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~•~Saint was obviously displeased. It was obvious in his expression; the way his jaw clenched and the way he kept fisting and undistinguished his palm.It was amusing to watch, knowing damn well I was the cause of that.“Since you said you wanted more than just my body, it means you like me.” That was a bold comment but he did care about me so I wasn’t far off. “Since we like each other, can we be together?”Saint pretended like he couldn’t hear me.I poked him. “Hmm? What do you say? Let’s date officially.”“Stop distracting me. I’m driving.”“Why? You don’t want me to be your girlfriend?” I asked. “Should I go find someone else to date? I can just tell my family it didn’t work out between us.”Saint finally spared me a glance. “Try it and see, but don’t blame me for what happens after.”“I finally have your attention.” I grinned. Since we wanted to go for dinner, Saint decided we should do something fancy, which led to him buying a dress for me. Well, he gave me his
Saint Giordano~•~I took a deep breath, then another, and another.I could feel the rage in my bones but I had to suppress it so as not to scare her. “Was it the man you were staring at?”She shook her head immediately. “Adriana.”“I don’t want to talk about it anymore.”She was scared because of a stupid creepy man. Fearless Adriana was shaking. I wondered how she would have felt being alone with him if she was still scared now. It made me mad to think that someone who could scare a woman like that was walking freely.“Should I take you home?” I questioned because I knew she was not in the mood to eat anymore. I wasn’t as well. “Go and wait in the car. I’ll pay.”She shook her head. “I’ll go with you.”Nodding, I grabbed her bag and she held onto my arm as we went to get the receipt. After paying, we got into the car, but she didn’t want to let go of me. She was making sure her body was touching mine as though she needed something to remind her I was with her.I was tempted to go b
Saint Giordano ~•~ “Can’t I just spend the week with you?” Adriana pouted. When she woke up this morning, she had shaken off what happened with the man at the restaurant and was back to her normal self. I was happy about that but the man still had to pay the consequences. “You are my biggest distraction.” I pointed out. She couldn’t even refute me because she knew I was right. She was hellbent on distracting me and she was doing it on purpose. “Well, I don’t have to leave so early. It isn’t even evening yet. The weekend is not over.” “You were supposed to spend a day. You stayed for longer than that.” I was supposed to take her home last night but because of how the evening ended, I couldn't refuse when she decided to sleep in my bed. It happened to be a plus for me because I loved holding her while she slept. “But–“ “You’re home already, Adriana.” I chuckled. “All you have to do is leave the car.” With a frown on her face, she looked out the window to her house an
Adriana Jensen~•~I understood why Charlotte booked a private room in a restaurant because the second the waiter led me there, they all started squealing.I couldn’t help but squeal as well. It had only been a month since we saw each other last but it felt like forever. “Omg, Adriana, you look so good.” Charlotte gushed, standing up to strangle me with a hug. “It has been so long since I saw you last. I missed you so much, babe.”“Careful.” I chuckled, hugging her back. “I have a very jealous man.” He also has a very dominating presence. I had visited him in his office and I was able to watch him in action. The conclusion was that… I didn’t want to be on the receiving end of his commanding glare. I felt bad the most for the men who even tried to talk to me. Most of them, especially the oblivious ones, almost lost their jobs.Charlotte pulled back and stared at me. “That is exactly what we’re here to talk to you about.”“Not because you missed me?”“I missed you,” Sofia said but she
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