It was the night of your parents charity gala. An annual event attended by the most prestigious people in the country some from other parts of the world.

You were born to the wealthy into luxury and fame. Your last name could get you anything and everything you could ever want.

Except one thing

The love of your life

You watched him dance with her a soft smile on his face that used to be yours. Only yours.

She smiled up at him, a shyness to her features that he managed to elicit from everyone he was with

You knew they didn't love each other not the way you and him did. But his status was below yours While he was still rich filthy rich, it wasn't enough for your father Nothing ever was

So a romance between the two of you was forbidden. And he was engaged to someone else. A shiny diamond on her finger to prove so

You had known him your entire life. Attending the same schools since toddler ages, you had been best friends. You still were. You didn't understand why your father would allow you to hang around him, yet not marry him

When you caught his eye from the other end of the room, his tentative hands on her waist as they swayed slowly from side to side, your heart rate picked up

He was there, staring at you with a dark gaze and It felt like the entire room was giving way for just the two of you

Nobody else existed in this warped reality of yours. But that's all it was a delusion