12 Ride like a princess

Katherine looked at Felicity who was dressed in a sweet ball wedding gown, her eyes teared up and she dabbed at her eyes with her handkerchief gently to avoid ruining her makeup. Felicity stared at herself in the mirror and was stunned to see the beautiful... Woman.

"She looks so beautiful" Mercy commented and Katherine nodded with a sniff.

"She really is" she agreed. The door opened and a young girl about Felicity's age entered, she was dressed in a long peach colored gown, she has a dark brown hair and light brown eyes.

"The car is here" she said and looked at Felicity "my God Feli, you look...angelic" she complimented.

"Thank you Grace. You helped achieved it by choosing this gown" Felicity smiled before she looked at her aunt with a frown "aunty Katy, I still can't walk in these" she pointed at her heels and the three ladies chuckled.

"Come on my dear, just like you have been practicing. It aren't so hard" Katherine smiled and made her sit down before putting the heels on her feet "it will help you be more dignified and alluring."

"I just hope I won't fall while walking up to littl...Raymond" she bit her lip. She still hasn't forgotten that he had warned her to stop addressing him like that especially in Katherine's presence or any other person.

"You won't. I promise" Katherine looked up to her with a lovely smile and sighed when she saw her beautiful face. If only Raymond is true, then she would have been really happy today but now, she is even afraid of how he will be treating her. Although he had promised never to hurt her but Katherine can't help but worry, it's a good thing Mercy will be going with her though, at least with her there, Raymond won't do anything.

"I'm still not happy with you Felicity for not introducing me to your husband before today" Grace said with a pout.

"I'm sorry Grace, really. I told him my best friend wants to see him but he said some other time maybe when he is less busy and the thing is, he is always busy" Felicity explained with a frown.

"Darling, he is a busy man, you have to get use to that. Okay, take me as an example, even though I'm just his worker, you know how busy I always use to be. Now think of him who is my boss, can't you see he has a lot on his shoulder?" Katherine explained but deep inside, she prayed that Raymond should keep on getting busy, at least with that way, Felicity won't see much of him and will also reduce the chance of her falling in love with him, she hoped.

"I still find it strange that Felicity is marrying your boss aunty Katy, it still sounds like a dream" Grace said.

"Well, it's not" Katherine smiled and helped Felicity back on her feet, she wobbled a little but she got a hold on herself, Katherine held her chin gently and pull her face up "you look wonderful my dear."

"Thank you aunty Katy" she smiled.

"Alright, alright, it's not good to keep the groom waiting. You girls need to go" Mercy said and they all went downstairs to the waiting car where Felicity and Grace, who is her maid of honor got in and Mercy and Katherine got into her own car. The two cars left the driveway to the church where Raymond and the guests were already waiting.

"I don't understand this Mercy, Raymond said it was going to be a fake wedding and all of a second, it's a real wedding" Katherine complained to Mercy in the car.

"He already explained the reason Katherine, he said his grandparents took over preparing the wedding and of course, you don't expect him to tell them it will be a fake wedding right?" Mercy asked.

Katherine let out a deep breath and slowly shook her head "I'm I really doing the right thing Mercy? I don't want anything to happen to my little girl."

"Being with Raymond isn't going to kill her, rather it will give her one or two experiences in life. Katherine, you need to let her live a little. She is a grown woman for crying out loud, just because she has a situation shouldn't stop her from falling in love, getting married or meeting a nice guy."

"But Raymond is not a nice guy. I'm his secretary for crying out loud."

"Are you still that now?" Mercy asked with a raised eyebrow and Katherine chuckled softly.

"Well, not anymore. Right now I'm the assistant director, with my own office and my own secretary" she laughed "it really is fun" she turned solemn again "but when I was still his secretary, you don't know how many girls I had to turn down for him or how many relationship I had to break up for him. If not that I complained saying that with my age I can't treat the girls like that, he wouldn't have pushed the responsibility to Morris. Even still, I know all the times Morris use to turn them down. I'm really afraid for my little niece."

Mercy patted her shoulder "you never can tell, this might turn out to be the vest decision you will ever make for her."

"Or worse."

"Uh uh, no negative thinking okay? It will be the best."

"I hope so."

***

"So how did you meet aunty Katy's boss?" Grace asked Felicity in the car.

"He came home one day and he saw me. We talked for a while before he left" Felicity replied, she hasn't forgotten the reply nanny Mercy told her to tell anybody who asked about her meeting with Raymond, anyone including her best friend Grace. Although she doesn't understand why she has to lie to Grace but she has always been the obedient type and not the type to question reasons for anything.

"Oh, is that so. What did he come to do in your home?"

Felicity frowned at the question before shrugging "I don't know" really she doesn't, because nanny Mercy didn't tell her what to say in that one.

"It's okay but can I ask you something Feli?"

"Of course" Felicity beamed at her.

"Do you think your husband loves you and again, do you love him?"

Felicity creased her brows as she thought on it "aunty Katy said he loves me, as for me...I like him because aunty Katy said that I should not fall in love with him."

Grace's eyes sparkled at that "really? Do you know the reason."

Felicity shook her head "no, she didn't tell me."

"But why will she say that? Have you forgotten about what I told you about a husband and wife? The both of them must love each other before their marriage will last."

"Well, it won't be necessary since my marriage with him will only last for..." She was cut short with the car slowing down, she looked out the window and saw a very big building "we are at the church already" her eyes sparkled.

Grace looked disinterested in her enthusiasm "yea we are. So about what you were saying..."

"What is that?" Felicity interrupted while pointing at a big white carriage, her eyes sparkled as recalled what it is "oh my, it's a carriage" she practically wanted to jump up and down in the car "I'm going to ride like a princess" she turned to Grace and grabbed her arm "look Grace, I'm going to ride like a princess. Little Ray listened to my wish that night."

"Little Ray?" Grace asked bewildered "who is little Ray? No, don't answer that yet, what do you mean listened to your wish that night?"

"Um" Felicity bit her lower lip for having to call little Ray in her excitement before hearing Grace's next question "you see, some days ago, Raymond promised to take me to the amusement park after we visited his grandparents. So, the day he chose, I got ready but then he came late and apologized that he had something which held him back at the office. Aunty Katy wanted to shift it to another day but he insisted it must be that night because he won't be chanced again before our wedding so I left with him to the amusement park. On our way back, I saw a shooting star and I made a wish that I will like to ride in a carriage like a princess and now look, he made it come true! I'm so happy."