Arianna Rossi, was no stranger to violence. After all she was the daughter of the mighty Lorenzo Rossi, head of the Southern Italian Mafia. Her dad had always kept her away from the bloodshed but she wasn't stupid. She always knew about her father's...
I parked my car and got out of it. I walked inside my house and searched for Arianna. She was sitting in the garden before a beautiful sunset. The golden hour was casting a beautiful light on her face and she was looking so surreal that I quickly pulled out my phone and clicked a few pictures of her.
When she heard the clicking of the camera, she turned around and gave me her enchanting smile. I clicked some more pictures of her and kept my phone on the table and took a seat next to her.
I held her hand and kissed it. I made her stand from her place and pulled her onto my lap. She had a small blanket wrapped around herself. Once she settled on my lap, she shared her blanket with me. I pulled her closer and she kept her head on my chest. I took the two ends of the blanket from her and wrapped us cozily in it. She hugged me and nuzzled her head in the hollow of my shoulder.
A warm feeling settled in my heart when I realised how far we've come in our relationship.
I love my wife.
I am in love and I realised that some months back. I was initially gonna let her know about my feelings towards her when I get back from the conference in NYC. All my plans went to the bin when Michali attacked.
I've come up to love my wife so much that now nothing else matters. I had some insecurities about love and relationships earlier but now, when I look at her, all my doubts vanish away. I know I'm ready to love and cherish her for the rest of my life. Till the day I take my last breath, I know I'm gonna love her and want to make her happy.
"I love you, Dario," I heard her say when I was busy in my thoughts. I was speechless not because she loves me. I was speechless because I was going to say the exact same thing to her just now.
"Aria, I-" I started but she kept her finger against my lips and silenced me.
"I know I was thrown into this marriage and it was all just an arrangement. My father practically sold me to you and honestly, I didn't really expect even a shred of happiness in this marriage. I thought that you'll be busy with your works and maybe other girls and ignore my presence completely. I though you'll never care about me and treat me like nothing.
Dario De Luca, you proved me terribly wrong. You gave me respect. You gave me hope. You gave me choice. You made me happy. You gave me freedom. You gave me a chance to be my own self. You let me live life on my own terms and I'm beyond grateful for that. I'm so thankful that I was arranged in this relationship and that I got to know the amazing person that you are. Your words, your actions and just the way you care, makes me crazy for you. I want to kill myself at the mere though of staying away from you and today I promise you, I'll try my best to give you all the love, care and respect you deserve. I'll try my best to give you all of me. You'll always be the King of me. From today, you own me. You own Arianna De Luca." She said and a tear escaped her eye.
I cupped her face and wiped her tear away.
"I love you too. I love you, my wife. My Arianna. My dark angel. I'm utterly, completely, hopelessly in love with you." I said and captured her lips in a sweet long kiss.
"I wanna show you something." I said and pulled my turtleneck collar down to show her the tattoo I got a month back in NYC. It's the letter 'A' I got just below my left ear.
She let out a short gasp and traced it with her fingers.
"It's beautiful. Thank you. Did it pain?" She innocently asked and I shook my head negative with a smile.
"I was thinking of you all the while. How can it hurt?" I said and she shook her head sideways.
"Corny." She commented and I narrowed my eyes are her. "Romantic." I corrected her and before she could say anything I crashed my lips on hers.
Our moment was broken when Laura cleared her throat and drew our attention. We turned towards her and she gestured towards the box she was holding.
"Hey Arianna. Look what my brother got you." Arianna got up from my lap and took the box from her hands.
She opened it and a white American bulldog puppy, jumped out of it and landed herself on Aria. She tumbled back a little since she was sitting on her toes and the puppy immediately started licking her face. Her giggles filled the air and I unknowingly smiled at that.
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Arianna named him 'Rain' since it's an anagram of her name.
After playing for a while, Laura took Rain inside and Aria launched herself in my arms. I caught her and she wrapped her legs around my waist. She cupped my face and gave me a mind blowing kiss.
"Thank you." She said and smiled at me.
"If you're gonna kiss me like that I might as well get you a thousand of them." I said and she laughed kissing me again.
