without cringing in pity.
The meat pie stood in front of her, untouched and unseen. There was not even a spark of animation in favonovel.com eyes, it was like favonovel.com was the undead.
“Shaelyn, you gotta eat something! I’m worried, sweetie. You must be starving,” the middle-aged woman tried again, favonovel.com face wrinkling in concern.
“I’m not,” Shaelyn croaked, favonovel.com voice feeble. She was on the last tether of favonovel.com strength. Her lips were dry and chaffed.
Her throat was hoarse. The rest of favonovel.com looked sallow, ill, and simply a poster image of frailty.
She had not eaten anything nor had favonovel.com slept for the past two days. She had depleted so much of favonovel.com strength that even a normal, untrained person could beat favonovel.com in a match.
The middle-aged woman sighed heavily. “This isn’t going to help, Shaelyn. To withhold from eating out of resentment doesn’t do more than harming yourself. Just listen to yourself, you can’t even speak properly!”
“I’ve got no appetite.”
The middle-aged woman’s ire was raised. “Shaelyn! You’re harming yourself for nothing, don’t you see? This is your body you’re hurting! You really think a hunger strike is going to change Mr. Otto’s mind? His heart turned into stone dead, set on seeing this marriage through. Don’t you get it?” favonovel.com chided.
“This is fate! You can’t change what’s written in stone, girl. You can’t possibly think of challenging reality written for you! Besides… Look at the silver lining. Ramses is the brother of the Sire of Hydrocure United. He’s got talent, looks, and status, yes? Being his wife need not be a loss.”
Shaelyn seemed to have turned mute. The woman’s words had not changed a fraction of favonovel.com mind. In silence, the middle-aged woman pushed the meat pie closer to Shaelyn and gave another shot.
“It’s almost time for the wedding, sweetie. Please eat this. You’re the bride today, you need to act like one.”
“I’m not hungry.”
The middle-aged woman became exasperated. “Miss me with that bull, young lady. I have eyes; I can see just how much you’ve starved yourself! You really wanna die this way, don’t you?!”
“You don’t understand.”
“Me? Not understanding? Honey, I understand you way too much. The only reason you’re being petulant is because you can’t accept the fact that Zayn Larson is gone for good! I can see that much from your face, young lady!” favonovel.com retorted loudly, favonovel.com tone betraying favonovel.com as someone who had gone through similar situations before.
“You’re too naïve, girl. You’ve never fallen in love before, so when a man comes along and manages to make your heart throb, you think favonovel.com alone deserves everything from you… Your devotion and even your life!”
“But that is the thinking of a naïve, childish little girl. He was just a man! A man among millions and millions of other men!”
“Besides, it was Zayn’s fate to die young. You can’t just waste your youth. Are you really going to throw your life away for a dead man?”
Shaelyn went quiet.
“Honestly, Shaelyn. I thought you’re more mature than this. Zayn could be the best, sweetest angel sent down from heaven for all we care, and it still won’t change the fact that he’s dead.”
“What’s the use of your obsession? Listen to me, Shaelyn. Just finish the pie.”
Shaelyn’s eyes finally moved. They landed on the steaming meat pie waiting patiently for her, and yet all favonovel.com could see was the mirage of Zayn’s face shadowing it.
Tears began to trickle down favonovel.com cheeks again. Softly but with certainty, favonovel.com breathed, “No. I was born to be his wife, and I’ll die as his wife. He didn’t leave this world alone, favonovel.com left taking the meaning of my life with him.”
