Chapter Summary: Chapter 18 – Sister In Law by ARJEAN
In Chapter 18, a key moment in the Internet novel Sister In Law, ARJEAN delivers powerful storytelling, emotional shifts, and critical plot development. This chapter deepens the reader’s connection to the characters and sets the stage for upcoming revelations.
Leysa smiled and answered my best friend's question, "I am their maid of honor back when they got married, I am his sister-in-law, in simplest saying, and I am Diana's sister. Nice to meet you again, Eddy." And she extended her arm to have a hand shake with Edward.
"Wow! Just wow, Ed. So you are in love with my sister huh?" my wife said, also slightly shocked about the revelation that just revealed.
"Ah yeah! I am so in love with Leysa, I think its love at first sight though. We got a strong relationship, I mean friendship back in Spain, so even if she take me down then, we still remain as good friends," Edward replied to Diana and I saw him stared intently to Leysa.
"So maybe you already moved on with your ex-fiancé, Mi amore? Oh well that bastard, just don't let him show his face to me, because I will make him feel my strong fist, though!" Ed said, and then it hits me hard.
And I can't stop asking myself, are they that close, which Leysa even told her past to him?
LEYSA'S POV
"Oh com'on Eddy, let's not talk about it here. But to answer your question, yeah I think so, I am now fully healed," I answered and smiled at Eddy.
And I thought to myself, am I really fully healed from the pain I feel? Am I really ready to forgive them? I smiled in my mind, "Forgive them, my butt!"
[Healing means forgiving them.]
--and I will never forgive them, that's why I will never be healed.
I will never ever forget what they did to me; the scar they caused me will never be erased.
There is no cure for the pain I feel until now.
I will never be free from this sadness and madness I am feeling, and I will always be a prisoner of this unfaithful love affair.
Fred turned his attention to Edward after he suggested to go for a weekend getaway.
"Sure, we haven't been able to unwind for a long time because of our busy schedules," Fred just replied to his friend who is now smiling from ear to ear, that made him a little annoyed with him. He did not know why he was suddenly disgusted by Edward's presence, and that's why he could not help but ask,
"Do you really like her huh?" Fred said and faced his vast garden again.
"Yeah. I love her. She is the best thing that ever happened to me. So I will try my luck again to her, bro. I will court her again, could you help me?" Edward answered truthfully.
"I can't promise you that I can help you about it, Ed," Fred replied seriously to his friend.
"And why is that, you are her brother-in-law, and I am your best friend, and I think you already know me well, that I am a good man for her. And I noticed you have a special bond, bro! So please, help me win her heart. She is safe with me and in fact I saw her vulnerable side back when we were in Spain. She is so lost in her thoughts. She is almost like a doll with a battery, moving only if someone switching her on. Her eyes are so full of sadness and fear of abandonment. And I also witnessed all her performances as a lyrical dancer, that her gracefulness was clapped by all but I know more than that, her emotions while making her every move in dancing --the rhythm is so full that any time soon, she will just break like a glass. So from that time, I decided to be with her, to be her knight in shining armor, her comfort zone, her safe haven. I don't know everything she's been through but it changed her a lot. In the few months I was with her, I also saw the changes in her personality. And day by day, I always making it sure that I can make her feel the love I have for her but then she's getting fiercer, until the day I feared the most came –the time, she dumped me. Just shit, bro ... I was really hurt, not because I was bashed or my pride just got trampled on as a man for the first time, but I really love her, that even though she rejected my love for her, I still decided to be her ally, to be his shoulder to lean on always even only as a friend and then it turns out okay, not until the day she decided to go home, she said she was already ready–"
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