The Wedding Night

“Everything is never enough!”

Melody POV

At first, I didn’t return his hug but when I felt him pulling me closer I returned the hug. I let my arms encircled itself around his waist. His cologne filled my nose and I couldn’t help but sniffed the fragrance.

“I’m sorry for realizing too late,” I didn’t know why he was apologizing but from what he said, he might have realized the truth.

“You know the truth?” I asked and he nodded. I quickly detached my arms around his waist and pushed his arm away. He groaned in pain and walked to the couch to take a seat. “Are you alright?” I asked and walked towards him. “Did I hurt you?” He shook his head. I sat down beside him and looked into his eyes. He stared back at me and smiled. I pretend to cough and looked away.

“Are you back to the office?”

“Yes. I need to tell you something.”

“I know everything now melody.” He admitted. “I know who you are.”

“You do?” I asked and he nodded. “But how? Did you recover your memory or did Lorenzo tell you anything?” I could feel my heartbeat faster than usual as I asked the question. If Lorenzo had told him about us, he wouldn’t say the whole truth. He’ll tell him lies. “Did he say anything?” I asked him again but he didn’t reply instead he continued to stare at me. I cleared my throat to gain his attention but he didn’t blink an eye.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

Why was he looking at me like that? Did he hear something bad about me? If had heard something bad about me, he wouldn’t have hugged me, or was I thinking too?

“Lorenzo didn’t tell me anything,” he finally said.” I just figured it out.”

“But how?”

He grabbed my hand and placed it into his. “Remember when you called me your husband the first time you came here?”

So he remembered that day. I almost shouted for joy but I hid it. I felt a surge of happiness hit me like electricity. I was happy.

“I figured everything out when my mother confronted you and I do have dreams about you.” I never believed I got to see this side of Giovanni. It was good.

“So you don’t remember me yet but you figured out that we were…..” I didn’t get to finish as he pulled me closer to himself. “What are you doing?”

“Can’t a husband hold his wife?” He teased.

“You don’t know the whole truth yet. There is something I need to tell you.”

“I know everything melody. The only thing left for me is to remember everything.”

“But,” I tried to argue but he shushed me.

“I know everything melody. I know you are my wife.”

“Was your wife? We got separated.”

“But we never divorced.” He argued. “I want to remember everything about you and the time we spent together so tell me about how us.” He requested.

I blinked my eyes twice to see if I was talking to Giovanni. I didn’t believe that someone could change overnight but Giovanni did. He turned to Franklin overnight. The Franklin I used to love. I smiled at him and he also did the same. “We were,” I was about to start the story when the burst opened. Lorenza walked into the office unannounced. I quickly moved away from Giovanni and stood up.

“What are you doing here mother?” Giovanni didn’t bother standing up to acknowledge his mother but he shifted on his seat.

“What is she doing here?” Marissa pointed at me. “I thought she left. What is she doing here?”

“I think I asked that question first mother.” Giovanni pointed out.

“I’ll just go outside,” I announced and moved towards the entrance but Giovanni’s voice stopped me from taking any step outside.

“Don’t you dare go outside,” he commanded. “Mother,” he turned to face his mother. “What are you doing here?”

“I came to visit you. Can’t a mother visit his son again?” Marissa glared at me. “It’s about yesterday’s incident.”

“I think I need to leave,” I rushed outside before Giovanni could stop me again. When I got outside, I breath inhaled and exhaled before walking to my desk. “What is she doing here?” I asked no one in particular but myself. I tried to spy on them through the transparent glass but it was shut and so I couldn’t see anything.

“What were they discussing?” I bite my fingers as I thought about what they could be discussing. The two bodyguards standing at the entrance were both standing like a statue. I tried to make eye contact with them but they didn’t bother to look at me. I stood up from my chair and walked to the CEO’s department’s office. They all looked busy as their hands were typing nonstop on their various computers. “Seems you all are busy,” I commented. “Well done.”

“Unlike you, most of us have to work to survive.” Lindsey mocked.

“Stop it, Lindsey. She is only complimenting our work.” Anita scolded her.

“It’s okay,” I said. “I’ll just go and leave you to work. ” I walked out of their office and headed to mine. The transparent glass was still shut so I figured Lorenza was still around. I got bored with no work to do so I decided to go to the cafeteria for a lunch that hasn’t started. “Tell the boss I went for lunch,” I informed the guards that’s didn’t bother to acknowledge me. “Okay, I’ll be on my way,” I announced and walked into the elevator. I pressed the cafeteria floor number and closed my eyes. While waiting, the elevator stopped on the 25th floor and a man entered. I opened my eyes and looked at the man. Ever since the incident at the mall, I made sure I was conscious of the people around me.

The man didn’t look suspicious. Although he looked bulky and he wore a mask, he looked like one of the employees in the company. He wore a suit and carried a file in his hand. I heaved a sigh of relief and looked at the numbers countdown.

“I am almost there.”

The man moved closer to me but I moved away. He didn’t stop moving until there was no space for me to run to. “Who are you? Please don’t kill me.” I begged in tears.

The man didn’t say anything instead he bought something out of the file in his hand. He bought out a syringe filled with a purple liquid. I knew whatever was there was no good. “Who sent you? Why are you doing this?” My voice began to shake until I couldn’t say anything again. The elevator stopped at the 10th floor and then it stops moving. The man pulled me harshly and when I tried to protest, he slapped my face.

I sobbed silently and awaited my death. Was I going to die like this without getting to see my daughter’s face or telling Giovanni that I still love him? I didn’t want to die yet so I cried out. The man took my weak state as an opportunity and stabbed me with the syringe. I cried out and fell to the floor. Whatever was in the syringe acted fast as I felt my whole body convulsing and I began to bleed from my nose and mouth. “What have you done to me?” I manage to ask the man but he didn’t say anything.

My vision became a blur and I was losing consciousness slowly. Through my blurry vision, I saw him making a call, and then the elevator started working again. The man bent down to touch him and then he walked away.

I gasped for breath as I felt life slowing leaving me.

“Is this the end?” I cried as I thought of my daughter, Lorena, and Giovanni. I didn’t want to die yet so I prayed silently and welcome the darkness that engulfs me.