New life

Brielle POV

1 month later

I walked around the garden of our neighborhood from my grandpa's home, for some fresh air

Finally, I did what I wanted to do for so long

I sold my dad's company, as I don't have any interest in business, I just was so hurt from their death that I thought that I should do whatever they wanted me to become, I thought that dad wanted me to become a businesswoman that's the reason I married to Zuriel to save my company, but a week before everything changed in my life

Flashback

I was walking in the hallway of my grandpa's mansion when suddenly my eyes stopped at my mom's room

After my parents died, my grandpa brings my dad and mom's belongings to his mansion and kept them in my mom's room

I quickly went towards my mom's room, it was the place where my mom used to live when she was a teenager

I smiled when I saw all the pictures of my mom, of her teenage gears around the wall

I'm nothing in her competition, she was not only so beautiful nit very intelligent and smart too, which I'm never

But I'm trying, I'm trying to become a business magnate like dad wanted me to become

I looked around and winced when an object falls on my leg making me whimper, what was it

It was an old-looking dairy

I quickly took it and was about to keep it back, but stopped immediately when I noticed, a page which was about to fall

I took the page and unfold it, my body paused when I read what was written on it

For my Bri

Hi, Bri how are you, my baby girl, I know you are very small only five years old, and didn't understand what I wanted to say but a doll, when you will grow up all I wanted you to become what you have in your heart, what is your real passion, I wanted you to follow your heart, I never wanted you to force yourself to become that someone which you don't want to, yes I wanted you to become a successful businesswoman, but only if you also have interest in business field if not, then I will not be very happy and will be very sad if you didn't follow your dreams, so never force yourself to that thing which  you don't want to

become,"

Love your dad.

Flashback end.

Present

I sat down on the park's bench and looked at the people walking their dogs. My phone rang and it was Zuriel.

I was planning to decline his call, but that would mean we're dragging what's broken and it's better we get this over with quickly.

"Bri," His voice was husky and nervous.

"Yea," I said as I looked nowhere in particular. I didn't sleep well last night, I was exhausted.

"Can we meet, now?" He asked.

"I'm in my neighborhood's park," I said.

"I'll be there." He said.

He showed up in fifteen minutes. He comes and sat beside me it made me feel uneasy.

We sat there quietly for some time. None of them say anything

"Let's get this over with," I said nodding my head like I was explaining to myself.

He looked at me with confusion.

"Let's get divorced," I said with an impassive voice.

His eyes widened in surprise.

"Bri," He said.

I shake my head. "That's what you're here for and me too," I said with a small smile. "That's why I didn't want a relationship. It gets messy."

"But Bri," He said

And I showed my hand to him stopping him to say further

"Bri, I can explain, " he said desperately

But I shake my head, " there is nothing to explain, that day when I confessed my love to you, you just ran away and ignored me like I was a plague, you made excuses, you never returned home since that day, I used to wait for you, to ask you what was the actual problem, why you behaved like that with me, after knowing that I'm in love with you, but you know what, it's okay," I stand up smiling sadly

He looked at me, pleading

"I'm so sorry for whatever I didn't with you that day, I'm so sorry, I've made a terrible mistake," he said

I shook my head "we all do that, nothing new in it, but the only thing that matters was that we can make everything alright again, by accepting them, I know you also did but you know what, it doesn't matter now," I smiled and about to go away from him, but he grabbed my hand to stop me but I jerked away from his touch

"Please don't leave me, I'm so sorry," he said, his eyes had so much pain

"Please, we're over," I said and pulled away from his arms

And I walked away from him.

I just can't take it anymore.

************

J

ust as entered in grandpa's mansion, I was paused seeing Ivaan sitting on the couch watching the Tv

As soon as his eyes fell on the quickly stands up and approached me

I've never seen him since that day after uncle shows us pictures of Carly and Zuriel

I was in shock, seeing him after a long time

"Are you alright," he asked me and now everything sit come upon me

I shook my head and fell on my knees crying, he quickly hugged me

He makes me sit on the couch looking at me nervously

"Let's go to the beach, " he said suddenly and I looked at him

I nodded and we sat in his car, as soon as we arrived on the beach, I smelled salty and freshwater

It's so refreshing after a long time, I was feeling suffocated around me because of whatever was happening around me

First, seeing my first love betraying me

Second, a shocking truth is that my dad wanted me to follow my dreams

The third one, finally I sold my dad's company as I was never interested in business since starting

"You did good," ivaan said making me look at him

"What," I asked him.

"Selling your dad's company, and finally living your life, " he smiled and I smiled sadly

"Is everything is right between you and Zuriel," he asked me

"There was never a 'thing' between us, no it doesn't matter that everything was right or not, actually we are over, soon getting divorced," I said even I fake tap nauseous, like is will puke here with this thought

I thought was this much, then how worse it will be seen when it will happen in real

"Oh, but you guys look cute together, not at first but eventually I've started shipping you both," he smiled

"Didn't you have him," I asked him

He looked at the waves of the sea and shook his head

"There was no meaning to hate him when it was not his mistake, I'm the one who snatch the girl he love for my benefit," he said and I looked at him questioning

"Dad wanted me to defeat Zuriel, when we both are in high school, in a baseball match, Zuriel's dad was already very successful in business which always makes dad so jealous so he wanted me to break his son, that's why he wanted me to make Zuriel's girlfriend fall in love with me and make her break up with him, just before the day if our final match, which can distract him and it happened too, he was this much disturbed and broken, the lost the match, and he even was in trauma," just as Ivaan said their words to me

I quickly stand in front  of him, "how can you be so mean, "I shook my head, I'm very disappointed with him

I know the pain of betrayal, although I love Zuriel, but that doesn't mean that I will enjoy seeing him going through with the pain of losing the love of your life, just because it's not me, but someone else

" I know Bri, and that's the reason, Carly was not with me, I know very well she can never be with me now again, " he said looking down

He was also broken like me

"So, you fell in love with her by pretending to be in love," I said and he nodded smiling

"I will bring something to eat," he said and went away

I was humming my favorite song, looking at the sea waves suddenly my eyes stopped at the small boy around five or six years

His toy ball went around the sea, and he was running to catch it going on the deeper side of  the sea

"Wait, " I called him, and ran behind him to stop him, he stopped looking t me, he was grinning

I gestured him to come back, he pointed at the ball

I quickly went there  towards the deeper side of the sea by swimming and manage to take his ball, and threw it towards him, I pass him thumbs up

But soon the happy expression of that kid changed into scared as he looked behind me

I turned around and gasped but, soon everything started getting blurry around me, water just went inside of my nostrils, my eyes my throat

I can hear the sound of people creaming but, I felt nothing but numb,

But then, panic comes to me when I realized that I will never be able to meet Zuriel again, am I dying If I died then how will I tell Zuriel that I still love him so much and wanted to give him another chance.

I tried to swim but the waves of the sea were jerking me towards them inside more, soon my eyes closed and darkness spread around me.