HADES

Snakes

«What are you doing? » Sebastian asked with confusion lingering on his face. He stared at the spoonful of soup that Celina had offered to him. She bought it closer to his mouth, but he shook his head quickly; "My suit will get dirty"

Celina watched him in shock as she realized that she would be stuck with that pompous for the rest of her life. If Ryder was here, he would have fed you himself her consciousness reminded her, and she agreed. For some reason, she had compared everything he did to Ryder all day long. The way he talked, the way he looked, the way he walked, the way he frowned and everything there was to possible compare.

"I am trying to make this somewhat romantic" she said and pouted slightly. Their dates were always boring and after dwelling on the subject of Ryder, she had come up with the idea that if she found Sebastian remotely attractive, she would forget about the handsome hunk. Having a crush on her father's ex tracker when she was engaged was wrong and therefore she had to try to like Sebastian. Not only that, but it would also make her life easier because they would have to be together for life. Tragic.

"So, this is the foreplay before we fuck?" Sebastian asked, with a smirk on his face. And without even thinking about it, she compared his smirk and the lack of Ryders. She would probably faint if he was to smirk at her. His beautiful pouty lips would look kissable to the point where she would probably ditch dessert to get a piece of him instead-

"Oh god, help me" Celina whispered lowly to herself as she again had compared her fiancé to her crush. She had to clutch on to her fancy dress to ease her nerves. She could not pop off at the posh restaurants with absolutely no form of entertainment. It was sad how she felt alone in a room full of the Easters. 

"Is that a yes I hear, darling?" Sebastian asked with the same annoying smirk slapped on his face. He was enjoying how men looked at him with jealousy because of the beauty in front of him that he had managed to catch. It was also the fact that the girls took a second look at her that made him smile evilly. He would never let go of the gem in front of her.

Celina shook her head and leaned closer to whisper in her ears fiancé; "Have you forgotten the deal?" she asked and narrowed her eyes at him. He nodded and extended his hand to sip from the wine glass. The girl leaned back in her seat and watched as he gulped down the whole glass. Guess who doesn't drink? She thought to herself and huffed loudly.

"Relax, I remember. No sex until the wedding" he gritted back to her, careful so that no one could hear them. "But after that, you are all mine. I have spared myself for you ever since we got engaged" he told her and looked at her seriously. There was no ounce of joke in his expression, making Celina nervous. She cut the eye contact and focused on the food in her plate, taking a bite.

As if the day wasn't bad already, Hades had texted her earlier and told her to stay home. It was his street that was getting raided today and he didn't want her to be there for that. If the guards saw her in the flat, they would both be in trouble. She understood that and with Sebastians event nearing, he wanted all the new headlines about him. That was the reason to why she, Celina Moretti, was having dinner with him in one of the most expensive restaurants in the East when her mind was with another man in the West who wasn't even hers.

"Father have started to look for a date, so I will inform you of that pretty soon" Sebastian spoke again and took a hold of her hand, kissing the back of it. She was confused at first, but the lingering gazes in their direction explained his behavior.

Celina nodded, not wanting to talk about the wedding. It hadn't irked her as much before as it did now. When the whole drama went down and she was threatened to marry Sebastian, she had jumped to saying yes to save her father. Moreover, she had manipulated her mind into thinking that Sebastian wasn't as bad as his parents. She could survive with him for a lifetime. However, now it seemed as if surviving wasn't enough. She wanted to live.