Fake Marriage, True Love

Chapter 10

That was it. I did not want any other person in this marriage so I walked up to them and stopped a few meters away.

Crossing my arms, I said, “What’s the meaning of this? We just got married so you cannot possibly tell me that you two are in love with each other.”

“I will see you at work, then,” Cresia said to Nikolai, patting him on the shoulder and ignoring me totally.

When she drove off, I faced Nikolai. It was infuriating to see that he still looked unbothered despite what I just saw so when he took a step forward, I raised my hand.

“Unless you explain yourself, do not even dare take a closer step towards me.”

He never said a word and just showed me the golden necklace, which I was sure that Cresia gave him just a few minutes ago. It had a crescent moon on it and a black gem right at its center. I must say… It was beautiful, but it did not change the fact that it came from Cresia.

“I had this handmade just for you and Sia, a friend and co-worker of mine, got out of her way to deliver it here as soon as possible.”

I narrowed my eyes on him, still doubting the words he had spoken of.

“Should I f*ck you here and now like what we did–”

Embarrassed that someone might hear him, I did not let him finish what he had to say and covered his mouth with both of my hands. I looked around to make sure that no one heard him or it would be totally embarrassing, and fortunately and luckily, the space was empty. I looked at him, flabbergasted.

“Are you insane? That kind of thing should only be between the two of us. Don’t just go announcing it to the public.”

Instead of assuring me that he would not do it again, he just grinned before kissing the tip of my nose.

“You’re an overripe tomato right now, my little one,” he whispered, making me shut the hell up and even freezing my feet to the ground.

I felt the cold touch of the necklace as Nikolai put it on me and seriously, he should not be doing this. It’s unfair! He still did not explain why he had been so out of contact the past few days and yet… And yet he was doing all this that makes me want to forget all about it. A-And… And did he just call me little one? Well… I do admit that comparing our height and physique, he was still much bigger even though I was taller than the average woman. B-But calling me that sounded like when he used to call me ‘little kid.’

“It suits you perfectly,” he commented.

He was about to bend over for another kiss, but I kept my hand over his lips.

“No more kisses,” I told him. “Not until you explain to me why I never heard anything from you for days.”

Before he could entrap me with whatever technique he had in mind, I slipped out of his grasp and rushed back to the wedding reception, smiling to myself and holding the moon he just gave me. Upon my return, Jennifer’s performance ended and everything went according to plan. I could not ask for more, but to tell myself that I should no longer doubt Nikolai’s loyalty and hold any sort of grudge against Cresia. Besides, Nikolai was already my husband and nothing would ever be enough to separate us.

When the wedding reception ended, I got changed before grabbing my baggage out of my room and rushing down to the entrance of the mansion where Nikolai was waiting.

“I’m ready!” I claimed, punching the air with my fist since we were now heading to the airport.

Nikolai simply smiled, opening the door to the front seat for me. Heavens! I may not have had my dream wedding, but I definitely may our honeymoon the best ever!

“Maybe you should calm down a bit. Our flight’s gonna take about five hours so take it easy,” Nikolai said when we were already on the plane.

“I know… I… I just cannot wait,” I replied, trying to suppress the squeals that wanted to escape from my mouth.

Only then, I received a sheepish grin from him so definitely, he was also looking forward to our one-week long honeymoon. With the preparation I did in advance, I was more than confident that he would definitely enjoy it.

I grinned back at him before hitting his side with my elbow.

“What do you have in mind, huh? What are you looking forward to?” I asked since I wanted to hear his opinion.

Our destination may have already been revealed to him, but the activities and all the things we were going to do were kept as a secret. With the ring and necklace he gave me, it was just a good idea to surprise him later. And not to mention, we were definitely going to catch up for lost times that we did not ever speak to each other.

Either way, he leaned towards me and answered my question in a whisper.

“I’m looking forward to pleasuring you in different positions and in different places.”

Right after he said that, my hand instinctively hit him right on the chest. I glared at him.

“Are you the embodiment of the s*x good or something that it is all that you could think of?” I hissed. “I was being serious here.”

He shrugged his shoulders and claimed that he was also serious about it. I shook my head. The first time we did it, I was sore for days and now, he wanted to do me for what? For a whole week? What does he want? Does he actually want me to be sore for a month? Damn him and that dirty mind of his. Grrr…

As I laid down on my side of the bed while Nikolai was still sitting up with a book on his hand, he put the covers over me. I pursed my lips together to stop myself from smiling because he might just get all cocky about it. In a matter of seconds, I got my back turned on him and just right after I shut my eyes, his hand patted me light on the shoulder.

“Yeah, you should get as much sleep as you can because once we get into our room later on, we’re gonna stay up all night.” I thought he was referring to doing the outdoor activities I had prepared for us, but then, he added more. “Ah… You should have told the caretaker of the vacation house to make the bed more secure.”

“I just do not get what you are talking about. Can you make it clear–”

“Because we might break it while we’re doing it–”

“Nikolai!”

“What?”

Blushing, I gave him a piercing look.

“Stop that or I will seriously cut that thing off of you,” I threatened, but I just received another sly grin from him.

“I know you wouldn’t do such a thing. Besides, what else would pleasure you–”

Before he could even finish what he had to say, I slapped the pillow right on his face.

“Just read your book. Good night.”

Thankfully, he did just that and never spoke of his dirty jokes again. Seriously, I never thought he would be like that, but anyway, at least there was something new that I managed to know about him. Still… I did not hear his explanation as to why he was not in contact… Scratch that. We have one week together ahead of us and I think that would be enough time to ask him about it. For now… I need to sleep.

I had no idea how long I had been in dreamland, but the moment I woke up, I was trapped in Nikolai’s arm. I could feel his hard muscle with my back so I squirmed underneath until I was facing him. He looked more peaceful and definitely not intimidating with the way he slept, making me smile while gazing at this Greek god before me.

I cannot believe it… I was actually married to this gorgeous man. And now, I’m Calypso Lionheart-Livinston. Hmm! Just thinking about it made the butterflies in my stomach flutter like crazy! It made me want to look forward to our married life in the future. Only then, I snapped out of my thoughts when he moved. I remained still like a statue, not wanting to wake him up just yet since I preferred him in that behave position.

“Have we arrived yet?” he asked in his sleepy and low tone of voice, while his hand pulled me closer to him.

“N-Not yet.”

After some time, instead of me being almost covered with his broad shoulders, he was now leaning his head right on my chest. Well… As long as he falls back to sleep, I will have no complaint. I ran my fingers through his dark hair and it was kind of comforting.

“I was just reminded,” he suddenly said without moving from his position.

“Of what?”

“You’ve got the smallest boobs.”

In a matter of seconds, my hand was already grabbing a handful of his hair. Since he was not at all careful of the words coming out of his mouth, I pulled on his hair until his hand covered mine to stop whatever I was doing.

“Smallest?” I said with gritted teeth. “So are you telling me that you prefer those women you were with in the past, who had huge chests?”

He chuckled as if this was the most amusing thing he could ever do to me.

“Don’t worry, I like yours best.”

I let out a heavy sigh. Maybe… I should try not to react in any way about the things he would say. It seemed like he was enjoying teasing the hell out of me, while I get annoyed and irritated.

Not long after, he fell back to sleep. It took us another hour before we finally landed to our destination…

“The breeze of the beach!” I exclaimed as we stepped out of the airport with the sea already in sight… Though it was still a bit far from where we were.

“So… You like to swim, huh,” Nikolai commented with his sunglasses on.

It made him look even cooler that even the other women passing by were stealing glances of him. I just ignored them since I could not blame them at all.

Either way, I smiled at him as our gazes met and I replied, “No. I do not know how to swim.”