Aegeus Point of View

Walking down the aisle brought back several emotions into me. Emotions mostly being disgust, discomfort and many more; I still made it in time to be the bride of the ceremony.

Iona, Lenore and Cerberus did such a great job in squeezing my body into the petite wedding gown. To make my figure look similar to what you call feminine, they went to great lengths from covering my muscles with makeup to adding extra layer of fake skin to make it look smooth and delicious.

That was when I regretted my decision of replacing Cerberus.

I'm such a fool, if I didn't want her to be the bride of the day, I could've made Leonor or Sky be the replacement. But no! I had to dig my own grave with a golden shovel and be the best debutant corpse of the day.

I wasn't like this before; I wonder what has clouded my senses these days.

The long thick veil that flowed down my head was long enough to come on my way and I had to walk very carefully not to slip and fall like a fully pregnant woman.

"I feel dizzy." I breathed out trying catch some oxygen from around. The damn skin-tight dress is restricting my lungs from its function.

How does these girls wear such tight clothes along with those hell reincarnated heels and walk comfortably with a goddamn smile on their faces?

They clearly earned my respect for that!

"You can rip it off once the time arrives. Hang in there." I heard Iona say through Bluetooth I have in my ear.

While I'm connected with my guys through conference call, Cerberus is hiding in the backstage ready to take my orders anytime.

Lucas and Nereus are still trying to find something on Mayor Diego to have him come and reveal the truth and I already have a trusted superior of mine and few of my men mingle in the crowd in disguise.

Now I only have to prolong the wedding before Mayor and Denis Martin is here.

The walk through the flowery dreamy aisle is shorter than I thought. I took my time in walking slowly and nimbly so as to buy some time but I still could reach the platform in a minute.

"The wedding is starting to commence and let me tell you f**kers that I would rather marry Ariche for hundred times than marry a man, no less, Juan Diego." I whisper warned everyone but particularly to two leaders of the criminal organization who are taking their sweet time in pursuing the goddamn Mayor.

"Got it. We shall arrive soon. Manage until then." Soon enough, I heard Lucas bit out in angry tone.

I stepped on the fist stair and was immediately offered a hand of assistance from Juan. Covering my bulging muscular arm behind the long, blessed veil, I lightly placed my well waxed and painted in cosmetics hand into Juan's.

To make my hand look womanly with soft and smooth texture, Iona and Lenore used all their beloved popular south Korean cosmetics.

On top of that, I had to spend one hour of intense waxing time on my body this morning.

I would've just shaved with a razor but no, according to women, razor can only remove hair but cannot give the skin the require shine and texture. So, they used hot wax and strip to pull the hair on my body –

Painfully!

Women received my respect again!

"What happened? Why are you walking like you have boils over your thighs?" No matter how curvy and snake-like I try to walk, I still can't be a female!

Boils? I will give you head bubbles in jail. You just wait and watch, you squid.

I just shook my head shyly making sure I don't utter a word. He did not pursue it anymore and thankfully lead me to the center of the platform.

There's an officiator present behind the podium, who happens to be the person I arranged. With him as the officiator, I can expect the ceremony take a while to start.

"Mr. Beggar, you should smile or else the audience will think you are not happy with the wedding." Is this woman a ghost?

How does she know I'm smiling or not when there is a thick long veil over my head?

"They can't see my face, girl." I bit back. "Also, how do you know I'm not smiling?" I whispered back as I slightly turned the other way from Juan.

"Huh? Did you say something?" Juan asked closing into me. Thankfully, I managed to shake my head in right time.

"I cannot hear your smile." This girl is definitely a ghost.

In this thick and dire situation, she wants to hear me smile from the damn Bluetooth. I should've done something to get a wife as her.

But I don't know what I did was good or bad!

"Come on, don't disturb him or the secret will be out before right time." I heard Lucas say from the other end of the conference call.

I love Lucas – for now!

"Good evening everyone." The officiator started in a calm voice booming in the speakers. The venue went quite as the ceremony is getting started.

"Today, we have come together on this auspicious day to bring together two people with different lifestyle, upbringing and thoughts."

Totally different lifestyle. I agree!

"They are now being bound by love and respect." The officiator continued.

"If Juan knew it was Mr. Beggar behind the veil, would he love him more than the respect he would give me? After all Juan is not biased in gender when it comes to sharing his love." She shared her views in a genuine wonder.

"Ariche Gil! Shut up." I heard two voices grumble in my ear; Lucas and Iona; while others laughed loudly in mirth.

"What is love?" The officiator posed trying to prolong the introduction. While some of the guests answered with few common answers, one answer stood out the most.

The answer which only I heard.

"Love is Begging." Said none other than my own foster wife.

"Begging? Why?"Lenore asked curiously.

"Because my lover is Mr. Beggar." Wait! Hold on for a moment!

Did she confess her love for me or did she insult me?

Why did her statement both warmed my heart and boiled my blood at the same time?

"Ah, in that case love is business for me." Said Iona who started to slowly like Cerberus and her company. "Because my lover is a CEO." She laughed on her own joke.

"Aww, for me, love is cat walking; because my Iona is a model." Nereus, when did you become so sappy?

That is seriously so cringy!

But when I look at it in Cerberus point of view, for me – love is asylum; because my lover is crazy.

"Love experiences cyclones Tsunamis, famine and drought but all of them are not caused by nature they are caused by human nature." Who gave this script to the officiator?

If this goes on, Juan will definitely find it suspicious, if he is not doubting it already.

Juan cleared his throat loudly signaling the officiator to jump into the main ceremony but the officiator only laughed out.

"Sorry, the bride asked me to make the whole ceremony grand and meaningful as this is her first time marrying someone." Ah. I get it now from where he got the officiating script.

Juan nodded accepting his reason and allowed to continue the nonsense thankful while I took the moment to ask Lucas when they will be arriving.

They assured me they would be here in ten minutes top.

"What is respect?" There he goes again.

What is this? Moral science class?

"Respect is Mr. Beggar." Let me guess; it is because she respected my begging job.

Surprisingly, this time no one asked her reason because they must've got the gist of it already.

In that case, should I respect her madness too?

"Respect is like goods on eBay, the value may refurbish but not the core feeling." Woah!

Such an eye opener!

Through this ceremony, I'm learning many things that may make my life better!

I wish heavens heard my sarcasm.

As the officiator continued his nonsense, I scanned the whole area from behind the veil and saw several of Juan's men are still standing on guard as few more were added as time went by.

As expected, this man is not easy.

But it is good that I have my men on guard as well to counterattack when needed.

"When two people decide to tie a knot, they forgo many things to accommodate each other. If there is love and respect in a relationship, then such sacrifices are not felt as a burden.Today, on this wonderful evening, under this pleasant sky amidst cool breeze and among these lovely guests, we shall give the world a new story of love and respect through this wedding."

I have to take vows in a minute or so, where are these two?

"Why are Lucas and Nereus no here yet?" Leonor, who is guarding the mansion for me expressed in trepidation.

"I cannot take the vows, give that officiator another paper of nonsense anyone." I whisper yelled in hurry when the officiator stood before us holding a mike.

"Five more minutes brother, we will be there." Nereus assured but damnation if someone doesn't do anything then I will officially get married to a man.

Five minutes? Heck no!

"What do we do now?" Everyone except Cerberus worried.

"Stop it!" Came a familiar soft voice shouting in a hard tone.

Good Lord! What now?

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