Ariana's POV
I looked at my reflection in the mirror, which showed my whole body in a beautiful white dress. My mind was still thinking about Sean's sensational kiss at the villa, for some reason I enjoyed it and didn't reject it, I had never let a man touch my body before, but when I was with Sean I couldn't move and his charm made me sink deeper. Who wouldn't be attracted to a man like him? I exhaled a little loudly through my nose.
When I arrived at Ranila's bridal boutique, my mother and Aunt Ramia were already there, all looking at me in amazement at my current appearance. Aunt Ramos and my mother left the fitting room after we decided which dress I would wear on my wedding day, Ranila also helped me take off the wedding dress I'm currently wearing after Aunt Ramia and my mother left us alone.
"I don't want to see red marks like this again when you wear this dress on your wedding day," she snapped which confused me, Ranila rolled her eyes then she made me look in the mirror, I was surprised when I saw the red marks on my neck which were so obvious because of my white skin, I don't know what color my face is now which is clear at this point, I'm very embarrassed, Sean cursed in my mind. He casually kissed me and tagged me.
"I will warn Sean not to pounce on you before he becomes your husband, this child needs to be tamed." Ranila looked annoyed, I smiled awkwardly in response to her annoyance.
When Ranila and I came out of the dressing room to meet my mother, Aunt Ramia, and Sean, Ranila quickly approached Sean and asked him to talk privately in the dressing room. Me, my mom and Aunt Ramia were immediately busy choosing wedding accessories.
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Sean POV
" WHAT DID YOU DO TO ARIANA??!!" Rani snapped, confusing me with her current attitude.
"Me? Do what?" I asked confused and didn't understand at all, Rani giggled and showed me her annoyed expression.
"How dare you mark her while she's not yet your wife!" she said, which made me look at her without any guilt. Rani knows my habits very well, since I broke up with Atika I have often been seen with different women, not infrequently I have one night stands with the women I date.
"She doesn't-"
"I don't care if he refuses or not, but just be careful, if you hurt her, you're not just dealing with me, you're dealing with mom and dad, do you understand, Mr. Arrogant?" Rani looked at me with her horrible expression, I nodded with a horrible expression that I made up, apparently Ariana managed to captivate my whole family, just look how everyone is defending her now.
I sighed as Rani left me in the dressing room, I remembered my caressing of Ariana, I touched my lips again and then tried to remember her intoxicating scent and her chewy mound that seduced me, she was very seductive, just thinking about it made me excited. I rushed out of the dressing room before Rani caught me daydreaming, she was like a clairvoyant. She can guess what I'm thinking and it's really annoying, you seem to have no privacy even in your own thoughts.
When I came out of the dressing room, my eyes fell on Ariana who was laughing with Rani, the girl had her own charm in my eyes. She always showed her natural face and appearance as it was, except for her nervous attitude, which she always showed to me as if I was her first man, but I don't think it's possible, considering she's a famous singer, there must be a number of men who have been her boyfriend. Imagining that makes me unwilling, just seeing her fans hugging and kissing her makes me want to turn into the Hulk, let alone seeing her with another man.
While I was daydreaming, our eyes met and she gave me a beautiful smile before turning her attention back to the magazine Rani had shown her. I want that smile to be mine forever.
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Ariana's POV
Caroline looked at me with a serious expression. At the moment we were in one of the cafeterias, which was quite quiet. The woman urged me to talk about my relationship with Sean privately and seriously.
"Ana, marriage is not an experiment, don't be reckless, you don't know him, let alone love him." Caroline started, I could tell she was holding back her emotions right now, I could feel the aura of real annoyance she was radiating. I can only stare.
"I don't have the balls to argue, everything was what my parents wanted and this seems to have been planned since I was little, well, before I was even born," I said honestly and resignedly, Caroline chuckled in disapproval.
"Where is your assertiveness? Where's the independent Ariana? Do you love each other?" Caroline bombarded me with questions, I shook my head.
"I don't know, but I didn't hate him when I first found out, if he's my future husband, it's not like most people would reject him right away."
We were silent for a while, then Caroline broke the silence between us. My mind is full.
"If one day you start to love him, be honest with your own feelings, don't hurt yourself." Caroline took my hand and I nodded.
"And I hope you don't experience unrequited love again."
I also remembered Phillip, you could say he was the first person to make me feel like I had a boyfriend, but my feelings were not reciprocated. Phillip only thinks of me as his younger sister and he likes another girl. Since then, I have been traumatized to start new feelings for other men, I was afraid of being rejected. I rest my chin on my palm, I'm still confused about my decision to have a relationship with Sean, who is about to enter the marriage stage.
My cell phone rang, Sean's name was on the screen, I just stared at my phone lying on the table without wanting to answer it, I needed time to think about all this, finally the phone went silent again."Why wasn't it answered?" asked Caroline, I took a deep breath."I need time to think." That's all I can say, and it's true, I need some time to think, I don't know how much time is left for me before I let everything go according to the fate(?) that has been determined for me, I'm not sure. My phone rang again with the same caller, I decided to put it on silent mode. "What if he doesn't love me?" The question just came out because I was thinking the worst. "You guys are just getting started, why do you always think the worst first?" I shrugged. Sometimes it becomes a habit of mine to think the worst so I can be prepared if it happens, but Caroline always raves about it and tells me not to think that way, she says it dampens my optimism, I'm just getting ready instead of wanting to
On the way to the printing press, Sean was still curious about my sex life and my relationship. I started to open up to him, it's better than hiding something from him, but can I get him to open up to me like I did?"Sorry if I'm not what you imagined." Suddenly I was nervous because I was afraid that Sean didn't like women like me, that I was clumsy and not like women in today's world who have a wide and free relationship. Sean smiled and that made me ask. "Maybe that's why you became the ideal daughter-in-law candidate for my family," Sean said, there was a little pride in me, but why only the future daughter-in-law? Why not a future wife? "I had a serious relationship with a woman once, but it failed, maybe we weren't meant to be," he said, I just listened quietly, not wanting to interrupt. We arrived at our destination, after our business was done, Sean took me to his office. All eyes seemed to be on me from head to toe as Sean and I entered the elegant skyscraper. As if he und
Everyone applauded when Sean kissed me after we said our vows. I was lost in that kiss, burning and full of sensations, if Ranila hadn't reprimanded us with her throat pretending to itch, I'm sure I would have stayed with that kiss. I saw Sean's face, perfect for me, perhaps, perfect for this universe. A god seemed to be standing in front of me with a sharp, cold, passionate and burning gaze. I blushed at the fact that this almost flawlessly handsome man was mine."Are you done admiring me? Since we have a dance," he said, waking me from this beautiful fantasy, I nodded with an embarrassed face and blushed. "Are you happy?" he asked as we danced, I smiled and nodded sincerely."You?" I asked, still caught up in his charms, and always will be."I married the woman I've wanted for a long time, of course I'm happy, I promise this relationship will work and be successful," he promised, I smiled a little disappointed."No, just make sure that you're always with me," I continued quickly,
My mom looked at me with a melancholy state, I rolled my eyes when she came over and hugged me, she has been like this since my wedding started this morning, I feel her eyes are swollen and her nose is red. I can't hide my sadness either, she's the only person who stays with me when everyone leaves. My mom unfolded her arms and looked at me with teary eyes, we smiled silly as we stared at each other. Caroline came to interrupt us, she was confused by our situation, then she came over to me and I moved to hug her."We will always be with you no matter where Sean takes you, home is always home baby." Caroline smiled and my tears didn't stop, like a broken faucet. Rani came closer so we were like a girl group, they all hugged me."We're a family now, I'm happy about that." Rani said sincerely and once again my mother cried, we all laughed because we saw what a crybaby my mother was, oh! my mother is a crybaby but very caring and independent."Mom, don't cry, this is not a funeral, this i
Waking up from hunger is a rare thing for me. I looked at Sean sleeping next to me with a peaceful face, I rushed out of bed without causing anything to wake him up. I walk like a limp because of the pain in my groin, making love takes a lot of energy, I regret my recent behavior of rarely exercising. I opened the wardrobe in this room, I didn't find a single outfit that I deserved to just walk into the kitchen, who really has the heart to put so much lingerie in this closet??! I rolled my eyes as Rani and Caroline's faces crossed my mind. Desperately I closed the cupboard whose contents were indecent, then I looked around me, bathed in the dim light of this bedroom lamp, I managed to find Sean's white shirt that he wore yesterday at our wedding, I immediately put it on to cover my innocent body. The shirt looks huge on me, but it's better than having to go into the kitchen in that damned underwear, I'm going to look like a bitch. I rolled the sleeves of this shirt up to my elbows,
"Ariana, don't be like that." Sean stopped me as I was about to leave the kitchen. I looked down, not wanting to look at him, because at that moment my anger turned to sadness. Oh, shit! I don't want to appear weak at times like this. "What should I do, Sean?" I asked as I lifted my face to look at him, tears stinging the back of my eyes. Sean grabbed me and took me in his arms, tears came out without being asked, Sean inhaled the scent of my hair and kissed the top of my head, I cried for a few minutes without him trying to stop me. I looked up at him, Sean was also looking at me with his glowing golden eyes. "I thought you were a quiet woman who didn't like to argue, but quite the opposite," she commented with a smile that tried to cheer me up and it seemed to work, it infected me. "Do you regret marrying a woman like me?" "Do I look sorry now?" he asked to which I only answered by looking into his eyes which were now like twinkling lights, I laughed easily and he laughed with
Author's POVA little girl stared at a group of children who were kicking a boy in tattered and dirty clothes, then the little girl screamed, "What are you doing? Get away from him!!" The little girl managed to stop the torture that the group of boys were doing right in front of her. Bravely, the little girl picked up the pebbles that were around her feet and then threw stones at the group of boys until they all left, leaving the boy lying helpless in a pathetic condition. The little girl immediately approached the poor boy and sat down beside him. She took a handkerchief from her pocket and carefully cleaned the boy's injured and sand-covered face. Slowly, the boy opened his eyes."Can you hear me? You are safe now," the little girl said with a happy smile. Then, with great difficulty, the little girl tried to help the poor boy stand up and support him so that she could take him to a safe place and treat his wounds.**Memories of rescuing Sean from a group of boys who were torturin
Sam interrupts our passion as big as an iceberg in Antarctica. Sean took his hand away from my dress, then the wild look turned into a passionate look full of warmth. Sam was on the side where Sean was sitting and the man opened the car door for us. To my surprise and astonishment, we arrived at a pier where several cruise ships were berthed. Sean took my hand and we walked from the car down the pier until a man, probably about Sam's age, walked up to us and shook Sean's hand. "Terry, this is my wife, Ariana Alexandra, Ana, this is Terry, she takes care of Sangria." Sean introduced me to a man who looked fit for his age and who I knew wasn't young. "Sangria? Who is she?" I asked, looking at Sean with a confused look, "Am I going to sail with someone named Sangria? Is she a girl or a boy? Sean's lips twitched with laughter. "Sangria is not Mrs. Valentino's person, but a yacht." Terry answered my curiosity, my eyes turned to him and I could only smile in embarrassment. "Congratulat
Five years Later. Enjoy the view that is currently visible in our backyard. Sean is enjoying his role as a father to our son, Danish, who is five years old; they are playing with their potato gun. Sean taught our son many things, and it’s no wonder that Danish could accept everything his father taught him, even though he could improvise well. I smiled through the kitchen window as I watched Sean act out a shot from Danish, dramatic and ridiculous. He dropped his body on the grass garden while placing one hand on the part of his heart because the bullet hit it. Danish approached Sean and then dropped his tiny body onto the man’s body. Sean hugged him, and they laughed together; my smile grew wider, seeing the behavior of the two of them.“Mrs Valentino, lunch is ready.” Mrs. Liam interrupts my time enjoying the good stuff. I approached them and invited them to lunch from the kitchen to the backyard. Danish ran towards me as I came to the father and son; I lowered myself so that I was
I smiled as I closed my eyes; it seemed like he wanted to tell me something tonight. My Inner Goddess pulled her fur blanket up to her neck, ready to listen to a bedtime story from Sean Valentino.“Really?? I feel so married to a man who has everything like you; all men dream of being in your position. You are exceptional in the eyes of the world and mine.” My sleepiness was fighting with my consciousness; Sean inhaled the scent of my hair and buried his nose in mine, one of his arms wrapped around me like a vine.“Only my current life that many people want, before this, I was just an outcast with nothing, I didn’t even have the courage to approach you when we were children, and until now I will not be able to experience this happy life. If it weren’t for you wanting to marry me.”My life before meeting him was very different; it never crossed my mind to marry a man like Sean. My criteria are only about my life. I smiled as I thanked myself for this beautiful life.“I still want to kn
Shaking hands with Sean, Detective Charlie sat on the sofa across from us. He has a firm face; I’m sure people must respect him because his attitude currently looks formal and doesn’t seem very friendly. Perhaps people who work like him must behave in front of clients like today so that people provide correct information.“All the evidence submitted by your personal assistant has been investigated by us and we are connecting it with the existing case, we are very pleased with you providing accurate evidence, Mr Valentino.”“Then, what made the detective come here??”I glanced at Sean, who seemed to have an intimidating face on him. Detective Charlie cleared his throat, trying not to be affected by the stern look on Sean’s face, but it seemed my black and white knight was very good at this. My Inner Goddess looked tensed on her red sofa like I was.“The perpetrator said that your wife ... I mean Mrs Valentino, had contact with the perpetrator while still a professional.” Detective Char
My mother-in-law approached me, half running; Rani and my father-in-law were behind her. I got up from my seat and immediately hugged Mama Ramia. She started crying. She ended her hug and checked my condition, her eyes wet with tears.“How are you?? Are you hurt?? How is the baby?? Is he safe??”Panic and fear were so evident in her questions that I replied I was okay, and he was a little relieved by that. My father-in-law also hugged me; after that Rani, she sobbed on my shoulder.“He’ll be fine.” I tried to sound okay in responding to the current situation. Still, unfortunately, I failed to look strong in Rani’s eyes, just the opposite. We sat on the bench I had sat on a moment ago, my brain replaying our memories together this morning in the kitchen. I can still clearly remember everything we went through so far: all those laughs, his seductive gaze, his smile that could make women in this world melt, and all his ego and attitude that turned my world upside down. All those exciting
It was Sean’s voice. I was too late to escape; Ariel immediately locked my neck using his arm.“If you make a sound, this gun will expel your fetus in a lifeless state.” He put the muzzle of his gun behind my stomach. Sean appeared along with Sam and Jared; his gaze turned threatening; he just looked at me for a split second, then looked back at Ariel.“One step means one shot,” Ariel said; my body was trapped in an ice block. Sean ordered Jared to bring Joana’s body immediately; the man lifted Joana and left this tense situation. While Sam checked Zafrina’s condition and then carried the woman’s body away from this place, there were only three of us now.“You have to pay for what you did to my father.”“My business with your father is finished, besides he can’t pay his debt to me, isn’t it all because of you? I know what you’re doing, Ariel.”Calm and seemingly in control, though I could see the fear in his eyes clouded by his vigilance. Ariel laughed; that sounded mocking. This man
“Everything is alright?” the girl asked as she entered my workspace. “Please tell Carlos, I need some hot chocolate milk before I go to a meeting, I haven’t had breakfast yet.”Joana swiftly left, regretful for wasting my time this morning with that silly thing with Sean overtaking me, but I enjoyed it. I smiled again. Carlos came with a glass of warm chocolate milk; he smiled kindly at me before leaving my room. I dropped my ass into a soft leather chair, drank my chocolate milk up to half a glass, and left my room to attend a meeting. Joana and I got out of the elevator. When we got to the floor of the meeting room, a man who was the janitor of this building was cleaning the floor using a vacuum cleaner; at first glance, I seemed to recognize the man. Joana turned my attention to the topic of today’s meeting; when I entered the meeting room, all the financial staff of this foundation were already present. I immediately started the meeting, which I had postponed due to my lateness.
“Ana... honey.”I felt someone shake my body. I opened my eyes and stared greedily at Sean’s face, which was only inches from mine.“Oh, Sean, I-I....”The cry came out, along with the fear that overtook me at this moment. Sean calmed me down by kissing my forehead.“Relax, I’m here with you, you’re safe.”I tried to stop the crying and calm myself from the damn nightmare. Ariel is a threat that cannot be underestimated; Sean wipes the tears on my face.“What’s the time now??” I distract myself from the bad feeling after the nightmare.“Five in the afternoon, you slept for about two hours.”Sean got up from his current position on top of me.“I’ll get some water,” he said before leaving. I just nodded. Leaning on the headboard with the pillow behind me, I remembered the nightmare I had a moment ago. It was just a dream; maybe I was too worried about its existence. However, I can’t deny that the man is a threat that could turn into a horrible thing at any moment. I closed my eyes and e
I reassured him by nodding, his lips finding mine, kissing me passionately, and then we were carried away by the kiss. My hands are behind his head, stroking his hair while he presses the nape of my neck to deepen our kiss. My desire is shaking because of this kiss. I want this man more than anything; he is only for me and mine. I close my body towards him until I climb on his lap. His fingers nimbly unbutton my blazer one by one, then unbutton my satin shirt. Our kiss broke when my bra still covered both of my breasts. His face immediately buried between my breasts, inhaling my scent greedily.I held back my moans as his tongue brushed against the mound of my breasts, biting my lip to keep my cries from escaping and embarrassing me because Sam could have heard me. He also unhooked the bra that was in front. Passion stabbed deep into my core at the groin as the top of my breast was in his mouth, and one hand squeezed my other breast.Unlucky! I’ll reach my peak in a minute, his free h
I just finished a meeting with the business people who took part in running this foundation. I was surprised by the presence of someone. Phillip was here and became one of the team of experts for this foundation. Shaking my hand, he smiled at me, a smile that never changed, and that smile that made me fall in love with him and feel unrequited love.“How are you??” he asked, looking at me with his charming smile, but Sean’s smile was still more dazzling; my Inner Goddess smiled lopsidedly in response to my words.“I’m good, thank you for everything you do for this foundation,” I said sincerely.“I am happy to be able to work with your husband, he is a very competent and noble-hearted person, this foundation would not exist if not for him.”I agree with that statement; Sean is one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs who is generous and has a foundation that establishes hospitals, schools, orphanages, colleges, and rehabilitation centers for people who have experienced trauma due to being vi