Picture Perfect

Chapter 1 The marriage

"Miss Olivia Swan do you agree to be with him both in sickness and in health, both in sadness and in happiness''? asked father Williams,as I and my husband to be held our hands on the stage of the church.

"I do" said I with a smile.

"And do you take Mr. James Parker as your husband from now ?" asked father again.

"I do" I replied and with my heart fluttering I pushed the wedding ring on his ring finger.

"Mr. James Parker, do you take Miss Olivia Swan as your wife from now"?

"I do" he replied pushing the ring on my finger gently.

"I declare you both as a married couple, you may kiss your bride." said father, James inched toward me and grabbed my waist. I could feel my heart poundering at this moment. I could sense the sweat of nervousness on my temple, and then he kept his warm hand behind my neck and pulled me closer, but we did not kiss, he just pulled me into an angle from where everybody could see the illusion that we did.

Then he pulled his hands off me,, and we walked, hand in hand, through the isle and after the party we went to his home, actually 'our' home from then. It was an apartment with twenty floors,, and he lived at fourteenth.

Oops! I forgot to tell you it was an arranged marriage between the children of two best friends.

My dad, Edward Swan and his dad Eric Parker are best friends, and so they wanted to lead this friendship to a new relationship and that is how I married my investment banker husband.

We had taken an elevator to the fourteenth floor, and as the elevator had opened at the floor. I hurried outside and glanced here and there searchingly and when I found nobody, I took my stilettos off my feet and threw it on James who had just been out of the elevator.

"How dare you, to ruin my beautiful wedding !" shouted I with a hint of anger.

"I...I..?'' he was baffled.

" Yes you" I cried but listening to the quarrel, an old lady hastened out of her room towards us.

Seeing her, I hugged him out of nowhere.

"Oh I love you my darling thank you so much for this loving day..." said I

Seeing my drama, he understood his task,"Oh my sweetie how's your foot now ? Does it pain? Shall I pull you up on my arms ?"

"Hmm, my ankle hurts" said I ,making a puppy face , and he pulled me up on his arms.

"Newly married"? Asked the lady.

"Yeah yess..." James replied.

"Actually I heard people shout, I was afraid and wanted to know what was going on so."she explained.

"Huh ? shout ...people? No I think you misheard grandma "said he, laughing awkwardly.

"Oh yes … I think I misheard... whatever ... God Bless you children..." she blessed.