Invisible String

Divorced

She doesn't reply this time, just keeps sobbing on his shoulder.

"What are we gonna say to our parents?" She breaks the silence again.

"I have made plans for it."

"You already have?" She asks being tensed and he nods.

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In the evening, Taylor starts getting dressed into a black sequin dress. She had no energy to drag herself out of bed and do this but he won't listen. She looks at her packed bags one last time before leaving the room.

"Ready?" Joe asks her as she comes downstairs.

She nods and takes his hand. He leads them to the car and opens her door for her. She gets in and fixes her seatbelt. He makes his way to the driver's seat and starts the car.

"Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise, you'll see."

"Okay."

"Are you hungry?"

"No."

"Not even a little bit?"

"No."

"Alright."

A while later, he pulls up the car in front of Taylor's favourite restaurant. She faints a smile at him and comes out. When they step inside, Taylor gets surprised seeing everyone there. Her parents, Austin, His parents, his brothers, Gigi, Claire, Abigail, some of his friends, some employees from the office and even Martha is there. Seems like he reserved the whole restaurant for today.

"What is happening here?" She whispers to him feeling nervous.

"You'll see," He replies making her even more curious and scared.

She really hopes it isn't what she thinks it is.

"Taylor we missed you," Gigi screams at her reaching for a hug. Claire and Abigail come near her too. They are basically meeting each other after a month. "Oh my God how are you guys," She gushes and starts talking to them. She tries hard to keep on a happy face. She's not broken inside. Not at all.

While talking to her friends, Taylor suddenly feels someone touching her hand. She looks behind to see it's Patrick. Wasn't he hating on her yesterday?

"Bestie I need to talk to you," He says looking down.

"Sure," She replies, "Guys excuse me for a minute. I'll be back."

Patrick holds her hand and leads her to the corner.

"So..."

"So?"

"First of all congratulations," He says and Taylor gets even more confused.

"For what?"

"Um aren't you named in the top 100 most powerful women's list on Forbes? Thomas told me this is what the party's for."

"Oh am I?"

"You didn't know? Shit it was supposed to be a surprise then. I'm sorry."

"It's fine. I didn't know about this though."

"And um I'm sorry for acting like that yesterday."

"I don't know what caused your reaction but I'm glad that you don't hate me anymore."

"I want to tell you about the reason. That day Karlie-"

"Ladies and gentlemen can I have your attention please."

Patrick's sentence gets interrupted as Joe starts talking on the microphone.

"I think all of you know what's the party for today. We are celebrating for Taylor's achievements this year. She's been an amazing business partner to work with. She's..." He keeps talking on but Taylor looks at Patrick again.

"What did Karlie do?"

"She showed me something and I got pissed at you. She-"

"Taylor can I have you here please," Joe calls for her.

"Go now. I'll tell you later," Patrick whispers.

Taylor nods at him being confused and goes near Joe but her mind keeps wondering about Patrick's words.

She shows everyone a small smile and cuts the cake. Everybody claps for her to celebrate the moment. She still doesn't feel an ounce of happiness though. Her heart is shattered for wrong reasons. She's grateful to Joe for making the efforts but she just feels broken. She stands there and watches everyone enjoying for her achievements except for her. Because she knows she has failed. She has failed to become a perfect wife, a perfect friend, a perfect daughter, a perfect daughter in law. She feels overwhelmed. She doesn't want to feel like this.

Joe suddenly takes her hands in his for a dance. They keep swaying with the romantic music and things start getting blurry to her. She feels the incoming tears on her eyes again but tries hard to compose herself. How's he doing this? How is he acting so chill after all of these things? Does he not feel sad at all?

But just when she thought, things couldn't get more overwhelming, the music stops. Taylor feels her world breaking apart when she sees Joe on his knees in front of her. Is this really happening? Right now? Everybody goes silent. Everything stops around her. Her breathing gets stucked on her throat.

"Taylor I have loved you since the very first day at school. I have always had a huge fat crush on you because you were you. Your smile, your eyes, your unique sense of humor. I used to love all of you. And surprisingly my feelings for you never went away. Not even after so many years when we didn't stay in touch with each other. When I got to see you again, I never thought I'd have a chance to be with you. But universe had something else in mind. I somehow happened to be your contract husband. Don't worry, everyone knows here." He chuckles. "I'm so sorry for not being a perfect husband to you in the past few months. Our relationship was complicated, just like our contract. I've always fucked things up and you've always forgiven me. I honestly don't know what did I do to deserve your love. I felt the luckiest person to be alive, when you confessed your feelings to me. Trust me Taylor I love you equally if not more. I'm so sorry that things had to end this way and I couldn't do anything to fix it. But every ending is a new start. And so I want to start my life with you again." He clears his throat, "Ms. Taylor Swift, will you marry me? Again?"

A tear escapes her eyes hearing his words. She watches him bring out a ring box from his pocket and waiting for her reply. The whole crowd starts cheering for them, encouraging her to say 'yes' sooner.

"No," She shakes her head and runs away, leaving him speechless on the ground.

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