“What did you just say? I am sure I didn’t hear you right,”Arielle asked, she was sure he hadn’t just said those words to her, maybe she was dreaming or something, Ain’t no way that he would ask her to marry him.“I am saying, marry me, of course not forever, let’s say for two years or maybe three, we get married and by the end of our marriage, your debt to me would be fully paid and what’s more? You get other benefits, plus being known as Luciano Siegel’s wife would give you a huge status uplift,”He went on and she could only stare at him in utter bewilderment, so all this while, the reason he had her here was to ask her to marry him? He bought her to marry him, okay no need to overthink the part where she agrees that she was bought because no matter how hard she denies it, he still paid a huge sum for her, but marry her? That never crossed her mind, heck they were just talking about her not being special a few minutes ago, and now he is talking about marriage? the man was sick in
Arielle couldn’t get a wink of sleep throughout the night, she sat in her room thinking about what Luciano had told her, she still couldn’t figure out why he would ask her to marry him and what he might do if she decide not to agree with him, she knew he would do anything to make her life hell and that it would be better to just accept his offer, but she didn’t want to accept, she couldn’t do it, he was the enemy why would she marry her enemy, after hours of thinking and not coming up with a solution, she gave up and took a cold shower which helped her fall into a troubled sleep.The next morning, she woke up to a knock on her door, without even looking, she knew who it was, who else would deem it fit to disturb someone’s sleep if it is not the devil that hunted her the night before.“Rise and shine,”Luciano said in a creepy singsong voice that got her up in seconds, He was dressed in a tailored, charcoal gray suit that hugs his broad shoulders and flatters his muscular physique. His
Arielle decided to take a walk around the mansion since she spent all day in her room, it was almost six pm and the evening winds was already blowing softly, she walked in the direction she had taken the previous day, she was waiting for Luciano to get back, she couldn’t believe she was actually going to give him the answer he wanted, a week ago, she would have spat on him and told him to go fuck himself, heck even last night, she would have but today? Having thought about it, it was for the best.“You seem to like this part of the mansion a lot,”She heard his voice before she turned and saw him walk towards her, he was wearing casual clothes and came from within the mansion.“When did you get back?”She asked.“About four hours ago, I came back earlier because there is nothing much I had to do at the office, plus I rather we finish what we were talking about yesterday,”He answered walking up to her and pulling her along with him towards the sitting area, she removed herself from h
Arielle stared nervously out of the car window as it sped off in the direction of Luciano’s family empire, yesterday, she had made a decision that would change her life forever and it took them actually heading to Luciano’s family home to meet with his grandfather for what she had done to finally sink, what had she been thinking accepting to marry him? Last night, she had been the one to suggest that they meet up with his grandfather but she never expected him to say yes immediately neither had she expected him to tell her they will go this morning, nope, now she wished she hadn’t said anything, heck? Yesterday she was so sure but today? Not so much, what would Luciano’s grandfather think of her? As far as she knows, no rich man would want their son married to a nobody, she has watched enough movies and seen enough rich people only married to know that’s how it works in the world of the rich, they marry each other and improve each other’s family by merging interest and partnership thr
“Oh, she is beautiful,”Luciano’s grandfather said more to himself but she heard him anyway and bowed politely, the old man was nice, way better than his grandson.“I have eyes out for the best out there Deda,”Luciano responded, wrapping his hands tighter around her, she let him hold her and smiled at him.“I think I am the one who had the better eyes,”She said and air kissed him, she didn’t know what got to her that made her do it and he seemed shocked by her gesture but his grandfather loved what she did because he laughed at loud.“What a perfect couple,”He said and Arielle resisted the urge to laugh out loud, the last thing Luciano and her were, was perfect, far from it, they would never have crossed part if not for her stepdad’s debt, their world was so different.“I want to know more about you young lady, but for my reserved grandson to pick you as his woman, you must be a one-in-a-million kind of woman,”Luciano’s grandfather said. Arielle swallowed, he was so far from the t
“Now that I have brought a woman, can you listen to what I have to say now?”Luciano questioned his grandfather who was still looking at Arielle who sat beautifully in the distance, even though he didn’t buy the idea of marriage much, he couldn’t deny the fact that he had made a good choice because the woman was beautiful and well spoken, the way she answered his grandfather’s questions with so much grace and class had pleased him, the way she held onto him and smiled at him while lying with ease made him respect her, no one would guess they weren’t a real couple, not with the way she has been to him since they got here, even him was close to believing they were in love.“What do you want to tell me?”His grandfather asked, bringing him out of his thoughts.“I would rather we talk in your office, Don, it is important,”Luciano stated.“Well, if it has anything to do with the family or business, I will listen once the wedding is over, it is one thing to bring a woman home, Mishka, it i
Arielle walked towards the main house without saying a word to Luciano when they got to his house, what had she thought they were that she could talk about his affairs, serves her right for forgetting her place, maybe now she would mind her business and not talk to him about things that do not concern her, his choice of words were demeaning and no matter how she tried not to let it get to her, it still did. He didn’t try to talk to her after what he said either, if he had been remorseful, he would have apologized, but it was clear that he wasn’t remorseful, he still didn’t see her as a human but something he got.“I am going to the office, we will talk when I get back,”He said as she was about to enter her room, she half expected him to say more, but he didn’t, so she unlocked her door and got in, she sat on the floor against the door.“You are such a fool,”She told herself as she dropped the bag she was holding she rested her head in her folded arms.“Know your place,”She added, s
Arielle dragged herself out of bed the next morning feeling like hell, her fault for not trying to sleep last night, she blamed the mad man she agreed to marry for her present predicament, he was making decisions for the both of them without her input and it made her feel so little of herself, she hated the feeling so much, her doorbell rang and before she could get to her door, it flew open revealing the reason for her present predicament, she hated how he looked good so early in the morning while she looked and felt like hell.“What do you want now?”She asked judgingly, hoping he would read the room and leave her alone, she was in no mood to accommodate his craziness.“Just dropping this, be sure to read through it and sign,”He said with an authorizing voice, dropped the file he held, and was out of her room as fast as he entered, Arielle eyed the file he had dropped and left it there without opening it, she already knew she would not be able to comprehend whatever is written on
Three months later. “Luciano? Get your ass in here,”Arielle yelled for her husband as another wave of intense pain hit her, she let out a loud howl as she felt the pain shoot right to her back, she tried to take slow steady breaths like she had been instructed to during the classes for the first mom that she had attended but nothing was working and the moron she married wasn’t coming out. She breathed in and out a couple of times, counting one to eight back and forth, she waited for the pain to subside before trying to call him again. “LUCIANO IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR ASS IN HERE THIS MINUTE,’’ She yelled louder this time and the door swung open in seconds to reveal the panicking face of her handsome husband who looked like he saw a ghost when he saw the way she was. “What is going on? Are you okay?”He asked. She knew she should be calm with him and not take out her pain-inflicted anger on him but he sounded so dumb and the look on his face, the sudden surge of pain that erupted in
“So? When are you going to agree to my marriage proposal?”Luciano asked, hugging her from behind. She turned and hugged him, her big tummy getting in the way, it has been five months since the whole thing ended and five straight months of pure bliss, she was currently in her sixth month of pregnancy and her tummy was almost bigger than her whole body. Earlier today at his cousin Macko’s wedding party, she had caught him watching her a lot of times but she ignored him each time. Even though she had forgiven him for what he did all those months ago, she was getting her revenge now and it was fun making him beg. “I told you that I am a hard girl,”She reminded him and even though she didn’t see his face, she knew he was sulking. The past five months have done a lot for their relationship, Luciano has been nothing but the devoting lover, always fuzzing over her and making sure she didn’t lack anything. “Pretty please accept me already, I am a poor orphan,”he pleaded. The corny man she
The days after she got away from Lily were pretty much normal for Arielle, aside from the shock she felt now and then when someone opens the door or when she woke up from sleep, she was doing okay, she stayed at home all day and barely left her room, she watched movies and played games, she was never bored. Today, she decided to spend the day in the garden, since the gardener was working, she decided to help him and also learn the names of some of the flowers and plants in the garden. That’s how she spent her morning and some part of her afternoon learning the names of flowers and their varieties and also getting mud in her clothes while she helped the gardener who seemed overwhelmed by her presence at first but slowly got used to her and they sort of became friends. She thanked him for having her after they were done and she went back inside. It was almost time for Luciano to return from work so she took her bath and decided to watch tv. Arielle turned on the TV to keep her enterta
After Luciano left the house, he did a happy little dance while his driver took him to the warehouse. He was beyond happy today, finding out he was going to be a father was the second best news he had this year, the first being when Arielle had told him she still loves him. Everything that brings him happiness was related to her and he wanted to be done with everything so that he can focus on making her happy. After what she had told him yesterday, he had Yoey make further research and even questioned Macko and they realized she was Big Sean all along and she was the one that changed the deal they had, according to Macko, he never did anything with hard drugs and only persuaded Don because he genuinely thought they were going to partner with the government of Nigeria. With everything that happened and how Macko had helped him, it was easier for him to believe his cousin, it was easier now that they are working together, no, he still thinks Macko is a loser and still made sure to remi
Arielle woke up with a startle, at first, she expected to feel the pain of being tied but there was none and when she opened her eyes, she looked around her surrounding for a moment, lost in confusion and trembling with fear, she dreamt of Luciano finding her and bringing her home, she looked around even more and realized she was no longer chained and the room she was in looked clean and she was on a bed. Realization and the memories of the previous day finally crawled into her head. She got off the bed in a haste to make sure she hadn’t dreamt it or imagined it, she opened the door and collided with a hard chest, her heart dropped in fear until she looked up and saw Luciano. “Baby? Where are you going? I didn’t know you were awake already,”He said. She hugged him and held on to him tightly. “I thought it was a dream, I thought I was still there, I was scared,”She cried into his arms which he wrapped around her. “It is not a dream, you are here with me, you, brave woman got yours
Luciano went to his car to get his phone, he had forgotten to take it with him after he dropped it off in his car earlier, maybe Lily has called already, he shouldn’t have left his phone, he opened his car and saw the phone laying on the seat, he picked it up and like he expected he had a couple of missed calls, none from Lily but five from unregistered number, thinking Lily might have changed her call line, he dialed the number as he closed the car and walked back towards the warehouse. “Hello?”He voiced when the call was taken. “He has picked but she is asleep so what do we do?”He heard a woman’s voice in the background but it wasn’t Lily’s voice nor was it a voice he had heard before plus she sounded older. “Hello? Who is this?”he asked as he heard another voice, this time a male. “Hello, she was trying to reach you earlier with my phone but you were not taking your calls, she is sleeping right now, she looks so tired that I can’t bring myself to wake her up.”The voice echo
“Your husband is a fucking asshole! I hate him so much,”Lily yelled out after dropping the call with Luciano, whatever he told her was clearly not what she had wanted to hear and she looked so pissed right now. Arielle was genuinely scared of what she might do to her now, she watched as the older woman paced around and swearing loudly, Arielle prayed silently that she will not take out her anger on her, she couldn’t bear any more pain, she was so scared for her baby, she felt even more sorry for not being able to tell Luciano they were going to have a baby, if only Lily would let her go already, she missed home so much, missed Luciano so fucking much. “Your husband is playing games with me and he thinks he will win this, fucker thinks he can play my game and beat me at it, I will show him that I have been playing this game since forever.” Lily let out. This was the first time she was showing her face after the fight they had and unlike the last time, Lily didn’t get close to her ev
Luciano sat in his office feeling like hell, he hasn’t gone home for the past three days and nothing he has done felt right for him, he couldn’t give up what was remaining of the Siegel name to a mad woman, she was asking for the impossible. Both Yoey and Macko has been with him on those days even though they both went home to refresh themselves, he on the other hand couldn’t leave, they tried without succeeding to get her location through Lily’s phone location but the woman was much too smart and that couldn’t be found, even the car search came to a dead end when they found out that the car’s original owner did not have any idea who the person that took his car was and it was stolen. The police were not made aware neither did he file for a missing person report, he didn’t want those fuckers messing things up when he knew who got his wife. He just needed to figure out where she was at and find her but that was proving to be so hard. “I don’t know what I am going to do, I am so tired
Arielle woke up for the third time and tried to shake the sleep off her eyes, everywhere seems dark and she could barely keep her eyes open, she tried to get up but she couldn’t, her body ached too like someone had beaten her up, she struggled to open her eyes and when she finally did, she realized she was laying in an unkempt room, the bed which she laid looked like it was moved to the room recently, there was nothing else in the room except the bed and a table, she couldn’t make out what was on top of the table, she got up and sat on the bed looking around her. Her back ached so much. She tried to remember what happened and burst into tears when everything that happened came rushing to her. It was all her fault for leaving the house, she should have stayed put and talked to Luciano, he would have taken her to the hospital and they would have been home together cuddled up but here she was being held in an unknown location, she knew who it was that got her even though she has not yet