“The two of you are going to keep surprising me like this until when?” Meghan asked in Aira’s passenger seat,“It’s going to last for another three years, so brace your heart,” Aira responded amused by Meghan’s reaction.Today they were heading to the justice office where someone was going to discretely officiate their wedding. Vincent was already there getting their paperwork ready with carter.Meghan and Carter were dragged to be their witnesses in this last-minute wedding. It was only a few hours since she and Vincent talked about this idea and she’d agreed to it. Knowing that his uncle was getting desperate, they decided that getting married and submitting the papers early on was their best option to avoid any tragedies.“By the way. Did you talk to your grandmother?” Meghan asked“Does it look like I did?” Aira asked“No, but I wanted to ask anyway,” She told her, “You know you’re going to have to talk to her eventually,”“I do, I’ve just had too much to worry about,” She told he
The man who was supposed to officiate their marriage seemed to find the Idea of them eloping to make sure no one ruined their wedding to be entertaining.He kept chatting with them for about fifteen minutes recounting tales of other marriages he officiated. By the time he was on his third tale, she could see Vincent clenching his fists. He was getting angry. Aira sent a pleading look to Meghan who rolled her eyes and nodded.It seemed like her boss’ anger was such a normal occurrence that she considered it a minor crisis.She texted something and a few moments later her phone began ringing. She answered the phone without leaving the room.“Hello? …. Yes yes of course!…. No Mr. Valory will be there as soon as he’s done with an important meeting…..,""I thought she was your friend," The man said unable to tamp down his curiosity,"She is, but she also works as his personal assistant," Aira responded thinking that it would be better to give the man what he wanted would move things forw
"Open up! Open Up this door before I break it!" The sound of the door pounding was the first think that woke Aira up to from her deep sleep. Another loud thumb resounded through the apartment making sure that any remaining sleep left in her evaporated to this annoying reality.Something starteled beneath her made her eyes open wide enough to discern Vincent's broad and very nacked chest underneath her head.He shifted beneath her and swore, and Aira moved trying to untagle herself from his arms only to stop when Vincent's arms around her waist tighten."I swear to god, this better be good," He grumbled,"What's going on?" She asked as the pounding and the bell ringing continued on her appartemt door. This person was making their intents more than clear."I have no idea. Whoever this is. They're going to have a lot of explaining to do," He grumbled as he got out of bed,He was only in his boxers, and that fact didn’t seem to bother him. He always slept in his clothes when they had to
"Get the fu**ing hell out of here," Vincetn said in a low tone his hands clenching and the muscles beneath Aira's hands where she was touching him contracting."Vince-" Aira started trying to calm him,"Get him the hell out of here before I kill him," Vincent yelled his voice shaking the whole place. Aira was so startled that she flinched and he turned to look at her his eyes were wide and unseeing.He was so mad that she wondered if he was still holding onto his sanity. Without thinking, she reached out only reaching his chest and he grabbed her hand immediately closing his eyes and taking a deep breath settling her hand on his heart.She looked at him for a few moment before turning her gaze to Carter who stood there rooted in one spot watching them with a strange look."Can you please get him out of here?" The security's number is on the wall next to the intercome."Sure," Carter said heading toward Vincent's uncle who by now was whiter than ever and watching vincent with terrifie
Aira stepped out from behind the curtains and opened her arms spinning. Meghan squealed and clapped at the same time a wide smile on her face."Oh my god. You look stunning!" She exclaimed"Of course she does! Who do you think made that dress," Paul said as he admired her from afar his eyes narrowing, "If only you had a few more pounds in you..." He contemplated and Meghan shushed him."Oh Hush. Can you not be such a killjoy!" She told him as she walked toward Aira and spun her, "You look wonderful. Although he might be an annoying killjoy, he did a wonderful job in this dress," "I know, right? This isn't my first time wearing something he made, but so far, this is my favorite piece," She said with a smile as she spun in front of the mirror.Paul came up bedind her adjusting the bodice of the dress and checking the skirt before looking at her through the mirror."This isn't just a piece, it's you wedding dress. I have been waiting to make this for you for twenty years," He answered.
"When's the wedding again?" Aira's grandmother asked her as they watched the workers move around the lane installing the tent for the wedding.Everything was coming together nicely and Aira barely had to lift a finger, her grandmother's house was the best fit for their large guestlist and Meghan's familly was puting everything together exceptionaly well.It was nice to have aquaintances you can rely on."In two days," She told her absently her mind mulling over what she was going to talk to her grandmother about,She had been thinking about this for around two weeks. She needed to have this talk with her grandmother and have closure, especialy since the wedding is in two days and Aira will be busy after that acting like a lovey dovey couple."You don't look nervous," Her grandmother commented as she puffed out the smoke from her cigarette."I'm not, Paul gave me a pep-talk the other day when we did the last fitting for the dress," Aira answered, "You shouldn't be smoking this much you
"By the way, I thought your grandmother didn't do portraits," He said as they waited for her grandmother at her workshop."She does, when she feels like it, she does family portraits. She did one of mom and dad when they got married," Aira answered eying Vincent as he looked around curiously."Is it a private piece? I don't think I've seen it before," he asked,"It is a private piece, but you've seen it," She said, "It was the piece at my parent's house,""The one with two figures?!" He asked"Yeah, she doesn't exactly paint portraits the way you would think." She said,"Are you serious?! That's a masterpiece. I'm pretty sure that it would've singlehandedly saved your father's investment had they decided to sell it," He told her,"They would never do that. It's special to both of them," Aira said, "Do you want a tour of her workshop?""Yeah," He answered immediately, "I never thought I would get to meet 'Moon' let alone Gina Lee,""You've really been looking forward to meeting me? I m
"There it is," Aira's grandmother said, " Can you see how he's holding her waist as he looks at the camera, Vincent? I want it to look like that," "Yeah, I get it," Vincent answered and Aira sent him a pleading look. She wasn't comfortable with Ray standing so close, especially since he had been leering at her."Let me try," He added as he headed toward them and practically pushed Ray out of the way to take his place,He looked down at Aira his jaw tight and his eyes so intense that she wondered if she did something wrong to anger him.He put one hand at the small of her back and the other a little firther up to her side where his fingers touched the side of her breast from time to time."Are you okay?" He whispered and she smiled"Yeah, thank you for the save," She whispered back"Fantastic!" Her grandmother said and the camera snapped a few times.They both looked her grandmother's way and she was examining the results of the shot with Ray."I want you to stay like that and Vincent