An Inevitable Fate?

The car stopped outside the newly opened Linkers nightclub. Getting off from the car, Darren offered his arm for her to hold. Rachel hesitantly hooked her delicate hand into his. Walking into the club, a dead silence welcomed them.

"Are you sure we are in the right place?" Rachel asked nervously.

Patting on her hand to reduce her anxiety, Darren replied, "I'm pretty sure. Let me give them a call ."

He reached his leather jacket's pocket to take out his mobile, but suddenly the lights got turned on and scream erupted everywhere.

"Congratulations!!"

Both got stunned to the sudden changes and took some time to understand the situation. A group of people approached them, and a man in a red jacket hugged Darren.

"Congrats man!!"

"Wow, you have got yourself a porcelain doll, huh? Congrats beauty!"

Rachel's eyes went wide when that person all of a sudden hugged her. "Thank you." She replied awkwardly. Everyone wished the couple and took them towards the center.

"Alright, let us celebrate your engagement by cutting a cake. Come on, you both!" Cheers echoed everywhere.

Rachel stood next to Darren in a daze seeing the cake. It was a three-layered rich chocolate truffle cream cake. There were two white dolls, one male and one female on top of the cake. A male doll kneeling in front of the female doll, holding a flower bouquet in its hand, looked extremely cute.

After cutting the cake, Darren introduced Rachel to everyone.

"Thank you, everyone, for making our day special. I want to introduce my fiance to you all." Putting his arm on Rachel's shoulder, he said, "Meet my love, Rachel." Hearing his words, they all started teasing them.

There was an awestruck expression on their faces. Darren felt proud of seeing them ogling. Who doesn't like being complimented? Till now, he had dated many beautiful women before but Rachel was remarkable. No one could be compared to her enchanting beauty. She looked as delicate as a porcelain doll. As she was young, her skin was very supple and smooth like butter. She was a flawless beauty.

He had to give up his carefree, playboy life to get her. He never regretted his decision to marry her, even though he knew he had no place in her heart. But, who cares? She was a great beauty and he wanted her. Back then, he had lost her due to his childhood friend. He would never make the same mistake again! He had waited for too long already. He couldn't waste his time anymore.

With a smug look, he held onto her shoulder and went near to their table. 'Huh! They can only watch and envy us!'

Sitting next to him and hearing to those compliments, Rachel rather felt uncomfortable. All she could wish for was to get out of this party as soon as possible. Sigh! But Rachel was not the only person who was feeling uncomfortable. There was another person who felt discomfort.

Aaron stood on the first floor of the club, outside the private room. He had come to this club as it belonged to one of the friends, Sam. He was chatting with his friend but suddenly lights went off. He thought it could be technical issues. But later, he learned that some group of people had requested to off the lights as they were planning to surprise an engaged couple. He didn't think much and patiently waited for the event to take place.

Hearing the cheers outside, he and Sam came out of their room, but to his bad luck, the couple turned out to be Rachel and Darren. He pinched himself to see if he was dreaming. The pain jolted him back from his muddled state. His eyes never once left Rachel, who was beside Darren from the very beginning. He felt as if a heavy burning stone had kept on his c.h.e.s.t. He couldn't breathe properly. He felt suffocated seeing them together.

Noticing the odd behavior from his friend, Sam asked,

"Hey bro, what happened? Are you alright?" He could see fumes coming out from Aaron's ears and nose.

'He looks like a rocket which is about to launch. Haha!'

Getting no response from him, he punched him hard onto his arm. He thought that he would not get any reaction this time also, but suddenly, Aaron yelled at him.

"What the hell, man?"