Hello people!
So, I decided to write a sequel to 'The bond of love' and on that story we've hit 13,020 views. Wow. Anyways,I love you all who are going to read this and if there is going to be any new reader, I request you to read the THE BOND OF LOVE to understand it.
Now, I present to you...
*Drums Playing*
The first chapter of Beyond love... ^.^
Chapter One
~~My Fault~~
My head spinned by all the silence around me. It was making me nauseous. But it wasn't the only reason which was making me feel like this way. The major reason was that I was going to do something I wasn't sure about.
"Earth to Flora," Tessa, Dylan's younger sister snapped her finger in front of my face.
I broke out of my daze and stared at her face before coming back to the real world. "Oh, Sorry. I just zoned out" I shook my head.
She giggled a little, as she fixed her hair in the mirror and looked at me through the mirror. "Already thinking about the honeymoon?" She winked at me.
My breath hitched in my throat but I forced a smile on my face. "No. I was actually thinking about Brandon"
"He's coming?" Tessa arched a brow and turned around to face me.
I sighed. "I don't know, Tes. He didn't answer my call" My voice cracked up.
She gave me a sympathetic look. "Don't worry, Flo. He'll come. After all it's his sister's wedding"
I nodded and shifted my eyes toward the mirror to gaze at my appearance. "Hope so, " I muttered.
I looked good but it didn't make me happy inside out. I felt like I was being forced to do something which I didn't want to but in reality it was my own decision. Not completely but still it was my own.
I was wearing a white gown. It was plain, nothing sparkly or shiny. Just a plain floor length gown and a white veil. I was wearing diamond studs and a diamond necklace. I had nothing on my wrist. For makeup I was wearing a red lipstick and a liner. I didn't want to wear anything else and my hair was tied into a neat bun and a few of my locks fell on my face.
"I think you're friends are outside. I'll give you guys privacy and I also have to check up on the groom" She went outside after giving me a smile.
As soon as she left, the door again flung open and in came my five friends whom I loved dearly.
"Hey girl," Musa greeted me and came to sit in the chair next to me.
"Hey Flo" Bloom, Stella, Aisha and Tecna greeted me.
"Hi girls" I grinned for the first time in last few days.
They weren't much excited about my wedding but they came for my sake and for the sake of our friendship. They came today on the day of the wedding because they couldn't bear my husband to be's presence. Even Musa who had known him longer than any of us.
"Flo, you look...um, beautiful" Stella walked to me and squeezed my shoulders.
I drew in a breath and squeezed my eyes shut. "Stella, no need to fake compliment me"
Stella dropped next to me and whistled out. "Why are you doing this, Flo?"
I ignored her question. "Stella, is Brandon coming?" I asked in a hopeful tone.
"The rest of the guys are here. Riven, Sky, Timmy and Roy, they all are here" Musa gave me a small smile.
My shoulders slumped. "So, he didn't come"
Stella snorted next to me. "You expect him to come?"
"Not now, Stel" Bloom warned her.
Stella threw her hands up in the air. "No, I'll say it now. I want to knock some sense into her thick her head before it's too late"
She grabbed my face and made me look at her. "Flora, I don't know why you're doing this but you're hurting us all. You're hurting your brother and most of all you're hurting Helia" I flinched when I heard Helia's name.
A tear rolled down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away. "I'm not doing it purposely"
"Yes, you're," Stella said, harshly. "You're brother is not coming to your wedding, you're best friends came just before the ceremony and the guys who looked at you like their sister didn't want to come to your wedding. Your parents are the only people who came here willingly"
A lump formed in my throat. "Helia knows I'm getting married today?" I choked out.
"Yes, he knows. He knows that you're giving yourself away today, Flora. But you have no idea how it's effe_"
"I think that's enough" Musa held up a hand to stop Stella. "It's her wedding day, guys. No matter how much we hate the person she's marrying, we have to respect her decision" Musa gave me a reassuring look.
"I can never get over the fact that marrying Riven will make her sensible and mature" Tecna put an arm around her shoulders. She was trying to enlighten the mood.
"And I can never get over the fact that marrying Timmy will make you a normal human" Musa winked in her way.
They both giggled.
"Oh guys, I forgot to tell you something" Aisha grinned a wide grin and blushed a little.
We all gave our attention to her. Thank God, I was no more the centre of attention.
"I'm pregnant" Aisha told us and laughed.
"Really?" Bloom hugged her and then we all followed her.
"Welcome to the club, Aisha" Musa fist pounded her.
Tecna, Aisha and Musa had graduated a years ago while Stella had graduated a few months ago, only Bloom and I were left. We had chosen different fields for our careers and it took us all different time to complete them. All the boys had graduated with Tecna, Musa and Aisha. Brandon and Sky had gone for buisness, Roy, Riven and Timmy were doing something altogether. Helia had also joined Sky and Brandon in their buisness. Bloom and I were going to graduate a few weeks later and then we would do a 2 year diploma.
Musa and Riven got married first in our group and Musa got pregnant last month, then Tecna and Timmy and after them Aisha and Roy. Sky proposed Bloom a few months and they're engaged. Stella and Brandon were dating and hadn't taken any further step.
"Flora!" The door to the room slammed open. I was startled by the sudden adressing.
Then I realised whose voice it was and I instantly jumped to my feet. I watched as Brandon bolted inside the room, panting heavily and with some papers in his hands.
"Thank God, I reached here in time" He took a moment to catch his breath and I used it to approach him and engulf him in a hug.
"You came, Brandon" I kissed him on the cheek.
He hugged me briefly and then led me to the seat where I was sitting earlier and crouched down in front of me.
The rest of the guys had also entered the room and they all were watching Brandon with curious eyes. The girls were also intrigued by his actions.
"You don't have to marry him, Flora" Brandon said, still panting heavily.
I arched a brow and pursed my lips. "What?" I questioned in disblief. "You came here for the wedding or are you here to break it off?"
"I didn't come to join your wedding ceremony, Flora. I came here to save you from that b*stard," Brandon said, in a dangerously low voice.
"What do you mean, Brandon?" Stella stepped forward and arched her both brows. I could see a smile forming on her lips.
"Flora can break off the marriage, Stella, because now we have the proof that the case which Dylan had filed against Dad was false" Brandon looked so much relieved.
I froze in my place. No, no, no.
My friends shouldn't know this. I raised my face to see that everyone else was looking at us with confused expression.
"Woah" Musa stood up and placed a hand on her hip. "Are we missing something?"
Brandon's lips formed a thin line and he cut his eyes to me. He then looked back at Musa. "Ummm, Flora, didn't tell you the reason why she was marrying Dylan?"
Tecna shrugged her shoulders. "She told us that after ending her relationship with Helia, she was really depressed, so when Dylan showed up with a wedding proposal she accepted it"
Brandon sighed. He looked at me with a disappointed look in his eyes. "And your mind didn't work up on the fact that she didn't even wait for her graduation to get married?"
I gave him a pleading look to stop but he wasn't paying me any heed.
"Actually, no" Bloom rubbed her neck in a sheepish way. "The news that she was getting married to Dylan got us so mad that we didn't pay attention to it" The girls and guys nodded in agreement.
Was this seriously going to happen just a few minutes before my wedding?
"She's getting married to Dylan because_" I clasped a hand over his mouth but he swatted it away and kept talking. "Dylan got Dad in fraud case. Dad and Dylan's father happened to be working together. When Dylan took over the buisness and found out that Flora and my Dad was his buisness partner, he asked Dad for Flora's hand in marriage. Dad turned his proposal for Flora down because he knew how madly in love were Flora and Helia"
He looked at me briefly then fixed his eyes back to our friends. "Dylan couldn't take the insult and got Dad in fraud case. He threatened Dad that if Flora wouldn't marry him, he would ruin Dad and his buisness. Dad told me and Flora this and Flora instantly jumped forward to help out Dad. I told her that I will find out a way and she doesn't have to marry him but she didn't listen to me and accepted his proposal" He glared at the Floor.
"You ended your relationship with Helia after hearing about the proposal?" Stella asked me.
I didn't have the strength to speak up, so I just nodded my head.
"Damn that M*ther f***er" Riven punched the wall next to him. "I'm going to kill him"
"No, Riven" I pleaded. "I can't back down now, guys"
They all gazed at me with a look of disblief. "You're still going to do this, Flora? Are you crazy?" Misa slammed her hand on the table and glared at me.
I got angry at this. "Yes, I'm. I cannot just break it off a minute before the wedding starts"
Before anyone of them can retort back, my dad entered the room. He observed all of us before fixing his attention on me. "Are you ready?"
I nodded my head.
He sighed. "Flora, you don't have to this. Brandon found the proof_"
"Dad, please, not you too" I went out of the room and waited for the rest of them to get out as well.
They all went inside and took there seats while I waited there with my Dad. My maid of honour was Tessa and Dylan's Best man was Xavier. They both were dating. After they both went out and the door closed, Dad took my wrist and coiled my arm around his own.
"You're the most obedient and lovable daughter, Flora" He kissed my forehead fondly.
I looked at his face but he looked forward and started walking. I turned my head back and began moving next to him. The music started playing and the door had opened for the bride and his father.
I took a deep breath when I began walking down the aisle. Everyone turned back to see me but I kept my eyes focused on Dylan. He was smiling at me but it didn't cause me to smile back. I kept my face straight and averted my attention away from him when I caught my friends sitting in the front along with Bree.
Only Bree had came to our wedding and she came for me. Noah and Stacey couldn't come because of their newly born baby girl, Gwen. Caroline was busy and couldn't come while Rhea had an emergency in the hospital. Kyle simply said that he wouldn't come.
Bree got married to Nick 3 years back and now they were parenting twin boys of age 2. Miles and Corbin. But right now, I could only see Bree, not even Nick was here.
Kaya was sitting next to Brandon and she was crying along with Stella. Even she was mad at me.
I wanted to cry at the moment. I never thought my wedding would be like this. It was the worst wedding ever.
We reached Dylan. His eyes shone with happiness and passed down to his lips but I didn't feel a the least bit of it.
Why was I doing this to myself?
I didn't even get the chance to dwell on it because my father brought my hand to his lips and gave it a kiss, then handed it over to Dylan and said something I couldn't comprehend in my mind because I was too lost to understand it.
As soon as my hand touched his hand, I wanted to pull back but I couldn't, I had made the decision to marry him. He pulled me toward him but kept a decent distance between us.
The priest began saying things which I didn't really want to listen to but whenever it was required I answered him with Dylan. It went on for a few minutes before the big question was finally spoken open.
"Do you take Dylan Smith to be your husband?" The priest peered in my direction.
I froze there on the spot.
I couldn't say it. I couldn't say it. I couldn't do this to Helia.
Do. Not. Say. It. Flora.
My heart began battling with my brain.
I opened my mouth but no word escaped out of it. My voice had betrayed me. My mind had betrayed me.
I looked behind Dylan to see my friends shaking their heads. Bree was clasping her hands together in begging manner. I shook my head. No, I couldn't do it in the last moment.
I shifted my eyes back at Dylan and once again opened my mouth to say the two words but my mouth betrayed me again. Instead, I choked out a little.
"Say it, Flora" Dylan clenched his jaws together.
I blinked my eyes at him.
"I-I..." The word had just formed at my lips when a loud ringtone went off and every head turned to see who had caused the disturbance.
Bree began to stand up while placing her phone against her ear. A concerned and nervous look appeared on her face.
Everyone watched her with interest or annoyance. I observed her expression as it turned from nervous to horrified and then tears started spilling out of her eyes.
"Oh My God" Bree screeched, as she dropped back in the seat.
A strange feeling began rising in my chest and I forgot all about the wedding. I focused my all attention on her.
"What happened?" Musa asked with a nervous look.
Bree started shaking her head and stood up from her place again. "Helia got into a severe car accident. He was coming here. They have taken him to the hospital in a pretty bad condition"
She bolted toward the door to get out there. "I need to get there"
I felt like a bomb was dropped on me. I began shaking my head uncontrollably and tears started spilling out of my eyes.
"No, no, no" I began shaking in my place. My whole body shook in disblief.
"I can't do this, Dylan. I can't" I threw my engagement ring in his face and spinned around to run out of there.
Everyone gasped around me but friends nodded their heads in affirmation. They were all ready to go to the hospital and they were all approaching me now. They were satisfied by my decision. I could see that in their eyes.
My chest was rising up and down and my eyes were burning with more hot tears. I needed to reach Helia right now. I couldn't lose him. I had to see him. But Dylan grabbed my arm harshly before I could make any move.
"What the hell did you just say?" He gripped my arm more tightly and jerked me around.
The crowd gasped once again.
I winced under his touch and even yelped but he was growing stronger his grip on my arm. But suddenly, the grip loosened on my arm and I heard a groan escaping out Dylan's mouth.
"My sister told you that she is not marrying you" Brandon punched him square in the face.
I took the opportunity to get out of there.
When I was running out of there, I took a glimpse of my parents face. They were both looking relieved at my decision but they were also making their way out of the church.
I pulled my dress up and fished the keys out of my jeans which I had worn under the dress.
I got in the car and put the keys in igniton. The car's engine came to life and I immediately rolled out of place, speeding up on the road.
"Sh*t" I yelled, realizing that I didn't know which hospital was Helia taken to. I once again got into my jeans pocket and took out my phone. I dialed Bree's number because she got the call from the hospital. She picked up after a single ring.
"Lotus Hospital, Flo" It was Nick on the phone. Ending the call, I threw the phone to the side and pressed my foot down on the accelerator a little more.
The hospital was 5 minutes away from where I was.
The scene from 3 weeks earlier began playing in my mind and soon I was pulled back in the most hurtful memory of my life.
After hearing about how Dylan was threatening my father, I knew I had to help him out. It was the least thing a daughter could do for his father, so I accepted his proposal.
I went to my room and picked up my phone from the side table to call Helia. I had to tell him everything.
"Hey Lora" His cheery voice rang in my ear.
I flinched a little and gripped the phone tightly. "Hi" I greeted in a cracked voice.
I could hear him tensing on the other line. "Is everything alright, Flora?"
I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Helia, can we meet?" I went out on my balcony and saw that Helia had pulled the car in his garage. "Actually, I'm coming to you in the garage wait"
Helia had come a few days ago to see his family. He was living in his own apartment next to the boys and girls. I shared my apartment with Stella. I still had a few weeks before I got graduated ( Flora and Helia both are 21). I was called home from the campus because of the situation Dylan had created for my dad.
Instead of using the main door to get to him, I jumped off of my balcony and ran upto Helia. He had stopped in the garage for me.
"Helia, I need to tell you something really important" I sat down on the floor in garage and looked at Helia.
He sat down in front of me with a confused look. "What's going on, Lora?"
Tears welled up my eyes. "Helia, I'll tell you everything but promise me that you won't hate me, okay?"
He worked his jaw back and forth but nodded away. "Okay, I'm listening"
I slipped my hand into Helia's and scooted closer to him. "Helia, Dylan has gotten Dad into a fraud case" I started with the main part. "He wants me to get married to him otherwise he'll ruin Dad and his buisness"
Helia squeezed my hand. His eyes turned dark dangerously. "What?" He growled. "That b*stard wants you"
I nodded and looked down. "Our fathers worked together. When Dylan took over the buisness and came to know that his buisness partner was my father, he asked my hand for marriage. Dad turned his proposal down because he knew we were both in a relationship for four years. Dylan felt insulted about it and made up a fraud case against Dad. I can't let my Dad get shattered, Helia...I-I..." My throat clogged up with emotions.
"What did you do, Flora?" Helia pulled me into his lap and craddled me, resting his head on the top of my head.
"I'm sorry, Helia. I had to help him. I accepted the proposal and I hate myself for it but I had to do it" I nuzzled my face in the crook of his neck and cried.
Helia drew in a shaky breath. "So, this is it. We're over" I could see him breaking inside out.
No. Never.
We can never be over.
I shot forward and immediately kissed him on the lips, still crying. I wanted to pour everything in the kiss because it might be the last kiss we were sharing. Helia kissed me back but didn't deepen it, just kissed with the same pace with which I was kissing him.
. Breaking the kiss I said, "We will never be over, Helia. You're the love of my life but the loyalty to my father is_"
Helia placed his finger to my lip and gazed into my eyes. "Shh," He whispered to me. "Don't say anything" A tear rolled down his cheek. "I'm proud of you, Flora. Always remember that"
"Where's he?" I fell down to my knees in front of Bree. We were both sobbing and our skin was tear soaked.
She fred herself from Nick's grip and shot herself at me, engulfing me in a bone crushing hug. "They've taken him to the operation theatre, Flo. He was barely breathing. I saw it. I saw when they were taking his blood covered body into the theatre"
I felt my body going numb and I started shaking my head in disblief once again. "No, no ,no. Don't say this. Please, don't say this"
"Shh, He's going to be alright. The doctor said there are no head injuries, girls" Nick tried to soothe us out but it didn't do any good because the tears started coming out at a faster rate.
I did this to Helia. He was coming for me. I did this to the love of my life. He was coming to stop me for the sake of our love.
I was my fault.
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