One month later…
Sheila was staring at her slightly pale reflection in the bathroom mirror.
“Get yourself together, you can do this!” She muttered to herself, trying to give herself a pep talk before she walked out of the bathroom and faced the big task that lay ahead of her…
“Sheila, everything alright my dear? he is waiting!” Anastasia’s voice came from the outside of the bathroom sounding a bit worried.
“Coming, I will be out in a minute!” Sheila replied while splashing some cold water on her face before drying it.
After one last look, she took a deep breath and walked to the door and opened it, bumping into Anastasia who was still waiting for her on the other side.
“You nervous dear?”
“Well, yeah….little bit”
“That’s entirely understandable my dear, from tonight on it will be official so all eyes will be on the both of you, but he is a good man and you are lucky that he wants to take care of you and the baby, so enjoy my dear and all will be well!” Anastasia said before slipping away into the crowd as Micah just approaches her from a short distance with a small smile on his face. When he finally reached her he gave her his arm.
“Shall we?” He huskily said.
“Yeah, let’s go!” She replied with a blush on her cheeks.
Slowly they made their way trough the crowd towards the podium. Once there, Micah helped her the small steps as she held his hand while with her other covering her big baby belly as they stepped into the podium, facing the eagerly and curious waiting crowd.
As Micah waited some seconds before he started to talk, Sheila let her mind drift away a bit, starting to reflect on the passing months. She could still not completely believe that she was standing here, next to Don Micah Santorini, who would be her fiance from tonight onward! How crazy was life?! She thought in silence. A few months ago she thought she was either going to be grown in his dungeon or be killed and now she was here standing beside him in front of all the influential family’s to be introduced as his future Dona, his queen in a beautiful dress. Her and her baby girl were going to be safe and cared for!
She still remembered the day he had asked her…
Flashback: One month ago…
“Would you like to have dinner with me Sheila?” Micah repeated after she had frozen up after his first question of dating him. She had had just returned from one of her check ups in the hospital and was caught of guard by his question.
“After she had somewhat recovered from her initial shock she replied him smiling. “Yes, I would love too!”
“Good, be ready tonight at seven then, see you later, I will be in my office” He grinned before kissing her temple, making her feel giddy like a schoolgirl. After that she gotten herself ready for a nap since she felt really tired while Micah went back downstairs to his office to round up some matters.
That evening after she had woken up feeling refreshed and felt an unknown excitement in her body that wasn’t there before! Slowly she started to get ready for her dinner with Micah, as she was feeling more and more like the sloth, because of er pregnancy. She took her time to choose an outfit from her walk-in closet and then took a nice, long bath while using some.of her favorite bath salts who had a nice perfume scent. As she was finished with washing and rinsing her long hair she started soaping her body and checked for spots that needed a shave down.
“I’ll better shave she mumbled with a blush, not knowing were the evening would lead too but wanting to be prepared for anything. A while later she finished shaving and cleaned up the rest before stepping out and dry herself off. As she stepped inside her room again she was alarmed by some muffled talking which sounded more like a fierce discussion between two people, making her curious…
She tiptoed to her door and pressed her ear to it, trying to listen…
“Are you sure?” She heard a man’s muffled voice coming from the other side of her door and then a hushed whisper that sounded somewhat like Anastasia, replying the unknown man’s voice.
“I hope you know what you are doing because if they find out then you know what will happen right?” the man reluctantly stated.
“Yes, yes I know! But it is needed, now go and do it, and keep your mouth shut!” ‘Anastasia’ replied in a whisper. Then a heavy sigh was heard and some retreating footsteps and the sound of another door opening and closing, e ding in silence…
“I wonder what was that all about?” Sheila whispered to herself as she stepped away from her door while frowning.
While still thinking about that strange and secretive conversation she had just overheard outside her door she started to dry her hair after she had put some sexy underwear on, well as sexy as she could make it since she was feeling like a big, blown up melon!
Two hours later she was finished and walked down the hallway towards the front door. Outside she found Micah waiting for her beside his SUV as he held the door open for her while his eyes where plastered on her curvy body, making her cheeks to light up in a lighter shade of pink.
“You look beautiful Sheila” Micah mushed as he took her hand in his, after kissing softly her plump lips.
“You don’t look so bad yourself either, Don!” She giggled making him chuckle.
Once they were inside the car he took of meanwhile at the back, another car was following them discretely with his security detail on board.
“So how did the check up go?” Micah asked with his eyes still focusing on the road.
“Good! She is healthy and moving around, I can not wait to finally have her in my arms!” She mushed facing him with a warm smile as she rubbed her big baby bump.
“Good to hear, sorry that I couldn’t come with you, I was so busy and then my mother…well anyways I hope next i can come with you” Micah replied squeezing her hand.
“Oh no worries….but can I ask you something though?”
“Sure, what’s up?”
“Why all of a sudden you want us to date?” She asked honestly curious about his answer. Micah did not reply right away but waited until he found the right words.
Five minutes later they arrived and he parked his car at the back of a cozy looking restaurant and got out and walked around to open the door for Sheila.
“Oh wow Micah, this is beautiful!” Sheila mushed seeing the place.
“Glad you like it, now let’s go to the garden section!” Micah replied while putting his hand on her lower back, guiding her along.
At the back he took her to a table for two which looked like something out of a fairy tale! He helped her sit down and after the waiter was gone after giving them their menu he started to talk again while looking Sheila straight in her eyes.
“To answer your question from earlier on in the car…I need a woman by my side and a heir, my mother made it very clear this afternoon, kind of demanded that I take action so that is what I am doing now, taking action. And as me choosing you is about i have known you now for some months we have grown a bit closer I can say and I have started to like you a lot, I know we had our past but I have been trying to put that behind us and look forward to a future together as a family with your daughter, of who I am willing to adopt as my daughter. I see potential in you and I can provide anything you want or need for you and your daughter so, these are all my reasons for me being here with you tonight, so Sheila, would you do me the honor of becoming my queen, my wife and mother of my children?” He finished a bit breathless, on one knee while holding her hand in his while he opened his other hand, revealing a beautiful diamond ring…
Sheila looked down at him wide eyed as a gasp escaped her slightly trembling lips…
Her heart was beating wildly, making her feel like it was about to burst out of her chest while her thoughts were all over the place as she thought of all the reasons why she should say yes or why she should even say no…
But the only thing her conscious came up with in the end was, was this really happening, had Don Micah Santorini, just asked her to marry him, to become his queen??…
End of Flashback.
Suddenly she felt a squeeze in her hands and she blinked a couple of times, coming back to reality again.
“So without further delay, my i present to you, my fiance Sheila, the future new Dona of the Santorini famiglia!” Micah’s voice boomed throughout the ballroom when all went from him to her as a loud round of applause roared to life.
“Welcome to the famiglia baby!” Micah whispered in her ear as he stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her round belly protectively as if the baby was his own.
Sheila manged to produce a small smile although she suddenly felt very overwhelmed with the idea of becoming the wife of the Italian/Russian Mafia king in a few weeks time…
Could she really do this, marrying more out of duty from his side and from her side for comfort and protection? Even though they liked each other and they were attracted to each other, would they ever really fall in love with each other? She wondered in silence as they stood there together looking at the still clapping crowd in front of them.