Pressure

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Dior's PoV-

I hear commotion outside and I don't want to even go out. If anything, they'll handle it. I just want to go home, I want Olivia. I want this mess to be over, I want to sleep and never wake up. There's a knock at the door that I don't even bother to turn my head to. It turns into banging.

I open it to see Aries with a small cut on his face. I let him in locking the door behind him. As soon as I turn around i'm in his arms. "I don't care if you're pure or not." I just stood there, my arms over his neck. "Did you hear me Maria." . "Mhm" He lifted my chin up and wiped the tear running down my cheek, I didn't even realize I was crying. "Can we go home." . "Yes we can, i'll make sure Rocco and Lana have left and i'll have their stuff out by later today." . "Can Lana stay?" He sighed. "That's up to her" We left the bathroom and I stayed behind as he went to go check. He came back and I said goodbye to everyone and we left.

"Why don't we spend the rest of the day together, we can go out to a good place to eat?" I was almost asleep in the car when he interrupted. "I'm down, what time?" He glanced at his watch. " Why not 7, i'll make reservations." . "Sounds good, i'm going to sleep." His hand took mine.

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Aries PoV-

"ANGEL! ARE YOU READY?" I screamed from downstairs. Lana still hasn't decided what to do. Rocco was out, thank god. Lana was in our living room sleeping on the couch. Poor girl, i'm not sure how she lived with him ever. Maria still hasn't answered so I went up and checked on her. She was on our balcony, smoking. I snuck up behind her snaking my hand around her waist and taking a puff from her cigarette. "I asked you if you were ready angel. She giggled, turning around leaning against the guard rails. "And I am." I towered against her, taking her chin and pulling it closer to me, kissing her. Pulling away i said, " What did I tell you about smoking so much." . "We both know I don't listen to anyone." . "Why don't you do a spin for me baby." And with that she did.

"What happened to not listening to anyone?" She rolled her eyes at me. My god, she rolls her eyes like that again, she'll be rolling them back the next time I get my hands on her. "You look very good princess." . "You will call me anything but my name huh." I smirked at her, taking her hand and leading her in front of me as we walked down the hallway and the stairs. Dior saw Lana and said, "Give me a moment will you?" I nodded and went to go get the car ready.

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We got to the restaurant and it was a pretty hall that was dimly lit. Maria was perfectly matching with the theme of the place. We sat down and ordered our drinks.

"I'm going to be straight with you Aries, I don't know if i'll ever love you." Man come on, we just ordered our drinks. " I don't expect you to, but I want to at least have boundaries of some kind." She looked at me telling me to continue. "Ive never dated, ever. I've had fuck buddies and bitches but never a relationship. I don't know what i'm doing." We paused for a second. "Are you going to sleep with other women if I don't sleep with you?" That shocked me a little. it was so direct. "Only if you want me to." She nodded. "Are you going to be one of those controlling types. You know, the one that won't let the wife do anything." I snickered at that. "Only if necessary."

Our drinks came and we put in our orders. "Speaking of sex. They're going to want us to consummate our marriage." She almost spit out her drink at that. "Consummate?" . "You know lik-." She cut me off, " No I know what that means. Do they want like.. photo evidence. Are we going to have to record. Oh god. Are they going to watch us??" I freaked her out. "No, no, nothing like that. We just have to tell them it happened. In great detail..." She sighed rubbing her forehead.

"Look, on the bright side, we have more power now on both sides. We've split our assets completely, we have control over every piece of land we own, together." She looked away, observing her surroundings lost in thought. "We'll never get a fairytale." She mumbled. "Our lives has never been one." She was tearing up. "Hows Lana?" She looked back at me. "Distraught, and disgusted. She found out Rocco wasn't faithful after they left. He confessed everything to her." I'm not surprised, I know for a fact that all those extra hours he was logging at the base wasn't spent doing work. "That poor girl. What now?" . "I'm assuming she'll stay with us for a bit and then find a place back in Italy. I'm firing Rocco." . " I would kill him." That's not a bad idea. "We're meant for each other." She smiled at me.

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We sat and talked and ate for a while. We talked about other bases we wanted to build, how every thing would work in the future.

"Are you feeling desert?" Her face lit up. "Is that even a question." She's adorable. I handed her a menu and called over the server. "What can I get you guys?" He said taking out a note pad. "Can I get the brownie with vanilla ice cream!" He scribbled it down and asked me what I would like. "I won't be having anything." Maria looked at me with a serious face. I sighed, " You know what, just get me the chocolate ice cream." Anything to make her happy. The server walked away and we sat there, looking at each other. "I know I never got you a ring, but it feels weird for us to not have them. So, I got you something." She looked at me questioningly. I pulled a small box out and slid it across the table, letting her open it.

The small light inside the box lit up the ring and a little bit of her face. "Will you marry me Dior Maria Salvatore." I said leaning towards her. She looked up at me, " I don't really have a choice." I took the ring out and took her hand, putting the ring on it, kissing her hand after. Just then our deserts came out. I wish I could say she was all smiles, but she wasn't. She was looking at her ring, lost, or in disbelief. She's processing I guess.

We finished up and started to walk back to the car, her hand in my jacket pocket. There was a pretty public park with a garden that Maria noticed across the street. She started to lead the way without even asking me. When we got there she broke free and sat on one of the benches in front  of a small pond. "Come, sit." She patted the spot next to her. I sat next to her, putting my arm around her, she leaned into me.

"Have you picked out your suit?" . "Yeah, it has our initials stitched into it."
"I still can't believe this is happening."

Me too.