Chapter 45 Stay with me
“What is going on Adrian?.” I asked. “Did you call your lawyer.”
“He will be here any moments from now, but your uncle- he is here.” I whispered so low, I didn’t want to see him.
How could I see someone that looks exactly like my papa, and hate him, I can’t hate someone with his face, I can’t love the person either, he is not papa, I can’t care for him either, he could never be like my father.
“He is in the city, he sent an invitation, the men received it this evening, he wants to meet up.” He said and my breath hitches. “You don’t have to do this Elara, I can meet him, I can tell him that you are not ready to see him and he will not dare say a word about it."
“I- I have to.” I breathed out, my chest tighten against my heart, every breath I took felt heavy, it made me lose my mind. “I need to see him, tell him we will has a dinner tomorrow evening, with the rest of the family at my house.”
“Are you sure you want to get married to me, ifs nothing like before, I will be damned if you think that I will let you go, you will leave and have another life someone else, because once the lawyer gets here, once we sign it, he can get it approved by the judge this evening.” He explained.
I know that, this is not how I imagined to get married but I had to.
I needed to do this.
“Before it was different and now it’s even more different, they took papa away from me, they didn’t care that he went through so much during his last hours, they made him suffer and now I think they have Sarah with them, what if they hurt her?.” I breathed out.
I didn’t want to lose any more people, the thought of that terrified me, I didn’t want them to take this away from me.
“You told me to be strong, and I have to be, if it were me, papa will burn the world to make sure I find peace and that’s what I will do for him, I will burn the world to make sure papa is at peace .” I breathed out.
He inched closer to me, when he wrapped his hand around me, his breath fanning against mine as his eyes were on mine, he stared at me like he knew I would be able to do this, I will be able to handle this, he made me feels strong in ways I could never be able to explain and he knew that better than I did.
“Make me your wife Adrian.” I breathed out. “I can’t live with the guilt of letting go of the mafia and never doing anything to make sure it’s safe, it’s with family.” I stated.
“I will.” He said and I smiled
I have no idea what we are, where we are but it felt perfect. Whatever we shared was something I always imagined and now it’s here, with me, papa always makes the right choice and I guess with Adrian, he knew exactly the choice he made would be best for me.
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An hour passed when Adrian left to take care of something, I found myself wandering around his house, it didn’t have any pictures of him or his family, I didn’t think he would like to remember them when I heard his voice coming from downstairs
“How long?” I asked the lawyer the moment I walked into the kitchen.
“In five hours it will be approved, but we need two witness.” The lawyer stated.
I watched as two of the guard toward the end of the room stood in front, one was from my mafia and the other form Adrain, I guess this is why he left for an hour, to get them to testify for the wedding.
My papa didn’t have a second in command, he never cared to have one because he didn’t trust anyone but himself, he would always say, no one can handle the mafia better than I would.
No one can make it safe and care for the soldiers like I do.
“Let’s just get this over with.” I breathed out when I settled beside Adrian.
His eyes were on mine for a second when he pulled out something form his pocket and my breath hitches
It’s a ring
He didn’t have to get that.
“It can’t be a wedding without a ring.” He said, it was two, one for him and one for me, this was not how I imagined getting married.
“You didn’t have to.” I whispered when tears slipped out of my eyes, my eyes were on his when he stared at me with a smile on his face, he used his fingertips to wipe the tears that fell against my cheek.
“No more crying, it’s going to be time to make others cry for what they have done to you Elara.” He said.
The lawyer looked between us when he handed us over the paper, this may be forever, I would be stuck with him, I didn’t feel sad, it made me feel happy that I would not be alone, I know what loneliness did to people, even though papa and I had each other, I am nor his wife, I saw the way he missed her, the way he pretended not to so I would not cry.
I softly signed the papers when he placed the ring on my finger, to my surprise it was my size and I placed the other ring on his finger too, a smile appeared on my face when he leaned in.
“Thank you for doing this for me, for my papa, for saving my mafia.” I whispered and he smiled at me
He didn’t move and I made the move, sealed the promise by placing my lips on his.