Summary: Bella and Edward are two souls with broken hearts...What happens when they are brought together by a marriage they both hate by their parents...?Will broken hearts be mended or broken further...Read to find out.
Chapter-1 LIFELESS LIFE
Bella sat on her bed in her room in Forks staring unseeing at the ceiling with eyes void of any life. Her father's footsteps climbing the stairs could be heard but she did no pay any attention to it. Charlie, Bella's father, came into the room and looked at his daughter with a mixture of guilt, sadness and anger. He was murderously angry at Jacob for making his sweet, cheerful, stubborn daughter like this but there was nothing he could do.
"Bella, How long are you going to sit like this?", he asked softly looking at her beautiful but sad face framed with long mahogany hair that had lost its shine without proper nutrition. Her deep chocolate brown eyes similar to his were lifeless. Her body looked too thin that it was unhealthy. Bella looked at the sad face of her father. She was immensely guilty for putting him through this. She did not want him to suffer for her mistakes. She tried to hide her pain from him but apparently by the look on his face, she was not doing a very good job of it.
"I am sorry, Dad. But what do you want me to do?" she asked in a tired voice. "What do you think, Bella? I want you to be happy again. Like how you were before that bastard did this to you! He left you, Bella! Do think he is worth your tears or time? You can not waste your life over someone who is not WORTH you!" Charlie exploded.
At the mention of Jacob, Bella flinched. Her face covered with a look of pain. On seeing her face Charlie softened his voice. "Bella, I just want my daughter back. Please come back to me, Bells. He is not the only man in this world, Bella." "I am fine, dad. What about you? Why have you been so sad? You haven't even shaved for months!" "I am sad for you, honey. I want to ask you something but I don't want to be like blackmailing..." he trailed off.
"What is it, dad?"
"Never mind. It's nothing."
"No. Tell me. What is it, dad?"
"I wanted you to get married happily. Then I will be happy. But I don't want to force you..."
Bella did not have the heart to tell her father that would never happen. She herself had these dreams but the man of her dreams left her. Her happiness can never be back but the least she could do is making her father happy. She could not do anything about the happiness part of his dream but she could do the rest. For Charlie, she decided.
"Go shave, dad. I'll get married." she told him.