Knight

Chapter 2 Wedding

As he predicted, his sister and Raina rang the doorbell in an hour, seemingly moving their office from the sixteenth floor, in front of the Wedding Hall, to his apartment. Callista watched in amazement as their assistants wheeled wedding dresses, cake samples and flower arrangement catalogues in. Raina was heavily pregnant, and Darrell had cautiously pushed her to the sofa. "How Ryan stand to let you go to school is beyond me." He commented. "Ryan's not a worrywart like you. He just make sure I'm careful. He's on his way, by the way. He had to pick up Mr. President from the airport."

Darrell frowned. "Did we have a meeting? I don't recall." "He was on video call with Mr. President about the Derawan Hospital Specialist Suites opening next month, the President insisted on coming. Don't worry, I've directed one of my assistant to wait for his guards to perform a security check on the Wedding Hall and his room floor." Darrell sighed in irritation. "Is he going to attend all of our weddings? " Raina shrugged "maybe he aimed to be fair. Callista, my father offered to his service to hand you over to Darrell. We understand that your father is no longer with us. Would you like that? " Callista nodded tearfully. She didn't think she'd get to experience a real wedding since she thought that Darrell and her will be signing forms only.

"Your brother and sister will stay with me for the night. Raina volunteered, but she's almost nine months now. I'm worried that she'd give birth while babysitting." Isla said as she flipped through the dresses. "Here, try this" She handed the dress to Callista. "Darrell, go to Ryan's apartment. You can't see her until the wedding." His sister shooed him off. 

Once Darrell left, Callista turned to the two girls. "You're really okay with us getting married?" She asked worriedly. "Yup! We loved weddings, and it's always nice to get a new friend. " Isla chirped "Darrell like the turtle cake. What's your favourite?" "What's turtle cake? And why? " She asked in confusion. "Here, try this. Oh, that's nice. Do you like the dress? " Callista tried the cake as she looked at the mirror. "I like it, but it's the first dress. Do you think i should try other dress?" Her mind is reeling because the two girls tag teamed her with the wedding business within 30 minutes, she'd already chosen a theme, colour scheme, and flowers. Raina had dispatched some of the assistants to decorate the Wedding Hall. "It's just a simple interpretation, because of the time constraints, but everyone should have a nice wedding, right? " She said when Callista fretted. 

Suddenly, it's already 7, and she was dressed and made up, led to the Wedding Halls with a bouquet on her hands. A jovial middle aged man was waiting outside the hall, chatting with Raina. "Oh ho, here comes the bride! Are you ready, my dear? " He smiled at her kindly. Callista nodded nervously. "I'm Raina's father, but you can also think of me as your father. I'm taking you inside to give you to one of my surrogate sons after all" He laughed "you looked beautiful. Darrell is so lucky" He patted her hand. 

The ceremony went on smoothly and Callista is now officially Mrs. Callista Santoso. The president helped them to register their marriage and her siblings' adoption so that they are safe from their stepmother's schemes. "I'll look into this high class p**********n thing. It's against the law. That he'd gotten away after being caught is very concerning. I wondered if there are other young women being forced into it like Mrs. Santoso here." The president was fuming after Darrell explained his sudden nuptial. 

After dinner, Isla took her new niece and nephew up her apartment and left Darrell to take his new wife to his own.

"How are you feeling? " He asked as he pulled his jacket and tie off his tuxedo. "You looked beautiful" He said as he kissed the top of her head as he passed her on his way to the hamper. "I'm… I don't know? This is all like a whirlwind." She blushes as he turned her to the height length mirror and unzipped her gown. "I'll set you a hot bath. Hot bath is always good. " He said as he turned to the bathroom. "Do you want anything from room service? " He called out from the bathroom. He was taking a quick shower by the sound of it. "Uh, not really" She stuttered out. She was really nervous for their first night, but he seemed to be quite relaxed. 

"Bath's ready" He announced as he exited the bathroom while drying his hair. His towel were slung low on his hips, making her blushed red to the roots of her hair. "Go have your bath. I'll order some tea. "

Darrell was reading on the couch, a tea service beside him still steaming as she went out in her lingerie. Isla had forced it on her with a giggle before her wedding. He smiled at her and patted the seat beside her. He looked so handsome with the reading glasses perched on his nose. "I didn't know you wear a glasses" She said nervously, clutching at her nightclothes "only when reading a book or working with small numbers. " He answered as he handed her a cup.

"Hey, don't be nervous. I won't force you to do anything you don't want to. So, what do you want to do? We have some movies, board games, or we can just talk, if you like." She put down her cup. "I… I wanted to try… " She peeked at him and avoided his gaze, her face completely red "oh? " "But only if you wanted to. " She said quickly. He gave her a kiss on her forehead and pulled her to his arms. "Where do you want to go for honeymoon?" He asked as he stretched on his back with her. She blinked "uh, anywhere is fine, really. I don't really have a preference." "Hmm… what about Derawan? I have some work there. You can come with me. Let Isla take care of Sierra and Felix for a week."

"Won't I be in the way?" She closed her eyes, enjoying his touch in her hair. "You won't. It'll be fun there." He kissed her hand. "Are you sleepy? " "Mmm, not really… " Darrell stood up and carried her to their room.