The Mafia Boss' Runaway Bride

EPISODE 001 - Time Machine

Is life truly unfair, or have we merely suffered because we believed that life was supposed to be painless and that everything should go as planned?

“I’m sorry, Madison…”

How many times did I hear those words already? I can’t count it anymore. I feel like I am already living the life of getting rejected every time I try to submit my portfolio to modeling agencies and apply to be one of their models.

I don’t know what is wrong with me. I have a good portfolio, good feedback from other modeling agencies that I’ve worked for before. Except that, even them, they won’t take me as their model anymore.

I’m trying to deny the fact that I know exactly the reason why they are rejecting my application. It is because of my jerk-ass ex-boyfriend, Matthew Evans. It’s been almost a year now ever since we broke up and it’s also been a year now ever since I can’t get a job because he banned my name from every agency. That’s how much power he has as he is one of the most famous actors in the whole of England now.

We never confirmed our relationship in the public, but he uses his fame to shame me, and make me suffer for dumping him. How could I not dump him? He was good before but he changed ever since he got the fame. He treated me like shit and even makes me feel like I am only after his fame and money.

He was toxic and manipulative. And even got the ass to cheat on me! That’s why I decided to dump him and didn’t let him explain his side to me. I just leave and blocked him, but that made him triggered and decided to pull the trigger and use everything he has to make me suffer and beg him to stop.

But I won’t do that. I’d rather die than beg his ass.

“It’s okay, I understand.” I tried to smile at Jessica, not to make her feel bad that she has to reject my application, even though I am the one who saved their company when they are drowning. “I’m going now,” although she rejected me, I still want to be nice and don’t act like a bitch just because of rejection. I am not like Matthew who cannot take rejection.

I waved Jessica goodbye and walked out of the office. I know I don't want to waste any more time here because I truly want to improve myself; I don't need to be a victim of evil men like Matthew.

But it is not easy to leave Matthew’s past behind.

I have to think of something to make his past fade away. It is almost 4:30 pm now. I have to do that something quick before time runs out.

I just need a little help from the universe, and then I can start my life again. My life with a purpose.

You don't expect life to be fair to you because you are a good person or you work so hard. Life has its own rules, it's complicated and not the same for everyone.

But the longer I try my best now to survive and get a job for myself, the more I get exhausted. A tear escaped from my eyes as I try to budget my 50 dollars left. What can I do with 50 dollars? I can only buy fast food for that and I don’t where else can I get more money to survive a week.

I don’t want to go and beg Matthew to stop torturing me; I don’t want to give him the satisfaction of making my life a living hell because of his misogynist ass.

I am on my way home now, thinking that I should probably just end my life so I don’t have to suffer anymore. And that I should probably just follow my parents and we can live a happy life in heaven. But when I’m by myself, I’m not sure if I’m ready to die. I don’t know if I want to kill myself. And if I’m going to do it, I should just do it sooner, not later. If it means that the only life I get is hell, what’s the point?

But maybe I’m a coward? Am I that much of a coward to care what Matthew thinks?

Maybe I’m more of a coward than I thought?

I don’t want to find out.

Maybe I’m not that much of a coward.

“Please… give… me… food…” a voice from an old lady snapped me back from reality. I looked around and saw an old lady with a lot of bruises on her body, lying on the ground here at the street beside some trash bin. She looks very weak and I didn’t see any other people around and there was no sound to show that anyone else was there. Then a thought occurred to me that this lady must be hungry and she must need some food. I thought it is better to ask before I approach her since we don’t know who this person is. So I thought that it is better to talk first. As I approached her, she said:

“Please, miss, I need food… I have been alone for a long time…”

When I looked at her, I was a bit amazed. She was an old woman, with wrinkles all over her face and on her chin. There was a lot of blood on her clothes. She looked old but didn’t look very bad. She looked like she must have been living alone in this place for a long time.

I only have 50 dollars with me, I ate lunch earlier, and honestly, I can go on without eating dinner at all. While this old lady looks like she wouldn’t survive anymore because of starvation. I blinked my eyes and didn’t think twice and went straight to the nearest restaurant and used my 50 dollars to buy her a meal.

“God bless you, miss. I am not worthy of such a blessing,” she said when she finished eating.

I was so moved that tears were coming from my eyes. I had tears in my eyes when I thought about what I have done. I felt like I was blessed by God and there is nothing I can say to this great grace.

How could you not say that there are so many blessings and mercies in life? I believe this God’s own spirit is in me and is guiding me. Sometimes I think, I am the happiest person in this world because of my life and my career. I thank God every single day for giving me such a rich life.

I watched as she enjoys her food. When she’s done eating, she suddenly asked me a question which made me chuckle.

“You have a pure heart, miss…” she began “If you will be given a choice between going back in the past of living in the future. What would you choose?” I find the question ridiculous as I don’t even believe in things like time machines or fantasy.

To make her feel better, I decided to answer her question.

“I’ll say I want to go to the future as I can’t find a reason why I should go back in the past.” I smiled at her.

That’s the truth.

Even if my parents were in the past, and that I could still spend more time with them. I’ll know what happened, I’ll lose them again and I can’t afford a second time of witnessing how I will lose them.

I am so done with my life that the only thing I want right now is to know whether I’ll survive these hardships at all. Because I am so done, I am so done feeling so small about myself.

“I want to know whether there’s something good that will happen to the future me,” I smiled at her warmly and she slowly took my hand and pinches it gently.

“You’ll have the best time of your life,” she said and I slowly saw a light behind her. It hurts my eyes so much that I had to cover my eyes, I could feel my knees trembling and I’m getting dizzy.

I don’t know what’s happening but everything went into pitch black.

“Young madam,” a voice not far from me was the reason I snapped back into reality.

I opened my eyes and noticed how I am already lying on a soft mattress, a huge bed which I assumed was a king-sized bed. The light from the window outside is dim, and it only managed to capture the ceiling and walls. I guess it’s the light from the dawn.

I slowly and cautiously opened my eyes.

What’s happening? I don’t remember going into a hotel? I can’t even afford a hotel room. So, what is happening? What am I doing inside a huge room with a lot of expensive things around me?

I remembered that I took that old lady to the restaurant before I blacked out. I remember I’m very weak, but everything is dark, I can’t see anything.

Suddenly, somebody started talking, I don’t know where from.

“Young Madam, you have to prepare already." A bunch of people wearing a maid outfit went inside the room where I am. They looked all professional and their moves synchronized as they went slowly beside me.

Wait, wait, wait. What is happening right now? They had two old ladies with them, but they’re different. They were not weak and weak looking like that old lady that I took to the restaurant and had a conversation with. They were looking up and straight and they look like they had the energy to last the whole day.

“Please follow me to the next room, m’lady,” one of those two beautiful ladies spoke as she bowed and I followed her as they set up my room. “Do you like how we prepared this room for m’lady?” I nodded my head and smiled as I know that I’m not going anywhere.

"What is happening?" I couldn't help but ask already.

The youngest one chuckled and said "M'lady, today is your wedding day with Mr. Williams. Of course, you have to prepare already." She continued to chuckle.

Wait

What?!

Wedding?!

"Wedding?!" I am starting to freak out and they seemed to notice that. They stop doing what they are doing.

"Yes, m'lady. You're getting married to Mr. Williams..." they all looked confused as they try to tell me that today is my wedding day. I groaned, everything was too confusing for me to know what's going on. I stopped them from talking for a while.

The last thing I remember was I was on my way home from work. Then, I found myself in the unknown city, alone, with an old lady, blacking out, and now I was in a totally different world. Okay, I know not a totally different world, to be exact, but still... I don't know what's happening anymore.

Inside the room, there is a huge wooden table with different kinds of expensive food served on it. All the foods are prepared in the French way, there were fresh fruits, it made me feel like I was in heaven seeing it.

“Oh my God! I can’t believe this!” I said to myself. There were two big bottles of champagne on it.

“We will attend your needs, m’lady.” As if she read what I was thinking, the youngest one said. And she smiled.

“Are you sure? Do you really need me to attend to my needs?” I asked, over exaggerating it.

I can't calm down already so I started to walk away from them when I suddenly saw a calendar not far from me... and what the heck. The date says 2021, but the last time I checked it's just 2016.

Did I just time travel!?