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“You’re right. You’re definitely not a psychopath. What was I thinking?”
“Am I wrong? Do you see any scenario where my father chooses to walk away from this while letting you keep your business or your life? Tell me, do you see that? Do you see anything like that happening?”
I thought about it. She was right and I knew it.
“That’s what I thought. And do you see any scenario where I don’t get married off to some asshole princeling that doesn’t give two shits about me?”
I thought about that too.
“So, what I do, I do for survival. And I’m sorry that you happened to be the best of my truly awful options, but you are. So, you’re going to learn to live with it, and you’re going to do it without making me feel like shit for the rest of my life.
“I deserve happiness too, you know. And if you give us a real try, maybe it wouldn’t be what either of us wants, but perhaps there’s a way that we could still be happy,” she said sincerely.
I lowered my head considering what she had said. She wasn’t wrong. She was in as shitty a situation as I was. We were both trapped. There was no denying it.
I sighed in resignation.
“That’s kind of why I brought us here.”
“What?” Eris asked confused.
“You asked where I’ve been for the past few days. It was a place where I could get my thoughts straight. You’re right. You’ve been right. Your father isn’t going away. Like it or not, this is my new reality. Either I can accept it or die fighting it. And like you, I’m a survivor.”
“So, what does this mean?” She asked apprehensively.
“It means, you win. I’m not going to fight it anymore. There’s a path somewhere in there for me to be happy and I’m going to take it.”
“You are?” She asked suspiciously.
“I am,” I said resigned.
“That’s good,” Eris said doubtfully.
“It is what it is.” I turned towards the door. “Oh. And on that note, there’s someone I want you to meet.”
I waved getting Lucien’s attention.
“Who’s that?”
“That’s Lucien. He’s going to be my best man.”
Getting up as Lucien approached the table, I kissed him on either cheek and pointed him to a chair.
“Eris, this is my cousin, Lucien. Lucien, this is my fiancé, Eris.” I said taking a seat.
Lucien looked at her like he had just seen Christ.
“Remy, you did not tell me how beautiful she is.”
Eris, mesmerized by my charming cousin, melted in his gaze.
“He tends to forget that,” she said offering him her hand.
Once he kissed it like she was the pope, I said, “Okay, well that’s enough of that.”
Lucien looked at me. “Do I sense a little jealousy?”
I turned to Eris. “Pay no attention to what he says. He’s always had a thing for anything that belongs to me.”
