hapter 64
Chapter 64
-LANA-
What was happening? Why was my stepfather congratulating Apollo?
“What are you talking about?” My mate asks his father as he braces himself for the response. I wasn’t sure if Apollo didn’t have a clue or if he was pretending for my sake.
“Your engagement!” He laughs. “I can’t believe you kept this from us! I knew there was a possibility but I didn’t know you already confirmed everything with your mother.”
Engagement?
The word echoed in my mind, each repetition pushing my heartbeat into a slower, more numbing rhythm. It felt as if someone had wrapped their hand around my throat, squeezing tightly, cutting off the air I desperately needed. I’ve never experienced such a profound shock before.
My stepfather’s words played on a loop in my head. After everything that had happened between Apollo and me last night, he was actually going through with his plans to marry Jada?
watch as his father hugs him tightly, obviously happy that his son was finally settling down. However, Apollo was not paying attention to him,
My stepbrother watched me closely, bracing himself for my inevitable outburst. But I couldn’t let my family see how deeply shaken was. They couldn’t know about us–not for a second. I knew if kept on looking like my heart was broken, someone was bound to catch on. I couldn’t let that happen no matter how painful this was for me.
“You’re getting engaged?” my mother exclaimed as she walks in, her excitement palpable. “That’s such wonderful news, Apollo! You should have told us the moment it happened. Why didn’t you say anything?”
He didn’t respond. His gaze remained fixed on me, waiting for my reaction.
I knew that both my mother and stepfather have been waiting a long time to see Apollo settle down. They often complained that he played around with too many women. I agreed with them whenever they said things like that.
My heart felt like it was in a vice, ready to shatter from the weight of the pain and tension.
So this is what it truly meant to have one’s heart broken by their mi
I was as though I had been slapped hard across the face. Why would Apollo touch me in ways I had never experienced before if he intended to marry someone else all along? It was utterly baffing, Could he really be so cruel as to boy with my emotions like that?
He was living up to his reputation as a player, and deep down, questioned why lever cxpected anything different. I had known him for years, and his habit of jumping from one woman to another was hardly a secret. So why did I ever think what happened between us was anything special?
“Lanal” My mother exclaims. “Apollo is getting engaged! Why aren’t you congratulating him?”
I jump at my mother’s question. I wasn’t sure how long exactly that she’d noticed my silence on the matter.
She doesn’t seem to realize that I’m in a state of shock and not the good kind. Everyone is too happy and excited to eve
I felt like my head was spinning and I was worried that I would possibly faint in front of everyone.
Wouldn’t that be embarrassing?
my distraught
Isabella rushes down the stairs upon hearing the commation. She must have been out the room, waiting for me to get back and give her the details when she heard what was happening downstairs without her.
“Whats happening?” she asks and can see the panic in her eyes.
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She’s obviously worried that our mother has somehow found out about Apollo and me. I prayed she didn’t say anything that could hit at it.
“Apollo is getting engaged!” My mother says happily. “His mother just called and informed your stepfather you need to hurry up and congratulate him We are all so happy and proud. I never thought this day would come were Apollo would settle down and find someone for himself. This is more than just good news.”
My mate is silent through it all, never once taking his eyes off me. So far, no one seems to notice his strange behavior.
Isabella is stuck in place as well, she doesn’t know what to do. She is aware that this news would be breaking my heart in two and she doesn’t know whether or not to congratulate our stepbrother. I can tell that she doesn’t want to. I can also tell that she wants to believe that this was all just some sy misunderstanding. However, nothing about this could be a mistake,
The engagement was happening and I didn’t think there was anything that any of us could do to stop it. Well, Apollo might be the only one but he was clearly letting his mother make his decisions for him.
“Oh,” Isabella says, her voice filled with surprise. “Am, when is the engagement date?”
I had no choice but to stand and act like I was actually interested in all of this when all I wanted to do was run into my room and lock myself in there. still hadn’t congratulated Apollo and I was hoping that my mother wasn’t paying anymore attention to me.
“My ex–wife has informed me that she wants the engagement ball to be held somewhere closer to her hometown. Where Apollo grew up.” He answers. “She added that she needs a week to prepare everything, and would like the ball to be hold next week.”
Next week!
I felt like I was choking an absolutely nothing but the awful pain in my chest.
How to breathe under these circumstances?
“Why is she in such a rush?” Isabella asks, obviously trying to make sense of everything. “Shouldn’t there be some time to properly plan an engagement ball?
My stepfather let out a deep sigh and say, “I know my ex wife well. She truly believes that if you take too long to get something done, it’ll never happen. I bet it took a lot of convincing for Apollo to agree to this; she’d never want to mess that up”
Turning to Apollo, my sister asks, “You’re awfully quiet through all of this, Aren’t you planning to say something?”
She was clearly trying to provoke a reaction from him. I shot her a glare, but she just shrugged as if she were innocent.
“I need to make a call,” he replies tersely before turning and walking away.
Everyone seemed puzzled by his behavior. After all, he was on the brink of becoming engaged, and he should have been excited.
I struggled to breathe through the pain–it felt overwhelming
This hurts
It hurts so much.
AD
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