Her Substitute Groom

Connor Hughes

“How could she hang out with someone she hasn’t met for years? What if the dude ends up hurting her?” As much as I tried not to think about it, I couldn’t help it. I checked the time for the fifth time and realized that it was past 6pm.

I’ve tried to get myself distracted since she left, but I always found myself thinking about her in the end, and it was starting to drive me nuts.

‘You should tell her if you love her’ My subconscious mind said to me, but that was the last thing I would do because, to me, I don’t have feelings for her. Why would I love her of all the women out there? I wish that would be the truth in the end because even I was not understanding this crazy feeling I was having.

“Are they kissing now?” I ran my fingers through my hair frustratingly as the image of them kissing popped up in my head.

“What do I care if they are kissing? She’s just my assistant and not like we are together, anyway,” I shrugged, but deep inside me, I was pissed at the thought of it, and there was only one meaning to this. I was jealous.

“Ugh! Forget it. Let’s do something else,” I groaned, standing up to my feet and dragging myself toward the door. I felt so weak as I dragged myself down the hallway, and I soon got to the kitchen where I got a glass of milk.

“Yes, this will do the magic,” I muttered, leaning against the counter and taking a sip from it.

“It has been a while, Ace. I’ve missed you so much, you know?” My imagination ran wild. I pictured her wrapping her arms around his neck and smiling at him seductively, while he holding her by the waist and probably enjoying every bit of it.

“I’ve missed you more, you know? I’ve waited so long for this. Do you want to spend the night with me?” It felt like they were doing that shit right in front of me. His hand tucking her hair gently behind her ear, and kissing her neck while she moans his name. The thought of it made me want to go crazy.

“You must’ve lost your mind, Connor. What the fuck are you doing?” I shook my head and shut my eyes, trying to shut out all my stupid thoughts, but the more I tried to get rid of it, it only seemed to get even crazier and more intense.

“No! I can’t take this,” I shook my head and dropped the glass on the counter before I dashed out of the room, heading upstairs to my room. I got dressed in a jiffy and dashed out of my room with my car keys, then sauntered to the parking lot where my car was parked, and I drove off.

“Oh, I’ve not booked a ticket,” As the realization dawned on me, I pulled over at the side of the road and went ahead to check which concert was hosting today, but there were so many that I didn’t know which to buy the tickets to.

“Ugh! Which one did she go?” I mumbled and sighed, resting my head on the headrest. I had no idea who her favorite musician was. Black Pink, BTS, Exo, and Ateez were having a concert today, and trust me, I’m not a fan of any of them. Well, I didn’t know which to go to.

“Just fucking track her cellphone,” My subconscious reminded me, and without wasting another second, I started to track her location which I got in less than five minutes, and I was shocked to find out that she was at a restaurant, far from where any of the concert was hosting.

“Restaurant? Is she having a date with that bastard Tinder guy?” I huffed unbelievably.

“Why should I even go to her? What do I care if they are together? If she thinks she can be fine by herself here, then shouldn’t I leave her to her fate?” I asked myself, but it felt like something kept pushing me. Maybe this feeling I could only refer to as jealousy. Well, in the end, I drove to the restaurant which took me about twenty minutes before I arrived there, but it turned out that I was late because they seemed to have left the place.

“Shit!” I cursed under my breath when I checked her live location again and realized that they were driving toward a hotel.

“Wh… what! A hotel? What the fuck is that pervert up to?” I shrieked fearfully, my anger increased at that moment and I didn’t want anything more than to see him and punch him hard in the face.

“That bastard! Wait until I get my hands on you,” I muttered and drove out of the restaurant.

Following them, I almost got myself into trouble, violating the traffic rules, but I was soon able to locate the car he drove earlier, a few distance away from me.

“Wait till I catch up with you, bastard!” I smirked and matched the accelerator, overtaking a few cars and when I finally got to his car, I didn’t think twice before I hit his car from behind, and I could swear that he would panic. Well, I made sure I left a scratch on the back, and as expected, he pulled over and stepped out of the car. I stopped and stepped out of mine too.

“What the fuck! What is the…” He paused when he saw that I was the one.

“Yo! It’s you? Why didn’t you look where you were going?” He scoffed, turning to face me as I walked up to him.

“I looked where I was going. I’m not that daft…”

“Then did you do that intention…”

“Yes, it was deliberately. This is for stressing me out this much,” I grabbed his collar and sent a hot punch across his face that sent him staggering backward.

“What the heck are you doing, Connor?”Janice shrieked when she stepped out of the car, but I ignored her and held Ace’s collar again.

“What do you think you are doing? You could mess with every other woman out there and go scot-free, but not Janice. Stay the hell away from her!” I yelled at the top of my voice, sending another hard punch across his face. I was expecting the bastard to fight me back, but he was just smirking at me and that got me even more annoyed that I wanted to strangle him to death.

“What are you doing, Connor?” Janice held my hand when I tried to punch him again.

“What the fuck do you think you are doing?” She snapped at me, her eyes filled with rage as she glared hard at me, and I scoffed.

“I just saved your ass, so you should be grateful. This pervert here was taking you to the hotel to mess with you…”

“I know we were going to the hotel. What does that have to do with you?” She cut me off, and my jaw dropped as I stared at her in shock. Is she kidding me?