“Is there anyone you would like to invite?” Aziel asked me as he typed away on his laptop. I didn’t even need to think about it before shaking my head. “Except Alex.” I told him. It was a Sunday morning. Aziel had immediately asked for us to discuss our wedding plans—which was in six days—right after breakfast. The wedding was originally supposed to be a week ago like he had told his parents during our last dinner with them but well, Aziel was quick to realize that wedding preparations couldn’t be rushed like he had been wanting to. It didn’t matter if it were a real wedding or not. “So maximum of five guests.” He nodded without taking his eyes off his laptop screen. “Five? Aren’t you going to invite people? Your friends maybe?” I asked even though I wasn’t really sure he had friends. “No. Just Cole and my mother.” “So you don’t have friends?” I asked him. “No other friends besides Cole?” I didn’t take Aziel for a loner but I would totally understand if he didn’t have any friend
All I could do was watch, watch Aziel and this girl whom I still don’t know who she was, kissing. I didn’t care who she was to him or if they were intimate with each other. I was completely indifferent ‘cause all that mattered was me getting my green card by marrying him so why do I have this dull ache in my chest? Why do I suddenly feel weak and want nothing more than to hit away? Aziel suddenly pushed her away, he wasn’t rough but he wasn’t exactly gentle either. He immediately turned in my direction as if he was just remembering that I was in the room and they weren’t alone as he had thought. My heart stopped the moment we made eye contact. It felt as if I had just been caught doing something wrong like I’d been caught red-handed. I looked at the girl standing in front of him, she was now looking at me too with a daunting smirk on her face. It made me wonder if she had seen any of the magazines or checked the internet for the news of my upcoming wedding with Aziel. “Uhm, I er…I
I didn’t leave my room until around past 9 am the next morning when I was sure he would have left for work. I was avoiding Aziel as I wasn’t ready for the conversation he wanted us to have. I’d decided that if I ended up having that conversation with him, I would just tell him that I didn’t care and he didn’t need to talk about it with me. My stomach suddenly growled when I brushed my teeth reminding me that I didn’t have anything to eat last night. Going to bed without dinner wasn’t something I did intentionally, I mean yes I was avoiding Aziel but I’d left my home around past eleven the previous night to go grab some of the leftover cookies I made in the afternoon. I had thought he would have retired to his room for the night seeing as the next morning was Monday and he needed to arrive at work early. So imagine my shock when I got to the living room and saw him seated on the couch, working. I had immediately bolted back to my room before Aziel could as much as notice my presence.
You are the most beautiful bride, darling." I heard Diana's voice say from behind me as I stared at myself in the mirror. She was right, I really did look beautiful. My hair updo was perfect and my dress and Alex really did know me best (she had been the one to pick out my dress). My makeup was light and exquisite. I was indeed the most beautiful bride. If only this was real..."You will do great, love, it's perfectly normal to be nervous." She said as she put on a white diamond necklace around my neck. 'Thank you for your confidence, Diana." I inclined my head. "I'm honored.""You deserve it, Sweety!" Taking my hand, she gave it a gentle pat and started to pull me up from the chair."Let's go! This is your big day."My big day?Blinking, I stared past her, into the morning sun.She was right, it was indeed my big day to everyone else. The morning of my wedding day. "I can't wait to see the look on Aziel's face when he sees you." Alex squealed. She was in a light blue dress, she
"Groom, will you have Hera Garcia to be your wife, to live with her, respect her, and love her as God intends with the promise of faithfulness, tenderness, and helpfulness, as long as you both shall live?"The words echoed in the church, sounding louder in my ears than the ringing of the church bells. Aziel’s head turned towards me, fierce green eyes staring deeply into my brown ones. I stared back just as fiercely, squeezing his hand so tight I almost snapped his fingers. Was he going to break the silence?He better not think of bailing on me. Turning away from the crowd to look at the priest standing behind us, Aziel nodded once. “Yes.” A wave of relief suddenly washed through me. “Bride, will you have Aziel Walker to be your husband, to live with him, respect him, and love him as God intends with the promise of faithfulness, tenderness, and helpfulness, as long as you both shall live?” I glanced up at Aziel, nervously nibbling on the inside of my lower lip. Squeezing his hand
I gazed up at the towering figure of Aziel Walker when we entered our hotel room. There was only one bed, I noticed. My heart started to beat faster at the thought of what could happen between him and me. I mean it was his wedding night, and it was only normal for him to want sex? It didn’t help that he had this sultry look in his eyes as he stared down at me. I swallowed hard and took a step back, further into the room. He took one forward, his eyes never leaving me and my heartbeat skyrocketed. What is happening? Is he really expecting to spend the night with me? But…but I’m pregnant! With another man’s child not to talk of the fact that we had an agreement! He promised he wouldn’t touch me!I was in panic ‘cause I really didn’t know what I would do if Aziel had insisted on wanting sex. I didn’t think I would be able to say no to him, not because I wanted it too but because I would be too scared to speak. I would be too scared to tell him no and would think it would be selfish of
I couldn't sleep. I'd been tossing around the bed for hours and it was until around 2 am that I decided to get off the bed. I threw the covers off my leg and got down the bed. Padding across the room quietly, I opened the door and went to the living room. There was only one reason why I couldn't sleep and that the fact that Aziel was sleeping on the small couch--that looked really uncomfortable—when the bed was big enough for four people. Also the fact that he paid for the place and wasn't getting to sleep comfortably made me feel really bad. I don't know what I'd been expecting to see in the living room, but it certainly wasn't Aziel sitting back on the couch with his laptop on his laps as he typed away. What the...he was working at 2 frigging am just as few hours after us wedding? Is that all this man thinks of? Work? Doesn't he ever get tired or want to try something else. I stood in the doorway for lord knows how many minutes, watching him and I didn't leave until Aziel noti
"Just what in the world are you thinking about, Red?" There was a knowing look on his face and that did nothing but make me turn redder. My eyes were glued to my shoes, I was too embarrassed to look up at him not to talk of the fact that I feared that he would be able to tell what I was thinking just by looking at me. "I-it's not w-what you think." My voice trembled badly. "I wasn't thinking about anything." I added and somehow my voice came out bolder than I felt. Aziel didn't stop his scrutiny of me and I didn't need to look at his face before knowing that he was skeptical about what I'd just said. Mmm "I don't think that was nothing, Red." He started. "Because right now you're living up to your name." I muttered a curse under my breath wishing the ground would just open and swallow me whole. I looked behind me to see if there was a chance for me to run for the room door and lock it behind me, never to open it again. But then I realized that there was no chance for that to hap