INTOXICATED | Illumi Zoldyck

07

DOLL

"So? What did they say?" I asked.

Earlier, Illumi told me that Kikyo called him to tell us that we have only seven days left to prepare for the wedding.

"They want us to hurry," he casually says, twirling his hair.

"And?" I asked, totally not getting any detail from what he just said. "C'mon, I'll be needing more than that!"

"Too needy, ah," he sighs.

I raised a brow.

"Illumi, this is going to be OUR wedding. We're stuck in this together so at least let me know what's up ahead of us?" I crossed my arms, trying to knock some sense into his mind.

"Hmm. Mother said that the wedding doesn't have to be that big, but big enough to make it known to the public that we're getting married. And oh, by the way, I still have to pick up our rings today. I almost forgot... come with me," he then pulled me by the wrist and I immediately got burned by his touch, making me snatch away my wrist from his hold.

It seems like he noticed but he didn't do anything about it.

Maybe he's tired.

Or he simply just doesn't care!

We headed straight into the jewelry store and almost all of the shining accessories there made me drop my jaw.

"God..." I was in awe.

Illumi left me in the middle and talked to the sales lady that he seemed to know. And then, I watched her walk to some sort of storage room and came back with a gradient black and red velvet box in her hand.

"The wedding rings are in this box all together, sir. Including the engagement ring..." I heard her say.

It poked my interest so I walked my way towards them and just when I was about to take a peek of the rings, the puppeteer beside me rested his heavy arm around my shoulder, keeping me from moving forward.

"What? This isn't a surprise," I whispered to him but I got no response.

Instead, Illumi nodded at the woman and she moved, probably proceeding with the order as she placed the velvet box in a luxurious-looking paper bag. She then gave it to Illumi after giving me a warm smile.

"Thank you," Illumi said.

"Come again, sir! Congratulations on your wedding!" The woman greeted us. In return, I faked a smile just at the moment Illumi snaked his arm around my waist and kissed my temple, as if we were really into each other.

When we turned our backs, I pushed him away.

"You didn't have to do that!" I hissed.

"Anything for the show. Don't you want to get your car back? I heard it was sold thrice the original price," he says playfully.

He's doing this on purpose!

"Tsk..."

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