It was supposed to be a joyous day for him as it was his wedding day, but Micah didn’t felt as joyous as the others, especially not as his mother, who had been running around the mansion all morning since daybreak with a huge smile on her face.
As he was dressing in front of his large mirror, his thoughts went to the events of the past couple of days…
That moment of weakness at the lake with Snow and after that hearing the news of the unknown dead body…
And now he was about to marry Sheila and become the stepfather to her unborn child…
He signed with his eyes closed as the reality hit him hard…
“I am going to be a husband and a father from today on!” He whispered out loud to himself as he opened his eyes again, starring blankly at his reflection in the mirror, not liking what what he saw…
“Can I come in boss?” Dmitri asked after knocking at his bedroom door which got him out his not so happy ramblings.
“What’s wrong?” Micah asked looking over his shoulder to his longtime friend and head of security.
“Nothing boss, everything is ready! You look good by the way!” Dimitri mushed as he looked at his boss who were a beautiful suit specially made for his wedding.
“Thanks, I wish I felt as good as I look!” Micah muttered his reply, making Dimitri raise an eyebrow.
“Hmm…are you alright boss?” Dimitri asked while taking a seat as Micah finishes the last part of his dressing with a growl.
“No Dimi, I am not okay!” Micah says now with a scowl on his face.
“Okay, wanna talk about it?” Dimitri asked curiously and a bit worried as well.
Micah took a seat on the edge of his king size bed before answering.
“Between you and me, I feel like I am losing my shit man!”
“Your shit? What do you mean, you’re nervous for the wedding?”
“That’s part of the reason yes, not to talk of all the things that are going on that needs to be solved and isn’t solved yet and then some other stuff that I can’t seem to put my finger in that drives my nuts!” Micah explained in frustrated huff.
“Ok hold on, so besides the wedding jitters who are understandable, what else is bugging so much that you look so not yourself?!”
“You remember that morning when I went out for a run right, well I went to the lake the clear my head not knowing I wasn’t alone there. I saw Snow there, she was swimming in the lake, butt naked! and I almost had sex with her, even though I already asked Sheila to marry me!!” Micah said between gritted teeth feeling torn on the inside while thinking back of that particular moment. Meanwhile Dimitri’s eyes slightly widen in surprise hearing this for the first time.
“You said almost so you don’t right? Well then what’s the problem?” He asked a bit confused while Micah stood up again, pacing up and down the bedroom floor.
“Yes almost but we still fooled around and to make matters worse is that she confessed her feelings for me to me! She told me that she has started falling in love with me Dimitri and that right there is the problem!” Micah sputtered with emotions bubbling up in his sea blue orbs.
Dimitri opened his mouth and closed it again not really sure what to say to that statement…
“Wow, okay, didn’t see that one coming! So….what did you tell her?” Dimitri then asked.
“Not much just that you know she isn’t what she now appears to be, a nice woman, we all know what she is and what she can do to an extend and she must kept on asking to tell her the truth, to tell her what’s going on with here since she is sending that something is different with her but I just couldn’t tell her! And than that kiss! That damn kiss, Dimi have you ever kissed a woman and then while kissing her felt like dreaming, like you could see your future in your mind?”
“Ehm no, that sound something…so why did she do to you?”
“That’s the question! We both saw it and felt it but she also was as confused as me but now all I can think of is her lips on mine and my damn co*k wants to be buried deep inside of her every damn time I am close to her, that my issue Dimi, so how can marry Sheila today?” Micah sighed frustrated with his conflicted feelings.
“Well…ehm….to be honest I don’t know what to tell you! I mean I can only say like follow your heart but that’s sounds to easy I guess…”
“Indeed it does! I must feel stuck between the both of them! On one side I have Sheila who turns out to be be a pretty good candidate to become my queen and of whom I have become fond of over these past couple of months and I am attracted to her but I don’t love her…you know like really in love and then there is Snow, the woman who is tormenting me from the moment she took me from my home….the things she did Dimi….the things she has done to me….people would lose respect for me as a leader of they would ever found out that a woman did those things to me, a Don! But still after all the shit she put me trough there is a sick, twisted part in me that is drawn to her wicked side! And now she can’t remember who she is anymore and she changed from that wicked queen into a nice person who has fallen in love with me! And as last i am not sure how it will be as a stepfather to a child that isn’t mine…I know I told Sheila I would happily accept her daughter but…I don’t know…I would hate it if in the end there would be problems because I am not the real father…or God forbid the child grows up and one day discovers that I killed her real father!…..now you get it why I feel like I am losing my shit, right?!” Micah said while dropping his body onto the nearby chair.
As both men sat down in silence the next couple of minutes, outside the sound of incoming guest woke them up from their ramblings and then a rapid knock was heard on the bedroom door.
“Boss it’s time! Oh Dimi your here as well good, now let’s go, don’t let your bride waiting!” Anastasia mushed while waiting, standing in the door opening.
“Mama I…I…never mind” Micah mumbled, knowing that there was no use in starting to try to convince his mother to push the marriage ahead a bit since she was the one actually pushing him to marry Sheila in the first place!
He slowly stalked out of the bedroom followed by Dimitri who’s his best man. But before Dimitri can follow Micah to the stairs he is pulled aside by his arm.
“What on earth is going on with him?” Anastasia hissed with raised eyebrows.
“I’m sorry Dona, it’s not my place to tell you” Dimitri whispered back, not exactly sure if Micah wants his mother to know his true feelings. After that he gently patted Anastasia’s arm and walked in front of her towards the staircase.
Outside in the garden the guests were already seating while Micah stood at the front between his men, waiting for the ceremony to start. One thing that Micah was happy about was that in the end he has gotten his wish of marrying in his garden domain on which his mother at the last moment had agreed on, but he lovely that might be, it did not take away his aching heart and restless soul, but it was the only thing for now he could be happy about.
When the last guests had finally found a free spot the music started, signaling to everybody present that the bride was about to make her grand entrance. As Mica stood with his back towards Sheila, his thoughts And feelings were all over the place…until Marco signaled to him that it was his time to turn and face his bride…
Slowly he turned and his gaze fell upon a very beautiful looking Sheila, dressed in a well fitted fishtail gown on the arm of….wait!! “Her father”?!!” Micah muttered under his breath in shock.
As they finally stood in front of him he took Sheila’s hand in his and without so much as a look to her father, he turned her towards himself. When the wedding officiant started addressing the guests and asked them to take a seat again, Micah leaned in and whispered in her ear…
“What is your father doing here, Sheila?! I thought we were both clear on it that he and your mother aren’t welcome at our wedding!!” Micah rasped coldly in her ear making her whimper. Sheila didn’t dare to look at Micah’s face right now, feeling the anger radiating of of him in waves.
“I…I…i am sorry…I didn’t know…they just appeared out of nowhere!” she stuttered while looking at her fingers as tears started to form in her eyes.
Micah sighed, trying to hold back his growing anger.
“I gave you a second chance so if I find out that you are lying to me and that you are the one that planned this, you will be sorry and wished that I would have killed you together with your sorry ass ex boyfriend!!” He coldly answered making her heart skip a beat, knowing fully well of what Micah is capable off!
Frantically she started thinking I’m her mind who would set her up like this…
Unfortunately for her she couldn’t think of such person, only that the news must have reached them and he must have bribed maybe one of Micah’s men to let them enter…
For her own and her daughter’s sake she had to find evidence!
In the meantime behind her back, her father searched the garden with his eyes for a special person and after some minutes he spotted her…
A small smile appeared on both his and the other woman’s face as they locked eyes with each other…
Even though he was wearing a disguise she would have picked him out from the crowed any time the lady in question thought by herself…ow how she longed to be just near him…
**“Patience my love, patience!” **
a message suddenly popped up onto the woman’s phone to which she replied with a slight nod into Sheila’s father direction…