Grace blinks her eyes and opens it slowly to find herself in an unknown room. Holding her head, she groans.
"Ow" she complains as he head throbs hard
She looks around the room to find her on a bed and still on her wedding dress, slowly she step down from the bed and tries to balance herself as she walks out of the door.
Happily sighing that it was unlocked she walks out, she stops as she finds a man standing just out of her door.
"Hello there, can you tell me where am I?" she asks still clutching her head and groaning in pain
The man stares at her for a few seconds before smiling.
"This way" he points out taking her to the kitchen
"My head" he groans as she sits on the chair and lie her head down
"Here, this may help you" the man offers her a glass of water and medicine, which she happily takes
"Thank you. So, can you tell me where am I?" she asks him
"You are in Price mansion. Mr. Price had to fly out of the country for his business and will not be in here for few days...
He asked me to look after you and I will be escorting you wherever you want to. My name is Kyle" he explains making her stare at him in confusion for a while before she gets up abruptly
"Oh my god, I'm married" she gasps before clutching on the table for balance as she still feels dizzy
"Yes, to Mr. Price" Kyle answers amused
"Oh, yes to Mr. Price. How am I in here again?" she asks trying to remember what happened as her head throb
"You lost your consciousness as soon as the wedding was done" he informs of making her face palm herself
"Did you happen to know if we exchanged our vows?" she asks still not sure what exactly happened
"Oh yes, you actually fainted when he kissed you" Kyle smiles awkwardly
"Ha, I did...when he...great" she mumbles before closing her eyes and looking around the house
"You can rest if you want to" Kyle states and she nods happily as she wants to die of embarrassment alone
"Thank you Kyle, I am Grace" she smiles as they stop at the door to her room
"I know who you are Mrs. Price" Kyle smiles back as he goes to close the door
"Ah, Mrs. Price right" she breathes as she drops on her bed and stares at the ceiling cursing her luck
*******
"Uncle, aunt...I...I will marry him" she finalizes as she braces herself not just for the tight hug she got from her family but for the life ahead from that moment onwards.
Both her uncle and aunt beam up as soon as those words leave her mouth
"Oh honey, thank you. You do not know how much of a trouble you saved us from" her aunt Claire happily states before she goes to fix Grace's hair a bit
"Thank you sweetie, we will never forget this" her uncle smiles before kissing her cheeks
"Okay, we need to hurry up. It's wedding time" her aunt shrieks before she pulls Grace out of the door where her uncle walks her up to the aisle.
Grace walks down the aisle with her uncle clutching his arms for support as her headache returns in full force and she feels suffocated in the dress. She looks down at the floor as she walks biting her lips deep in her own thoughts.
She keeps thinking what she was doing and why? She does not even know what is going on anymore, how she ended up in this situation as she clearly remembers just few hours ago she was excited for her new life in this city but she never thought in this way would she start her life.
Marriage, she was getting married. It was not something she ever gave much thought even if she knew she would marry and settle down eventually but not like this, not with some man she does not know.
Looking back at the smiling faces of her uncle and aunt, she does not even know if she did the right thing.
Why would Vicky and Spence lie to her, she knew Spence still had feeling for her but she never knew Vicky was into him as well even after there break up seven years ago.
Because of them now, she was here, in this situation. She feels so stupid for confessing her feelings for Spence and now that they ran away, they must be laughing at her stupidity.
Curse Vicky for her lies and calling her so soon pretending she was happy about this arrange marriage and now she was stuck in this situation not knowing where those two were, if only she knew where they were, she would have few choices of words for both when she sees them next.
How can they just leave her in this idiotic situation but then again it was not even their fault, who would have even thought that she would wind up like this?
They loved each other always had been in love everyone could see it, guess they finally ran away now she does not have to hear him cry about her anymore then again she stopped hearing from him ages ago when decided to open her stupid mouth.
Was it really ages ago? She asks herself.
"Grace?" someone shakes her shoulder lightly breaking her thought
Grace gets startle as she looks around her, remembering she was in a church and not alone.
She stares back at the man standing besides her with a small book in hand, as the man looks at her expectantly.
Not knowing what he wants she just keeps staring back at him while he smiles and nod her way.
Therefore, she nods back then the man clears his throat and smiles before asking her to go on and say it.
"Amen" she whispers at the man slowly thinking that is what he wanted her to say seeing she was in a church.
Everyone in the church chuckles trying to hide that it was not funny as they clear their throat.
"No dear, the vows do you accept the man in front of you as your husband" the priest points out
"Who?" she asks looking in front of her and as soon as she does her blood stops circulating in her body
"Mr. Nicholas Price" the priest points out at the man standing in front while she just shamelessly stares at him as she just noticed for the first time the man standing in front of her
"Do you Grace Carlos take this man as your husband through good and bad time, in sickness and in health and promise to love, trust and be loyal to him till death part your ways?" he asks her
"Uh, we...I...oh my god...I" she stammers as she cannot speak or complete her sentence still staring at the man's cold eyes and being enchanted by the mere presence of him that she recognizes just now
How could she not see a freaking man standing in front of her moreover the same man who is going to marry her? How in earth did she not notice him before?
Then again, she would not have noticed him anyway if he walked right past her because she was an oblivious girl and second he was not freakishly good-looking man.
No wonder Vicky ran away with Spence because the man in front of her holds not an ounce of light as compared to Spence.
Is that why you easily fell for him, because Spence was a handsome man? Her conscience mind asks her making her think about the fact.
How hypocrite of you, the same conscience mind scolds her.
Once again, Grace gets lost on her own thoughts but she cannot stop staring at the man as she checks his face and try to point the facial expression he holds right now
Was that irritation? She frowns trying to pin point it.
While she does that, the murmurs in the crowd start to get louder before someone shake her back to reality.
"Grace, I do" her aunt whispers from the front bench
"You do? What did you do?" she asks instead not knowing what they all were talking about
"You are suppose to say I do on those vows" a girl who is behind her whispers startling her
"Oh god where did you come from, were you standing all this time here?" she asks as she just noticed the girl behind her looking pretty and holding a bouquet of flower
"Honey, do you or do you not take Mr. Nicholas Price as your husband?" the priest asks her again for the third time
"Oh, okay, him. Yes...yes...I" she looks straight in his eyes and gets lost in it as it really is cold and deep
"Would you mind closing your eyes, it's kind of distracting, just please close your eyes like pretty please so I can say, I do" she asks her husband to be who just raise a perfect brow at her and she smiles puffing breathe out slowly to calm her nerves and heartbeat
"Okay with the power given to me now I announce you husband and wife. Mr. Price you may now kiss your bride" the priest announces as soon as he hears the words I do
"We..." Grace starts to shiver and shake lightly as all her blood rushes and her heartbeats uncontrollably in her chest as the priest announces her married
Her eyes widens as her husband slowly moves forward to kiss her and she stares at his lip to his eyes and just as his lip touches the side of her lip she falls in his arms unconscious.
*******
Grace gasps as she wakes up from her dream and remembers what exactly happened with her on her own wedding day.
"Oh god, that's the most humiliating thing ever" she groans as she lies down on her stomach and starts hitting the pillow
Cursing her stupidity, she gets up and this time she finally takes off her wedding dress. Looking around the room, she finds her suitcase in the corner and smiles happily seeing it.
She pulls her pajamas and hugs it tight feeling happy to see her own clothes, which makes her so happy that she wants to cry.
Walking to a door she hopes is bathroom she goes to take a shower and wears her own clothes feeling comfortable in the last crazy few hours of her life.
Once she is all freshen up and her headache seems to go down she walks out of the room looking for Kyle or some food.
When she finds the whole house empty, she sighs walking to the kitchen and checks the fridge to find some juice and food. She checks for some bowls in the cupboard before putting some milk and cereal to eat in it.
Silently, she enjoys her meal until someone destroys it as she hears a bang and furiously cursing. Slowly making her way out of kitchen, she finds some people walking in.
She watches as a girl fights off Kyle as he tries to help her stand and walk but she pushes him away before he dumps her on the couch.
"Oh hey" Kyle smiles as he finds her watching them
"Hi" she waves back awkward at the situation in front
"That's Mr. Price's little sister Nicole" he points out staring at the girl lying on the couch
"Oh, she alright?" she asks walking to look closer at the girl
"Yes, it's kind of daily occurrence. She gets worst when Mr. Price is not around. Don't worry she isn't so bad once you get used to her else she is just a spoilt brat" he chuckles before he pulls his coat off and put it around her
"So, is she a good or bad girl?" she asks confused staring at him weirdly as he keeps staring at Nicole
"Both" Kyle sighs before shaking his head and looking at her with a tight smile
"She will be okay in here?" Grace asks, as the couch does not seem such a comfortable place to sleep even if it looks expensive
"She will kill everyone in if anyone dare enters her room. Only Mr. Price has the right to enter her room...
She will be fine as I said this is not the first time. I will go now, if you do not need anything. I will be back here tomorrow morning to explain you how everything works as I am sure you are not in condition to do it tonight" Kyle informs her and she waves at him
"Thank you, goodnight" she smiles as he makes his way out
"Goodnight" Kyle states before he closes the door leaving just her and Nicole alone in the house
Her very first night, as a married woman!