Married to My Best Friend's Brother

~DELILAH

Some say love is beautiful, but I say, there's more to it. I think love is anger, sacrifice, it's grief, it's fear, it's hope, and above all, it's the truth in the world of lies.

My name is Delilah Finn. My close pals just call me Delilah. I am a twenty-six-year-old woman swimming in the tale of what I call love. My journey through it has been nothing but overwhelming and at that time of the night, I sat on my favorite chair in my bedroom and wrote down my feelings in the form of a song. Soon, I paused and looked up at my clock, I saw that it had just clocked 10 pm. Taking a deep breath, I thought it would be cool to pause as I was going to have a long day the next day, so I dropped the pen and stood up to leave when suddenly, I heard my phone beeping.

"Who could be calling at this time of the night?" I spoke up, my voice only sounding in whispers.

Looking at the screen, it was my aunt.

"Oh Gosh!" I exclaimed and picked it up or she wouldn't stop calling.

"Hi, aunt!" I said quietly.

"What took you so long to pick up your phone? I have been calling you Delilah. Is everything okay?" Aunt Sia's voice came through. She sounded so worried.

"Aunt. I have just been busy plus you just called right now." I replied, rolling my eyes.

"yes actually." her voice calming down. "Your family won't stop bothering me. They said you aren't picking up their calls."

"They wouldn't stop talking about marriage either," I replied.

"But don't you ever plan to get married?..." she asked.

I took the phone out of my ear and looked at the screen, suddenly having the urge to end the call as I listened to her.

"Delilah you are twenty-six already. What's stopping him from popping the question? Your family needs you married. Your parents want kids. I want a grand niece and nephew. Don't tell me you are only thinking about yourself." she continued.

"How about we talk about this tomorrow?" I then requested.

"No problem. But please I would love it if you could have a positive answer by then," she said to me and I rolled my eyes.

Positive answer by tomorrow? Were they expecting me to go propose to a man? Lol!

Dropping the call, I could feel the family's pressure weighing me down. I guess it's time I do something about this though. Picking up the phone again, I tried calling Ajay. It rang for some time but he didn't pick up.

I wasn't surprised. He hardly ever sees my call. I then dropped my phone on the table and stood up.

I walked into my sitting room, picked up my car keys from my glass-made center table, and walked out of the house.

On getting downstairs and in my garage, I got into my black Highlander and drove out of my house.

I thought it was time to talk things through with Ajay, my fiance.

****

It was a lonely road but I wasn't worried about anything.

Soon, I got to the front gate of Ajay's Mansion and alerted the security. One of them noticed it was me and quickly opened the gate for me to drive in.

On parking my car at the garage, I heard songs playing.

What the hell could be going on in there? I thought and ran towards the door, pushing it open. To my surprise, it wasn't locked, so I got in.

The whole sitting room was a whole vibe of songs that I once wrote for an artist. It was playing but no one was vibing to it. I looked up at the stairs and then noticed a pair of red heels on it.

Shocked and abruptly bothered, I ran towards the stairs and picked up the shoes.

Who could be in there? I thought, my heart beating so fast.

Hope it's not what I am thinking. I thought to myself, my eyes closed.

With my finger, I peeled a part of the heel in a hidden part of it and then threw it down the stairs and after that, I ran straight to Ajay's bedroom.

I got to the door of the bedroom and paused automatically as my eyes captured the scene in front of me.

My breathing hitched and my world came crumbling right in front of me. On the master bed was my fiance of six years making out with a strange woman.

I turned my head to the cupboard close to his bed and saw his phone sitting on top of it, which meant, he saw my call but chose not to pick it up.

When he hadn't picked up my calls earlier, shouldn't it have been that he was busy with work or probably not seeing it? Turned out he was busy shamelessly cheating on me with this woman. The music sound didn't get to the room so I could easily hear the moans that came out of their mouth as they made out.

"I want you to do me a favor. Never see Delilah anymore. I don't want to share you with anyone." I heard the woman say shamelessly.

"Favor accepted. I promise you that, but, I want you to give me some time. It won't be easy to chase her away." I heard him reply.

"Wow, Ajay! This is how much you love me?"

"Hell yes! Who is Delilah compared to a woman as beautiful as you? Haha!" he replied to her, stroking her back and shoulders that faced me. Holding my breath, I staggered backward and grabbed the wall to sustain my footing.

Ajay!!!! AFTER SIX YEARS!!??

Six years of being in love with Ajay... It's been six years of sacrifice. I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing. I then hid to see what the woman truly looked like. I didn't think I had seen her before so where did she come from?

If after six years, Ajay could easily talk me down and promise to let me go then what have I ever been to him?

~DELILAH

Sick of it all, I turned to leave.

I wasn't just leaving his house, I knew I was leaving his life, for good. I stopped to look at the red heels that were still on the stairs and glaring. Chuckling, I kicked it out of my way and left the building.

Finding myself on the dark and lonely road, I couldn't help but let my tears flow without any constraint.

"Ajay! After everything this is what I get. What did I ever do wrong that you couldn't bring to my notice?" I muttered.

Bringing down my eyelid, I increased the speed of my car, this time, I just wanted to waste on the roads of New York City. Going home wasn't on my mind. Cause what was at home for me? Just loneliness and fear.

I kept driving without realizing that the corps on duty that night were already following me, doing their best to catch up to me.

I couldn't see what was at the front anymore because my view was blurry due to the non-stop tears. My heart felt as though it was fiercely being pricked with different needles. All I wanted to do was vanish at this point.

Then I saw flickers of a trailer coming my way yet I couldn't process my thoughts. Was I in the right way? I thought as I placed both hands on the steering wheel to control my car, but then had to touch my chest with one hand to try to suppress the pain that seemed to be going on there. I wasn't myself. My whole body was itching me and by the time I looked up, it was already too late.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!" I screamed as I tried to control the situation but then crashed into the huge trailer.

Though I had no idea how, but somehow, I saw myself falling so hard on the floor on the other side of the road.

Grabbing my chest as I hit the floor hard, I looked up and saw my car running over repeatedly.

The trailer didn't stop and just kept going as it felt like I was alone in this world as I stretched my other hand like it could stop my car from destroying completely.

"No! Oh, God!!" I whispered and tried to get up as I staggered towards my car, but I couldn't move an inch more than two steps as I found myself going down to the floor again but this time, I didn't get to the floor.

Was I hanging in the air? I thought to myself as I tried to make my back touch the floor but then felt my whole body in the arms of someone.

I looked up and saw a very handsome and godlike man holding me like I was some princess. His blonde hair moved in sync with the wind that blew.

"This will be the last time you fall. Trust me!" he said to me and I became dumbstruck as I stared at him for what felt like ages. I didn't think I had seen him before. I thought as I tried to touch his face to see if I was dreaming but then I felt his white skin.

He is real! I realized.

Fresh tears streamed down my face as I then turned towards the direction of my car and watched as my car caught fire in my very own eyes, the flames reflecting in my eyeballs.

"Oh no!!!" I wailed, stretching my hands towards the direction as I tried to leave his arms. I couldn't believe this was what I had to deal with today.

If only I had known, I would never have stepped my feet out of my house just so I could fulfill my family's long-time wish. I crawled on the floor, wishing I could get to the fire and burn alongside it. I didn't want to live anymore.

Then I saw different police cars surround me and the strange man behind me.

Not caring, I crawled towards my car, stumbling as I moved but he wouldn't let me successfully get there.

"you have to stop. You can't get there. It's too dangerous for you." I heard him speak to me again as he dragged me back into his arms.

"no, I want to go there. I want to burn alongside my car. After everything I had done to be the best I could be, this is what I got. I feel so bad and I don't want to have to go through this. Let me go, please! I just want to die." I cried to him and felt his breath on my face. Looking up and into his eyes, I could see the comfort but somehow, it wasn't getting to me.

He overpowered me so that I couldn't move past him anymore and I could only watch from afar as my car burnt down while the corps did what they could to ensure it caused no damage in the city.

I felt my breath hitching as I finally allowed myself to relax in the arms of this stranger. I looked up at him and gasped for breath.

"Have you ever been in a position where you felt like you have lost everything you have worked so hard for?" I asked him and expected a reply from him.

He stared at me for long with a smirk on his face.

When I thought he wouldn't reply to me, I then heard him speak to me. "life is a journey. No matter what, keep driving till you get to your destination."

"And what if I never get there?"

"you will be stuck on the way. I am sure you don't want to get stuck on the way," he told me and I blinked my teary eyes as a headache kicked in.

I then started feeling incredibly dizzy all of a sudden. Grabbing his collar, I looked towards the direction of my car and couldn't find it anymore. Could I be dreaming? I thought as my vision suddenly blacked out. Turning my head, I couldn't see a single thing anymore and then I went unconscious.

~Delilah

****THE NEXT MORNING****

I tossed a bit around the bed as I tried to get back my spirit. I felt so unrelaxed at first but then my eyes slowly opened and when I felt the light in my eyes, with a fresh breath, I seemed to find myself back.

Looking up, I saw the clean white ceiling and couldn't help but jerk up.

Where was I? I thought as I glanced across the room. The smell of antiseptic filling my nostrils.

"oh shit!" I cursed and tried to come down from the bed when I realized that I was on treatment.

Rolling my eyes, I pulled out the strings.

"Bitch I am fine," I spat and sat up.

Taking another deep breath, I couldn't help but recall Ajay in bed with some girl.

Feeling highly disappointed, I held my emotions. I couldn't let my emotions betray me anymore. I am known to be a pretty strong woman and I will be it henceforth, I tried to promise myself.

Touching my face, I could feel the swells at the corner of my eyes.

How did I get here though? I asked myself as I thought of making a move.

Looking around, I didn't see any dress to change into and I seemed to be in a VIP ward.

I left the bed and walked towards the mini wardrobe that was in the ward, opened it but nothing nice was there, just some piece of hospital uniform.

I bet I would have to leave this place and branch at my girlfriend's store then. I thought and packed up my red long hair into a bun.

I got to the door and opened it only to get blocked by some uniformed men.

They looked like security but not the police. More like private security guards.

But I never hired one and Ajay never really cared about my safety so who could they be? I thought and had to brush it off my mind.

"Excuse me, sir!" I said to one of them, my voice cracking.

"You are not allowed to leave ma'am. Please go inside and have more rest." one of them said to me.

"Are you kidding me? Are you for real? Who the hell are you guys?" I couldn't help but ask.

"We are simply doing our job ma'am or we will be screwed. Please understand and wait for our boss to arrive." another said to me and gently put me in, closing the door right after that.

What?

Boss?

You all must be kidding...

I was already feeling so bored just having to waste away in this room that I started thinking of other means.

I walked to the windows and looked down only to realize that I was in a very high part of the building.

I didn't think I could do this though.

I then sighted a long and strong robe under the bed. Taking it out, I quickly tied a part of it around my waist and the other end at the edge of the window.

This will be interesting. I thought as I prepared to jump.

Looking down, I then sighted security men all over at the exact spot I would land if I ever thought of using this method.

Shocked, I walked to the other window to check and it was the same.

Fed up, I let myself loose from the rope and went back to lay on the hospital bed.

This time, a bit pissed. It then crossed my mind what would happen if I eventually did that and someone took a picture.

The thought of the non-existent photo made me nervous so much that I had to close my eyes and really try to sleep again.

Then I heard the door open and then forced my eyes open to see who it was.

Seeing the back view of a man I didn't know, I shut my eyes again and tried to use the other part of the pillow to close my face.

Then I felt the presence of the man. He seemed to be drawing closer to me but there was something about this presence that felt like a living wind to me in disguise.

"How are you feeling little dove?" I heard him say.

I could already tell he knew I was pretending to be asleep so I decided to open my eyes.

"erm, I... Erm..."

"Who paused the treatment?" he asked, squeezing his incredibly good-looking brows.

I looked at this man from his head to toe and couldn't have been more blown away.

Ajay was a handsome man but this stranger looked good on a whole different level.

His blonde hair perfectly matched his skin. I could see how well-arranged his hair was which enabled me to imagine just how well kept and organized he could be. His brown eyes glowed, matching with his long eyelashes and I was tempted to know what it felt like.

He had this pointed nose that I felt so interested in and don't let me get started with the lips, it was so sexy and pink.

His height was heavenly and he had this perfectly built body structure.

Could he be the boss those guards were talking about?

He looked so god-like!

Putting his left hand into his jean pants and standing in front of me made me so nervous that I had to swallow the lump that formed in my throat.

I couldn't look him in his eyes and had to direct my eyes to his shirt yet it made things worse for me as I had to notice the not-all-buttoned shirt that exposed his collarbones.

Could someone be so perfect to this point? I thought and managed to look up at him again, doing my best to appear fine and not blown away.

Then I recalled that I had seen that face somewhere.

Remembering the man from the night before, I froze.

I had tried so hard to not think about last night's accident and how I had watched my car burn right in front of me, but it seemed that I would never be able to avoid it as this man here was tied to my memories.