Chapter 7: Rumours

Chapter 7: Rumours

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Aaliyah entered her penthouse, tired, she and Antonio had talked for hours, trying to get to know each other to make their story more believable, she actually enjoyed it.

"Well look at the Mrs." Turning Aaliyah saw Tia with her computer.

"Hi, I guess you saw the news." Tia nods.

"Your whole family saw the news, including mine, that ring is huge." Aaliyah had just remembered about her family.

"Shit." Tia laughs.

"Shit is right, check your phone." Aaliyah looked on her phone taking it off do not disturb, when she did it buzzed like crazy, she got many missed calls from her mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, etc.

Aaliyah sighed, taking a seat. "That dress looks expensive." Tia states.

"It is, 100,000, apparently it and this ring is custom made."

"You can't tell me he ain't your sugar daddy, see if he has a friend I could date, I need to get myself a man with money." Aaliyah laughs.

"Such a gold digger."

"Don't hate on me miss 100,000 dollar dress."

"It's not a lot." Tia rolled her eyes.

"You sound bougie bitch, go take a shower, I'm going to start on dinner." Aaliyah did as told.

Before she could go inside her bathroom, her phone rang, It was her mother, she sighed sitting on the bed knowing this was going to be a long conversation. 

"Mom?"

"Don't mom me, you get married and don't even think to tell anyone."

"I told Tia."

"Why didn't you tell me?" 

"It was so sudden, I promise you when you come to visit, you'll meet him and love him as much as I do," Aaliyah said, rolling her eyes as she said each word.

"We won't be coming until next year, you know how expensive it is, for everyone to come as once."

"I didn't say everyone could come, only you and dad."

"No." Aaliyah didn't want to argue.

"Fine, I'll see if I get you some tickets." With her new raise, she knew she could buy anything.

"How will you find the money for that?"

"Don't worry about it, I have to go Mom, love you."

"This discussion isn't over."

"I know," Aaliyah hung up, letting out a breath she didn't know she was holding it, she took a shower, before going downstairs, Tia had fallen asleep in the couch, Aaliyah walked over to her shaking her wake.

"Go to your room." Tia closed her eye since again, grumbling something, Aaliyah picked her up, almost dropping her, she weighed a ton, and she was so skinny, but looks were deceiving.

She carried Tia into one of the rooms covering her before turning on the A.C. Aaliyah went back into the living room, ordering some pizza before turning on the TV.

After an hour they came, she took the pizza paying them, before digging in. Soon Aaliyah fell asleep on the couch.

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It was the next day, Aaliyah woke up to the sound of her alarm, she groaned, sitting up she began stretching.

After a few minutes, she did her usual routine, but this time, she fell asleep on her bed.

"Aaliyah?" Tia called out, Aaliyah quickly got up, yawning.

"Coming!" Aaliyah went downstairs, where she heard two voice, she walked into the kitchen revealing, Tia and Antonio, laughing.

"What are you doing here?" She asked Antonio yawning once again.

"That's how you greet me."

"If you're going to be my husband you'll have to get used to it." She told him as Tia gave her so coffee, which she gladly drank. "So again what are you doing here?"

"Since I'm your husband we'll go to work together today." She shook her head.

"I'll take a taxi." Tia rolled his eyes.

"She's acting humble right now, wait still she starts getting comfortable with you." He sent Tia a smile.

"You need to come with me because paparazzi will be outside the office, you don't want to come out of a taxi while they're taking your pictures, the internet can be very judgemental, I almost forgot, I got the contract, read it over, I want it signed by the end of the day you can have a lawyer look it over." He handed her the contract she took it, reading it, he had included everything she had asked.

"I'm a lawyer," Tia said.

"You're in med school."

"I'm learning the laws of medicine." Aaliyah rolled her eyes.

"Everything seems fine." Aaliyah had a degree in law and business.

"You sure?" He asked, giving her a pen.

"Now you're freaking me out." He smiles.

"Sign, you ready to go?" She stared at him as she signed making him smile brighter.

"I need breakfast."

"I already bought some it's in the car, probably getting cold right now." She sighed.

"Fine, goodbye Tia," Tia nods, too focused on her phone.

"Give me a second, I need my handbag." Aaliyah ran upstairs getting her key and things, before going downstairs.

"Ok, I'm ready." They were entering the elevator when he stopped her.

"Where's my ring?" He asked she took it out of her handbag putting it on.

"Where is yours?" She asked he took it out of his pocket putting it on, they went inside the elevator.

When they stepped out, flashes came from the entrance. "They're early." He mumbled, suddenly security surround them, they followed them to the car, they went inside.

Aaliyah would never get used to that, people following her everywhere, taking her pictures at her best and worst moment, she could not grasp how he handled that every day.

"Do you have social media accounts?" She nods. "You're going to need to delete, any old pictures of you doing anything....wild."

"It's a business profile, for the company otherwise from that I have no other accounts, that I remember."

"You better hope, because they're going to dig up everything and buried you under the dirt."

"Thank you for the stress." She told him, checking her phone, he chuckles.

"Just warning you."

"You know I've never searched up your name on Google." He smiles.

"And you don't have to." This made Aaliyah curious, she went on google searching up his name, going on the news. The billionaire, Antonio Parker recently married, Antonio Parker landed in Jamaica, Antonio Parker is seen with the model, Melissa Avaire. Melissa? She scrolled down further, to his teen years. Antonio rumoured dating his teacher, Olive Smith.

"You searched it up didn't you?" She nods smiling.

"Your dating history is wow."

"You're wondering if most of them are true." She nods.

"1% of them."

"Wow, I'm proud of you."

"I seemed like the type to hump and dump?" She nods.

"I'm glad you're not."

"Why is that?" She met his brown eyes, caught off guard by there beauty but was quick to respond.

"Won't want you to go around giving girls S.T.D's." He laughs.

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End of Chapter 7: Rumors