Undefiled Queen

Merlyn’s Pov

Today I am getting married to one of the top five businessmen of this country.  I am feeling elated at the same time anxious thinking of my sudden marriage with the most handsome man on this earth.  Everything is going on good. My coherent thoughts tried to counter.

I am all set in my wedding gown which has embroidered self design roses on the bust and hands area of it.  It is simple at the same time elegant and correctly according to my preference as though designed especially for me.  Stephen wanted to call the fashion designer to design a dress for our wedding.  But I forbade him, reasoning it was too short a notice to design a dress in two days.  Not that anything is impossible for Stephen, but I did not want somebody to suffer for our downright requirements.

Stephen had been weird for the past two days.  He came home drunk and suddenly asked for the preponement of marriage.  I wanted to know the reason behind his sudden change of plan but kept it for future discussion realizing his mental state.  He was almost begging me to marry him.  I perceived something dangerously wrong happening for his feeling of insecurity towards me.

I know I am always his and will continue to be his woman but now it is his turn to understand it. So I agreed to the proposal.  But I will definitely dig it out through him about the sudden emotional change.  Why has he been so restless about our marriage, I was anyway going to marry him once my uncle was stable.  Though this uncomfortable feeling kept thumping my heart, the feeling of marriage with my dream hero kept me ignited.

I am all set for my best day.  I applied a little bit of mascara and eyeliner and a nude lipstick to suit the occasion.  I do not like to overdo make-up.  Stephen wanted to send me a make-up artist.  ‘At least let me do this for you Merlyn… on our special day” he is too dramatic at times but I always wanted to dress and look simple.

After I was ready with everything, I looked at myself through the mirror.  I was happy that I presented beautiful.  I am missing my parents abundantly today, which is to be the most important day of my life – my marriage.  My mother would have been very happy for this day.  She had always been my best friend and I shared my most important blatant secrets with her.  She was more of a friend than a mother to me. I miss my mother.

My father would have turned the whole city topsy-turvy bringing me dresses and jewelry. He would have invited every living person on earth for my marriage. The person who so ever is responsible for extirpating my parents, I am going to kill him with my bare hands.  We have already lodged a police complaint and the enquiry is going on.  From the information police gathered, a very big business man’s family is associated with the accident.  Whoever it is, I am not going to put my foot back.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

Few days ago the cop in charge called me and said that the investigation is almost over and he would be delivering me the happy news very shortly. I was on top of the world but suddenly there was an emergency in his family and two days later I heard that he was transferred to a new place. Though this might be only my intuition, I feel there is someone digging holes on my back working for the culprit’s family.

But what they do not know about me is, I am a tough nut to crack.  I will fight for my family, and for all the turmoil I underwent all these days.  I am never going to spare him. I promised myself with tears dripping from my eyes.

My aunt is very happy. She had tears of joy seeing me in my wedding gown. Holding one of my cheeks she kissed the other. “I wish I had carried my promise to your dad successfully. On the contrary, I levied my family burden upon you. I want you to stay happy and have a successful married life.” She called in an emotion.

“Aunt Hana you and uncle Peter had done everything to me that you could. I have no regrets. You have been more than parents to me and my brother.” I assured my aunt.

Suddenly my phone began to beep.  It is from my mom-in-law.  She is just like a mother to me.  Whenever I am in need of her, she is always available. Do we have some kind of telepathy? I tried to sound witty, attempting to ease myself.  I let out the emptiness of my life in the form of silent sobs to her and she comforted me.  She told me that she and father-in-law are arriving at my house to pick me up at the registrar office.  I was more than happy to receive the news.  My uncle though he is not discharged from the hospital, he took permission from the doctor to be for me on my special day.  My aunt and my brother accompanied me.

A formal declaration of the marriage and a party will be held for all the business associates of Stephen to participate in our joyous celebration later. My mom- in- law is more than excited for the party.  She asked me to put on the diamond necklace which she had given me when I visited their house, to put on for the party.  I nodded an affirmative and tried to interrogate her about the sudden change of plan regarding our marriage but she tried to flee away the topic and comforted me saying everything was alright.  But my sane mind has a different feeling to offer me. Something is wrong Merlyn.  Brushing aside my unconcealed thoughts, here I am along with my aunt, brother and future parents-in- law in front of the registrar office.

I grabbed a quick look at my future husband.  He looks like sex God.  Oh my holy mother of lords!  Is he real? He is looking statuesque in that formal suit.  I want to jump and hug him.  Look Merlyn, do not drool.  Keep your feelings under check.  He is going to be yours in a few hours of time.  Try to control and do not become a joke.  My sane mind intruded.

I gave a heart warming smile to him and stood beside us to proceed further towards our marriage procedure.

What is he hiding?  He looks reticent.