CHAPTER 29: CHAPTER TWENTY NINE: NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY

Christy’s POV

How could he do this to me? He just confessed his feelings to me less than an hour ago and now he is marrying someone else? Was he joking with my emotions?.

My body kept trembling and my knees went weak. I would have fallen on the floor if Kara hadn’t rushed over to support me.

"Christy calm down, maybe it is not what we think" She said with a forced smile.

I was not that naive to believe that it was just a rumor because no media company would be bold enough to publish such a thing about two of the most powerful families in country N except they wanted to go bankrupt.

"Let me check the Black Family’s official Twitter account" Kara suggested before quickly checking.

I didn’t have much hope because I was sure it wasn’t fake, Kendrick was really going to marry Celeste.

All that talk about love and his promises were lies, big lies!

"Should I read it? They made a post a few minutes ago" Kara asked with a hesitant expression.

I gave her a weak nod and took a deep breath to control my emotions. I can’t cry here to avoid attracting the attention of those around.

"The Black family is thrilled to announce the marriage of our son, Kendrick Black and the daughter of the Martinez family, Celeste Martinez.

Invites will be sent out soon, we hope everyone comes to share in our joy" she read and I saw a slight smile on her lips.

I shook my head and noticed no trace of smiles instead, tears were flowing down her cheeks.

I wondered why I would even think of such a thing in the first place. What would she achieve from hurting me?.

"Stop crying Kara, everything will be fine" I said to her while doing my best to hold mine back.

"Why are we always getting hurt? We deserve to be happy too" she said while wiping her tears. Her eyes were slightly swollen from crying.

"We will definitely be happy when our time comes" I consoled her.

It was quite funny that I was consoling her while I should be the one crying.

I am done crying over things that are beyond my control. I will leave as soon as the contract expires and start a new life abroad.

"Who do we have here?" Raina’s voice came from the entrance of the shop.

I looked over, the first person I saw was Celeste with a smug smile, behind her was Raina holding hands with a man dressed in a sharp suit.

When they got to our table, I finally saw the man’s face clearly.

It was Mark, my ex boyfriend.

From the affectionate look in Raina’s eyes, they were most definitely in a relationship.

I always wondered what happened to him after Evans took him away when we arrived at the capital.

" Why are you staring at my boyfriend like that? He told me about how deceived him and ran away with his money and your disgusting lifestyle" Raina snorted angrily.

Deceived him? His money?

I couldn’t stop myself from laughing as it all sounded ridiculous.

"You can laugh as much as you want but look around you, you lost" Celeste said with a mocking tone.

"I don’t remember ever competing with you, it is a waste of my precious time and brain cells to compete with someone as dull and senseless as you" I replied to her with a smirk and her expression immediately turned dark.

"Enough Christy, what are you pretending for? You seem to have forgotten where you came from" Mark said with a warning tone.

"Since she knows Mark, that means she never schooled abroad, right?" Celeste asked with a raised brow.

"We grew up in the same neighborhood and she has never been out of the country. She is also an orphan"Mark replied while smiling like a sycophant.

"And she had the guts to want to enter my family" Raina sneered with a triumphant smile.

I wasn’t in the mood to deal with them, so I decided to leave. I stood up from my chair and turned to Kara, who has been unusually quiet since the troublemakers arrived.

"Let’s go" I said to her but she didn’t move. She slowly smiled at me.

Her smile gave me chills and a sudden bad feeling arose in the pit of my stomach.

"You can stop staring at her now. How do you think we knew where you were?" Celeste asked with a mocking voice and I took a step back in shock.

"Why? I asked her while trying to sound like I was fine.

"Why? You really have the nerve to ask me why?!" she asked me angrily.

I don’t remember offending her, we did have some little girl’s quarrels but it never led to anything.

"My mother died because you got Madam Collette arrested. Everything worked out for you but you ruined business for the rest of us" She said angrily, the hatred in her eyes sent chills down my spine.

"Madam Collette was arrested because she was involved in a lot of illegal businesses and that had nothing to do with me" I replied to her angrily.

"It had everything to do with you, if you hadn’t offended Benjamin, none of their business dealings would have been found out" she argued with a fierce voice.

The other customers in the shop were all focused on us now and some were even recording with their phones while Celeste and the others had smiles on their faces like they were watching an entertainment show.

"Christy, you don’t know what your actions caused, lots of the girls that were set free couldn’t fit into the society or get jobs because everyone kept talking about their past. Unlike you that is here living a lavish lifestyle, acting all high and mighty" she said with a jealous expression.

I didn’t know what to say to her because I knew that she had made up her mind to blame me for everything she couldn’t achieve.

"Piper asked me to say hi to you" she said with a lopsided grin and I frowned.

Kendrick told me he took care of Piper, so how is it possible that Kara saw her?.

I looked at her one more time before walking out of the shop and heading back to the hospital.

So much has happened at the same time and I had no one to lean on. I kept blinking my eyes to hold back the tears until I got to the hospital garden.

I allowed the tears to flow freely as I squatted behind the rows of flowers.

A few minutes later, I heard footsteps approaching, I knew who was coming but didn’t bother to stop crying.

He stopped behind the flowers, followed by the smell of cigarettes. It took me a while to get my emotions together, took a deep breath and confronted him.

"Christy let me explain," Kendrick said as soon as I walked out from behind the flowers.

The ground was littered with cigarette butts and he looked rough with a bruise at the corner of his mouth.

Pah!

I slapped him but he didn’t even flinch. He just kept staring at me like a lifeless robot.

"Why would you confess your feelings to me if you were going to marry someone else?" I asked him angrily but he remained silent.

His silence was driving me crazy, I want an explanation.

"Say something, anything!" I yelled at him angrily.

"I’m sorry" He said emotionlessly.

"Okay, it’s fine. I am also very sorry for getting ahead of myself and falling in love with someone that is above my league.

There is only a month and three weeks left for the contract to expire, so I hope you fulfill your part of the contract and give me everything you promised.

I will leave and you will never see my face ever again. I wish you a happy married life with Celeste" I said with a smile.

"Gary will pick you up later, he will take care of everything you need" he said emotionlessly.

I touched my face, expecting to feel some tears but there was nothing, I guess I ran out of tears.

"Christy, I never meant to hurt you" he suddenly grabbed my shoulders with a helpless expression.

"Then what is going on?" I asked him but he slowly let go of me and stepped back.

His phone suddenly started ringing and he brought it out, I saw Celeste flashing on the screen. He picked it up without hesitation and I felt a tightness in my chest.

"I’m not doing anything important" he replied to whatever she said.

"I will pick you up after seeing grandpa" he said before hanging up then turned around without even giving me a glance.

The difference between him and the Kendrick that professed his love to me was like heaven and earth.

He walked away without looking back and I could only stare at his back as he got further and further away.