Chapter SeventyEliana’s POVWe left the boutique with a sobbing bride, me, a wedding dress with a crown veil and an after party dress, which Bella picked, since I was a mess. I sat in the back while Lucy and Bella sat in front. The awkwardness between them was suffocating and without me being in the right mood for conversations, they had to face the elephant in the room, what went wrong earlier today.Bella coughed a bit while glancing at her mother, who pretended to be interested in the car interior. She sure has been staring at the leather for too long.“We need to talk about the dress mother." Bella started, temporarily making the air tense again. Lucy didn't look away from the leather, instead she nodded. "Yes we do need to. The two dresses we got from the boutique are stunning. I do love the after party dress too."I mentally face palmed. Lucy didn't want to talk but Bella had a lot to say. A lot had to be said."Cut the crap, mother. You know what I'm talking about." Bella sa
Eliana's Pov When we see pictures of picture perfect weddings, no one ever stops to think, how much work went into this? My tongue was sore from tasting everything. Lucy had kept me busy with the tasting aspect. At first I was excited to taste the cake samples and dessert samples then I got sick of the sugar. The wine tasting part, I enjoyed, but I was done with wedding tasting for the day. Bella was busy with the interior decor of the hall because in her words not mine, she had better style than I did. I agree, it was pretty obvious. Everything was brought to Lucy for executive agreement. She said and I quote, what an elder can see seating, a child can't see when climbing on the tallest tree.The Adler family and overconfidence. Noah and his dad went suit shopping and from what I heard, their relationship was getting much better. He had Valentino, Jerry and surprisingly Alex as his groom men. He and Alex have become surprisingly close, which meant Bella had to see more of Alex an
Eliana's Pov "And I told her, no way. I can't date you. You don't look like you have the amount of money to maintain this." He gestured to himself with his spoon in his mouth."Hmhm, she can't maintain such gorgeousness." I agreed nodding my head. "Right? She must think skincare is cheap." He scoffed.I shook my head, "Skincare isn't cheap, especially if it's ice cream."He gave me a look. I rose my hands up in surrender. "Sorry."He sighed, taking a spoon out of his ice cream, "You don't take me seriously, why?" He mumbled, pouting his lipsI tried my best not to burst out in laughter, "Why do you think I don't take you seriously Oliver?""I'm telling you about my relationship predicament and you are making fun of me. Not all of us can get a sugar daddy from the sky.""Oliver, I'm sorry if it seemed like I was making fun of you. " I said in the most sincere voice I could muster. He glared at me, seeing obvious signs of amusement on my face.I burst into laughter again and he tsked
Eliana's Pov "So what you are telling me, is that you sold your soul to the fucking devil."Oliver practically yelled as he paced around the room.After a whole lot of explanation and exclamation, I finally told Oliver why Noah and I were together. Let's just say he wasn't pleased. Well, I didn't expect him to be, that's why I didn't tell him beforehand, and the contract forbid me from doing so. I was risking a lot ofthings by telling me.He looked at me with a wild look in his eyes, "Why didn't you say anything, Eliana? I could have found a way-""-there was no way out, Oliver. I did what I had to do." I cut into his comment. There was no way he could have possibly helped and even if he had the money somehow, it would be a whole lot to put down. I couldn't do that to him.He sat beside me, the movie momentarily forgotten. he heaved a sigh as he combed through his hair with his hand, slightly tugging at the roots, "I thought he was an asshole but turns out he's much worse." He said,
Noah's Pov The word, stress couldn't begin to sum up the hell my body was going through. My muscles protested with every movement ans my heart pumped on caffeine alone. The coming wedding and the deals and merge the company was undergoing made everything worse.Jerry looked like a walking dead, a little bit worse than I did having not slept more than three hours for the past week. Alex decided making fun of me was his new hobby, and has been hanging around despite having his own company to run."If my company can't function without me, then I haven't done a good job," he would say while munching on donuts, which I've advised him against eating in excess, but Alex never listens to anyone, especially not me.I tried to finish up my work while half listening to Alex rant about his new arm candy. He was a pain in the ass and a distraction, but I couldn't get rid of him. Even Jerry couldn't tolerate him the slightest, but he was the best when it came to being a distraction.I tried to fi
Noah's Pov My knuckles hurt as they met Oliver's ugly disfigured face on repeat, but definitely he knew he deserved it, didn't he?Blood dripped from my knuckles, the anger coursing through my veins refusing to subside as I replayed what I had seen on the CCTV footage. I felt a sickening satisfaction at each groan he managed to let out, like a sound of celebration, congratulating me for finally getting to punch him after all the years."Noah, please, that's enough," Eliana rushed to me, trying to pry my hand off of Oliver. Oliver dropped to the floor as Eliana threw her hands on me, her body racking with sobs. "Please, let him go. Don't kill him." She pleaded, but I wasn't that forgiving. "I'm going to kill him," I growled and moved to pull Oliver's shirt as he tried to escape.Eliana fell to her knees, her voice trembling as she spoke, "Noah, you can't do this. This isn't who you are. Please, let him go."Her words pierced through my rage, and momentarily, I took my attention to E
Noah's Pov My heart stopped beating after she said those words."W-what?" I stuttered, not believing my ears. She giggled at my expression and then placed a hand on my cheek, her eyes boring into mine."I love you, Noah."My heart thundered in my chest. She loved me. I would have called this a dream if I didn't feel the intensity and love in her eyes as they bored into mine, and if the feel of her skin didn't increase my heart rate.She was very real, and she was telling me she loved me."Say it again, please." I requested in a whisper. She placed a kiss on my forehead, "I," Then a kiss on the tip of my nose, "Love," then she hesitated before placing a soft kiss on my lips, "You."She pulled away, pink blush staining her cheeks, I'm sorry, I didn't know if you would like that. I should have-" I cut off her rumbling by pulling her towards me and smashing my lips against her, parting them with my tongue. She was startled at first, but then she relaxed, letting me explore her mouth wit
Chapter Seventy-SevenEliana's Pov Noah stopped his assault on my nipple, taking his attention back to my moist lips. He kissed me slowly then pulled away, laying on the bed and signalling to me to lay down beside him.I placed my head on his naked chest and I heard his rhythmic heartbeat.We lay in silence, both of us consumed by our thoughts. My mind was plagued by thoughts of the past few months, from Shauna's party when we first met, to a couple of minutes ago, when he confessed his love to me.I love youI refrained from squealing out loud, I wouldn't want to startle him by screaming like a banshee. I already gave up all hope of ever being with him. But life worked in mysterious ways and for once, I was happy to be on this roller coaster ride.My mind drifted back to what happened this afternoon. One minute I was confiding in my best friend and the next minute, he was laying punches on me for not letting him rape me.My body shivered involuntarily, getting Noah's attention as he