Only Sam could tell him. But
why?
He came out of his office and went straight
to his room. He couldn’t believe that Sam would ruin his wedding. He turned to
the left wing away from his room. He opened the door and saw Sam in her night
dress standing in the balcony drinking coffee. She looked beautiful. The dress
was loose and showed her perfect features, playing with her hair; she looked
like an angel in the moonlight. He wanted to hug her, kiss her and make love.
But instead, he closed the door and went to his room. He has to stop looking at
her. He has to forget her. He has a wedding.
Two years back he made every effort to get
her. Every plan worked out to express out her feelings.
If only she trusted him, he would have been
hers and she his… but now everything is finished he can’t do any… he has lost
her completely……..
Chapter 6
Sam stood at the center of the hall and
studied it. It’s beautiful with high ceiling, painted with different designs of
flowers, people and sceneries. What inspired her more was the beautiful
painting of a young girl wearing a long ball gown, sitting near the lake in the
moonlight as if waiting for someone.
“So, what do you think?” A familiar voice
came from behind. She turned to see Edward smiling at her, standing at a
distance, his hands shoved into his pockets.
“It’s amazing” Sam showed a shocked
expression.
“And the painting?” He raised an eyebrow at
her.
“That? It’s awesome. It’s reflected so
beautifully the young girl waiting for someone” She kept looking at the
painting without noticing that Edward was standing next to her and looking at
the same picture.
“There’s a story behind it” he said
suddenly thinking deeply.
“A story?” Sam inquired.
“Yes, a cute young romantic story. It was
drawn by once a princess of this kingdom. Long time ago actually. She has
portrayed herself in this painting,”
“So she was waiting for her love?” Sam
looked at Edward.
“Yeah, waited for him even thought she knew
that he won’t come back to her,” he said sadly.
“Why?”
“Because he was getting married on the same
day,” Edward now looked at her and smiled.
“Then what happened later? Did he come?
What had she done?” Sam asked all the questions at a time. Edward laughed at
it.
“No one knows what happen later. Actually
no one spoken about it. So it still remained a secret” he sighed.
“Did you…. Did you wait for anyone like this”
he asked suddenly to Sam. She jerked back at that question but managed hard to
control her emotions.
Yes, she waited for him….. Thinking that
one day he will come to her.
She turned to see Edward watching her. Does
he know anything?
“Yes, I waited for someone but it’s no use
now” she sighed.
“Why?” He inquired.
“Because….” She was interrupted by a group
of workers who arrived in the hall.
“Hmm… I think I should go now, tomorrow is
the grand party, right?” She gave a small laugh.
“Yeah, party… it’s actually a ball” he
laughed.
“Oh! Whatever” she smiled and went to the
workers.
Edward stood there watching her for a few
moments and left the hall.
He went out to his Audi car and started
driving it. He has a big thing to do. He has to give the ball invitation to
Miss Elena. She looked so beautiful when he saw her first time in the photo and
then again in person when she came to meet Stefan.
Shit… Edward, you can’t think about her
like that…. He cursed under his breath.
He can’t control himself thinking about
her. He began to hate himself for liking her. He didn’t like the idea to meet
her again but the Queen ordered him to do that job himself.
After his twenty minute drive, he arrived
at her mansion. It’s beautiful with huge white mansion and large beautiful garden.
He went to the door and rang the bell. To his surprise the door was opened by
Elena herself. She was in her floral skirt which came to her knees and white
shirt with two
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