The sunlight peeking from the side of the window woke Mia up. Her eyes opened slowly. There was confusion on her face when she saw the interior of the room that was different from last night, even she was surprised when she saw her clothes changed to the pajamas she used to wear when she was in Aurelia.
Mia's surprise didn't stop there, she almost screamed when she saw the arms wrapped around her body, just below her breasts to her stomach. The soft snoring sound behind her held her breath for a moment, but the familiar scent that she smell made her body relax instantly.
She ran her fingers around Jaxon's hands that were wrapped around her, while occasionally listening to his snoring.
Mia's heart beats to the beat of Jaxon's, which was close to her back. Even Jaxon's warm breath was blowing between her neck and ears. She flashed a smile, realizing that she was safe in his arms.
The image of her father seemed to be forgotten and replaced by Jax
Outside Aurelia Castle, the sky seemed to be getting darker, making Mia sit restlessly on the reading chair in her private room. She had purposely avoided Jaxon because of the incident this morning. Even Mia's heart was still beating so wildly that she didn't want to go downstairs to join him for breakfast at the dinner table. “Miss Heart.” Piper's voice came from outside the room. Mia lowered the novel she had been reading and stopped at page forty without changing pages since five minutes ago. She sighed and opened the door, peeking out. “Yes?” Mia asked as Piper appeared behind the gap in the door Mia had opened. “Mr. Bradwood asked me to call you to the library,” Piper said delivering Jaxon's message. Hearing the man's name, Mia felt goosebumps again. She still wasn't ready to come face to face with him. “I'll be there,” Mia answered, not wanting to keep Piper waiting long. After Piper left, Mia glanced at her
"Marry me, Dolcezza," asked Jaxon with eyes full of conviction.Mia went back to reading word by word in the document in her hand, she bit her lower lip and looked at Jaxon again and again, unsure of what she had heard.“What? You… want to marry me?” Mia asked again to convince.On the one hand, Mia feels disappointed. She thought someone would come and propose her in a romantic way, with a surprise or maybe a romantic dinner. But this was not what she had in her mind, by handling a document containing a marriage agreement, instead of a box of diamond ring.The paper in Mia's hand shriveled up for a moment. Her heart that had been pounding was cracking in her own ears. She was even having a hard time catching her breath and managing her emotions, while her eyes stared at Jaxon. Hurt.“I don't think we have a relationship that far," said Mia, struggling not to scream in anger. “Sleeping in the same bed does
Mia looked at the ring pinned to her ring finger. A faint smile spread across her face. Even though it was far from a dream romantic proposal, at least Jaxon was already kneeling in front of her with a ring almost the size of a goose egg that was tucked sweetly between her fingers. They also had plenty of time to get to know each other more deeply.“This marriage agreement document will protect you, you can learn it first before correcting if you don't agree with what is stated. I'll give you a lawyer or you can choose whoever you trust." Jaxon pulled Mia to get up with him and sat the girl on the sofa.A document was in Mia's hand, it took a long time for her to read the lines listed in the thirteen-page document.“You will give me Aurelia castle if I give birth to a son?” Mia asked, looking stunned. Didn't think that Jaxon would be willing to give a castle full of gold resources on his land to Mia just like that. But what surprise
After Mia left the room and the door behind her body was closed, Rey seemed like he was impatient and wanted to say something.“Why?” Jaxon asked with knitted brows and walked towards the window when he got Rey's unusual look.“You lied about Allen to Mia,” Rey said remembering Jaxon's explanation earlier.Rey chose to remain silent since earlier because he really didn't want to interfere with Jaxon's plans. His best friend only asked him to draft an agreement for Mia and prepare documents from the court that Allen told him yesterday, then said that he wanted Rey to be present when proposing to Mia so that the girl wouldn't feel awkward when they were alone, but he didn't expect Jaxon to make up stories like Allen was a tough enemy to eradicate and Mia had no choice but to marry Jaxon. What a tricky plan.Jaxon shrugged. “Mia doesn't need to know that Allen has been handled well. I just want her to have no reason to refuse th
The car which was carrying Mia and Jaxon finally arrived at the parking lot of Danny Johanson's twenty-story building. He lived in a penthouse on the top floor of the building.“I'll pick you up tomorrow, call me if something happens, okay?” said Jaxon while holding Mia who was about to open the door.Jaxon forbade Mia to drive herself especially after Joe was injured. He had even become overprotective hundreds of times more than usual. Not once did he let Mia out of his sight. There was even chaos in Aurelia when Jaxon didn't find Mia in her room.He panicked, then asked all the castle guards just to look for Mia who turned out to be sitting with her four closest maids; Piper, Emily, Allana and Greta in the Gazebo near the half-finished rose garden.Five heads stared at a group of panicked-looking men as they passed Mia and her four tea party guest in the garden.“Mia!” Jaxon shouted at that time, until finally he saw Mia s
Mia grumbled until she reached Danny's penthouse foyer.Slaine, who had been waiting for more than an hour, greeted her enthusiastically.“Geez, what's wrong with your face, huh? You look annoyed and smiling at the same time. So weird,” said Slaine while watching Mia's red face.Being stared at so closely, Mia covered her cheeks with her hands and growled in annoyance.“That man is driving me crazy! I didn't know he had that seductive side!” Mia screamed as she rubbed her furious face.Slaine's gasp was heard. Suddenly Mia's hand was pulled away from her face and moved into Slaine's grip. The girl in front of Mia noticed the diamond ring that Mia had forgotten.After a long silence, a murmur came from Slaine.“Oh my God!” Slaine said lowly before she finally shouted loudly and pulled Mia in a hug.A man's deep baritone voice filled the entire room until Mia flinched and looked aro
Mia and Slaine looked at each other as soon as Gideon left. Both of them glanced at Kalista who was sitting on the sofa with a shy smile on her face.Slaine cleared her throat and walked over to the woman.“Hey,” Slaine said, raising her voice slightly.Kalista waved her hand, returning the greeting as her lips moved to say Hey too.Afraid that the atmosphere would turn awkward, Mia took out her phone and typed something there.'My name is Mia and this is Slaine', wrote Mia on her cellphone and showed it to Kalista.Kalista took out a notebook and pen from the bag Gideon had brought with her.'I am Kalista', she wrote. 'Thank you for accepting me. Gideon said he didn't want to leave me at Gardenia because there was trouble.'Mia and Slaine read Kalista's explanation on the notebook.Not wanting to be left behind, Slaine looked for pen and paper from his brother library. Upon her ret
“What happened?” asked Jaxon to stop the card game, as did Connor and Nicko who were his opponents.“A servant who was recently recruited put a bug in the room, and he also put a low dose of poison into Kalista's food and drink. The pharmacist I contacted said the poison could damage the body's organs in the long term if given in low doses that the body can tolerate,” he explained, instantly making the room temperature drop.Jaxon approached Gideon and patted his friend's shoulder.“Is Kalista okay?” Jaxon asked in a tone of sympathy mixed with anger.Gideon nodded as he ruffled his hair in annoyance. He growled, sounding frustrated and angry at the same time.“Fortunately she didn't eat anything. I'm really worried,” Gideon muttered with his face down as his hands rubbed his nape and head alternately. “So I left Kalista in Danny's penthouse after sweeping the entire Gardenia Castle,&rdquo