Chapter Five - wedding night

Emiliana pov

Getting to the altar, uncle Luke hands me over to Luciano, who looks really handsome, dressed in his black colored tuxedo, with hair neatly trimmed, after giving me a reassuring smile. Locking eyes with me, Luciano mouths “you are beautiful” to me, leaving me embarrassed. However I completely ignore him, while we get into our positions as the priest begins the mass.

“Today we are gathered to celebrate the union of these two souls in marriage” He states

I zone out completely, till I am nudged by Luciano, I look at him with a questioning look, and with an angry expression on his face, he nods his head towards the direction of the priest.

I immediately look at the priest, who is staring at me unhappy, however he repeats himself again “ Do you Emiliana Russo take Luciano martello to be your lawfully wedded husband?” “ I guess I do” I said, not realizing I thought aloud, thankfully only Luciano and the priest heard it, and trust me the priest looks super annoyed, whereas my soon to be husband, has an annoying smirk plastered on his face. I immediately correct myself, “ I do”, I say this is a sickly sweet voice, leaving Luciano amused.

Finally done with the exchange of rings and vows the priest says “ you may kiss the bride.” I guess I can’t skip this part right? I immediately whisper to the priest , to which he nods his head, giving Luciano a deadly glare, I stand on my toes, with my hands on his face, I immediately give him a peck on the lips, pulling away immediately afterwards.

The ignorant crowd erupts in joy, while I give Luciano another glare as he pulls me towards himself. I once again walk down the aisle, however it's different this time, because I walk down this time with Luciano, and as Mrs. Martello, with hands interlocked with Luciano, much to my dismay.

I am really happy we don’t get to stay throughout the reception, because Luciano has some urgent business to take care of, and the dress and heels were killing me. Seeing me struggle to walk fast on our way out of the reception, Luciano picks me up in his arms in bridal style. I open my mouth to complain, when I sight two ladies at a distance, looking at us with admiration. With this I look him in the eyes, with a shy expression on my face, and say “thanks”, to which he replies with a nod, not saying anything else.

We get into the car, and Luciano drives in speed towards our house.

Much to my surprise he doesn’t speak, and we drive in complete silence. On reaching the house , he orders me to get down, and zooms off, with no information on where he was headed.

Paying no attention to him, I immediately step into the house, moving through it , in search of my room, promising to give myself a well detailed tour of the house the next morning.

Feeling so exhausted I quickly search for the nearest room, entering inside, I go straight to the bathroom for a much deserved shower time. I step out of the bathroom, making my way towards the walk in closet in search of what to wear , with my body wrapped in a black towel, picking up a shirt and boxer, which I guess belongs to my husband, I immediately put it on ,and move towards the mirror, removing the bobby pins in my hair, seeing no makeup removal wipes, I decide to sleep with my make up on.

Finally done, I fall on the bed, which smells so much like Luciano, like a log of wood, Immediately my head hits the pillow, I fall deep into a dreamless sleep.

I wake up to the sound of a low and husky voice, scaring me, as I remember being the only one in the house yesterday, I sit up in bed immediately, as I feel a piercing stare at the side of my face, my eyes met his, my newly wedded husband, making me feel a jolt of electricity run through my body, at the intensity of his stare. Moreover seeing him up close, there's something about him, which seems familiar, but I can't quite place my finger on it.

"Good morning," he says, with his eyes gleaming. "I think it's time we discussed the rules."

I feel annoyance in my chest as he lists his expectations. "You will obey me at all times. You will not leave my side without my permission, you will stay out of my business, my office is out of bounds, and we will be sharing the same room, which would be this one, I'm glad you found it already, I'm sure i don't need to remind you to discard any other male in your life now you're married."

"I don't get to listen to you make rules without stating mine as well", I say with my nose flaring and chest heaving, displaying the amount of anger I am feeling. " I will continue with my work at the state animal hospital, you also don't get to interfere with my business, I will also have as many male friends as I want, i also will not be sharing a room with you,lastly you should know that, I will never love you."

I say all this with so much anger and hate laced in my voice.

I feel like I am going to drown in my sea of anger, I am unable to breathe as he towers over me, without warning, his lips crashes down on mine.

The world around me melts away, leaving only the sensation of his mouth on mine. I feel like I am being consumed, I try to push him away, but my hands won't move.

Lucaino pulls away, his eyes gleaming with triumph, I am stunned, my mind reels with the implications of what just happened.

And then, I see it, a flicker of something in his eyes, something that look almost like... longing.

But this is impossible. I didn't know this man, we just met, however,as I look into his eyes, I feel like I am staring into the soul of someone I have known my entire life.