Dominik POV.
The trip in the car was silent, my parents were next to me in the same car, but none of them said a single word. As usual, even in silence, it's my mother who manages to keep the whole atmosphere in tension, it's amazing how even without having to say a word, she manages to keep my father and me in that bad state; I guess it's her greatest skill after all.
Moving forward through the hectic late afternoon traffic, when there are many traffic jams, due to all the employees of the company buildings around the business area of this city leaving their jobs to go home. We finally manage to get out of the mess of the downtown streets and head along the main highway towards the northern area of the city, where the houses of the average families are located, in the suburbs, where the middle-class families live.
As we slowly make our way into this area, out of the corner of my eye I can see my mother wrinkle her nose slightly in disdain. She doesn't usually come to any of these places, and what's more, I think she comes to despise the families who live here and diminishes them for their lifestyle. I guess she won't be happy that my future wife lives in an area like this.
My whole family lives in the southern part of the city, where the most expensive houses are and the wealthy families live, in their large mansions and luxury cars, where there are guards constantly patrolling the streets and security cameras watch for crime. In a vulgar way, my whole family lives in the rich area of the city, the only people I've ever hung out with, and the ones I secretly despise the most.
Suddenly entering one of those colorful streets in this area in the suburbs, with houses that have nice gardens with colorful flowers in the front and a beautiful facade painted in vibrant colors, I look through one of the windows that after passing some of these colorful houses, we finally stop in front of one of the gardens of one of the homes. This home is beautiful, with its green lawns and well-kept facade, I dare to think that a happy family lives here, spending their holidays barbecuing and going fishing on the weekends. You know, the typical image of happy families in the movies.
All a dream for me.
Letting my bodyguards get out of the cars first, making sure the place is safe for my whole family, I finally allow my parents to get out of the car in the same way, and then I also get down in the driveway in front of that nice house. In an equally luxurious car that parks behind the car that brought my family and me, I watch as my lawyer and more bodyguards get out, ending the whole procession of people who were supposed to accompany us for this visit.
In an obvious way, we are all observed by the people who are passing through the street at that moment, it must not be usual to see these neighborhood people wearing such expensive clothes and getting out of such luxurious cars in that neighborhood. So trying to pretend I don't notice, while I smooth my black suit jacket, I try not to see all the people passing by on the street and staring at us.
Following my lawyer and my parents, we go into that beautiful green lawn garden that house has, approaching the front door, knocking on it with light force. On the mailbox of the house, I can read the name "Miller", which is surely the surname of that modest family. When they find out how many people have stepped on their well-kept lawn, they won't be very happy, and I think that's funny.
It doesn't take many seconds before someone opens the door for us, keeping my distance as I stand behind my parents and my lawyer, I can only watch as the door opens and a small figure peers out.
"Who are you looking for?" I hear a very sweet voice ask, belonging to a very small girl.
"Is your father home?" my lawyer asks, without a hint of pity or sweetness in his voice, despite knowing he is facing a little girl.
Hearing hurried footsteps, on what I think is a very low-quality wooden floor because of the noise it makes with the footsteps, I soon observe how another man peeks through the door, taking in his arms a little girl, the one who had opened the door for us. This man appears to be in his fifties, with black-framed glasses adorning his face and a bald spot beginning to show on his temples, wearing a cheap brown shirt and somewhat worn jeans. Upon seeing us, this man smiles nervously, surely he wasn't expecting our visit at all.
"I told you not to open the door to strangers," the man said, scolding the little girl in his arms.
"But they rang the bell and you were taking too long!" Replied the girl crossing her arms in annoyance, pouting tenderly.
Even though we all witnessed that 'heartwarming' scene, none of us smiled, just remained serious in front of the man at the door.
Seeing our faces full of seriousness, he smiles again with visible nervousness, asking, "Can I help you with anything?"
Speaking first and taking a document from the briefcase he had with him, my lawyer replies, "We are here to talk with Mr. Evian Miller."
Taking the document with some discomfort, as he was still holding his daughter, the man replied: "Yes, that's me, what are you looking for me for?
"We come on behalf of the Meyer family, to enforce the last will and wishes of Mr. Derick Meyer and Evian Meyer Sr." explained my lawyer, without softening his tone of voice for a second.
Reading the document now in his hands with great attention, I can see how the man at the door soon changes his countenance, becoming much more serious and even worried.
"Is this a marriage proposal?" the man asked, very surprised.
"If you let us in, we will explain everything you need to know, and all the legal implications of the document you are holding, for you and your family it is something of great importance" Said my lawyer, without showing even a sign of friendliness.
The man at the door hesitates slightly, but after considering for a few seconds, he finally steps aside at the door, allowing us all to enter. Walking into his house I realize that I was not mistaken in my perception of this place, with the cheap hardwood floors and the family photos hanging on the walls of the stairs. Just looking at what's in here makes me want to vomit.
"Step this way, please," The man asks us, directing us to the living room in his house.
As I do, my mother stares at everything in her path with slight disdain, as we make our way to the modest living room of the house. There are many of us, including my parents, my lawyer, my bodyguards, and me; so we don't all fit on the couches in the living room, forcing my bodyguards to stand at the back of the room.
After we enter the living room, it doesn't take long for the other members of the nice suburban family to arrive, the loving mother dressed in a kitchen apron and a boy looking like a rap artist; I start to worry about what kind of person my future wife will be...
The loving mother seems surprised to see so many strangers in her "beautiful" house, so looking for her husband she tries to ask him for explanations. And the man, with a much more serious countenance than the one he had when we arrived at his house, approaches his wife and in whispers tells her something that we cannot hear, while he shows her the document that my lawyer gave him. The woman soon changes her countenance to a more frightened one as well, as she reads the document and looks at us out of the corner of her eye.
In the middle of all this silent tension, another person appears in the house, an old woman who slowly comes out of the kitchen, staring at my parents with a frightened face. The loving grandmother of the house has arrived, should we celebrate?
"Mom, do you know what this is?" asks the father of the family, walking up to the old woman with the document in his hands.
Lowering her head, the old woman takes the document between her fingers but doesn't say a word. While all the rest of the Miller family also approach the old woman exalted, starting to ask for explanations and arguing among themselves.
Seeing them makes me smile slightly. Seeing them so upset and out of control increases my happiness and gives me a better mood in a situation as unpleasant as this.
I guess they are not going fishing this weekend.
Victoria POV."Mom? Dad? What's going on?"My question hangs in the air, as I continue to watch those strange people in the living room of my house, keeping their countenances full of seriousness. This has turned into something very strange and even scary, I don't see my younger siblings anywhere, and there are so many strange people in my house now... Why is this happening on my birthday?"Tory, there is something important we need to tell you" My father says to me.From the tone of his voice, I can tell that the situation is serious indeed, I have rarely heard my father talk like that. So looking curiously at all that crowd of strange people in my house, I walk through the living room to the couch where my parents are, approaching them."What's going on?" I ask curiously, focusing my attention on my father.Entering the conversation, my mother is the one who answers me, telling me: "Tory, there is a situation we were unaware of about your
Victoria POV.This all seemed like a bad nightmare. Lying on my bed, while hugging one of my pillows, I couldn't stop crying. How could this all have ended this way? I was supposed to have a nice dinner at home today, surrounded by the people I love, with my parents, my grandmother, and my siblings. But instead, I just have... A horrible obligation.So even denying myself to this truth, to what is happening to me, in my head I keep praying that this is just a bad dream, that from one moment to the next I will wake up in my bed, starting my birthday all over again, where I would just have to laugh at my silly dreams and have the 18th birthday I always wished for.But as I keep crying and the minutes go by, I don't wake up from this "nightmare".I don't know how much time passes, but after a very good while, soft knocks are heard at the door of my room. After leaving the meeting with those unknown people in my living room, I ran to my room, where I locked m
Victoria POV. Sighing, I look at my closet not knowing quite what to do. I was feeling extremely exhausted, because I had stayed up all night, crying and thinking about what was going on in my life, with the whole thing with my birthday ruined and my marriage arranged. It's not the first time I've stayed up all night, I've done it before for school when there are exams or I have an important project, but last night was different, as I didn't stay up working or studying, I stayed up crying and lamenting about my horrible life all night. I couldn't say that I had already decided what I was going to do, in a way I felt in the middle of a big predicament. My family is not doing well financially, but that doesn't mean that I practically have to prostitute myself to get a little more money for them, we are not that destitute. However... Not just for getting my grandfather's company back, but also for my brothers, I was beginning to consider it. I mean, you just hav
Dominik POV.Very attentive, I was going through some of the documents that were left for me this morning. They were not very important documents as work has been pretty quiet these past few weeks, however, I prefer to give them a look now that I have more time, because I don't want the work to pile up for me when it is already the deadline to send in the revisions.As usual, I review the documents that talk about the sales of the new drugs that we bring to the public with the pharmaceutical area of the company, something that was beginning to be worrying, because it generated losses, at least in these first two months since its launch. In my company it is not very common to see losses, we have very competent professionals, so everything we bring to the market has a good use for us, making us one of the most prosperous companies in recent years. But I personally believe that the pharmaceutical division of the company is our weakest part, as it does not generate good sa
Victoria POVI felt like I might faint soon because I was so nervous. When I was finally allowed to go see Dominik, the CEO of this huge company, by getting on that big, luxurious elevator that took me up so many floors, I really thought I was going to faint. The emotions were too strong for me, and I was still unprepared for the unknown, fearing what I might find when I got to Dominik's office.When the elevator finally finished going up, in the middle of long seconds, I realized with surprise that I had reached the top floor of the tower, did Dominik have his office here? As I arrived, just outside the elevator, I was met by a stunning but friendly woman. I think she is Dominik's receptionist, but she really looks like a model, with a slender and well-proportioned body, wearing a beautiful light pink dress that clings to her body.Next to this beautiful woman, dressed in my most "elegant" clothes, which were just rags compared to her dress, I couldn't help but
Victoria POV.After leaving Dominik's office, I feel incredibly relieved, as if a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Closing the door by myself, I walk back to the elevator by which I had gotten here, remembering the way well. Lisa, Dominik's kind and beautiful receptionist offers to take me to the elevator, but I refuse, as I'm not so dumb as to not remember how to get there. So I just say goodbye and thank her for her kindness and help, continuing on my way to the elevator.My meeting with Dominik had been very quick, stupidly quick if I have to be honest. Since I had hoped that when we both met, we could talk at length about the matter of our engagement and what it entailed for us, but Dominik didn't seem interested, and ended the matter rather quickly as if he didn't care; which is irritating but reassuring at the same time.Reaching the elevator, I press the button to call it up to the floor I'm on, while still thinking about everything that happ
Dominik POV.A month passed since I signed the document that obligated me to marry Victoria Miller, and now we are less than two weeks away from our wedding.Just as I promised her, shortly after we signed the contract in my office that same night, I took care of making it legal with my lawyer, and when we finished the process of the stamps and legal validation for the document, I had her copy with all the signatures and stamps delivered to Victoria's house, along with a wedding ring that my assistant bought for her.I didn't want to give her the ring, it seemed like a silly waste of money because the contract that obligated us to get married didn't stipulate anything about a ring or any of that nonsense. But Lisa insisted, pointing out to me how important those silly details are for some women, and that even if I don't love Victoria, I should try to make her happy to have a healthy coexistence by her side when we both get married. So since Lisa insisted so much
Dominik POVAmid my mother's hateful and insistent complaints, which were about to drive me crazy, we made our way back from the outskirts of the city where my family's mansion is located to the city again where on this occasion we headed to the hall where my wedding was to take place.Thanks to the planning of the wedding planners I hired and the efforts of my mother, we had everything almost completely finished organizing, however before we could finish everything, we had to talk and finally confirm everything with Victoria's family, so we only needed to talk to them to finish everything that was left. We had already booked the date of January 4th to have the religious ceremony in one of the biggest and most colorful churches in the city, while the party would take place in the best event hall we could find for the same date, in an auditorium that belonged to a five-star hotel.We couldn't meet at the church, so we decided to have the meeting at the hotel hall
Victoria POVTaking a deep breath, I listen as in the distance behind these curtains, the wedding march plays, by that nice band we had hired for our wedding.I didn't have fond memories of my first wedding. I was in a funk, with the news of my arranged marriage and after getting such an impression of Dominik and his family, it was practically impossible for me to enjoy that ceremony. Besides that as such, that was not my wedding, it was Dominik's mother's wedding, that insufferable woman was the one who was in charge of organizing most of the details of my wedding, from the hors d'oeuvres to my dress. So that whole party and ceremony didn't feel like my own thing, it felt like my duty to marry Dominik.But my second wedding... It's something different.For a long time when I regained my memory, I felt extremely regretful and stupid for having signed my divorce with Dominik, for having been so unconscious to sign those documents. For because of my mistake
Dominik POVI open my eyes in the middle of the darkness. After having sex with Victoria in an uncontrolled manner several times, I end up surrendered in bed. Sometimes I think I should improve my physical condition just for my wife, who has become insatiable.Abandoning my thoughts as I turn in bed, I soon wonder where she is right now, as next to me there is no one, there is only the empty bed. With a yawn, having regained some of my energy from that short nap, I stand up and grab my underwear, putting them on and deciding to leave the room to look for her.It didn't take long to find her, seeing her in the main room of the suite, wearing my shirt, and sitting on the floor looking outside through one of the large windows.Smiling at the sight of her, I slowly approach her, sitting behind her and hugging her back, "What are you doing, didn't you rest?" I ask kissing her on the neck.Victoria smiles playfully, and entangles her fingers with mine in
Victoria POVIn the middle of this beautiful room, which made the most beautiful memories flow in me, I couldn't help but melt with Dominik in a passionate and long kiss, while my body stuck to his, and his naughty hands started to slide down my waist, reaching my buttocks and pressing my buttocks."Dominik..." I say in a whisper breaking our kiss when he presses my buttocks on the thin fabric of my dress.Smiling in a somewhat shy way, Dominik says to me, "I'm sorry Tory, I don't think I can control myself right now."Smiling reassuringly at him, I take his face in my hands, saying, "I don't want you to control yourself."Those words coming from my lips are enough to drive my husband crazy, who takes me in his arms, and with quick steps heads to the suite's bedroom, making me laugh. Yes, he is quite impatient...My body bounces on the soft feather bed of the hotel, the same one on which I once lost my virginity to this man I love with all m
Dominik POVShortly after Derick's nanny arrives, Victoria and I leave our house for the city. Unlike our short married life without children, Victoria and I no longer had as many freedoms now, as we could stay out all night at a party and return at dawn, Derick was still a small baby, and he needed Victoria by his side. Still, we could definitely do something in the little free time we had.I love my son with all my heart, but secretly, if only I had wished my time alone with Victoria as a slightly freer couple had lasted longer.But there is no time for regrets now, and enjoying my young son and my now stable family, I can only long for my times with fewer responsibilities in the past."Wow... We haven't been here in a while" Victoria says, as we approach the most luxurious hotel on the island."I know, when we arrived I had planned to come here often, but I think we only came here for the first few days of our arrival," I say unable to hold in s
Dominik POVFeeling loving kisses on my face, I barely open my eyes and see Victoria's smiling face next to me, something that immediately makes me smile too, as I love to see her so happy and next to me."Hi," I say looking at her."Hi..." She answers me, lowering her gaze immediately to our son, "Were you guys taking a nap?""The baby was taking it, and I... I foolishly fell asleep too.""It's okay, don't worry, you've worked hard these days, you deserve to rest too."Holding her things better, Victoria stands up, walking to one of the furniture nearby to put her phone on charge.After all, getting back to my life with Victoria wasn't difficult at all.I was able to enjoy her last few months of pregnancy when she was in such a delicate state after all the horrible things that happened to her because of me. I still didn't mind taking care of her at all, and I kept her like a princess at home during that time.My mother
Victoria POVWith a sigh, I take off my sunglasses, listening as my phone alarm beeps steadily, signaling to me that my relaxing time on the beach is finally over.Honestly, I wanted to enjoy however I could these last days I have in this paradisiacal place with my family, since after almost 6 months I was going back home for my wedding, and I wanted to enjoy a natural tan for that. So looking at the sunset sun over my head, already practically disappearing on the horizon to give way to the night. I understand that it's the right time to head back home. I still have a couple of days to come to the beach to soak up some sun before returning home.Almost a year has passed since my accident and my reunion with Dominik, and during all this time... My life has been perfect, better than a dream.Just as I had anticipated, in the month of March, my little boy was born without a hitch. My beautiful Deric Evian Meyer was my greatest love next to his father, and al
Victoria POVI felt like I was in heaven, having just woken up from a long dream, a nightmare. But now I had all my memories, my memories preserved, I finally knew who I was and I could return to the arms of my beloved husband.I know our relationship is not perfect, I'll be damned if I ever suggest that it is. However, amid its imperfection, I was happy with Dominik, as I believe we both compliment each other and have the ability to make it all work thanks to being able to do that, thanks to being able to be ourselves and find understanding and affection in each other. I don't see myself next to anyone other than Dominik Meyer.So when I feel his arms around my waist, touching my bulging belly, I can't help but get a little emotional and just want to cry. Since I signed the divorce petition foolishly, and for a moment, just a moment, I feared I was going to lose Dominik. Even more so tonight, when for just a couple of seconds, he almost left me again.Tu
Dominik POVAfter thinking about it... I decided that I was definitely not going to give up. I know what Victoria had told me, I know the desperate way she begged me to get out of her life... And even though I was really considering doing it so as not to upset her and not to make the situation even worse... I understood that I couldn't do it.I couldn't disappear from her life and from my son's life like that, I couldn't be a coward and abandon the only family I truly love in this world. For my son and for Victoria, I had to keep fighting for them until the end.So, apologizing to all my employees, whom I had made come to work in vain on such an important date as Christmas Eve, I suspended my trip and asked them to keep the plane. I was not planning to go anywhere.I was determined, I was going to get my family back at any cost, and I planned to start doing that right now if necessary. So grabbing my little luggage and my phone, I was already calling a ca
Victoria POVI felt like I was in some kind of loop, some kind of replay of time and events, as in the middle of a snowy night and so much hustle and bustle, I was running through the streets heading for the airport, to find the man I love and the father of my children.Praying it's not too late.After leaving Dominik's building, the one in which we once had our apartment, one thing became clear to me: Dominik was planning to leave, and that was something I could not allow. So taking all my courage, adjusting the scarf around my neck, and getting very serious, I decided to get to that airport to stop him, even if I had to walk in the snow with my pregnancy, I was determined not to lose Dominik for a second time.But fortunately, when I was arriving at the center of the city, in the middle of the strong gales hitting my face and the snowflakes that had started to fall from the sky, I met the least expected person."Miss Victoria?" I hear as a very f