Victoria POV."Why did you do that?" my mother asks me upset, as we walk out of that fancy hotel together to go home.I didn't want to make a fuss right there, not with Dominik and his mother so close still, but my mother was very upset and scared, walking next to me to scold me for what happened at the meeting."Tory, listen to me, I'm asking you, how do you plan on buying those rings, we don't have enough money to afford something like that!" my mother says to me."It's just that I... I'm fed up" I answer truthfully, "Did you see the way she treated us? I couldn't stand her treating us that way, no more..."Stopping my advance through the entrance of that hotel by taking me by one arm, my mother tells me: "Victoria, you can't do this, you can't do something like this to us, we can't buy those rings, we can't afford that money.""I know, believe me I know, even better than you, it's not for nothing I'm marrying Dominik, I'm doing it because

Victoria POVNervously, I bite one of my lips softly, while looking at my reflection in the mirror."Damn... I shouldn't do that" I say to myself, stopping biting my lips immediately.It was very early, almost early morning, but I had been summoned here on the day of the wedding before the ceremony so I could get dressed up properly, doing my makeup and putting on the dress I bought with my mother for the wedding. And while all of that stuff I just mentioned sounds "easy", it really isn't, it takes way too much time and is very stressful.We are in a beauty salon in the southern part of the city, the area where there are wealthy people, and where I guess Dominik's family lives. As arranged, my parents and I arrived at 5:30 am in our car, and it was our big surprise when we saw inside the salon several women already getting ready for the ceremony, among whom I could identify Dominik's mother.If you had asked me, I would have preferred to get ready

Dominik POV.The cheers and applause are heard again, and although I see how in front of me Victoria wants to tell me something, I don't make much trouble, and wanting to end all this as soon as possible to leave quickly, I approach her and take her by the chin, kissing her lips. Carefully I join her lips with mine, feeling her warm, soft skin against mine. But it's just a kiss, something unimportant to me, so I soon release her chin and pull away from her face again.And although I expected Victoria to have the same reaction, as something as normal and unimportant as a kiss, when I pull away from her and see her face I realize that she has not taken it as something so simple. Looking very embarrassed, Victoria has her whole face very flushed, as she stares at me and is speechless. Looking at her so surprised, I realize that the kiss hasn't meant as little to her as it has meant to me, so I hesitate if I should apologize for my rash actions.But watch out of the

Victoria POVWhile my heart was beating desperately in my chest, I couldn't stop looking at Dominik's eyes, so close to me, so close to my body... I can't help but be so nervous to have him that way next to me.Trying to push the nervousness away I tell him: "Stop playing... This is no fun, let me go..."Cocking his head to one side, Dominik brings his face very close to mine, whispering to me: "I'm not playing, not anymore, are you still playing with me?"Holding his face so close, so close that I can practically feel our lips brushing as we speak, I blush heavily as I feel his breath with the distinct smell of liquor hitting my face. This is the first time in my whole life that I feel like this, so scared but at the same time attracted, as I can't stop shaking and feeling scared, but at the same time, I also wish that Dominik won't stop and keep holding me that close to him...But keeping my sanity, I put my hands on his chest trying to push him

Dominik POVVictoria and I have a silent walk in the direction of my home, I feel the atmosphere heavy and tense between us, mainly because I think Victoria is angry with me for what happened yesterday. And as much as I would like to apologize to her for what I did, since now being calm and fully conscious, I realize that I really overdid it with her, that I went too far, and that I shouldn't have kissed her or touched her like that. But I can't do that right now, as my driver is with us, and this matter is too delicate to talk about in such a light-hearted manner in front of the servants who attend to me.In the middle of a road that is not so long, as the hotel where our wedding was in the privileged area of the city, we finally arrived at an area closer to the center of the city, in that area that borders the area of the rich and the center of the city. This place is good to live in my situation since the area where my company building is located is close to the cen