Mia looked up to him, "Why? Is there something wrong?"

Nicholas didn't say anything but he led her to the Moncriash garden where it was very quiet and beautifully lighted with the moon's brightness and the flowers that governed the place. They stopped at the gazebo and sat there.

Nick faced Mia, "I want to ask you something before we announce our plan of marriage."

Mia frowned a bit, "Ok. What's wrong, sweetie!"

"I just don't think you're ready to commit yourself to me. I love you Mia and the least thing that I want to do is to let you live a life you don't want."

"What do you mean? I'm not really getting to your point," Mia replied.

"Michael has feelings for you. He still has. He was supposed to leave an hour before the start of the banquet but then he talked to Joe and I accidentally overheard them talk. He confessed how he still is in love with you and that somehow you might be to him," Nick stood up.

"C'mon. I am marrying you, not anyone else. I love you Nicholas and that is what matters now," Mia replied.

Nick faced her, "How can you assure me that you are marrying me because you love me! How can you even tell me that you don't love Michael anymore."

"I do. I love you. Not him," Mia stood up.

"No Mia, you had history. You loved him like no one else. You said so yourself when we talked about our past relationships. He was the man of your life then and you were crushed when he left you. How can I tell that it's not just anger over love that you feel for him! I don't have any assurance Mia, you know that."

"But he was my life then but now, it's you. Michael was my past and you are my present," she reassured him again.

"I just can't see that way when you look at him. I don't know. I just don't want him to be here," Nick said.

Mia frowned. "So what, you want me to kick him out! He's my friend."

"Well than I guess you're gonna choose between him and me. I guess you're just gonna lose your fiancé," Nick strolled off.

Mia sat there, crying.