Chapter 12 - Reception

At the reception, I was in a room with my family and Javier. I can't look at my family or even at Javier. I just want to think that this is a nightmare. "I'll leave you guys first...Janiyah." I nodded at Javier.

When he left the room, I looked at my family. I couldn't stop the tears that I was holding back earlier. Earlier Javier and I went straight to the reception and to a private room where we are now with my family. I thought Javier and I would be the only ones talking but I was wrong because the door opened and my family entered.

"What's happening?" Liam spoke first.

I bent down, I still couldn't look at them. "Janiyah, you've been gone for two weeks and we'll know that you're going to marry Javier, who you introduced to us as your boss?" my mother said, her voice showed that she was having difficulty speaking. Her voice broke.

“Mom, Dad, Liam… I'm sorry if I hid about—”

"Why did you hide it, Janiyah?" Liam asked me, cutting me off. "Are you ashamed that Javier's family knows tha