ter

take me to the altar, I didn't want to see my father and Andrew had refused to

aisle was this handsome man in his black tuxedo, so chiseled to hi

stant for days that I thought he would be like that forever or that he was pretending

" his voice was a whisper

Gabriel," my voice was

ted the feelings of both of us, but it was something I had refused to write, just like Gabriel had done, according t

husband and wife, you

dly and brought his face close to mine, I felt his lips on mine, it was such a

welcome to

have no words to say, I just know I was u

I was go

o was as rich as Mr. Smith, most of the guests were partners and friends of Gabriel and his father, Dad was taking advantage of making his connections for future business. Mom did whatever she wanted with the reception, from a singer, a band that Gabriel had hired for the day, what bothered me the

he party, it was like watching a ci

s, preventing me from breathing, and my legs itched because the lace of the pantyhose was so annoying, Gabriel asked me many times if I wanted t

to see, I was starting to believe Gabriel was bipolar, he suddenly had bitter outbursts, I thought he was going to choke me with t

d hands and smiled to as many people as possible who greeted us, at the time of

ere he and I would live alone, without our parents, emphasizing that this house and the dog kennel were not

im, we didn't have that trust between us, it was so exhausting to wait every day what hi

ued to me every moment, I just thought everything would be different once we wer

like tha

s way of being w

sometimes he would tell Marcela, the housekeeper he hired himself without asking my opinion, that he was very busy and that she should be the one to accompany me to eat or to entertain me

ank God I didn't know how he did it yet, but we were able to have Rafa, my family's driv

and then go around with the story, and finally, worse than all

iel just made excuses and more excus

he morning and t

hange the most because of the la

s me, I feel he is hiding things from me, but we don't have the confidence

't care, but the reality is that I'm dying to know what he's thinking when he stares at a fixed point the few times we eat together, other things I

t forming in my mind is

the ot

eaves because he doesn't like me, he hates me wh

and without explanations, even on the day of our honeymoon he le

e does not run away from the call of this person, how do I know it is a

his honeymoon alone. At 2 o'clock in the morning I called Rafa and we spent it together, killing time with something while w

the answer, even th

son to go through with this marriage if I discovered infi

or much sooner, but he never came, I spent the whole night waiting for him

ita, an island I did not know because we never left the hotel, or rather I did not leave the hotel, then we went home,

sighed tiredly, yes it was much smaller than my old

I expected from Gabriel

ands, this was something he did very often, ignoring my presence, I just looked at my book 'Following Your Voice' and pretended to read, averting my eyes, I watched him take off his

pull yourse

ot going to happen,

soft hand on my shoulder, I don't know at w

ing out of my thoughts, I hadn't

he office." Gabriel grabbed a clean towel and headed for the bathroom before tur