I polished my makeup one last time and headed back to the restaurant. I hoped the mask I was wearing to cover the hurt would stay intact and I didn't have to excuse myself again. I walked towards Jude, I never really noticed how good looking he was, and as his stood up to meet me, I noticed how kind his eyes were. He pulled a chair for  me and then went to sit across the small table from me. I could really be happy with him. I could learn to love him. I mean, people do that all the time don't they? He called to the waiter and asked for the wine list. As the waiter turn, his soft brown eyes turned to look at me. " I love you Lexi...."

"Ohhh noo......" My heart couldn't keep an opinion to itself for five minutes. " I told you he was going to do this...all you had to do was listen to me....you always going with what the head says...this is going to be a disaster" I didn't take my eyes off of him. I didn't want him to know that I was not into this. I smiled. He pulled his chair back, and got down on one knee....I frozen. Old fashion way of doing things I see. The whole restaurant went quite. SHITTTT! I thought to myself. I can't say no now. I'd embarrass him. He was CEO of a big company and had been on TV a few times. The story would make headlines for weeks. "BIG SHOT GETS HIS 1ST NO"  "MONEY CAN'T BUY HIM LOVE" " CEO HEART REJECTED" Sigh!!

I couldn't do that to him. He had been nothing but kind to me..and my family would never forgive me. I put on a big bright smile and said yes. He slid the giant diamond ring on my finger and the whole restaurant clapped for us. I wanted to cry, to run out of there and just be gone. Maybe move to small town and change my name. I hated this situation my father had put me in. His greed had made me have to give up everything. I held the tears back as some of the people came by to congratulate us. There was champagne going round and what I had hoped would be a short evening now seemed like it was turning into a party.

I paid no notice of the people who came by. I stared at the rock. It looked really expensive. My mind started to drift away....my eyes wondered across the room. I could tell that jacket from anywhere. Jake was here. How? Why? He wasn't supposed to come here. He wasn't supposed to witness the beginning of our misery. I had broken up with him and it was supposed to stay that way. I was angry at him. How could he just come here. He couldn't show up to places as he wanted. I started to stand up and walk towards him, and a woman stood up in front of me insisting to see the ring. She pulled my finger so hard I thought she was going to break it. I looked away from Jake for a mili second to smile at the lady and when I looked back up he was gone. I excused myself from the gathering crowd. I knew just where to find him. Across the road from the resturant. His old pick up was parked there. I run for it. Why was I running towards another man? 

" What the hell are you doing here?" I yelled

"I came to see you, I had to see you...one last time before you sold your soul to the devil" His deep voice was like music to my ears. 

"Babie.."

He put his finger on my lip as if to stop me..

My heart was breaking all over again. 

He was the love of my life and just because my dad had embezzled from his company I had to marry a rich man to help him pay back investors and all. But was it worth losing the man that I love for it? He was still the band I had bought him when we met....I tried to smile. I wanted to ripe off his clothes and make love to him. Right there, while my fiancee was posing for photographs with strange people. I leaned in to kiss him. He knew me too well. 

"Get out of the car"

"Jake...!??"

"Get the hell out... go back to your rich boyfriend."

" Jake.....you know..."

" Get the hell out..." He had never raised his voice at me...he reached for my door and opened it. Then he started his car. I stepped out.

I wasn't sure if I would see him again. 

Tomorrow morning I was moving to New York to start my life there. I had a wedding to plan. I needed a tutorial on falling in love and to catch up on all episodes of CSI so that I could learn one hundred diffrent ways of killing someone and not get caught.

I walked back into the room and looked and my future husband. He was good looking. And he had the kindest eyes I had ever seen. He just didn't deserve to die.