At the crack of dawn, pandemonium broke loose within Semion's mansion. The reason? The woman they dreaded had arrived."Val, long time no see!" Semion moved in for a hug with his elder sister, only to receive a stinging slap on the head. "What the–""What on earth did you do?! Why am I just learning now that you almost kicked the bucket, Semion?! If Uncle hadn't tipped me off about the trouble with his family's wife, I'd have been clueless! You nearly met your maker, for crying out loud!"Semion couldn't dodge another blow as his sister struck him again. This was the main reason for his trauma with her.Valentina Lombardi's strength matched that of a man. Even though Semion could easily overpower her if he chose to, doing so would land him in hot water with his father."Please, ease up, Val. My wounds are still fresh–""What in tarnation?!" Valentina's palms smacked both sides of Semion's face hard to snap him back to reality. "Y-You... What happened to your left eye??""Could you go
Semion's encounter with his elder sister Valentina was like facing a monster. First, because he grew up being beaten by her without being able to retaliate. Second, because it was always a pain to listen to her scold him, and third, because she was just plain tough.But now, in front of him, ever since Celeste arrived, Valentina seemed like a gentle lamb."What's wrong with you?" Semion couldn't help but ask the woman. "Don't tell me you're planning to court my wife?"He expected her to yell at him, but Valentina remained calm, her attention focused on Celeste."I've never seen you before, what's your name?" her usually loud voice softened.Semion's lips twisted in disbelief. "You're a pretentious monster!"They paid no attention to him."I'm Celeste," Celeste replied shyly but sweetly."Celeste, what a beautiful name," he said. "I know Celeste means heavenly; it suits you well. Especially since you look like an angel."Celeste's cheeks turned pink. "Th-Thank you, Val.""What the heck
Despite her calm and demure exterior, Celeste was seething with turmoil within. How could she remain composed when facing Primo Semion Lombardi's main family! She didn't know how long she could maintain the beautiful and sweet smile on her lips. Frankly, she felt filthy with nervousness."So, you got married," the old man's question was calm and low. His hair was pure white, but his face and physique showed no excessive signs of age."Yes, dad. I'm married," Semion calmly replied beside her."Congratulations.""Thank you."The dining room fell into silence once more, where they were now calmly but bloodily eating lunch.Celeste glanced at the young boy across the dining table. He was Primo Luca, Semion's thirteen-year-old younger brother. He had been staring at her intently for a while now, his eyes hardly blinking.Creepy... but she just widened her smile at him.When she averted her gaze, it accidentally landed on Valentina, who was also seated to Luca's left. She was taken aback to
“Don’t be ridiculous, Mom! Why would I kiss my wife in front of you?”“Why not? There's nothing wrong with it. Besides, next time you'll be kissing each other in front of the altar and many people.”“But…” Semion objected. “We're not really in the mood for what you're suggesting right now. And besides, there's a minor here!” He pointed to Luca.“I'll cover his eyes.” Valentina quickly covered Luca's eyes.“Hey! I'm not a child anymore! I want to see it too!”Semion furrowed his brow. “Seriously? Are you all really going to make us kiss here and now?”“Son,” Semion's father spoke seriously. “Just do it and be done with it already. So we can peacefully eat and leave. Give them what they're asking for; it's not a big deal.”“Right, right,” Valentina agreed. “Besides, with your history as a playboy, doing this basic thing shouldn't be hard.”“I've changed,” Semion insisted. “You know what? I love my wife even if we don't want to do what you're telling us to do---hmp!”With that, Semion's
“Which side of the bed are you comfortable sleeping on?” Semion asked Celeste as they both looked at the king-sized bed adorned with white sheets.“Um, I guess the left side.” she replied, scratching her neck.“Okay, then I'll sleep on the right side of the bed.”“Alright, goodnight…”“Goodnight.”They both moved like robots, walked to the bed, sat on opposite sides, removed the single sheet covering them, and positioned themselves.It was their first time sleeping in the same room.“Should I turn off the lights?” Semion asked again.“Sure, I'm used to sleeping in the dark too.” Celeste replied with a smile.Semion grabbed the remote and aimed it at the light, turning it off. At the same time, the small lights from the dim lights and lampshade in the room illuminated, so even in the darkness, there was still some light.“Goodnight.” Semion lay down with his back to Celeste.“Goodnight,” Celeste also lay down on her side, facing away from Semion.The space between them was huge. They a
“It seems like you didn't have a good night's sleep, Boss, huh?” Diego curiously asked, knowing that the two slept in the same room.“Shut up. Your voice is the last thing I wanna hear this morning.”Diego zipped his lips shut and folded them tightly.Semion, on the other hand, sat on the high chair in his office at Elite Realty Group. Even though he hasn't started working yet, he's already tired.He just stayed up late last night because of his and Celeste's relationship rehearsal.He felt like Celeste's soft chest was still pressed against his, as well as her arms wrapped around his waist.“Sir Primo Semion?” Semion's male secretary knocked three times from outside the office.“Come in, Nate.”“You summoned me, Sir?” the man with glasses and wearing formal business attire asked as he entered.“Yeah, I'd like to talk to you about our competition in the real estate industry.""Of course, sir. Tell me about it.""I've been hearing a lot about a company called Apex Estates, owned by the
“Take me home, Paulo,” Semion tiredly instructed his personal driver as he entered his car.“How are you, boss? You look more exhausted than usual,” Paulo noticed before starting the car and driving out of the parking lot.“Tsk! That's none of your business. Just tell me what happened at the mansion while I was away.”“Well, I heard that your family sent over some new people, more than a dozen of them.”He raised an eyebrow. He expected that to happen, but he didn't think his family would be so obvious about wanting to monitor him and Celeste.“What a pain in the ass. What did Celeste do?”“She only accepted five, Boss. And she just sent a message to your family.”“Oh!” he chuckled. “Good.”As the car journeyed, he closed his eyes for a moment, taking a brief rest.Eventually, they arrived at his mansion, and his energy returned as soon as he stepped out of the car.“Hey you, where's my wife?” he asked a passing maid.“Good evening, Primo Semion! Seniora Celeste is in the dining room,
"Yahoo! Semion’s wife picked up the two servants I sent her!" Primo Luca joyfully announced to his parents."Well," Primo Alessandro, Semion and Luca's father, placed down the letter Celeste had sent him, expressing her gratitude for being accepted into the family but stating that she could only accept five people for various reasons. The truth was, their family deliberately sent over many people to increase the chances of Celeste choosing among them. Because if it were only ten people, Celeste would surely only pick two or three.“That's just a trick, and it's not bad that we got five people to report to them about the current relationship of our son Semion and his wife Celeste,” Primo Alessandro released a mischievous grin. “Three of them will be with Isabella and me.”“You're right about that, hon,” Isabella, his wife, smiled as she sipped her hot coffee."Argh! Annoying! Not even one of the people I sent was chosen!" Valentina shouted in frustration. "But weren't the ones I sent