RECAP: After the dance of Scarlet and Caleb, reception was at its end, Scarlet feels sadened and pissed, but then she saw Irene going towards Mic and her mind boggled at the thought of her words for her. All guests watched Irene with anticipation so that she started defining her love and admiration for Scarlet but in the eyes of Scarlet, that was all a drama and stupidity.

MEDIA: CALEB PIERCE PLAYED BY JEREMY IRVINE

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Sometimes, life becomes to cruel...leaving us to decide whether to live or not. -Me

Scarlet's POV                                                     

"Well, I am Irene, beautiful bride's not so perfect sister," Irene stood in front of mic stand with a drink in her hand, her eyes fell on me and the snicker left her mouth making the guest anticipated for her speech. But I knew she was really hurting seeing me like that, but to be honest her personality was twisted as well. I couldn't know what was happening in her mind, and the question of why didn't she marry Caleb still lingered in my mind.

Even though, dad said that she wasn't ready but she liked him. She fucking liked him!! Why? Irene? Why? I asked myself shaking my head slightly as I seated next to Caleb with a drink in my hand.

"What I tell you about her? Um, I just don't have words to define how she is. She is different, but charming in her own way. She doesn't like what I like or what my parents' like, she always have a different point of view of analysing things and even she hates being in spot light. Even though, It is quite fun and some people out there are praying to be famous." A huge smile appeared on her lips.

"It doesn't mean she is ungrateful. As she says, she doesn't fit in this all. We are just too consumed by work, fame and money. But she, she is too consumed in finding love in this world, which I guess she never got due to our obsession to our works." Why was she telling the world? Why? it was causing me much more pain, I was agitated.

"But she never lost hope and that is why she is the best, she is the greatest. That is why she is better than all of us, I like the simplicity and originality she has, she is proud to be different than us. She is proud to have a mentality that she knows doesn't suit people like us; people who are hit by fame so hard. And that is why I like my sister so much. She hates the word 'high profile' and she can proudly accept her ordinary self in a surrounding where we; the high profiles are just too busy getting good makeup, good dress, good pictures." She passed a broken, torn look to me. I looked away and saw Caleb staring at me.

"She is strong willed, ordinary, honest and so simple girl who is just now in Caleb's captive. So, I really want to suggest him that he better value this girl. And give her every thing she ever wanted which we couldn't give. Show that world isn't a cruel place and her dream of love can't be just a dream." Those tears made its way to my eyes, I knew that it wouldn't happen. Caleb would never value me and my dream of love would just be dream like it had been in all those years.

She raised a toast, all guest did the same and clapped with thier eyes having blessings for us. But It wasn't going to help, Katerina patted my back. I hated her touch, she was like my mum, my dad, my sister; the liar. So why such fake care now? I slightly shrugged her hand. Her once welcoming eyes lowered down and disappointment was lucid on her face.

But then Katerina got up and went to the mike, and started but I could see her eyes filled with sorrow. She started anyways, "Like Scarlet is different in her own way, my son is no less. Okay I'm his mother but I'm not going to be biased about it." Some chuckles surrounded the hall.

"Everyone knows that Pierce's are workaholic, John and I both are. But besides that world knows so much about us, and when It comes to Caleb. No one knows him really. People say that he's good looking, some say that he's like his dad; workaholic. Some say that he likes to be quiet. But that's not what he is, he is just waiting for someone to tear the walls that he has and Scarlet is the best person and I'm sure the world will know Caleb behind this quiet, dark and mysterious Caleb. And when I mean world, I mean Scarlet because she's going to be his world," A nervous snicker escaped my mouth, Irene who just came and sat on our table glanced at me. Caleb did surely mind my mocking little deep laugh.

"Caleb is not what every other person expects him to, he doesn't live up to anyone's expectations. But he will, now. Because love changes everything. My son has been through a lot and all he had learnt is that staying away from people would be better, but I know that Scarlet's originality and honesty will make him understand that letting someone in isn't the worst thing,"

"My son isn't the most organized person, he is not so much open but that is when love comes, when nothing is left in anyone's life, it comes in and just changes it. And you can see that this girl Scarlet is a pure definition is uniqueness, she is not what we are, so definitely the love they will have is going to be much more than what we are and what we expect. To thier best future." She raised a toast and again every one clapped.

I don't know why Katerina and Irene said stuff that shouldn't have said. They should have just go on and started to blurt out the fake greatness of me and Caleb but Irene just told that I didn't get love. Why? What did she mean? What was with her being so honest? I know, the guests didn't ponder on that much, they just enjoyed but I felt each and every words. It hurt every string of my heart.

She described my hatred towards that whole high profile drama really well. But why? What was she trying to imply?

On the other hand, Katerina just came and told how unorganized and reserved his son was. And how he had walls and how he'd been through some shit. But why? What was she trying to say by attaching me in his process of redemption. He would never get it in the form of love from me, Our love won't be anything but just a six month contract.

Did Katerina forget that before expecting so much from me?

Didn't she know her son that he'd never let me in and I myself would never be interested? Didn't she know that he'd never live up to my expectations which I would never expect with him for sure.

I'd never love Caleb, the hopes for that in Irene's eyes would just be disappointed. Katerina had those expectations from me and faith on me was going to get shattered. Because I'd never love Caleb Pierce.

'I might be Scarlet Pierce but that is just for six bloody months' I groaned in my mind, the situations were so disturbing. Every moment Caleb used to glance at me, I felt sparks but also loop of fears. Every moment my eyes fell on Irene's eyes, disappointed and ashamed Irene begged forgiveness from me.

Every time I saw my parents, I felt someone stabbing me so hard. Every time I used to glance at myself, the hopes and dreams of love and everything else just came crashing down in front of my eyes, making me wince in hurt and undefinable pain.

My body sizzled when I felt Caleb's warm hand on my hand, pulling me up from chair, he and I walked to guests who just had dinner and then they were leaving. We gave our best fake smiles and then it was a time when my fate was turning towards a direction where except darkness and so much pain there was nothing else, and it was when the time for me to go to my husband's home came.

John, dad, mom and Katerina talked about something, their eyes gleaming with worries. I rolled my eyes at them, Irene came to me. I wished I could run away from them. Caleb's grip on me tightened when Irene took steps towards us. Irene started, "Scarlet, before you cut me off. Just listen to me once." She said too fast before I could react.

She wrapped her arms around me and hugged me, the way I felt when day before yesterday she hugged me was same. It felt so good, the love she had, the concern she had were all felt by that hug. I slipped my hands off Caleb's grasp and motioned my hands to hug her back but I didn't. I was still angry on what she had done.

She whispered to my ear deeply and slowly, "I wish that I had courage to marry a guy who I just like, but I know I betrayed him and you; both. I don't care that I broke a promise that I made with dad because I knew he was gonna do anything to make me happy but the thing that hurt me was that you are the one to suffer. That Caleb is suffering. I am selfish I know, but I wasn't ready to get committed not for just six months, not for just father. He has spoiled me, Scarlet. He gave me everything and now I'm selfish that I backed out of a promise I made, I even betrayed him as well. I know, I am bad. I know but just don't hate me because I am scared of hatred." She paused and we got away from hug. I saw Caleb walking away as John called him.

Irene continued, "I never got it so I am so scared of it and now I can feel how you felt all those years, how you scared of seeing hatred for you in everyone's eyes. My admiration, my concern for you is all real. My hopes for your betterment is also true and I hope and pray the best for you. I don't deserve Caleb, I like him but I don't deserve a guy like him knowing that how much selfish I am. I just saved him from misery he was going to get by marrying me. I will always carry a guilt of not being so close to you from start, but believe me I've always accepted you as my sister. Never the step one. I've always respected and admire you. You're better than me, better for him as well."

She held my arms and slightly shook me, "Just don't hate me. I am miserable when It comes to hatred. I know Caleb won't hate me but I know I have hurt you more, he and I had just been engaged for months and by breaking this engagement I've hurt a relationship of months, it doesn't mean I don't regret and I don't feel bad. I do!" Tears streamed down to both of our faces.

She wiped away mine and continued, "But you, I've hurt you since the start, I could feel how everyone's ignorance hurt you since childhood, I could've be in your side, I could've been friends with you but I didn't. Because I am self centred, daddy's spoiled and rich and selfish girl. I am sorry, I've apologized to Caleb and he's forgiven me but I know he's deeply affected by what I'd done to him. Please, take care of him too. I really like him, and I don't want him to ruin himself. He's already too ruined."

"I am not asking you to forgive me right here, you can take your time. Scarlet. I haven't just hurt you once, so you can take as much as time you can. I just wanted to tell you all of this. I am sorry! Caleb won't tell me but he's been hurt by me too, so please, I am again saying please don't just ignore your relationship with him. He needs you, he was already too broken and then my lack of committment issues broke him even more. Please fix him before the pain swallow him. And fix yourself, live life. Your hopes and dreams of love can be fulfilled. Just give the new life a chance, Scarlet." She finished with a small but captivating hug.

Then I realized that Caleb and Katerina were behind us, we turned and see them, Irene gave a small smile to Caleb and said, "You please take care of her, she's fragile. Don't hurt her, please. Don't make her pay for my mistake, I know I've betrayed you, forgive me. But just don't let the hope die, Caleb."

Irene was cut off when the stern tone of Caleb howled in our ears, "Don't expect with me, Irene. I've forgiven you but just don't push me to do things I don't want. I've already been pushed to do so much unwillingly" And then his eyes met mine for few seconds. As if he was mocking me.

"Let's go, Mom." The words exited his mouth and I felt my heart beat running faster than ever.

'No, I don't wanna go. No! I want to live in my mansion, I'd rather feel my mom's hatred, my dad's ignorance and my sister's love than to be with some stranger. Please, make it stop it hurts me. Why is no one stopping me, why?' I yelled, protested in my mind. Like my previous protests, it also went unheard and unnoticed.

Finally, when I realized that no one was interested in stopping me except Irene whose eyes were filled with so much hurt and those tears that told me that she's not lying. I could see how disappointed and ashamed she was of herself. But she couldn't stop me as well. I looked towards John and Katerina who were welcoming me with thier concerned eyes, and then I headed with them without saying anything to my family. Caleb was already left, he probably hated the replacement of the girl he liked so much.

Yeah, I was just replacement of Irene for him. And he wasn't going to ever look at me with something else in his mind and his heart.

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Okay, seems boring? I am so sorry, but I wanted to show Irene and her inner feelings for Scarlet, her marriage and a bit for Caleb too, by the way finally! the wedding day has ended, but not the wedding night! *grins*