"What do you say, bellissima?"
"Stop calling me that, Arius."
"Over my dead body, wife."
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Lucian West was in desperate need of a job to pay for her mother's loan. When she finally gets the job, her boss offers h...
"Never felt better." I manage a fake smile for the sake of this day.
"You want to go to a quiet place, Lucy?" I just shake my head and wave to the new guests who have arrived just on time.
A woman, a beautiful woman, might I say, enters the room, her eyes roaming all around until they stop... They stop on Arius.
She looks at me and then smirks. Uh, what?
I don't even have a second to comprehend what she wants before I am literally and figuratively pushed aside, and the cherry on the top? Arius is being kissed on the cheek just above the lips area. A fucking kiss from her. Who the fuck does she think she is?
I walk up to her to put her right into her place. How dare she ruin my day like that? How dare she kiss my fiancé? But before I can even utter a single word, Arius pushes her off him and wipes that lipstick off his face.
"What the fuck, Rosalyn? Who invited you here?" Arius asks, pulling her aside from the view of the guests, not before sparing me an apologetic glance.
Oh, the guests definitely enjoyed the show. The show of my humiliation.
All their eyes are on me, once again. I smile till my cheeks hurt and leave the room with tears blurring my vision.
I need Char. God, why isn't she here yet?
I walk and walk till I reach the garden area hidden from the guest's view and finally breathe in the cold air. Reminding myself that it is okay; everything is okay. I am doing the right thing.
So what if Arius loves someone else? Haha. It shouldn't matter.
Except it does. It matters to me.
He is engaged to me. He is mine now, at least for now, and it's so hard to not NOT like him.
By no means am I in love with him. But it is a big deal for me being the other woman, even if it is my fake relationship. I can't stand being the second option. No.
A tear falls down my eye, and a finger brushes it off.
I look and find Arius with me. He is here.
"I am so sorry, Lucy. She ruined your day. She tried to ruin our day. I took care of her, love. Please don't cry."
"Who is she, Arius? Is she one of your ex-girlfriends or current girlfriends? I ask hesitantly.
Please don't be his girlfriend. Even though it did state in the contract that no involvement of respective partners in other affairs is allowed.
He smiles at me, "Lucy, you have nothing to worry about. She was my ex-client, the same girl who ruined my public image by spreading rumors and publishing fake articles.
And now she comes uninvited to our event with hopes of ruining it further. But I took care of her. Don't you stress your cute little brain, okay?" He grazes my cheek.
His hands so calloused over my soft skin. I love this feeling. I feel helpless when he touches me like that. So intimate. Almost as if... I mean something to him.
Oh Lucy, what are you even talking about? I shake my head.
"I was so not worrying anyway." I say, smiling sheepishly.
"Mhm, sure, babe," he teases.
I roll my eyes.
"Do that again and y—" "OH GAWD, LUCY YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY MAJESTIC, OMIGOOODDDDD," I hear Char screaming, cutting off whatever Arius was going to say.
"See, I told you she would be out here at a quiet corner taking some air." Char smirks at Rowan.
"Girl, I hate you." I say as she comes up to me, hugging me so tight, cutting off my air supply entirely. "I CAN'T BREATHE," I whisper yell.
"Oops, sorry. And sorry for being late, darling. By the way, you look so smoking hot and beautiful." roll my eyes, smiling.
"You don't look sorry, Char." I motion to her smudged lips and dart my eyes up on Rowan's tinted red ones.
"Should've at least cleaned your face before coming here, both of you horny teenagers." Arius shakes his head, doing the bro hug thing to Rowan.
Rowan kicks him in the shins. "Well deserved," I tease.
"Everyone's waiting for the main character, Lucy. Baby, let's go downstairs," Char takes my hand and leads me.
Girl, why were you there hiding from everyone? She asks. "You won't believe what happened today, Char, seriously though."
"I bet. Tell me all about it as I walk you around the hall, showing you off," she says smirking.
And so I tell her.
.
"Can you give me my wife now, Charlotte?" Arius asks.
"She isn't your wife yet, mister." Char winks at me.
I've been watching them argue for twenty-five minutes now.
"Pretty entertaining, is it not?" I hear a voice from behind me. I don't recognize it immediately.
I turn only to find out who might be one of the prettiest men ever.
After Arius. Shh.
"And you are?" I ask. He might be one of Arius's friends or clients, or no one perhaps.
"Tristan. A client cum friend of Arius," he says, his voice confident.
Hmm... Arius has never mentioned a Tristan.
"Oh look, if it isn't the grown-up man himself, Arius. Congratulations, guys!" He congratulates us, shaking my hand and kissing my knuckles. "Enough." I hear Arius say.
Enough of what?
Tistan hugs Arius, whispering something in his ear, which makes Arius clench his fists a bit too tight.
Okay, so not too close. I see.
"Yeah. Thanks, Kristan," Arius smiles, a forced smile it seems. Oh boy, it just got a hell of a lot more interesting.
"Now if you don't mind or do mind. I don't care—I am going to steal my fiancé for the night." He says, sliding his hands onto my waist and taking me to the stage with him.
Upon reaching the stage, Arius makes an announcement.
"Ladies and gentlemen, meet my Lucy, my soon-to-be wife," he says, showing off his ring, and I instinctively do the same.
The guests cheer for us, some even making hearts.
Arius looks at me and looks. "Keep calm, Lucy; we are about to kiss. Kill me later. Kiss me now." He whispers to me.
These are the last words I hear before everything goes blank, and all I can feel is him. All I can hear is him. All I can see is him.
His lips pressed against my lips.
"My perfect girl." I almost hear.
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