Legally Bound To The Mafia Boss

Ariel sat exhausted on the bench outside the hall and let out a deep sigh.

“What is wrong?”

Luciano asked, coming to sit with her, he seemed concerned but she damn well knew if she told him she was having second thoughts, his concern would disappear.

“Nothing, I just have a slight headache,

She lied

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah, I have been working all week to be the perfect lady for you,”

“You did a good job, Naomi had nothing but praises for you,”

“I am glad to know that my seamless efforts are paying off.”

She responded robbing her neck.

“Is it hard?”

He asked and she nodded.

“Yeah, I am not used to a lot of people fuzzing over me,”

“Oh, well, it is just for the wedding, after that, it would be you and me,”

He said, the way he said it sent ideas to her head and she didn’t know what to do with them, he must have felt it took because he pulled her face close to his and dropped a kiss on her lips, she was so used to him kissing her now that she didn’t pull back or struggle, far from it, now she actually long for those kisses and kiss him back.

“I have business to attend to and you might not see anything of me in a while, if you need anything, something reasonable though, not something like you wanting to pull out, if you need anything just call me,”

He said when he pulled away from the kiss, she could still taste him against her lips, she resisted the urge to lick her lips as she tried to process what he just said, when it finally clicked she stared at him like he was out of his mind.

“Call you? How, I don’t have a phone, you took mine and didn’t give it back,”

She accused.

“I didn’t take it though, it was broken, that’s why you have a phone in your room that you can call me with,”

He responded.

“I will call you when I need you, even though I doubt I will need you,”

Arielle responded in a sassy voice she inwardly patted herself for sounding so confident, there was absolutely nothing to fear about the man who was to become her husband, not like she was scared of him before, the realization of the sent a cool air of peace into her veins.

“Right, good night,”

He said and stood up and left, she scoffed and raised her head to the night sky, there was no reason to retire to her room just yet, it was safe in the mansion and it was just a few minutes past seven pm, she stayed out for about an hour before the retired to her room.

Arielle walked into her favorite spot in the whole mansion, the flower field, it was her precious heaven in the mansion and she was thankful Luciano even though he was a hard man had something like it in his big house, she let out a deep breath and took a seat at her usual bench, she had a bottle of water with her because she had plans of sitting there well into the night, she was getting married tomorrow and was currently feeling overwhelmed, everything was ready but the question is was the bride ready? She couldn’t answer that, in just a few hours, she would walk down the aisle and be married for two freaking years, after talking with the wedding planner, it was decided that she would walk down the aisle on her own, she didn’t have an issue with that, plus they hired about eight bridesmaids, Arielle didn’t know them by their names but the few times she met them during rehearsals, they were nice to her and Naomi even said they all have good chemistry.

Overall, the preparations for the wedding went well and she hoped the wedding would too, plus, the location was changed last minute, instead of the hall at Luciano’s mansion, the new location was his hotel event center, the change of location did nothing to stop the wedding preparation, in fact, it was as if they never changed plans.

“Are you ready? It is tomorrow,”

Ariel heard Luciano say as he walked towards her, she frowned at the sight of him, she hasn’t seen him for days now and now that he was back and asking her if she was ready, she suddenly wanted to say no and run away, but she knew it was too late already, not only him but both of them will suffer the consequences if she decides to pull out now, not like he would let her do it anyway.

The amount of media coverage their wedding news got overwhelmed her, even Naomi said it was the most talked about news, plus the fact that no one has seen her with Luciano prior to their wedding announcement, well they wouldn’t know she had no connections to Luciano and have not met him until a few months ago.

Heck if her parents hadn’t been morons, she would never have met him on a personal ground, now he stood next to her on his flower field, in his huge mansion, and was asking her if she was ready to marry him.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“What? You can’t answer?”

He asked.

“I am not ready, that’s my honest truth but I don’t have a choice,”

She responded.

“Yeah you don’t but just know you will not regret it, just think about everything you will gain from this, plus, do you know how many women will kill to be my bride? I am not bragging about that shit but do you know know how many outcry from various ladies our wedding Announcement has caused? I can’t even turn my phone on in peace because I keep getting calls from all my exes that I told I won’t even get married,”

He bragged. Arielle couldn’t believe the man was saying what he said, he sounded so goofy, if she never saw him brutalize a man, she would have concluded that he was harmless and a tease but he was far from that and she could do well to remember that, again that doesn’t mean she was scared of him.

“You know, you act all alpha male and macho and say things like this?”

She couldn’t help saying.

“Say what? I was stating a fact,”

He replied.

“Hmm, I see,”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

He asked as he sat next to her.

“Nothing, nothing at all,”

She responded and they both sat in silence.

“Why did you say no to the bridal shower? I heard from the wedding planner that you didn’t want one,”

He asked, breaking the silence. Arielle had been expecting him to ask and he did, she saw no use in having a bridal shower, she didn’t have anyone to invite and she was not open to partying with strangers who won’t even look her way if not for Luciano so she had strongly disagreed with the wedding planner when she had suggested it.