Jasmine pov,

I was 19 and dammit can’t believe I got married! It’s all a holy mess I got through and my messy situations pushed me to do so.

Every girl wants to get married when her life was settled and wants to celebrate her love with marriage but me! I married on conditions! I married due to fear! I got married because I want to kick out someone and secure my life with the people I want!!

It sounds weird but yeah, I got married in fear of my ex. In fear of losing my best friend.

Wanna know, then read and find!

It’s all started when I turned eighteen.

Like all immature girls, I felt eighteen give me the right to party and can have a boyfriend.

Along with the candle of my 18th birthday, I blew out my life making a silly decision that is meeting my crush at my birthday party.

His name is Rick, a rich spoiled brat yet a businessman who recently joined his family business after completing his masters. Like all girls, I fell for the way he looks and flirts, and that made me blush.

I was so attracted to him like I started making conversations and exchanged numbers and private meetings. He was clear to make me his girlfriend from day one, but I was confused at that phase either to have a relationship or am too young to have one.

With the same confusion, I continue our unnamed relation and one day he proposed me with a ring, and I expressed him my confusion and rejected it telling as an attraction. I want love and attraction can’t be love, just take a break. He somehow convinced me to work on it being friends, but then one day he has broken the rule of friendship by kissing me.

I gave him a tight slap breaking our friendship and felt its ends I don’t want a lusty man but then again, he came to convince, and it took to an extent scaring me with his sudden appearance.

On our trip, he locked me in his room and tried to use his words to convince me and get me back in his sweet words, but I was so scared of his behavior and the loneliness, things turned messy, and I ended up scared and broken. I left that vacation and reached to my uncle’s place.

But then he came like my savior, gifting me solace. He is Sid, my best friend. We meet recently yet got so close and we always share a bond. My crazy senior and my Amul baby, yet an innocent boy I had ever met and a good true gentleman.

I was never so expressive, especially after meeting Rick, but meeting him gave me peace of mind and security. I know he had some interest in me, but I felt he was not such type, and he is a career-oriented man with high dreams, but things changed when he expressed his love on our return journey.

I felt he should know the things that happened in my life from the past year to lessen my struggle and yeah, I’m confessed everything.

“Hmm, so do you want to patch up with Rick?” He asked looking into my eyes.

“Seriously! Is this what he understood?” I growled frustratedly.

“Just asking, do you want to sort or walk out?” He asked taking my hand in his.

“I want to walk out, I’m sure about my decision but he will not let it go easily,” I mumbled.

“tell your decision to him and see his reaction. If anything, else I will take care of it” He assured squeezing my hand.

“But”

“Tell him you had a boyfriend then,” He laughed.

“He will kill you, Sid. Already he warned me to stay away from you.”

“Kill me! Then obviously he will be in jail I.e., away from you. Stop thinking trash and tell this world you had a boyfriend, and that’s me.” He said smiling.

And then from that day he turned as my boyfriend officially and it’s been talk of the college that I’m dating top celebrate of our college.

I felt that can keep Rick away from me, but I’m wrong until one night I received his call.

“I told you not to mess with my feelings. You can’t understand that I love you. I felt to kill him, but I left him alive for your happiness. I know he is just your friend. Stop this cat game and love me” He said in his devil tone. I hanged up my call and dialed Sid to know his well-being as I guess I’m late his phone is switched off.

The fear of losing my best friend pinched my heart. That made me mad. I grabbed my car keys and drove all the way to his home tome.

I drove alone the whole night to reach his hometown my parents got mad at my mad step, but I was so worried to meet my Sid.

As I rushed to his place, ignoring his family, presence rushed to his room. Seeing him sitting on his bed with a swollen face and broken hand gave me a lot of pain.

“Sid!” I hugged him with tears.

“You here?” He asked in surprise.

“I’m sorry, I told you to be careful!” I sobbed in his embrace.

“Hey! It’s just a small accident. Don’t cry. Why you here? Uncle?” He smiled cupping my face.

“I came alone?”

“You came alone from Delhi to Ahmedabad?” He asked in surprise.

“Yes, in my car”

“You idiot girl! How many times I told you not to travel nights and you’re driving! How can you be so reckless?” He scolded seriously. Just like my mom.

“Hush! I’m worried for you.”

“Why you’re worried? What happened?” He asked, telling the truth can worsen the situation.

“Can I ask you for something?”

“Yes”

“Will you marry me?” I asked looking away.

“What? Marry you mean now?”

“Yes, as soon as possible. I feel it’s right “

“You’re just 19 and I’m just 21 we are still studying our career? Did you think?” He asked to confirm.

“Yes, we both are doctors, and my future is clear if it’s with you. I trust you the same as my dad. Marry me?”

“Of course, I would love to get such a sweet, beautiful wife” He smiled kissing my forehead.

I decided to marry him in fear of losing him and a strong way to kick off my ex, but it’s not an easy job to convince my parents or his family.

He assured me to convince his family when I do mine and I returned to my home to see face my parent’s anger.