Purple Romance

Joel curved into the road sharply, blocking off Mirabel's car from moving further. She pulled a force brake and down from the car.

''What is wrong with you?'' she screamed at him. He didn't say anything and snatched the keys from her and got into the car. Mirabel watched as he drove the car to the nearest parking space and returned back to her. He opened the front door of his car and finally said to her.

''Get in, I will drive you home''

''I demand an apology from you''

''I'm sorry''

''I can't feel any sincerity from it. Are you sure that was an apology?''

He pulled her closer and said, looking into her eyes, ''I am sorry''

''For what?''

''I shouldn't have spoken that way to you. I shouldn't have said you were insensitive''

''I forgive you'' she said coolly and got into the car. Her response surprised him.

''You forgive me?'' he asked as he got into the driver's seat.

''Yes, you even followed me. It means you care about me, you also apologised, so I forgive you''

''Your anger doesn't seem to last''

''Yes, my anger doesn't last'' she said as she rubbed her stomach, ''but my hunger does last. This is all your fault; I am hungry''

''I will take you somewhere to eat''

''Make sure we get to the city earlier. I have a wedding to attend to''

''A wedding?''

''Oh, a wedding, you don't need to know about it''

''Even I have a wedding to attend to'' he murmured to himself.

....

Joel pulled over in front of Mirabel's house and the latter got down. He rolled down his window saying to her, ''someone will bring over your car by tomorrow''

''Don't worry, I have a lot of cars to spin with''

''You are such a difficult woman to deal with. Couldn't you have said something like, thank you or I get it? You just don't give credit to any man, do you?''

''Bingo!!! But, since you fed me and even brought me home, I think you deserve a thank you. How about we do it the French way…?'' she asked teasingly as she leaned over the window closer to his face.

Joel suddenly blushed and leaned back into his seat and Mirabel laughed, ''did you just blushed? I didn't know my words could make your heart flutter? Enough for you to even blush''

''Didn't you say that you had a wedding to attend?'' Joel asked as he coughed a little.

''Right, hmm, I guess I will see you around then'' she said and ran off towards her house. Joel looked at her back view and frowned.

''Did I really blush just now?'' he shook his head and drove away out of the neighbourhood.

Mirabel got to the hall and saw her parents eating fruits while chatting.

''Oh, Mom, you are finally back. I thought you found yourself an Asian man and left us'' she said as she went to hug her mother who was always traveling from one city to the other.

''Silly girl, what are you talking about? Your father is taking a sabbatical leave; I have to work hard as much now. How are you, my precious girl?''

''I'm fine. Mom, dad, today is my wedding, I want you two to attend''

''Huh?'' both mother and father looked at her.

''Aye, dad, have you forgotten? My marriage in the gaming world. I need someone to walk me down the aisle''

''But, we don't play games?'' her father said.

''I will create new avatars for you, so that you can join in the game tonight. Let me tell you, today is very important to me. Even if I can't get married in the real world because I am yet to find myself a man, I can still get married in the gaming world. Guess what is even more intriguing. My husband to be in the gaming world is a real aristocrat. He is the boss of his own company and I intend to lure him out and get to know him after our marriage'' Mirabel finished rattling and looked at her parents' faces. Talk about been weird, they looked confused and speechless.

''Hmm, your gazes tell me you don't understand anything I just said, right?'' she asked looking between her mother and father. They both nodded their heads. She sighed and took the apple from her mother and bit into it before she started explaining again. This time around, her parents' eyes just followed along with her gestures but still, they were clueless about what she was saying.

''You still don't get it, right?'' she asked and they nodded their heads again.

''Fine, I give up. You two don't need to attend anymore. I feel like I'm going to get a serious headache if I explain things once more to you. I will figure it out on my own'' she said to them and ran off to her room.

After she left, her mother and father high-fived each other and started dancing in the hall. They had successfully deceived their daughter into buying into their ignorance.

''Do you think she really didn't find our behaviour suspicious?'' her mother asked.

''No, she totally bought into it and gave up''

''Aye, I want to attend a real wedding but she is so obsessed with a wedding in a game. She even wants us to attend it''

''Darling, don't worry. After her so called wedding, let's arrange a blind date for her with a handsome lad. When she meets someone handsome, I believe she will forget about her marriage in the game world''

''I have a lot of friends whose sons are off age. I will start making arrangements for her to go on a blind date with them'' her mother sighed and picked a cut apple to eat.

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Sitting in front of her computer, Mirabel logged into the game and was surprised to see the new settings of the server. It was quite different from the previous one. The place was decorated beautifully with a lot of flowers.

She was admiring the place when two ladies rushed to her, they pulled her along towards a place she didn't know.

''What are you people doing?''

''We looked everywhere for you and found you just now. If we don't get you ready, the 'king' will be mad at us. He gave us clear instructions to dress you up for the wedding'' a lady she didn't know walked up to her after the two ladies sat her down in front of a giant mirror.

''The 'king'? Is he not supposed to be called the emperor instead? Why are you all addressing him as the 'king''' dancing in the sky asked and the three ladies looked at her.

'Your husband to be, the emperor is also the 'king''' the wedding planner explained further, ''didn't you know that 'my lonely heart beats for you' was the same person called the 'king'?''

''Then, is he the 'king' the one who started playing the game of Schwars first and has attained the highest rank that exist in the game of Schwars?'' she asked and the trio nodded their heads.

''So, wait. Didn't they say that he had retired? He was called the 'king' first, how did his name suddenly turn to 'my lonely heart beats for you?' he… did he change his name on purpose?''

The 'king' was a legendary figure in the game of Schwars. He was a well-known player who reached the 'king' level in the game and for a long time, no one had been able to reach that level. 'Dancing in the sky's level was considered good only because the 'king' stopped playing again. It was rumoured that he had retired.

''The 'king' wanted to start all over again, so he changed a new avatar. A lot of people don't know he is the same and one person. We are not surprised that you didn't know about this either''

''Then, you all knew about this?''

''Yes, we did but it was not in our place to correct you. the 'king' warned us not to'' one of the ladies who brought her to the wedding planner told her.

''This man deceived me yet again. I am going to kill him'' she said and stood up.

''Today is your wedding, you should calm down first. Maybe, he would explain things to you later on'' the wedding planner was afraid her work would not be completed before the wedding.

''Go and get 'my lonely heart beats for you' here immediately. Tell him, I am not getting married if he doesn't come to explain things to me'''dancing in the sky said emphatically.

''Leave us alone for a moment'' a voice came from the door as its owner walked in. He was clothed in a white apparel and looked captivating.

''You lied to me'' dancing in the sky stood up and walked closer to him. He nodded at the trio and they left.

''I didn't lie to you. I just never got the chance to tell you. I didn't want your decision to be influenced by my status''