Gia's car abruptly stopped in the middle of the road. Luckily, it was not the main road as it would create a nuisance for her. But the problem was that it was somewhere isolated in the city. She had thought to spend her day in the famous park of her city which was far from the main city. She stepped out of the car and found the smoke coming out of the bonnet of the car. "Ahh, why did this car break? It's such an expensive model!" She muttered and took out her phone. To her surprise, the signals were weak and she was unable to reach the car repair shop. "Dammit!" She let out a frustrated sigh and looked around. Not a single vehicle could be seen around and it made her chuckle. After yesterday's incident, she had thought that she would stay in a peaceful place till evening. And then, this happened! What could be worse than this? Her fate was not on her side for the past few days. She thought to stop a car or a vehicle if she could find one. She stood on one side of the road and wait
Eliana completed her work and leaned back on the chair. She looked towards the door and found Augustus still had not come. It had been four hours, yet there was no news where he was! She rose to her feet and locked her hands behind her back. Gradually, she went towards the office desk where Augustus usually worked. The office interior was magnificent. She stroked her finger on the glass surface of the desk to check if dust was on it or not. Not a single grain of dust was visible. She bent down a little and saw how clear the glass was. Beside the office desk, a large aquarium could be seen. She didn't notice it earlier and few fishes could be seen inside it. Eliana's lips curled up into a smile and she walked near it. She saw the fish food that was put on the top of the aquarium and decided to feed the fish inside it. The colorful, tiny fishes gathered at the center when Eliana spread the fish food into the water. She bent down and looked at them. Her pointer finger rested on the
Augustus' grip was too strong on her. She looked so adorable today. He himself didn't know why he wanted to kiss her every time he saw her. Withdrawing after a few seconds, he found her eyes were still closed. "You can open them," Augustus said. Eliana pried open them and asked her why he broke the contract terms every single time. "It's not wrong to kiss your own wife," Augustus stated, with a smirk. "Also, we both married in a private ceremony. We are legally married," he reminded her. "But we signed the contract as well," Eliana affirmed. "You never hate when I kiss you. You have no idea how precious my kisses are!" Augustus said with an amusing expression. Eliana felt that she was out of words. But somehow she managed to say. "I didn't like them either," she admitted and quickly stood up. She stepped a meter away from him and continued, "Don't think that I am interested in you. A guy like you can never be my choice," she stated and turned to leave. Augustus didn't like the w
Eliana stepped back from him and asked him to order the food for them. She was hungry. She started to fan herself using her hand and ended up opening the buttons of her shirt."As my wife wants," Augustus said and went to his desk. He picked up the phone and dialed the canteen's number. He ordered a few dishes from the chef and hung up the call. Eliana had gone to the couch and settled on its one end. "Did you never date anyone?" Augustus asked her and Eliana glared in his direction. "The way you responded to my kiss made me believe otherwise." That smirk was enough to tell that he was thinking something dirty in his mind. "No. I didn't have any," Eliana said. "Then, how do you know how to respond to the kiss? As a newbie, these all things should be new to you," Augustus said in a teasing tone. He walked to her and sat by her side."You look too experienced in this. It seems you had hundreds of girlfriends," Eliana remarked without meeting his eyes. Augustus chuckled and started to
Augustus again asked her when Eliana told him it was nothing to be concerned about. "I clearly hear her saying that I must know who your mother is!" Augustus proclaimed. "What are you scared of? Let's just meet her and end this matter," he opined. "She never cared about me and Arnaldo. Suddenly, after my marriage, she wants to see me and my husband. She wants me to see her new family. She wants me to see how happy they are! That's why she calls me these days. Don't mind her. Because of her, I don't want to trouble you." Eliana truthfully told him about her mother. Augustus hummed. "Eli, then we must see her and tell her how happy you are. How happy Arnaldo is! Indeed, you are my wife and I am associated with you in everything. Let her invite us. If you agree to this, then I am ready to go to my house today evening," Augustus stated. He wanted to show Eliana's mother that she was better than her. He could not believe that a mother could actually make fun of her children from the fir
Eliana got to learn a lot through Augustus and found out how much pressure a CEO had. Her entire focus was on him during the meeting as he eloquently spoke Korean with the clients. She was surprised to find out that he knew that language. The meeting ended well. Augustus shook hands with Kim Hyun Soo, the Korean client, who just signed a deal with the company. They then went down to see off the client till the main entrance. Once he left, Augustus and Eliana came back to the office. "I didn't know that you knew Korean," Eliana said as she packed the office bag. "A little. I had a Korean classmate, so I learnt from him," Augustus replied and picked his blazer. He hung it around his forearm. Eliana came to him and complimented him for signing the deal right away. "Mr. Kim was happy to find that you knew Korean. That's why without any second thought, he was ready to sign for this project," Eliana affirmed. "Did you find your husband intelligent?" Augustus asked her with an amusing s
Rafaello stood up while Frederico closed the file in his hand. He smiled since Eliana completed her promise. She impressed him for the second time. Augustus was tough to please and it surprised him that Eliana did it.Eliana wished them good evening and waved at Rafaello. He passed her a smile and asked them to take the seat. "Bring water for them," Rafaello told the housemaid, who went to the kitchen. Augustus asked Eliana to sit first and after she settled on the couch, he sat beside her on the sofa chair. He looked at his father and found the amusing smile on his lips. "Eliana, you indeed know how to make my son agree. I am delighted to see you both here. Rafaello told me about how you used your brain to bring my son out of the prison. I am truly impressed by you. Forgive me for my previous words about not including you in this family. Welcome to the Ferrari Family. You and your brother both are welcomed in this family," Frederico said with a broad smile. The housemaid put the
Eliana looked around the room and sat down on the bed. Her hands rested on the mattress. "Are you sure that your father is not good? He adores you so much," Eliana stated. Augustus put the blazer on the chaise lounge and came to sit beside her."I never had a conversation with him this calmly," Augustus stated. "This is the first time that I saw him this way." He was astonished to see his father's behavior in the living hall. "You must have gotten angry at him, everytime he tried to have a conversation with you," Eliana remarked. "Eliana, he betrayed my mother." He sounded serious and his voice seemed full of pain. She didn't know that her words would hurt him. "What if the truth is something else?" Eliana asked. "You were a kid and you might've had some misunderstandings towards your father," she opined. Augustus turned quiet. He didn't say anything and asked her to freshen up first. He went to the cupboard and checked that it was full of clothes. He took out a casual pair of clo
Eliana came downstairs after she quickly freshened up to cook breakfast for them, but she did not find him in the house. She wondered where he could have possibly gone and called his name. She searched for Augustus in the living room and the garden, but she did not find him there. Eliana ran to the bedroom and picked up her phone from the table and dialed Augustus’ number. She got stunned when her call got cut from the other side. He did not want to talk to her and he did it again when she gave him the call for the second time. She ran her fingers through her hair and lowered her hand. She took a deep breath and then, exhaled a deep sigh when she heard a ping on the phone. She checked it and saw Augustus’ message on the screen. She read the message and it said, “I have left for the office.” “Without having the breakfast?” Eliana typed the message and sent to him. “Yes. I was not hungry.”“Sorry. I have the faint memory from the last night. The only thing I remember was when I tol
The bright sunrays found their way to fell over Eliana's face through the gap of the curtains. She brought her hand on the top of her face and tightly shut her eyes to prevent those rays to invade her eyes. Her hand moved on the bed and rested on something soft. It felt skin to her. She continued to move her fingers over the skin and then pried open her eyes when she suddenly got a realization. She had lowered her hand and saw Augustus, who was next to her. He was naked and was laid on his back. His face was toward her, his hair was disheveled.She then looked at herself and lifted the blanket. Her eyes grew wide to find that she was naked too. Her mouth widely opened and she brought her hand to cover her mouth. "Did I do it with him?" She murmured and tried to recall about the last night. She remembered very well about their deep conversation and then Augustus asked her if he could kiss her. She had this vague memory of being kissed, but after that there was nothing. Her mind was
The kiss was intense, full of passion and love. Both had forgotten their surroundings. A sweet moan escaped her mouth when he bit her lip and licked it, asking her to give permission to let him invade her mouth. Eliana slightly parted his lips while Augustus shoved his tongue in. Their tongues rolled over each other. Her hands raked through his hair. Her control on herself had lost completely. Her mind was no more controlling her body. Eliana left breathless and she gasped for air when he let go of her lips. She didn't want him to withdraw from the kiss. Her insides burned once again when Augustus' lips touched her neck. He continued to kiss at a particular spot right below her ear and another moan escaped her mouth. "Your sounds make me want to do more," Augustus said and his hand moved under the hem of the t-shirt she had put on. Eliana didn't resist it, instead she was liking it. "Shall we go inside?" Eliana asked him while resting her chin on his shoulder. It seemed he was wai
Eliana kept her eyes fixed on Augustus. She took a deep breath and put the wine glass on the table. She put her hand over his and patted it. "Augustus, it must be tough for you. However, it was all for you. She wanted to protect your future," Eliana said. "No. My future would be more secure if she had been with me today. She never felt the happiness in her marriage. Can you imagine the pain that I had to undergo seeing her in that state? This is the reason I am unable to respect my father. I stayed in that family because my mother made sacrifices. So, I had to acquire the company and become the CEO." Augustus' eyes turned misty upin recalling his mother.Eliana moved her hands up to his shoulder and pulled him into a warm hug. She patted his back with her left hand and said, "You should be happy that your father didn't abandon you even after your mother left you. He still loves you." She started to caress his back and did it for a few minutes. He withdrew and put the wine glass on
Augustus found that Eliana had already set the dinette. He was surprised that she cooked food for them in such a short time. She asked him to sit and served the food to him. After him, she pulled out a chair for her and settled on it. Augustus served the food to Eliana before she could. "I will do," she told Augustus, who shook his head and filled the platter with spaghetti and meatballs which she had cooked. Eliana thanked him and picked the fork. They both started eating while a silence prevailed between the two. "Are you still angry with Rafaello?" Eliana asked Augustus, thus breaking the ice between them. "He called you but you didn't answer his calls," she stated. "I called him earlier but his mother answered the call. She told me not to talk to Rafaello as in her eyes we brainwashed him against hers," Augustus asserted. "She is a sick lady!" Eliana remarked. "Why does she have to talk this way? Did you tell Rafaello about it?" She inquired. "No. I didn't want to trouble us
Rafaello found it weird that Augustus didn't answer his call. However, he didn't think much about it. He almost put the phone down when a message popped up on the screen. He found out that it was from Lilith. He checked it and a smile formed on his lips. 'Did you reach home safely?'"Yes," Rafaello typed the message and sent it to Lilith. He waited for her to send more messages, but she didn't. "She is a doctor, Rafaello. She must be busy," he murmured and recalled the kiss. Was she interested in him? He was unable to understand whether to ask her out or not!? He wanted to ask Augustus about it, but he didn't answer his calls. "Are they both good? Even in the morning, they left without telling Luca." He wondered and thought to call Eliana. He scrolled his phone directory and dialed Eliana's number. After a few rings, Eliana answered her call. "Yes, Rafaello?" Eliana said from the other side. Augustus glanced at her. "Are you two good? In the morning, you two left somewhere. Augus
Eliana didn't tell Arnaldo about their father's condition. She thought once he would be home, then she would discuss it with him. She sat down on the couch and brought her hands under her chin. She could not believe that her father's survival chances were so low. She tapped her right foot on the fluffy mat. She was restless and every kind of weird thought appeared in her mind. Augustus reached their bedroom and found her in deep thoughts. He quietly sat beside her after removing his blazer. "Augustus, I don't want my father to die. Why do good people have to suffer so much? My father never did anyone wrong, yet he had to see all such things," Eliana said and waited for his response. "Truth to be told, even I do not know," Augustus replied and put his hand on her thigh. He caressed it and turned silent again. "I thought my father would wake up one day," Eliana said with a dejected expression. "Don't be pessimistic. Your father is still alive. That means your father has slight cha
Rafaello and Lilith left after visiting the kid she had promised at his house. "Lilith, kids love to be around you. You are in the right profession. I keenly watched your interactions with that kid and it astonished me truly," Rafaello complimented her. "In what way did it astonish you?" She waited for his response. "Umm… I will take my example. I usually get annoyed by kids' questions. I feel it's kind of tough to handle them. However, watching you it felt otherwise. That's what amused me," Rafaello stated. "I am glad that you felt the other way," Lilith said. "You didn't tell me about your family," she suddenly changed the topic. "Did you not ask your father?" Rafaello queried her. "No. I thought to ask you. It's important to know each other on a date," Lilith replied. "I have a brother. Augustus Ferrari is his name. He's the CEO of the company. Also, we are not real brothers but we are step-brothers," Rafaello said. "Okay. It seems you two don't have a healthy relationship,"
Rafaello closed the deal somehow and asked Luca not to let anyone know that Augustus left before the deal. Luca nodded his head and thanked Rafaello for handling the deal with Ryan Petrakis. He left Rafaello's cabinet as he had to check some paperworks. Rafaello leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes. At that moment, his phone rang and he answered it."Yes, Dad!" Rafaello said. "I have sent you the restaurant where you need to go on a date with Miss Dawson. Also, you need to pick her up from the hospital. I have sent you the address of the hospital too," Frederico said from the other side. "Sure, Dad. I'll check," Rafaello said."You need to leave now because as I said she doesn't like to wait," Frederico stated. Rafaello hummed and assured his father that he would leave right away to meet Miss Dawson. He hung up the call and picked the blazer from the hanger. He called his secretary inside and informed her that he would be leaving the office. Picking the car keys, and his ph