chapter - 6

𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐄

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I am tired.

Tired of continuously thinking about what hell is going to happen. It's been a couple of days and nothing actually has happened.

According to the threat I have upon my head, my life should be coming down to my knees anytime now. Everything I have built in this country will go to the gutter.

I'm not afraid to die if that's what you are thinking. I grew up a depressed teenager so imagining death is like cleaning my room which I do once a week.

The consequences of death don't scare me anymore but the fact that it will rob me of my future does. I just feel tired I don't what to do.

Brandon left his resignation letter yesterday.

Mr.Salavtore is nowhere to be found.

"Ayushi?"

I took my head out of the negative thoughts to see Marisa standing in front of me. What is she doing here? I gave her the month of because of her wedding. And she is still here.

"Why are you still here?"

"I want you to come with me."

I pressed my lips together," Why?"

"We are going shopping for my wedding, you are my maid of honor you are coming I don't know," she shrugs.

I noticed that she isn't in her usual formal attire instead she is wearing a black tank top with denim shorts.

"Let me guess you already filled for my half-day?"

She winks at me and I got my answer.

"Okay, but we are taking my car," I stressed.

"You can but Eden is coming to pick us up. My mother is also with him."

What is this group shopping? God. I can't say no now can I?

"Until your fiancee comes, why don't you tell me why are you guys getting married so early?"

Did I tell you she is getting married this week?

I don't mean to intrude but if she sees me as a sister I think I can ask. Also, I need to divert my mind to something, anything else.

Her cheeks turned red and she looked at me like she never expected me to ask her that.

"What?" I asked to continue doing the work on my computer.

"Nothing, we just love each other so much. We've been together for almost 4 years already. We don't want to wait for anymore. "

"4 years? And I never heard about him. We have been working for me for almost 2 years and never mentioned him. "

"We are keeping things private. Until one day he decided he wanted to tell the world. "

Don't come at me but that sounds childish. She is just 23 and is getting married because a boy wants to claim her.

That's what true love us perhaps. What should I know?

A little later Marisa opened the door and his fiancee came to him, with her mother, and oh God no.

What is he doing here?

His eyes met mine and he still holds a neutral face. Am I the only one shocked to see him here? I averted my eyes from him to Marisa's mother.

"oh, figlia," she comes to me for a hug. Aunty calls me daughter she always called my daughter the day told her why I left my family.

"la mia persona preferita," I say and hugged her.

I shake hands with Eden and smiled at him. "Let's go shall we," Marisa instructed and we all nodded our heads. Like she is the boss here.

My eyes went to him, what is he doing here? He is typing something on his phone as I observed him for a moment. He is so handsome he has small hairs on his face which means he hasn't shaved in some time.

"Brother come here?"

Holy smokes, so they are brothers. I slept with Marisa's brother in low. I knew he is related but they are brothers. Holy smokes.

I blame that night on the American in me. The Italian or the Indian would have never let me sleep with some stranger.

After the decision, Eden talked to Marisa and she came up to me.

"You go with his brother. I and mum and Eden will be in his car," she told me pointing towards Eden's car.

From the corner of my eye, I can see Nicolas talking to Eden. What can he possibly be talking to him about? Is he telling that the maid of honor in his wedding sleeps around?

I wish he isn't one of those men who objectify women in these things.

But you can never be sure. "Okay," I replied to Marisa. I can talk to him about this if we share the same car.

"Kay. You follow our car."

"Seems like we are left together, again." A voice came from behind me, sexy enough to make my knees go weak.

He had this effect on me. I don't get it.

"It sure does."

As soon as we both entered my car. I locked the car and turned to face him.

"Listen, dude, I want you to promise me that you won't tell them anything," I requested with the sweetest tone possible.

"Dude?"

"I mean Nicolas." I glanced at him gathering all my strength and with the puppy eye, "please."

His eyes met mine he ignored my request and turned to stare at the road with a small smirk on his face. That wasn't funny.

"I remember you saying that when you were under me."

Oh, he did not.

I can feel my face turning red, how can someone say things like that in public? Well, we are not exactly in public but whatever. "You didn't just say that," I uttered.

The smirk on his face just grew bigger, " Eyes on the road Sugar. I don't want to die because some girl doesn't know how to drive."

Excuse the fuck me. And sugar?

"Okay, I didn't know who the fuck you think you are. But I am a great driver," I half-shouted at him. I just want him to promise me that he won't tell Marissa I slept with his brother-in-law. But this asshole.

"And you have a dirty mouth on you."

What the hell is this guy's problem. I didn't reply to him after this, I don't want to.

A lot of time passed and when we are near to reaching the store he finally spoke.

"How old are you?"

How what the fuck. "Okay, I get it you don't interact a lot with people, Alphano but these are etiquettes you don't ask a lady her age."

I get out of my car as soon as I said those words and no I didn't bang the door on him. It's my car.

Nick's pov

Alphano? She didn't just call me that. Something about this girl amuse me, she has a dirty mouth on her. And then the way she talks to me.

That just because she doesn't know who you are my conscience mocks me.

Whatever It will be fun teaching her some real- etiquette she said? Etiquette.

I followed everyone inside, I observed how she walked. She walked like she owned this goddamn store. The confidence this tiny girl has in her amazes me.

A lot of other girls in the store are more physically attractive than her but she doesn't seem bothered at all.

"Brother? Come here," Eden called me to come and sit with him. "What are we doing here again?" I asked him, annoyed that Ayushi is not even looking at me.

Fuck her. I already did that. And I think I want to do it again.

"I already got us a stylist so we just have to choose whichever you like. And let the ladies decide the colors of flowers and stuff. "

His stylist brought suits for both of us and all of them are complete shit. "No chance in hell I'm even trying any of them."

"They are not so bad, old man. " I glare at him.

"Okay, you sit here and tell me which one you like on me. In the meantime Stella, fetch some wine for my brother here," Eden said.

I looked around and found Ayushi looking somewhere intensely. She has a dress in her hand, a silver one. I made my way towards her, curious where she is looking.

I found her looking at an expensive grey Brioni suit. I stood behind her, a little too close for her to feel my presence.

"Silver is not your color," I have no idea why have I advised her that.

"Mhm, why can't bridesmaids wear suits?" What type of a question is that. This is what she is thinking gawking at that suit like she can swallow it whole. Does she swallow though?

"You want to wear this suit? At my brother's wedding?" I have a little idea of how women look in a suit but to see her in a suit. That should be interesting.

"I want to but it isn't my size. Also, I don't want to spoil their big day." Is it weird that I like the way she talks? I have seen met many confident women but one with an attitude like hers.

I signaled the woman to come near us, "Pack this suit," I instructed her. I wanted to see how she will react to this I wanted to see her face. And as expected my little trick made her face me.

"You didn't."

I almost laughed at her. "Oh, I did."

"There is something wrong in your brains Alphano," she said trying to walk away from me again.

I grab her hand and pulled her towards me again. Crashing her into my chest, she is tiny. Her tiny hands came to my chest for support.

"Stop calling me Alphano," I said, annoyed. She rolled her eyes at me and then she did the most unexpected thing. She stomps her heels in my foot making me throw her away. This bitch.

Everyone in the store saw us, she picked herself up to open her mouth.

"Never grab women Alphano. Never."

She threw the dress, she had in her hand at the woman I told to pack the suit and walked to Marissa. With a smile on her face.

My brother comes beside, "Brother please be calm. She is just a girl," just a girl oh she is anything but that. She fucking calls me by my name like that and she fucking plunged her heel in my foot. She has no idea who she is messing with.

"Don't worry about that. She is nothing I can't handle."

Little did he know that she is everything a man can't control.

"Let me go talk to them. We can go to lunch or you can just leave I'll join you later."

"No, I'm coming with you."



"What are you doing here?" I ask shocked. You are kidding me. He didn't just follow into the ladies' room.

But he doesn't seem fazed at all. With a smirk on his face, he walked without me. "Al--"

Before I can shout at him to get lost he trapped me between him and the sink, near enough so I can smell his cologne.

God, he is big. He is practically hovering over me.

He brings his face to my level looking at me for some time then he circled one of his arms around my waist and pulled me to him. Making me yelp.

" You just introduced yourself to trouble, Tesoro. You need to learn some manners," he whispered in my ear, biting my earlobe.

Don't make a sound. Don't. I felt a little ping in my stomach. This man makes my ovaries go all dancing.

I looked at him again trying to analyze his next tactic. I never let any guy treat me like this, but he, not just any guy he is well him. I think my brain cells don't know how to work with him this near me.

"I-" again before I can say anything he crashed his lips on mine.

The impact was so hard I almost feel but thank God he has his hand around me keeping me in place.

Our tongues danced in complete sync fighting for dominance. Did I just forget how good he feels, his lips, his hands on me, him on me. Hehe.

I smiled in the kiss and kissed him hard again.

Forgetting that my life is practically in danger.

"You are coming with me."