246 She had begun healing (1/2)

''To be able to sit here with you all, I'm really grateful. I never thought I would be able to talk about this, but here I am!''

Xin Yong paused for a while, getting her thoughts together. Everyone waited patiently for her to speak.

''Well, I fell in love with someone. Someone I thought loved me back.

Have you ever been in an illusion? A fantasy that felt so real? I mean, back then I could have sworn on anything living or dead that he loved me too. He was my first love, first kiss, everything first; and it wasn't until he left me that I realized that he had become part of me. ''

Her face drooped, but she forced a smile back on. She was willing to talk about it now, she had kept it in for so long and she knew talking about it would help her get over it soon.

''Well, he was someone anyone would call perfect. You know that kind of man that never sees anything you do as wrong? He was too good to be true. I fell deeper into the illusion when he asked me to marry him. Who goes as far as to engage a woman just to hurt her?

On my birthday, in front of his friends, this man asked me to marry him. How could it all be an act? How could someone act so well? Jeez, he could win a Grammy for acting!

Luckily for him but unluckily for me, I fell for it. Actually, I had fallen for him from the first day I saw him, that explained why I agreed to date him when he asked, I didn't even think about it. Ha-ha, I was cheap, very cheap!

And then, I wasn't thinking of any other thing. He was there in my present and in my future. Everything I had planned had him in it. I thought I was lucky. A handsome CEO falling in love with an ordinary girl, which only happened in novels and movies, so waking up every morning with him by my side felt so unreal.

Although I told him I did not want to get pregnant because of my career, deep down inside, I itched to miss my period_ but that never happened.''

Xin Yong stopped. She picked her bottled mineral water from beside her and took a gulp. Clearing her throat, she continued.

''So everything was perfect, there were no signs, or rather I did not notice any. Until one fateful night, he was acting so strange; I tried asking him what was wrong but he refused to tell me. We had sex that night, after which he left the house and did not return till the next day.

I waited all through the night, wondering what I did wrong. It wasn't until five in the morning that my weak eyes forced me to sleep; but that did not last long because I woke up when he returned which was around six in the morning.  You know the first thing he did?

He asked me to sign a deed to a property and fill a blank check.

Have you ever known a lie that even when you are told the truth, you refuse to believe it?