Chapter Twenty-Two

"Welcome home, Jaden and Domino. Take a seat." Wanda said, pointing to the two seats.

We both sat down. I looked at Jaden and he shrugged.

"So, you might be wondering why you are home from school." Wanda said.

"Well, I thought everyone that the Night of Engagement was pushed forward, right?" she asked.

I nodded, knowing where this whole conversation was headed.

"Well, it's going to be in a few days and sorry Domino I didn't tell you earlier. I am starting to forget. But anyways, I thought that we could start preparing for the Engagement." Wanda said, clapping at her brilliant idea.

My stomach twisted. I know enough of Wanda that when she clapped, it was a bad thing, for me.

"So, I was thinking about Jaden," she said, turning to him. “You should follow your father. You should buy some suits with him and try it on. I want you to look fabulous.”

She grinned and shut her eyes , inhaling deeply.

"As for you Domino, you would be following me and Brie. We can go shopping, do facials and everything that a girl dreams of in one day." she said, flashing me her million-dollar smile.

"Your father and I would be taking days off just to make your Engagement night picture perfect." I smiled.

"Oh and how is Ballroom Dancing going?" Wanda asked.

"Oh, it's fine. I am learning a lot." I said, hoping my voice didn’t sound as sarcastic as I hear it.

"Great. I want you guys to know all of the moves. You guys will be dancing in the spotlight like a happy couple."

My jaw hung. I only knew one of the dance moves.

I looked calm on the outside, trust me, I was freaking out on the inside.

"But-"

"No buts, it is settled and you guys will dance. If you guys haven't learned everything yet, I will make sure Jasmine is fired." Wanda said firmly. I nodded swiftly.

"Starting tomorrow, we will be shopping all day." Wanda. I groaned on the inside. One thing about me was that I hated shopping.

"Ok, dismiss." Wanda said, standing up to leave.

"Wait!" I said. I got up and walked up to her.

" Wanda-"

"Please, call me Wanda, we are all in a family and soon you're going to be my daughter-in-law." Wanda said.

"Wanda, yes Wanda, is Jonas home?" I asked.

"Oh, yes, he is probably in the library." I nodded. "Thanks."

I ran up the stairs.

"Wait, excuse me?" I asked one of the many maidens that were cleaning the spacious house.

"Yes, Wanda?" she answered.

"It's Domino Hershel. And call me Domino." I said.

"Yes, um, Domino?" she asked.

"Where is the library? Can you bring me to the library?" I asked.

She quickly nodded and led me to the library.

"Jonas, Jonas, emergency!" I said, bursting in the library. "Yes?" he asked, looking up from the book. I ran over to him and grabbed his arms.

"Jonas. You got to teach me the rest of the dance moves. Hurry, I don't have time and the engagement party is coming up!" I said, panicking. I squeezed his hand.

"Well, come on." he said, walking me to the ballroom dancing room.

"Jonas, Jonas, what if I don't learn everything? What if in the middle of the night, I forgot everything? And what if Cr-Wanda gets mad at me? And what if I embarrass myself by falling on my butt? I would be-" Jonas chuckled.

"A fact is that you're nervous." Jonas said, chuckling again.

I blushed. "Of course I am nervous. I am going to die if anything bad happens."

"Well, then let's make it perfect." Jonas said opening the door to the ballroom dancing room.

"Ahh!" I screamed a little as I fell into Jonas's chest.

"No!" Jonas said, laughing.

"What? That's what you say. Back, side, side, back, back." I repeated.

"No, I said, back, back, side, together, back, back." he said. I groaned.

"I always get them messed up!" I said, murmuring in frustration.

We have been in this room for as long as I could remember, rehearsing the ballroom dancing steps over and over again. Nobody came to distract us and the only sound in the room was the soft background music, Jonas and me.

"Ok, then I will say them out loud." he said.

"One, two, one, two, three, four. Back, back, side, together, back, back." Jonas said. I squealed and clapped my hands.

"I did it!" I said, jumping up and down.

"I did it, I did it, I did it, yay, I did it!" I said. Jonas laughed.

"Ok, now let's try it if I don't say the words." I took a breath.

"I got it, I got it, don't worry." I said. Jonas laughed.

"Ok, one, two, one, two, three, four. Back, back, side, bac-”

"No, wro-"

"Ahh-"

I tripped, losing my balance causing Jonas to lose his.

We crashed to the floor and I landed on Jonas’ chest, her faces right in each other and our lips brushed against each other.

"Domino?"

I jumped as the door flew open and banged on the white, marble wall.

And the most awful part was that I kissed Jonas when I landed, just as Jaden saw us on the floor. My heart pounded and my throat felt dry. I pushed myself off Jonas.

My stomach dropped and I felt like I was about to throat up. I looked up at Jaden. His face was full of disbelief, anger and annoyance. Without another word, he left. I mentally facepalmed.

I turned back to Jonas, not looking up.

"Jonas, listen, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I am so sorry.” I started. Jonas chuckled, shaking his head.

"It's ok, I get it. Now go see Jaden, he doesn't seem happy." Jaden said, smiling. I let out a big breath that I was holding.

"I'm sorry, thank you." I murmured, blushing as I walked out of the room. I walked to our room and found him sitting on a chair.

"Listen, Jaden, it's not what you really think it looks like. It was an accident m-"

"Were you trying to piss me off by doing that? What the hell is your problem?" He yelled, standing up.

Instantly, my blood boiled and I clenched my fist.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? Why are you yelling? And I said listen. Why can't you just let me explain?!" I shouted back at him.

"Because I don't want to hear your stupid excuse on why that happened. You always try to come up with excuses.” He said. Now I was furious.

"Excuse me. This is the only time this ever happened and it's not an excuse. You don't even fucking know me, so you can stop talking like you do. That's the reason why I don't want to be married. Why are you so freaking jealous? It was an accident." I shouted.

"It-"

"Well, I don't want to hear your excuse too! And you know that stupid, ugly promise ring you gave me?" I ripped the ring off of my finger and showed him. "I don't want it. You know why? Because I know that you will never make me happy and I will never give a fuck about that fucking ring."

I walked over to the window seat and I did the only thing that made me satisfied; I threw the promise ring at him and turned around before it fell to the ground.

I smirked. That made me feel a whole lot better.

Jaden's mouth hung open, but I didn't care.

"You know how much-"

"Ask me if I give a fuck about it!" I fired. "And let me ask you, do you know how much my love costs? More than you can afford and I don't like you because of your money, your royalty or any of your shit! You're mad, right? Well, good, I want you to be."

"You heartless bitch."

That was the very first time I've ever heard Jaden cursed before. But I was too busy fighting with him that I didn't care.

"You jealous bastard. I don't even know why all of the girls like you. You know nothing but to buy a girl's heart with your money." I said, coldly.

“You’re the worst I’ve ever encountered, with your overbearing mom and her forcing everything she likes on me like I don’t have an opinion on anything. It’s fucking sickening! I hate it here!”

"I can't believe that I'm mates with a heartless, selfish bitch like you. It makes me regret my life." He said and left the room before saying anything.

It makes me regret my life.

It makes me regret my life.

Those words replayed in my mind over and over again and my heart felt like it was being stabbed and twisted everytime my mind replayed it. Before I knew it, one of my tears fell.

I spent all night in bed, crying until I felt like no more tears could come out. The atmosphere in the room was cold and it felt empty, knowing that Jaden was not in the room sleeping.

The whole night he didn't even come into the room.

One part of me wanted to run into Jaden's arms and apologize for everything I said. But another part of me told me that I was right and that he was being a huge asshole.