My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)

"Mr. Tremaine, you must be feeling terrible right now." Rorita then said, "It's a very uncomfortable feeling, you can't even breathe. You feel like your heart is being held down by a mountain, just on the brink of crushing it to dust."

Tremaine was shocked.

He looked at Rorita with a look of surprised astonishment in his eyes.

Because Rorita had accurately guessed how he was feeling right now.

She was absolutely right.

Rorita laughed bitterly.

The reason she was able to tell how he felt so accurately was because she was feeling the exact same way.

She was describing Tremaine's feelings and her's as well.

"Here, have some candy." Rorita offered him a piece of toffee and said, "Even though eating candy can seem childish, it really does help with the pain. Having one in your mouth when you're in a terrible mood helps. The sweetness eases the bitterness in your heart." Tremaine stared at the piece of toffee in her hand for some time, then decided to take it.

He took it, not because of what Rorita had said.

He didn't believe that a small piece of candy would actually help at all!

He only took it because he remembered that Yesseca enjoyed candy.

Tremaine peeled away the wrapping and found a small brown piece of candy inside. He placed it in his mouth and felt the sweet milky flavor fill his entire mouth.

Rorita's eyes trembled slightly when she saw him eat the candy she had offered him.

"Mr. Tremaine." Rorita then asked, "That woman in the rabbit mask, the one you saw while we were on the parade float, was that the woman you loved?" Tremaine hadn't expected Rorita to have noticed that. He then glared at her, giving off a warning as if to say, "That is none of your business."

Seeing the anger in his eyes, Rorita smiled bitterly.

Tremaine, what are you warning me for?

Was he worried that she might do something to that woman?

That wasn't going to happen.

Rorita whispered, "Mr. Tremaine, before we got

married, you told me quite clearly what it meant if we did."

"You don't love me and you don't have any feelings for me. You

married me for the sole reason of having a first lady for Nashaland af You even made this known to all

your staff in the presidential office."

"So, as your puppet wife, I am of course not going to do or get any ideas of things I shouldn't have in the first place. I asked you that question earlier simply because I wanted to talk to you."

The anger in his glare faded, but Tremaine still frowned at her. "Since you're just a puppet wife, there's no need for us to talk at all!" The bitterness Rortia felt intensified.

She had wanted to talk back to him, but stopped herself from doing so. Instead she said, "I understand Mr. Tremaine I am simply saying that you have no one else to talk to about this woman. If you keep all your emotions pent up inside you, it is clearly going to affect your work and performance as president of

Nashaland. You're going to want to talk about it to someone eventually."

Tremaine held his breath.

Rorita had truly hit the nail right into the heart of the problem.

He really didn't have anyone he could talk to about Yesseca.

If he did, all they would do is tell him how right it was for him to have broken up with her and then reminded him of his responsibilities as the president of a nation. So he didn't dare to mention this to anyone.

Yesseca had become a deep and painful scar in his heart. He had buried all his pain deep inside but never dared to look back at it. He never had a chance to heal. After a while Tremaine turned his head away.

He didn't respond to her or even look at her.

Rorita fell silent as well.