Saint Giordano~•~I was an early riser but whenever I slept with Adriana, I woke up later than usual. Her idea to have different rooms was good because, after only two days of officially living together, I was getting comfortable with waking up a bit later.This time, it was the doorbell that woke me up.Adriana shifted in my arms. “It’s so early.” She murmured. “Who’s that?”I wondered the same.It had not been more than a week since I moved to this house, so barely anyone knew my address. The only people who did were my assistant and Asher’s family and I doubted they’d have a reason to visit so early in the morning, especially when phones existed for a reason.With a sigh, I gently removed my body from Adriana’s and put on a shirt while she found a pillow to cuddle with. The stuffed animal I gifted her was in her room. She wanted to bring it to mine but I forbade it, knowing damn well she’d gravitate to it instead of me.The doorbell rang again but instead of checking who was at t
Adriana Jensen~•~I was certain my eyes were playing tricks on me. That, or I wasn’t properly awake yet.My mother left when I was eleven, but I wasn’t stuck on that. I had a mother and a father. I had real parents who were there for me, so I barely thought about the woman who gave birth to me, which was why it was impossible for my imagination to conjure her up. She was really behind the door.Saint stared at me. “Should I open the door?”What did she want? It had been more than ten years. Why now? Why was she coming back? How did she even find me? Even my parents didn’t know where I was at the moment. Was she a stalker? What the fuck?I took a closer look at her. Her blonde hair was tucked in a prim and proper bun. I couldn’t see her full outfit but her top was from an expensive brand. She wasn’t broke. “What do you think I should do?”“It’s your call, baby.”I took a deep breath and she pressed the doorbell again. She didn’t look nervous at all. She seemed calm and collected. Mayb
Adriana Jensen~•~Focused on stirring the eggs in front of me, I was taken by surprise when arms suddenly wrapped around me from behind.I sighed in satisfaction and leaned back so I was resting on him. His touch automatically made me feel better. That was one of the pros of living with him.“How are you feeling?” Saint questioned, kissing my cheek. I had acted all tough when she was around but her visit disoriented me. I wasn’t expecting her. I never thought I’d see her again. I moved into Saint’s place two days ago. How did she know where to find me?My thoughts were currently swarming my head. It was my first day in the senior year of college and she had ruined it for me already. I hated her. “I don’t want to talk about her.”“Adriana–“I turned around in his arms, cutting him off. “You should be on your way to work. Aren’t you late?”Saint knew exactly what I was doing but he had always been perceptive enough to let it go. “Sweetheart, I’m the boss. Who would ask questions?” I c
Adriana Jensen ~•~I liked Saint but I hated his profession. It was making him travel. I didn’t understand why he couldn’t outsource the job to his many employees. We hadn’t been living together for a week but he was already going on another business trip.“Stop pouting, sweetheart.” He chuckled, rubbing his thumb against my bottom lip. “I’ll be back tomorrow. It’s just one night.”“One night I’ll be sleeping alone.”“Luca is here, isn’t he? He won’t let anything happen to you.”“I’m not scared of sleeping alone. I just don’t want to.”“Baby…”“I get it.” I sighed. “I’ll survive.”Saint laughed. “You’re so dramatic.” He kissed me on the cheek, then on my lips. “I’ll be on my way. See you tomorrow.”“Call me when you get there,” I called out to Saint as he left the house and he gave me a thumbs up. As the door closed behind him, I let out a sigh. Since we started living together, it was the first day I was going to be sleeping without him and it had only been a few days.“He’ll be ba
Adriana Jensen~•~“Uh, what?” Luca turned around to face me. “He cheated on me with my best friend.” I clarified. “Which means we didn’t end on good terms and now, we hate each other. There’s your answer.” At that point, I didn’t care how Luca would see me. Benjamin had no right to talk about me like that.“Is this a real story?” Luca cried out. I couldn’t blame him. It was unbelievable. It sounded like something out of a movie. “He fucked your best friend so you fucked his uncle?” He winced. “Ugh, it’s so weird talking about my brother’s sex life, but that’s it?”Ben and I stayed silent, glaring at each other.“Wait, but if Saint knows about this, why is he playing along? To teach you a lesson?” He asked Ben.“I don’t know. She obviously whored herself to him and he fell for it.”I didn’t see it coming when Luca smacked the back of Ben’s head. “She’s still Saint’s girlfriend. Be respectful.”“Do you hear that, Ben? Be respectful. I might be your aunt after all.”Luca broke out in a
Adriana Jensen~•~As Saint helped me zip up my dress, I frowned, wondering if he wasn’t going to say anything about it.He even helped me with my heels and when we were done, I asked him if I looked good. “You look stunning, as always.”I pursed my lips and he noticed my dissatisfaction. “Is something wrong?”“Don’t you think it looks too revealing?” I blurted out. I didn’t want to wear this dress. I just wanted to get his reaction.“It is quite revealing but I don’t mind.”The last time I wore something this accessible when we went out for dinner, he sulked the whole ride. Did he not care anymore? “Why? Aren’t you scared other men will look?”“If you don’t like it, Adriana, you can change.” He chuckled. “But when you’re with me, I don’t mind what you wear. When you’re going out alone, however…” he trailed off, letting me complete the sentence in my head.“You’re boring.” I sighed. “I’m going to change.”“You look great.”“Yeah, but this is your company’s anniversary party. I have
Adriana Jensen~•~“Did you see the guest list?” I leaned in to whisper, still staring at the woman who decided she suddenly wanted to be part of my life.Saint followed my line of sight. “No.” He sighed. “I’ll find Donald.”He made a move to let go of my hand but I didn’t let him. “It’s fine. I’ll just ignore her.”“Are you sure?”I nodded.The party was more of a charity auction than an anniversary, but I guessed it was a good way to get these insanely rich people to give back to society. It was a silent auction. Items were placed on random stands and people wrote down their bids so it didn’t interrupt the main event, which just consisted of eating and drinking the most expensive champagne.Rich people.I knew I came from a rich family but I never had to mingle with others. I was only focused on school and hanging out with my friends so I never got to attend events like these. It was my first and I was doing a pretty good job at staying quiet while several businessmen approached us
Saint Giordano~•~I didn’t know exactly when I fell for the girl.Maybe it was during our trip to Spain. Or maybe it was during the first trip to Miami when she came to my room and asked me to fuck her.Hell, it could even be the first time I saw her a year ago in a red dress, attending her first elite event. She didn’t attend any others after that, so I was lucky to see her then.The point was that every day, I loved her a little more, and every day, the idea of making her my wife rang in my head. Throughout my years, I never really thought about getting married. Relationships were a give-and-take for me. I gave them money. They gave me sex. I didn’t crave their company. I didn’t cuddle with them in bed without it ending with our clothes off. I didn’t cook for them because they were hungry or shut down a proposal before I even heard it because they were on bad terms with the proposer.Adriana Jensen had me down badly and I so badly wanted to change her name to Rossi. It would fit he
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