And We Meet Again

29. Such A Mess

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CHAPTER - 29

SUCH A MESS

"And then Christopher told me that he has never seen a model with such great poise and grace as me. I was so flattered. That's the biggest compliment ever, I mean, yes, I get this a lot from people but getting such a compliment from Christopher is surreal," Veronica gushed while removing the last pin from her hair and brushing them with her fingers. She looked at me through the mirror and asked, grinning like a Cheshire cat, "Isn't it amazing, Keith?"

I blinked and replied, "Yes, it is babe."

She twirled around, so she was facing me directly and laughed. "I'm so happy."

Chuckling, I told her, "I'm happy for you too."

She jumped on the bed where I was lazily lying in my pajamas, and crawled towards me. "They even told me that they are ready to fix the dates according to me so it won't clash with our honeymoon plans." Seeing her so damn happy, I couldn't help but smile back. "This is undoubtedly the best day of my life," she gushed and placed her head on my chest, snuggling close to me.

'Can't say the same for myself,' I thought but didn't say out loud.

There was silence from my side for a few minutes, while Veronica kept on sharing her excitement about her next modeling project. And all I could was nod and hear her. Yes, just hear, but not listen. My mind was not here. Not at all.

My mind was not at peace. It was being an aimless wanderer; a wanderer who kept going back to the party where I saw Kim arguing with the waiter, where I came to know that she was now engaged to none other than Josh Stark. The entire scene that happened in the balcony kept on repeating in my mind. Again and again.

"Can you believe that we're getting married in two weeks?" Veronica's voice was merely a whisper as she asked me this, effectively pulling me out of the wanderer state.

I chuckled in response and whispered back, "Yes, I can believe. I love you and isn't it the obvious step that is taken after a relationship and a live-in?" It was like my conscience was telling these things to itself. I did love Veronica; there was no doubt about that. She was gorgeous, sexy and wonderful. She cared about me and loved me. But then why the hell was I thinking about Kim when Veronica was here in my arms?

She lifted her head by resting her chin on my chest and looked at me with her gorgeous smile. "I love you too," she whispered with so much sincerity that I felt pathetic for even thinking about Kim. I couldn't do that to Veronica. I couldn't do that to us.

Eventually, after a lot more talking from Veronica's side and a lot of nods from my side, Veronica drifted to the land of nod beside me. But, I couldn't sleep at all. My mind was racing. It was at far from peace.

Shifting lightly, I pulled back from Veronica in order to not disturb her sleep and got up from the bed. With light steps I made my way out of our bedroom. Without paying any attention to where my feet were taking me, I allowed them to lead the path. I took in a deep breath when I found myself standing in front of the closed door of the study room; a room that had completely no relevance in this apartment as neither I nor Veronica was fond of reading. But she had said that a 'Study Room' puts a good impression on people of high class and it's a must to have this room in our condo. That is how, eight months back when Veronica decided to move in with me, we decided to use this spare room as 'Study Room'.