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Maxon's Pov

I was sitting in between America and Kriss in the Great room. We sat at a table above everyone else's. This was the day that I would be proposing.

I knew who I was going to pick to be my bride and I knew who I wanted to pick to be my bride.

I wanted America but I knew after last night I could never have her. It was all a lie. Everything she told me all those, I love yous. As much as I wanted them to be the truth, I knew they were lies. Like she said when she first got here, I'm not going to fall in love with you. She was right. She didn't love me but I loved her.

I can't believe she threw her whole future away in one second. She had me wrapped around her finger she could have ruled Illea, but her plans got messed up and she throw her future away. Our future. When I say he with the guard my heart shattered. So now I am stuck her between America and Kriss, one girl I love and the other I will have to marry.

I will have to chose Kriss if America is out of the picture. I don't love Kriss. She was a sweet girl but I don't love her. How could I fall in love with any other girl when America was in my life. Even now I knew, if I couldn't have America I would have to choose Kriss. She was the only girl left.

Did I still want to marry America? The answer to that question came to me as easily as breathing. Yes. Of course I did. I couldn't imagine a life without America but I guess I will have too. America betrayed me and I couldn't marry her if it was all a lie. I don't even know if all alone her plan was to make me fall in love so I chose her, but I will have to believe that she was just her for the crown. Yes, I can't pick America to be my bride, she was only it it for the crown, she will never love me , only love the power. Even if I loved her, I couldn't make her live a life where she didn't love the man she married. The man she will spend the rest of her life with should be someone she loves not someone she uses.

I wish America the best of finding a man she truly loves. Even if she did lie to me she still deserves someone. I just wish that person was me.

I look over and see America starring. I follow her gaze to the guard Aspen. So much pain goes through me. Having to watch her love another man nearly breaks me.

Wanting her to feel my pain I say, "Trying to arrange a time to meet later."

America already looked in pain even before I said that. I could see her fake smile, trying to keep it together until I propose and she goes home. Why is she in pain though. She doesn't love me or maybe she does. Maybe I was all wrong and she does love me. Maxon stop thinking like this, she doesn't love you.

"No," America answered, "of course not."

She looked even more pained than before. Maxon you should feel good. She is feeling the pain that you felt. But somehow I felt guilty.

Something drove me to hurt America even more because I then said, "It's not like it matters, Kriss's family will be here this afternoon for a small celebration and your will be here to take you home. They don't like for the last loser to be along. She tends to get dramatic."

I was being so cold. I don't know what drove me to do this to America. My America. I felt like this wasn't even me speaking.

Trying to make up for it a little bit I say, "You can keep that house if you want. It's been payed for. I'd like my letters back though." Even when I tried to make up for being so cold my words just make me sound colder.

Why am I feeling this way. This is supposed to be a happy day.

"I read them," America tells me, "I loved them."

I just laughed. She keeps feeding me more lies. Why can't she just stop making it worse.

"I don't know what I was thinking," I say

I did know what I was thinking. I was thinking that I loved America and wanted to be with her for the rest of my life.

"Don't do this, Please. I love you," America says and I can see tears in her eyes

I don't know why America kept saying that when we both knew it wasn't true.

She was getting to me so I gritted my teeth and said, "Don't you dare."

"You put on a smile and you wear it until the last second," I add

She tried to blink away tears and then gave a small smile. I so wanted to wipe away the tears and make her laugh right now. Make her happy but she isn't mine anymore so I can't do that.

"That will do," I told her, "Don't let that slip until you leave the room. Do you understand."

She just nodded looking so sad. Maxon, she is faking it you can't believe her and you won't. She's just trying to play on your emotions and get you back into her plan.

To make sure that I know I can't have her I tell her the biggest lie of all, "I will be glad when you're gone."

I don't know how I said it looking into her eyes. I could she her about to crumple and I was about to, too but I put on my fake smile that I was so good at and turned to Kriss my future wife. I can't believe that I just lied to My America, my dear, my won and only. She's none of those things now. She has been lying to you this whole time, she has torn you apart so much, Maxon, come on pull yourself together. Telling her a couple of lies shouldn't get to you, it's nothing compared to what she has told you.

I didn't really listen to Kriss. She just did all the talking while I pretended to listen. It was so hard not to look at America but I knew if I did I would give in.

All of a sudden I hear screaming...

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