THE CROWDED MARRIAGE

Chapter 25

Maeve Dominique Valencia
-present-

Warning: R18. Read at your own risk!

Since I got engaged to Ivory, I always thought our marriage would be crowded.

But it turns out it's not.

I'm happy with only the two of us... hoping it would last forever.

After our breakfast, we chatted for a few minutes. Then we decided to shower and change into a nice outfit that suited Paris.

While looking at Ivory's clothes, I smiled to myself. We lowkey have matching outfits for today. Hindi ko 'yon sindaya kaya masaya ako sa kinalabasan. I always loved fashion, so what clothes I should wear and even my partner's clothes always mattered to me.

I wore a black fitted and backless dress with laces. The dress was above my knee, exposing my bare, long legs. While Ivory wore a black turtleneck... and he wasn't in his usual suit; it looked new to me as always. His hair was styled down and dumped while he was still wearing his eyeglasses, which made him innocent but hot at the same time.

"Let's go?" masayang anyaya ko sa kaniya.

He nodded and walked closer to me. He puts his hand on my back, and since my back is exposed, I can feel the heat of his palm on my bare skin.

Hindi mahirap bumyahe rito, unlike in the Philippines. So we don't need to have our own personal car... saka sinadya ko rin na ganito para mas ma-enjoy namin ni Ivory.

Since we were still full, we decided to go to the museum that I had planned.

While we're getting there, I sometimes speak to the people. And I used French as a language. I am a multilingual.

But I was impressed when Ivory could speak well. Well, it's not shocking that he's multilingual.

"So you can speak French?" I asked to open a conversation.

"I'm a businessman and a lawyer, so I deal with many people. I should be multilingual if I want to communicate with people smoothly."

That impressed me more.

"How about you?" he asked back.

"Well, same as yours... but I learned for fun. I'm always here and in different countries, so it wasn't hard for me to learn their language," I answered.

"That's nothing new to me. You've always been smart, even when we were kids."

I proudly smile. "And that came from the person who is smart as well."

Ivory took a glance at me.

My mouth slightly gaped open when he winked at me and acted as if I were imagining what he had just done a while ago.

Magsasalita pa sana ako pero huminto na ang sinasakyan namin. Ivory guided me to walk. I decided not to call out what he had done. I'm happy that he can be able to do that to me without me asking.

I didn't expect that we could be like this. I never imagined something like this... even though this is my goal in the first place.

After entering the first museum, we were still getting comfortable. This is the actual date since we got married. It still feels surreal.

Ivory and I were focused on mesmerizing the different kinds of art in the museum.

But I stopped walking when I felt that Ivory took a step closer beside me, his hand on my back encircling my waist.

"Why?" I asked innocently, even though I knew the reason when I roamed my eyes around.

"All eyes on you," he muttered. "I'm just indirectly telling them they have no chance."