Fated Their Forbidden Love

Areena

Areena was sitting on the three-seater couch, sipping coffee alone in the early hours of the night. She hugged herself, even with the warm black turtleneck long-sleeve body-hug, soft cotton orange leggings and earmuffs the cold December breeze makes her shiver. She took another sip of her coffee then kept it on the center table looking at her phone screen.

9:50 pm.

Her eyes were glued on her phone, her lockscreen was a picture of her and a man, both smiling warmly at the camera. She sighed and kept the phone away, her gaze turning to the window, she stared at the street.

Snow falls silently and gently on the street like diamonds, each snowflakes shimmered in the moonlight, making a white blanket of snow covering the trees, ground, and houses, indeed a beautiful day to be with someone you love.

She heaved deeply and took another sip of the dark coffee she was holding and kept the steamy cup of coffee on the center table near her.

And gulping the bitter-sweet liquid down her throat, and closes her eyes. That's the exact feeling she's having right now, the nutty flavor forcing old memories to replay in her brain – sweet memories of her mother, memories of what happened three years ago.

Sweet good times. And some painful moments.

She opened her eyes to escape from them, as it fell on the wall clock seeing the time click 10:00 pm. She let out a deep sigh.

He's late already.

"Why would he keep staying late, not today at least." she whines out loud making the almost empty room echo.

They were supposed to discuss their wedding plans tonight, but he is an hour late from work. Having missed out on celebrating and having a special time together on both Christmas and New year, she wanted today to be special so she cooked his favorite meals, making it a little romantic. She hoped he got back in time to eat it. He has been skipping dinner lately because of staying late and relying on junk food.

Moving into their new apartment is one of their goals but this house doesn't feel like home. After moving into this apartment for a month, they don't have a single nice memory together because of the busy schedule of their soon-to-be husband. The word husband makes her cheek redden. Hoping he'll be less busy and spend time with her like he used to do the previous years.

They are supposed to finish their wedding plans and get married within next month, but his busy schedule is stopping that from happening.

Get a stable job. Move into a new home. Get married. Have kids. Grow old together. That's always been her dream. Their dreams.

As long as she's together with him, let the whole world be against her, that's the least she'll care about. With the love of her life next to her, nothing can go wrong. As long as he loved her, that's the only thing she's ever dreamed of, this one only thing is enough for her.

Taking a deep breath and closing her eyes, she calmed herself, and pushed all these negative thoughts away.

His smiling face appeared in her eyes and she let out a little smile. Making the apple of the cheeks turn to the shade of red, contrasting with her pale skin. Just like a teenager thinking about her crush. Even in her twenties, Areena is madly in love with Edward, the love of her life.

"The only thing that matters is I love him. And I always do."

She whispered to herself, the corner of her lips turning up while she picked the cup of coffee she kept and took another sip, warming her up.

As an adult, she knows they have to come across obstacles in life sooner or later, but she felt lonely and craved his presence. Hoping for his company to settle, and continue living their days together like the lovely time they spend at high school and college.

Her eyes roamed around the room and falling on the boxes that were on the corner of the room, she got up and approached them.

She was entirely busy with her student's CA. Being a lecturer she was busy making sure she finished everything about school so she could be free for this special event. She totally forgot to unpack these boxes and some other boxes in the rooms too.

This was the box they kept all their old books and photo albums in. She bent down and opened the box, after going through some books she came across the big gray-covered album and picked it up.

When she opened the album, it fell on the page in the middle. She traced her fingers on a picture going back to the lovely scene they made at the beach.

OooOOOooO

It was only the two of them on the beach on a sunny spring day where the sun is blaring hot, but the cold water breezes shove it away making it just a lovely beach day, the beautiful white sea sand was mixed with a different coloured shell.

A younger Areena, in her early twenties was running towards the water, the bright shining sun went through her cold skin giving her the feeling of excitement.

The birds were roaming around the clear blue sky making small sounds. She kept running enjoying herself, her long white hair cascaded down her back, her slim waist, and thin pair of legs, glows under the baring sun, the light breezes coming against her and playing with her hair, the fresh air felt warm making her inhale deeply, enjoying the earthy smell of salt sea water and warm sand.

With every step, she makes an imprint, showing her tiny little feet on the sea sand. The soft smooth sand under her feet was so hot that running through it felt like she was stepping on a burning grill, she stopped at the shallow edge of the beach.

She jumped in excitement when the water touched her bare feet, a light shiver passed through her body, where she felt it touched deep inside her soul and softness overcame her when the water covered her knee. Jumping more and playing with the water like a small child.

This is one of the best moments she has, alone with the love of her life. A broad smile spread across her face, turned around to face him, panting from the running and jumping.

"Oh, this feels great Ed, you have to try this"

Areena shouted so Ed could hear as she continued playing with the water with her feet.

"One sec, I'm trying to get this camera ready."

Ed replied, his attention fixed on the camera that he was holding, making it ready.

"What?" She asked, she couldn't hear him clearly because of the splashing waves behind her.

"No, pictures can wait." She complained running towards him to pull him in.

He snapped some pictures of her as she ran towards him. "See, all set now."

She jumped and threw herself on him, confirming. "You have to get in the water, it feels so good."

"Okay, lemme get some pictures of you first."

"No, nooo pics can wait." She pouted, flicking her long lashes looking cute. He bent and pecked her cheeks.

Knowing him well, she didn't further whine because he wouldn't back up but instead she proposed.

"Okay, only if you promise to stay with me forever."

Posing a little, when I saw him busy taking pictures of her. She holds her right hand with her left hand at the back, bending sideways.