Adriana Jensen~•~Three of them whipped their heads toward me and I realized I had referred to him in an informal way. I was used to calling him by his first name and I didn’t see that changing any time soon.“You know him?” Julia asked, looking curious.“I’ve heard about him.” I lied.“I’ve only seen pictures.” She responded and leaned closer to say, “He’s very hot.”“We can hear you.” Anthony and Ethan chorused.Julia smiled sheepishly. “It wasn’t a secret anyway.”I smiled at the work relationship they had. It didn’t seem like a tense environment and even if I never wanted to intern in the first place, I was happy I was assigned to the assistant’s office. And if Saint would be frequenting the company, it meant I had the opportunity to see him. “So about Saint Rossi, why is he coming here?”“He’s an investor,” Julia informed me as she started typing on her computer. I listened attentively, not having anything to do just yet. “Two weeks ago, our company was at its lowest, his secret
Adriana Jensen~•~My eyes widened in surprise. It was my first day at work. It was obvious I wouldn’t be familiar with clients or investors. What did he think he was doing by calling my first name like we were acquainted with each other?Sure we were but others didn’t need to know that.“You can go back to work.” He told Ethan and Julia. “She’ll walk me out.”Without waiting for anyone to respond to him, he continued walking away. I could only stand there, wide-eyed.“Why is he calling you specifically?” Anthony asked. “I don’t know.”“Then why are you still standing here?” Julia imputed. “Go now!”He was important to the company so I guess they had to cater to him. Grabbing my phone, I dashed away from my desk. He was in front of the elevator by the time I reached him. He was accompanied by another man who I figured worked for him.I waited until all three of us were in the elevator before I spoke. “What are you doing? Why did you call me out like that?”“You said I should save you
Saint Giordano ~•~ Benjamin was very lucky he was my brother’s child because that was literally the only thing keeping him alive. He was lucky I had a good relationship with his father. If he was anyone else, I would have gotten rid of him already. It wasn’t just because he hurt Adriana, but because he hurt her, she had become obsessed with getting back at him. Every conversation always led to talking about him or hinting at him. It was fucking annoying. I didn’t realize I was glaring at her until she pouted. “What did I do wrong? Why are you staring at me like that?” She was very adorable whenever she pouted. I adjusted my expression. “Don’t talk about Benjamin around me. I don’t want to hear it.” “But–“ “Do you want me to play along or not?” I was far from playing along. I was messing around with her not because I wanted to help her with getting back at her ex or the stupid date I said I needed, but because I still wanted her by my side. The two days without her felt ve
Adriana Jensen~•~Even if some people were going to argue against it, I liked to think that I made my decisions after giving them careful thought. Saint was likely going to be used as a case study but even if I didn’t think before I went to his room and asked him to sleep with me, I thought about it before I decided to chase him.Okay, fine. I didn’t think thoroughly before doing that either, but that was the problem. When Saint was involved, I barely thought about anything else.This was why I wasn't expecting my morning to go the way it was going.I had just woken up and I went downstairs to get some water. Imagine my surprise when I saw all the members of my family sitting around the dining table, waiting for me to wake up. It was a miracle they didn’t wake me up by themselves.“Uh… morning?” I was unsure of what was happening. It was too early for everyone to be gathered at home. Even Helen, who was married and living with her husband, was back home.“A minute longer and I would
Adriana Jensen~•~[Saint: the car’s outside.][Me: I’ll be out in five minutes]I took one last look at myself in the mirror. My hair was perfect. My makeup was perfect. I was putting on a yellow summer dress and I looked good.Humming a tune, I picked up my bag and skipped down the stairs. It was a Saturday but my father and sister were at work, so it was just me, Mike, and my mom at home.“Mom, I’m going out!” I announced when I got downstairs. “Out? I was hoping you could babysit Mike. I have a conference today.”“You could have told me earlier. I already made plans.” No day was early enough for me to agree to babysit my younger brother when I had the chance to go to Saint’s house. He was a busy man but he had created free time to give me a tour of his house. I wasn't letting that pass so easily. “Why not call Layla? She’s good at keeping him in check.”“I guess.” She sighed, turning back to the television. She was watching the news. I didn’t know how people were about to watch t
Adriana Jensen~•~Benjamin’s neutral expression immediately changed into a scowl. “What the fuck are you doing here? How do you know where I live?”From his question, it implied that he never planned to bring me to his place even if we were still dating. “Get over yourself. I’m here for Saint.”I didn’t know how it was possible but he glared harder. “I know you were using him to get back at me in Miami. We’re back home. You can drop the act now.”I would’ve, except that I was now interested in Saint and wasn’t going to leave him alone just because he was my ex’s uncle. “Not everything is about you.” I faked a smile at him and tried to push past him but he didn’t let me go through the door. Instead, he pushed me back and I would’ve fallen if I didn’t get my balance quickly. “What the hell is your problem?”“You!” He didn’t hesitate to say. “Get the fuck out.”He moved back and closed the door, but before it could fully close, I stuck my hand in. I wasn’t surprised when it closed again
Saint Giordano~•~Adriana was going to be the death of me.I was stressed with work but that didn’t affect my personal life because I was confident that I could turn things around. What got me angry, however, was the fact that she still let Benjamin affect her decisions.I needed her to not care about him anymore.Maybe I made a mistake by telling her to come upstairs on her own. That resulted in her arguing with Ben and intentionally hurting herself. She was so fucking manipulative. It was a glaring red flag but I couldn’t care less. I was worse than her so I couldn’t complain.“So my family knows about you.” She mentioned casually, swinging her short legs as she sat on the counter.“It’s quite hard for them not to, Adriana.” I deadpanned, trying to ignore how good she smelled. We had been photographed while we were kissing. That picture was currently everywhere in the media outlets. After seeing the picture, my brother and his wife asked me if I was serious about Adriana. They usua
Adriana Jensen ~•~ I had never been the type to fancy staying in, but spending a whole day inside with Saint was just bliss. Nothing special happened. I just enjoyed being around him way too much. I forced him to watch N*****x with me and even if he was distracted by his laptop every few minutes, he didn’t stop me from cuddling into him while I enjoyed my show. “What do you want for dinner?” He asked, smoothening my hair. “Do you want to eat before I drop you off or will you eat dinner at home?” I frowned and looked up at him. I was resting my head on his thighs and he was focused on his phone. “I told my mom I’m not coming back tonight.” “And where do you intend to sleep if not at home?” My frown deepened. “I’m with you, aren’t I?” I questioned. “The public thinks we’re together so you’re kind of responsible for me.” “But we’re not together.” I didn’t know why he was reminding me of this. Did he hate the fact that we were playing pretend so much? If he did, why did he agree t
Adriana Jensen~•~“Baby, if you don’t cheer up, people will think I did something bad to you.”I made a sound that was somewhere between a laugh and a sniffle. “I’m happy,” I assured him. “It’s just weird that all three of us will never be in the same class again. Everyone will get busy.”“You can do your masters together?” He offered.I made a face. “I don’t want to study anymore.”Saint laughed and pulled me closer to him so he could drop a kiss on my forehead. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to.”Just those few words had me feeling better and looking forward to our vacation. “Where are we going this time?”“Where do you want to go?”I chuckled. “You already have it planned out. Do you intend to change it if I say a different location?”He nodded.“Just tell me.”“How do you like Italy?” He asked as he played with my hair.A big grin immediately came on my face. “We’re going to Italy?” I squealed. On our last vacation, we went to Paris. Saint was taking me to all the
Adriana Jensen~•~The last six months of my life have been the best, mainly because of my relationship with Saint. We had our fights here and there because two stubborn people in a relationship were bound to be trouble, but we always got over it.Well, Saint forced me to talk whenever I gave him the silent treatment. He was the mature one. Sometimes, I wondered if he was tired of dating a younger girl. If he was, he never showed it.I was currently at a restaurant with my family and Saint’s family, including Ben, yes. Over time, I’d learned to tolerate him, but he did apologize a few months ago so we were good. I would never get along with him the way I got along with Luca but I didn’t try to scratch out his eyes whenever I saw him so there was that.Benjamin and Fabiola hadn’t lasted. Word got out that Fabiola cheated on Ben, but after that, we all found out that Ben was also cheating on Fabiola. Apparently, they were in love and were both devastated by the other’s cheating even if
Adriana Jensen~•~“What are you up to this time?”It was cold out but as always, fashion came first. I was wearing a dress and Saint took advantage of that, bunching it up so he could trace my slit through my panties.He chuckled. “How are you playing games when you’re this wet?”I shrugged. “Maybe, I just like the chase.”“You like the chase?” He asked to confirm and I nodded.Saint took a step back and his eyes ran up and down my body once. His eyes were dark, almost predatory. He opened his mouth to speak, but before he could say anything, I ran.The door was still open and I heard them start to close before I heard his slow footsteps behind me. He wasn’t running. I had never been good at sports and he was taller than I was so it wasn’t surprising that he only had to walk to catch up with me.My dress was making it harder to run and I was tempted to just take it off, but it was going to make it easier for him. That wasn’t what I wanted.“You’re making this harder for yourself.” He
Adriana Jensen~•~My jaw dropped.Right from time, my mom had been cool about our relationship. She had been the first to approve all those months ago. Why was she asking such a question that implied that Saint was a creep?“Mom!” I hissed out, but she blatantly ignored me, staring at the man beside me, and awaiting his answer. I turned to Saint. “You don’t have to answer that.”Saint also ignored me. “I’m not certain what you mean by that, ma’am, but if you’re asking if I’m only attracted to younger girls, then the answer is no. I like Adriana because she is Adriana. If I only liked her for her age, then I’m afraid our relationship wouldn’t last, would it?”“So you mean you’ll be together for a long time?”“A very long time,” Saint affirmed with a tight smile. I knew the question was uncomfortable but he had handled the situation well. It was one of the reasons I liked Saint. He was always in control. “She’s smart, funny, beautiful, kind, and doesn’t give up.” My cheeks heated up at
Saint Giordano~•~“Are you nervous?” Adriana asked me.I arched an eyebrow and stared pointedly at the leg that had been shaking for the past few minutes. With a chuckle, I placed one hand on her leg while the other was on the steering wheel. “Baby, I think you’re the one who’s nervous.”She laughed dryly. “Me? Nervous? Why would I be nervous?”“You tell me.” I gave a one-shouldered shrug. “Why are you nervous?”“I’m not nervous. I’ve lived with them for years:”“If you say so, baby.” I let her believe whatever she wanted.We were having Thanksgiving dinner at her parents’ place. According to her, it would be the first time I was officially meeting them so everything had to go well. I told her not to worry but she was worried anyway.It didn’t matter that her sisters were also bringing their partners. She had main character energy so she thought all the attention would be on her. It was cute.I didn’t know why she was so worried. Her father already knew I was going to marry her, whic
Adriana Jensen~•~I sighed at the reminder of my meeting with Lisa. I had called her earlier this week saying that we could meet up. The relief in her voice was obvious. She had been waiting for more than a month after all. It was already time for us to meet, but I was going to make her wait a bit more. She had me waiting for her for years before I accepted the fact that I had a new mother.“She can wait for me. After all, I waited a long time for her.”Saint chuckled, squeezing my shoulder in a comforting manner. “True.”Before me, Saint went to work all the days of the week. He even tried to do it on some weekends since I moved in with him, but I was stubborn and bratty (according to him) so I didn’t let him. Our compromise was to let him work from home instead, but for shorter hours and with breaks in between.“Just let me know when you’re ready. I’ll drive you.”I looked at the time. It was thirty minutes past the time we planned to meet but she hadn’t called yet. I guess I cou
Adriana Jensen ~•~Living with Saint was more fun than I expected it to be. It gave me an inkling of what our married life was going to be like… except Luca living with us, of course.Fuck. I was so down bad. I wanted to be a wife so badly and it was starting to get in my head. I wouldn’t be surprised if I ended up proposing to him instead. We had been together for only three months yet I loved him this much.It was never like this with Ben. Maybe I didn’t love him at all.But then again, Ben never treated me the way Saint did. Ben didn’t go out of his way to make me comfortable. He didn’t make time out of his busy schedule to cook for me. He didn’t consider me before making a decision. He didn’t decline business because of me. He didn’t take me on a trip as an apology.Things were different with Saint and I knew it. I just hoped it wouldn’t end badly.“Apart from trying to constantly trick me into bed,” Saint started one afternoon when I was in his home office with him while he work
Adriana Jensen~•~The two men stopped what they were doing to look up, getting surprised when they saw that it was me.“Adriana.” Saint was the first to break the silence. “I didn’t know you were coming?” It came out more like a question.I smiled awkwardly. “Yeah, I’m just gonna go.” I took a step back. “I’ll let you guys talk. See you later.”I turned around, more than ready to bolt out of that place when my father’s voice stopped me. “Adriana.”I did one-eighty. “Yes?”“Come in.”I was reluctant to go in and it amused Saint. I knew that at some point, both of them were going to have to be in the same room, but I didn’t expect that it would be today. Besides, why the hell were they meeting without me? What did they have to talk about? Who initiated the visit?“Are you going to keep the door open?” Saint added.I glared at him, but took a step inside and closed the door behind me. “Hi, dad.”He gave me a once over, assessing my get-up. “Are you coming back from school?” I nodded. “A
Adriana Jensen~•~Sofia and Charlotte came to a halt and they both stared at me before they turned to look at the woman who was starting to get on my nerves.“Who is she?” Charlotte leaned in to whisper.I sighed. This woman was determined to get into every part of my life, wasn’t she? “You guys can go ahead. Give me a second.”Charlotte looked like she wanted to ask more questions, but Sofia dragged her away and gave me my space. I walked closer to Lisa. “What do you want this time?”“Can we talk?”“I doubt we have anything to talk about,” I informed her with a fake smile. “And if I spend more time with you now, I’ll be late for my class.”I turned to leave, but she held my wrist. “I’m sorry.” She breathed out. “I know very well that I’m at fault for leaving you and I was a bitch for approaching you like that the first time. I just thought you wouldn’t want to listen to my endless apologies.”“You’re right.” I snatched my hand away and turned around, feeling something other than ang