MR BILLIONAIRES MRS CLUMSY
Episode 17
(Confessions and Past)
~ Aaron ~
Is this my wife?
Eva?
“Aa-Aaron? What are you doing here?”, Her voice pulled me out of my shocked state.
“I- I can ask you the same. What are you doing here?”, I asked.
“I- I was just- God! Look at you! You are shaking! It’s cold, c’mon let’s go. We will talk later!”, Saying this she pulled my arm and I stood up on my feet.
“Where is your car?”, She questioned once we were out of cemetery. I pointed to where my car was parked and she clutched my hand before walking towards pointed direction.
We both sat down and she switched on car’s heater. “So?”
“I told you, I will be in California”, I shrugged.
“I know that Smarty! But what were you doing in cemetery? Sure your meeting was not with with dead people right? Or don’t tell me that you are planning to open King’s branch in he*ll as well as heaven!”, She mocked.
“I was here to meet my parents”, I sighed and her eyes soften.
“When was the last time you came to meet them?” She asked, I frowned.
“Last year”, I shrugged.
“No, I mean before moving to New York. When was the last time you came to meet them before moving to New York?”, she asked, her face displayed that her brain was on calculative mode.
“12 years ago. After a week of my parents death. That day has some good memories”, I smiled remembering that day.
“What good memories?”, She raised her eyebrows.
What is wrong with her?
“Eva, what is with this interrogation?”, I asked irritated.
“Just answer!”, She snapped and I sighed.
“Fine, I met a-”
“Girl?”, She finished for me.
“Yeah”, I frowned. How does she know?
“I was c-”
“Crying. And she came to you. You both talked for about half hour. You were missing your parents and she consoled you.”, She again finished for me leaving me shocked to the core.
“Ho-ho-how do-do you kn-know?”, I stuttered, slightly backing out on my seat.
What is this girl?
“She then said that she needs to leave because her sister is waiting for her. You asked her for her name but she didn’t tell you.”, She smiled with wide eyes and I nodded after gulping the lump of amazement down my throat.
“Why didn’t she tell you her name?”, Eva asked.
“She said, being strangers will make it worth remembering”, I said recalling her words.
“Were you able to find her name then?”, She asked curiously and I shook my head.
“I couldn’t come again because I was sent to New York immediately next morning”, I said.
“Well, hi! My name is Eva, Stranger “, she smirked forwarding her hand and my eyes widened in realisation. I gasped.
She- she is the girl!? Damn!
I pulled her in hug catching her off-guard. She was stunned for a moment but then relaxed in my arms and giggled before welcoming my hug.
“D@mn! I tried finding you alot! But it was so difficult. Thank god!”, I laughed and tightened my arms, she too laughed and tightened her arms around me. We stayed like that for what seemed like forever.
After pulling out of hug, her enchanting smile almost hypnotized me. She was happy knowing it was me, and I was on top of the world knowing it was none other than her, my wife.
“I still can’t believe it”, I grinned.
“Me too”, she chuckled.
“How come you are in LA?”, I asked.
“I am sorry, I couldn’t tell you. I tried calling you before leaving for LA but your phone was unreachable. Liza and Chloe, and even I was missing Aunt and Uncle, so we came”, she said and I nodded in understanding.
“How did you figured out that it was me?”, I asked genuinely feeling confused. Even I sometimes thought that my stranger girl might be Eva but the different personalities made me doubt.
“Your eyes.”, She answered with a smile. “They are so unique that I have never seen something so beautiful before. It was always them which made me suspicious”, she added and my heart swooned in happiness. “How come you are here? You were in San Francisco, weren’t you?”, She asked.
“I drove here after my meeting”, I answered and she gasped.
“That long! Why?”
“I missed mom and dad”, I stated.
“But still, you could’ve taken flight or more appropriate your jet?”
“Yeah, but I love long drives, so….”, I shrugged.
“You must be tired?”, she asked and I nodded. “Come out. I will drive till then you rest”, she said and was about to open door when I hold her wrist, she turned towards me.
“Where?”, I asked.
“To my aunt’s house of course. Now come out”, she stepped out and I did the same. We settled down, and she revved the engine.
All the while during the drive, her concentration was on road and mine on her. I should let her drive more often, that way I could watch her without embarrassing myself. I know she doesn’t like me, and it might be difficult for me to make her fall for me. But nothing is impossible, and I want to make this difficult thing possible. I know she still loves that bastard, but right now he is not here. I am! And that’s an advantage. After knowing that she is the girl I always thought of in my teenage years and unknowingly even after marriage made me squeal like a child. I don’t know what is happening to me, but this feeling is tranquil and I know I am possessed by it. One thing is for sure, that I am falling for my wife and there is no going back. I will try, I will try until my heart gives up. I will try to win her. Fuck that Liam! She is mine and I will win her heart.
Something knocked my forehead and I turned towards the source of it only to find Eva smiling. The car was parked near the entrance of a small two storey house. The door was held opened by her. I didn’t even realise when the car stopped and she opened door for me
“Knock knock!”, She said.
“Who’s there?”, I played along.
“Your wife”, she chuckled.
“Wife who?”, I asked.
“The one who was forced to marry you!”, She ruffled my hair. Guilt covered me the moment she said those words.
I did force her, and nothing can change that. The worst mistake of my life.
“Now c’mon”, her voice broke the inner turmoil of my thoughts. She turned to walk off but I pulled her by grabbing her elbow and she landed on my lap.
“Aaron!”, She yelped and slapped my arm. “Wh-what are you doing? Leave me, let go!”she struggled but I wrapped my hands around her stomach and kept her firm on her place.
“I am sorry”, I said and her struggle stopped at once.
“Why?”, Her voice barely above whisper.
“For forcing you. For blackmailing you. For making you cry. For being rude towards you. For saying those hurtful words. For making you marry me forcefully. Sorry for everything. Girl like you deserve nothing but best, nothing but happiness but all I did was make you sad and cry. I am sorry for everything, I really am”, I whispered, my hold loosened little when she relaxed in my arms.
“It’s difficult”, she mumbled.
“What?”, I asked.
“To forgive you”, she clarified and I sighed. Resting my forehead on her shoulder I again muttered an apology. “For me my freedom is everything. I love making decisions for myself but you did exactly opposite. You forced me for something I wasn’t ready for. You blackmailed me and used my love for my sister as an armour against me. I hate you for that”, she added and my heart clenched at it.
“I know, but give me one chance to rectify my mistakes. I will do my best. I like you, Eva. I like you alot”, I confessed and she stiffened.
“What about Riley?”, She asked, I frowned.
“What about her?”, I asked.
“She likes you and I think you too-”
“No, Eva. I don’t like Riley, yes she likes me but I don’t. I like you and only you”, I said and she visibily relaxed.
“But I don’t like you. I mean, I don’t know if I like you or not. Chloe said that I do, but how can I, if I love someone el-“.
“Okay stop.”, I stopped her before she can mention that man again. “You are confused and I understand that. What you have now is important not what you used to have. And right now you have me, so think before deciding. Because your one decision can change things drastically. I am not forcing you, we have almost nine months. Take your time. Just keep in mind that, I will always be there for you.”, I said, my hands playing with her wedding ring. She nodded slowly.
“But darling, just kiss me slow- Ahhhhhhh! What the hell! You guys scared the shit out of me!”,A voice screeched loudly and we snap turned towards the voice only to find Liza with wide eyes and open mouth. Her hand on her chest probably calming herself down. Ear buds in her ears and phone clutched in her hand tightly.
Realising that she was still sitting on my lap, Eva freaked out and jumped on her feet. I too came out of car and closed door behind me.
“What happened?”, Chloe came out and Liza pointed towards us.
“What are you doing here, Aaron? Eva, you are with him? How come you guys are together? And what are you doing outside?”, Chloe showered us with questions.
“Sissy was sitting on his lap. God! I don’t know what they were doing or was about to do but dear lord my poor virgin eyes!”, With that Liza turned and walked inside. “It’s cold”, we heard her mumble before disappearing in house.
“I, I mean we-”
“Save it. First come inside, it’s chilly here”, Chloe said and she too entered inside.
“Let’s go”, Eva called and I nodded.
The house was simple. A vintage style living room with wooden floor. A big LED TV on the right side of the door and sofa set infront of it. At the north-west corner, a wooden staircase leading upstairs. Beside the starting of staircase was another door, probably leading to kitchen. The house was beautiful and cosy, giving a homely feeling.
“Mum, look who’s here?”, Chloe called and I saw Mrs. Jones coming out of kitchen. Her eyes landed on me and a big contagious smiled spread on her lips causing me to smile too.
“Ohh my god! Aaron, good to see you son”, she sang and enveloped me in a warm, motherly hug. I was more than happy to oblige.
“Same here”, I mumbled.
“Come, come inside. Have a seat”, she ushered me forward and made me sit on sofa.
“Liz, get water for him dear”, she said but I shooked my head.
“No no, I am fine”, I said.
“No, get him something to drink Liza. He drived all the way to LA from SF”, Eva said and Liza nodded before rushing inside kitchen.
“Eva, you didn’t tell me that he is coming. I could have prepared delicious dinner for him”, Mrs. Jones said and I smiled at her hospitality.
“Even I had no idea”, Eva said.
“No problem. There are four women in this house. We will prepare a big feast for my son-in-law.”, She said.
“No, Mrs. Jones. It’s not needed”, I said trying to convince her.
“What not needed? It’s your first time having dinner with us, of course it’s needed. And what Mrs. Jones? Call me Bethany or Aunt, I am like Eva’s mom.”, She scolded and I sighed. The stubbornness runs in family I guess.
“Sure, Bethany”, I said. Calling Aunt seems little more far.
“Good. Girls, c’mon help you old woman”, she declared and sauntered towards kitchen.
“Here”, Liza handed me a glass of water and I gulped it down.
“I will go out before they drag me in kitchen”, she whispered in hushed tone and rushed towards the door.
“Liz, get your lazy ass in kitchen right now”,Chloe yelled when Liza was in the process of opening door. She groaned and stomped back in kitchen. I chuckled.
Not having a clue of what to do I picked up remote and switched on TV. Settling on a sports channel where football match between Argentina and France was going on, I made myself comfortable on sofa and concentrated on TV.
The match ended soon enough declaring Argentina a winning team but leaving me empty handed of what to watch next. I changed the channel and SpongeBob appeared. Childhood memories swarmed back and I rested remote back on table infront me.
The doorbell rang pulling me out of my SpongeBob marathon, I glanced towards kitchen but saw no one coming. Deciding to open the door by myself, I stood up and opened door only to come across a young woman.
Blond hair, approximately 6ft height. Tan skin and hour glass figure. Attractive brown eyes and blush pink full lips. This woman is surely attractive, before Eva these were my type of women but now everything is in dustbin.
“Yes?”, I asked as her eyes raked up and down on me. She bit her lips and gave me a large grin.
“Hi”, she greeted.
“Hey there, how may I help you?”, I asked politely.
“White suits you”, she mumbled and my eyes widened. I was wearing a white shirt and navy blue trousers. As I directly came LA from meeting, I didn’t had the time to change into something comfortable.
“Excuse me?”, I asked. Is this girl flirting with me? After spending time with Chloe and Liza, I am little bit comfortable around women, but that doesn’t mean I will go and flirt around with every woman I find.
“I am sorry, that was so out of the blue.”, She apologized, crimson color crept her cheeks. “But really, you look good in white”, she again complimented.
“Thanks, I guess?”, Not knowing what to say I acknowledged her compliment.
“Aaron, who is it?”, Eva asked and I shifted little on my place to let her see.
“Catherine?”, Eva said, she did perfectly good job in covering her distate with fake smile.
“Actually, I came here to give these cookies that mom baked”, Catherine said showing the box in her hand.
“Ohh, thanks. Please come in Catherine”, Bethany said while coming out of kitchen and I noticed Eva clenching her jaw.
“Yeah sure”, Catherine replied and forwarded the box that was probably filled with cookies towards me, I was about to take when Eva beat me to it and snatched the box from Catherine.
“Go keep it in the kitchen!”, she snapped and placed box in my hands forcefully.
“Eva! Son, give it to me. I will keep it in kitchen”, Bethany said taking the box from me.
“No, it’s o- fine”, I stopped as Bethany was fast to scurry off in kitchen.
“Have a seat, Catherine”, Eva said and Catherine averted her gaze from me, I heaved a relaxing sigh. This girl has her eyes fixed on me ever since she entered in.
“Huh?”
“I said, have a seat”, Eva gritted.
“Oh, of course”, Catherine replied and sauntered towards sofa, swaying her hips on her way. Eva face palmed herself and I chuckled.
“I have a great charm huh?”, I whispered in Eva’s ear and she shot me a glare.
“Charm my a$s!”, She snarled and turned to leave. She sat on the single seat sofa chair beside Catherine, both girls staring at nowhere.
This is fun!
But why doesn’t she like Catherine?
Is this jealousy I sense? If it is, that’s a good sign.
“So Catherine, what do you do?”, I asked and sat across Eva. On my question Catherine grinned and gave her whole attention to me but on the contrary Eva scoffed.
“I am a model.”, She answered.
“Ohh good, which brand do you represent?”, I asked.
“I am a small scale model. Right now I am not doing any big project. But this new year’s fashion week, that will be in Paris, I have chance to ramp walk there”, she said and I smiled at her appreciatively.
What? I like people who are dedicated to their work.
“That’s good, all the best”, I said and she smiled shyly. Eva rolled her eyes and I smirked. “You have a deadly figure, beautiful face, don’t worry you have a good career in modelling”, I stated and she beamed in happiness.
“Really! Oh my god thank you, Mr. King.”, She squealed and grabbed my hand shaking it slightly. I stiffened.
This went overboard!
I looked over Eva for help, but her eyes were boaring holes on our connected hands. D@mn, if her eyes had lasers, our hands would have been ashes till now.
“Eva, she said white looks good on me. Really?”, I asked and Eva’s eyes connected with mine.
“No, I prefer blue on you”, she said and I smiled.
I released my hands from Catherine and shifted back on my place.
“Eva is really lucky.”, Catherine said. Eva frowned and I raised my eyebrows.
“How?”, I asked.
“I mean she always had a great luck in men. First Liam, who was the most handsome boy of highschool and now you. Liam is even nothing compared to you”, she said, though my mood was dropped at the mention of Liam, my confidence boosted up hearing her last sentence. I glanced at Eva and found her fiddling with her finger.
“I don’t know about her, but I am surely lucky. She is the most strong woman I have ever seen in my life, of course after my mom. And having this woman in my life as my life partner is something I am always thankful to God about. We had a rough start, but I will be sure to make present and future better for her. I promise”, I said, my eyes firm on her frame. She blushed and my heart warmed at the sight.
“That’s so sweet”, Catherine mumbled and we turned towards her. “You are really very lucky, Eva. I don’t know what happened between you and Liam but that was past. And having man like this as your husband is what every woman crave for, you have your crave fullfill so just treasure it.”, She said with utmost sincerity. My face heated up due to her words. “Look he blushes too, he is so adorable”, she cooed and my eyes widened. Eva chuckled and nodded.
“I will be back”, I said and rushed towards kitchen.
“What happened?”, Chloe asked when I entered kitchen.
“They were talking like I was not even present there. And that Catherine was talking about me like I am some toddler. D@mn! That was so uncomfortable!”, I sighed, the trio of women chuckled.
“Come, I will show you the house”, Liza said as she washed her hands in sink. I waited for her and then she showed me the house. Last was her’s and Eva’s room, the room was grey and oxy black, nothing like typical girls. Small bed was placed at the centre of the room, sticking to the wall behind it. A table beside it. Dressing table at the north-east corner, and a large window beside it. The walls were covered with family photo frames and posters of about some pop groups.
“Liam used to live there”, some voice said and I turned to find Eva walking towards me.
“Liza?”, I asked.
“She went downstairs to help aunt.”, She said. She pointed towards the window and I turned, “Liam used to live there”, she repeated referring to the house next to this house. “That was his room”, the room’s window was just opposite this window. One could trespass within an arms distance.
“Why are you telling me all this? To make me jealous?”, I asked and she chuckled.
“No, to clear my past to you. You need to know if you like me and if I am willing to give you a chance. But if it makes you jealous then I am glad.”, She smirked.
“Used to?”, I questioned with frown.
“Yeah, his family suddenly became rich and then he moved out. It happened when we were in our sophomore year. Still we continued our relationship and it lasted until University. On the last day of our graduation, I went to his dorm room to congratulate him because we didn’t got chance to meet during the ceremony. But he already left with his belongings. I tried to called him, but first he ignored then switched off and then the number never existed. I never knew the reason why he went like that. Was it something I did? Or was he fed up of me? No answers. I went to his mansion, but his mom didn’t even talk to me neatly. She shoved me out of gate like I am some piece of crap.”, A tear escaped from her eye.
Rage won over my calm and my hands balled in fists.
“How did you two met?”, I asked.
“A week after I met you”, she smiled at me. “He was new boy in school and most handsome too. We didn’t even talked on his first day. He talked to me first during our mathematics lecture. He had some difficulty in solving a problem so he asked for my help. I did. And we became friends. He slowly made his way towards my heart and I found myself falling for him. We were literally couple goals, every student was jealous of us. We had the most stable relationship for almost 8 years. He asked me to be his girlfriend on our freshman year of highschool. During our senior year we broke up”, she said and that last two words called my interest.
“Why?”, I asked.
“He became over-possesive. Don’t talk to him. Don’t see him. Why were you talking to him. Can’t you understand you are mine. At first it was cute but then it became suffocating. He started yelling, then started forcing himself on me. I am a girl who believes to keep her v!rginity till her wedding not that who are willing to do s*x before wedding are slvts or whore. It’s their choice, their body and they can do whatever they like. It is my belief and I intend to keep it like that. His nagging increased that he too has some needs that should be satisfied. And that we are together since childhood then why not. I had enough when he slapped me due to his over-possesiveness”, I gasped.
What the fuck is wrong with that man!?
“He is a jerk!”, I hissed and she chuckled.
“No one is perfect, Aaron. He too was not. He did apologise, for almost two months. And promised me that he will never do that again. I loved him enough to forgive him. We continued our relationship. I wanted to meet his parents but he always avoided that topic. And then one day, he was poof! Gone! No idea where, why? Nothing-”
“Still you love him. Why? He literally threw you out of his life”, I cut her off.
“The day I met you, I smiled genuinely for the first time in two months. I had a small crush on you that time and like an idi0t I kept coming there in the hope to meet you. Everyday I used to wait for you for almost half hour but you never came”, she shrugged.
“What an unlucky guy I am”, I cursed my life and she laughed.
“He filled your void space. You were actually my first friend when I came here. But then you were gone and he became my friend. He gave me his shoulder to lean on and cry. I had him to celebrate my happiness with. I had him to share my problems with.”
“What about Chloe?”, I asked.
“We didn’t had a great relationship at first. She had some of her own insecurities and I had my share of problems. We became best friends during our freshman year.”, She said and I nodded.
“A pretty novel worthy past”, I commented and she chuckled.
“What about you?”, She asked.
“Nothing much. My childhood was simple.”, She raised her eyebrows. “Okay fine, lavish. I was a rich kid so private school. I had good amount of friends and fun life during primary school and then the accident happened and I lost my everything. Then Mr. Rhode took me to New York and I was homeschooled until they admitted me in high school. I met Adam and Riley there and we became good friends, during high school no girl opted for friendship and asked for relationship except Riley. It always made me uncomfortable. Not that they liked me as a person, it was all because I am rich and good looking. Even one of my childhood friend whose father was my father’s good friend started to seduce me and that made me disgusted. I mean c’mon, I have seen that girl blowing her nose, how can you expect getting seduce by her.”, She laughed and I smiled.
“So I never became friends with any girl. That is it. My life is no novel worthy”, I said and she nodded sarcastically.
“Can I ask you a question?”, She asked.
“Well this chapter is all about confessions and pasts, so go on”, I encouraged her.
“Why are you v!rgin? And don’t give me the reason of working!”, She warned with her forefinger pointing at me.
“But that’s the only reason, Eva. And if you can be a v!rgin, why can’t I?”, I countered back.
“Because I am a girl. And men like it, don’t they?”, She raised her eyebrows and I sighed.
“Well that’s absurd that you are girl, so you can control your harmones and I can’t because I am a man. I have a good self control on myself. And yes, I like it too. But I haven’t experienced it yet, so I don’t know anything about it. I have never watched p0rn, never seen nvdes, never had a girlfriend, never k!ssed, never m@sturbated, so it’s easy for me. Though it’s a different thing that Adam shares his every wild night with me in detail, much to my distate!”, I said.
“You are a saint, even I have watched advlt film”, she confessed embarrassingly and I laughed at her shyness.
“I am no saint Eva. You protected your v!rginity because you intend to keep it until your marriage. For me, int!macy is not purely physical, it’s emotional too. I am a man, but that doesn’t mean that I just want to have s*x, getting n@ked infront of someone unknown is not my cup of tea. Therefore I can never do meaningless one night stands. I want to have it with someone special, someone who really stirs those unknown emotions in me. Someone who will be peacefully sleeping in my arms next morning, someone I cannot only share my bed with but my feelings too.”, She was smiling at the end of my ranting.
“You are really different, my first thoughts about you were like being Christan Grey types in bed!”, She chuckled.
“Well I prefer to be dominant”, I smirked and she coughed.
“So the time when we were more than necessary close to each other was because-”
“Because you stir those unknown emotions. Because I wish to start my morning with you in my arms. Because I wish to share my every problem, my every happiness with you. Yes, I really feel all those things for you. Don’t know how it happened, but it just did. And I am happy”, I finished for her and she shyly smiled while blushing profusely.
“Enough of this r0mance, dinner is ready. And uncle too has arrived. Let’s go”, Liza piped in.
The dinner was really a feast. Perfect Roast Turkey. Cheese Grits and Corn Pudding. Roasted Sweet Potato Casserole with Praline. Marvin Woods’s Brussels Sprouts, Red Pepper, and Avocado Salad. Potato and Celery Root Gratin also last but not the least Apple pie crust.
“D@mn this literally feels like I am having Thanksgiving meal”, I said as eyed the delicious dishes on the dining table.
“Well the Thanksgiving is this Wednesday and you all will definitely not be here to celebrate so I thought why not celebrate it in advance”, Bethany said. This woman is surely a salute worthy.
“How did you do all this?”, I asked feeling amused and somewhat guilty as she prepared this much for me.
“Due to Thanksgiving I already started preparing many things beforehand so it was not much difficult. And my girls helped me too”, she said patting Liza and Chloe’s back.
“Thank you so much, Be-”
“Ohh shut it off! Don’t thank me. It is my duty to fill up my kids tummy. So hop on your seats and devour all this”, she said and we all laughed.
The dinner was great, but not at all quite. Everyone joked, laughed, talked. It felt like a happy family dinner. And I enjoyed every bit of it.
“I will sleep on this side and you will on that”, Eva pointed out.
I snorted. “Really? The bed is so small that even before the side starts, it ends!”, I deadpanned and she rolled her eyes.
“Fine, sleep on the floor”, she shrugged.
“This is my side, this is your side. Okay”, I recalled and she chuckled.
“Go and get changed.”, She said as she was already changed in her night dress while I was still wearing my business attire.
I took night clothes from my backpack and entered bathroom. The shower lured me and I couldn’t resist the urge to have a bath. Changing into comfortable clothes which consists of v-neck long sleeved black t-shirt and black sweatpants, I came out while drying my hair with towel.
“What was this meeting about?”, Eva asked, she was seated on bed, resting her back on headboard. A book in her hand.
I throwed towel on the chair infront of study table and plopped down beside her, balancing my weight on my right elbow.
“We are planning to enter Shipping business”, I replied.
“Shipping?”, I nodded. ” From what I know, King was once in the top ten companies of USA in Shipping”, she said and I nodded again. “Then what happened?”
“Legal issues”, I replied.
“What legal issues”, she asked.
“I don’t know much about it. Mr. Rhodes never told about it in detail. I only know that King was accused of being in mafia and that we were caught exporting drugs and girls in Asian and European markets.”, I answered. I really knew nothing about it, I tried to talk about it with Mr. Rhodes but he never told me in detail. He said that definitely Shipping was stopped because of our involvement in mafia. But dad had no idea about it. Dad’s friend backstabbed us. King was brutally harassed by media that time. Dad was so in stress that he rarely used to come home. And after everything was clear, he took mom to Maldives for vacation. I had exams so I couldn’t go and mom denied to go without me but I insisted her and she obliged. Sometimes I feel, that I am the reason behind their death. I should have never forced mom to go. I regret doing that.
“Was it true?”, She asked breaking the chain of my thoughts.
“Yeah, it was. Though the confirmation was never broke infront of media. Some insider who was closer to dad was involved in Mafia, he did it.”, I said.
“Then why the sudden decision of entering Shipping business again?”, She frowned.
“It was always dad’s dream. I am just fullfilling it.”, I answered and she nodded.
“What is your dream?”, She asked closing the book and turning, giving her sole attention to me.
“Construction.”, I replied.
“But you already did it”, she said and I nodded.
“But my main focus is Amusement Park. The construction of park will start on the first of January. I am really very excited”, I said and she smiled.
“That’s great”, she said and I nodded proudly. “Who was that insider that was involved in mafia?”
“Mmmmm…. Yeah, Jake White. He was dad’s college friend and a small shareholder of our company too”
“And the Mafia?”
“It was of some Antonio Russo, he was Italian Mafia man.”
“Was?”
“Yeah, he was murdered. Don’t you watch news? His son is ruling the Mafia now.”
“Who is his son?”
“Xavier Russo”
She went in deep thoughts and I sighed with relief. It felt like I was playing some sort of Q&A.
“What is this book?”, I asked and took the book out of her hands.
“Sh!t! No! Aaron, give it back to me”, she started struggling for the book but I shoved it out of her reach.
“Seriously Eva? I expected better. Fifty shades of grey?”, I laughed and a bright blush adorned her face. “Such a dirty mind you have, girl!”, I teased and she slapped my arm before snatching the book away. Keeping the book under pillow she switched off lights and covered herself with duvet.
“Why did you keep it under your pillow?”, I asked, then fake gasped. ” You want to have wet dreams, don’t you? Damn! I need to protect my dignity tonight!”, I teased and tickled her on the sides. She squirmed and stifled her laughter.
“Stop it, Aaron. Bad night sweet nightmares”, she said and pried my hands off. I lied down on my side and replied same before dozing off in deep slumber, not to mention a peaceful smile on my lips.
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