Chapter 7 7

The phone rang, taking Bruna out of her thoughts. It was Adrian:

- Guess what I'm thinking?

She laughed:

- Wow, difficult question... It could be so many things...

- I'm thinking of going to your house now, going up to your room and...

- And sleep with me. - She said laughing, certain of his thoughts.

- I don't understand how you always manage to surprise me. - he said.

- I'm not surprising... Actually, you're the one who's very predictable.

He laughed:

- Bruno, I've been thinking...

- Hmm , you're thinking... That's surprising.

He laughed:

- Wow , didn't I say? You always manage to surprise me with what you say. You can always know what I'm thinking, but I can never imagine what's going on in that little head of yours.

- Yes, I know him very well, Adrian.

- I think deep down no one can know another person so deeply.

- Adrian, I disagree. I know you very well. And I know you're calling me at this time it's definitely not just to say good night. Are you thinking about giving up on the marriage? she asked in a serious tone.

- To give up? Quite the opposite. I am more and more certain of my decision. And that's why I decided to make you an indecent proposal.

- Proposal? I think you better say it before I try to find out.

- Well, there is little time for the wedding. A few days more or less... What difference does it make? My desire for you only grows inside of me. I thought maybe it was time to celebrate everything we've been through these last few days by having our first night of love together.

She laughed:

- I can't believe I'm hearing this. I confess I was surprised this time. For those who managed to wait 6 years, what is less than 3 months? - she stopped going. – You know how I feel about that, Adrian... It's very important to me.

- You were so attractive today... Do you know how hard it is for me to control myself? How I wanted you right now, to touch every bit of your soft body...

- No.

- You just want to, Bruna... There's nothing to stop us.

- I don't want. she said firmly.

- You say that with such conviction, as if you didn't even want me.

- I... I... I don't want to talk about it, Adrian. I mean, I was confused. Do you know...

- Bruna, you know how much I love you, however I didn't need to get married to prove it. As marriage is important to you, I decided to make this commitment to prove that my love was greater than anything. And yes, I love you Bruna. But I confess that you make me doubt sometimes about your love... Sometimes I think you're just obsessed with me.

- I can't believe you can have doubts about my feelings for you, Adrian.

"Yes, I have doubts..." he confessed.

- Adrian, I love you very much... Never doubt that. The only certainty I have in my life is that I want to be with you forever.

He laughed:

- So prove me.

- Adrian, you're pushing the bar... It was never like that, you always respected my decision to marry a virgin.

- I proved my love, now you prove yours.

- If you don't want to marry me, don't. Sometimes it feels like you feel obligated to do so.

- We have nothing more to talk about then. he said seriously.

- Never? she asked nervously.

- Not at least today. - he reassured . - I'm not ending our relationship. This is just one of the attempts I will make every night until the wedding day. I want to see you resist my charm.

She laughed, relieved to realize he was joking.

- I love you. - he said hanging up.

Bruna kept her cell phone in her hand, a little confused. She didn't even have time to say that she loved him too and that she was sure and would always have her love for him.

She was a little afraid that he had made the decision to marry under her pressure. In fact, she had no doubt that he loved her, but she knew she needed to encourage him to make the decision soon, or he would stall for a long time to come, always looking to put some other achievement ahead of living a life together.

Someone knocked on the door.

- In between. – Bruna said already lying on the bed.

- Goodnight. - Cassiane said, already turning on the light.

- Cassi... Glad you came. - She said sitting down.

- Bruna, Mom told me everything.

- What did you think?

- I... I want you to be very happy... That's all. - Cassiane said with teary eyes. - I want you to have your dream wedding.

Cassiane hugged Bruna:

- I'm glad Adrian accepted the marriage. And as for the flowers, wow, I've never seen anything so romantic in my life. I thought it was so beautiful and wonderful and his gesture. I confess that if Cristiano did that for me, I would die for him.

- Your exaggerated! - Bruno said laughing. – No one dies for love.

- Well, I have something important to tell you too. - said Cassian.

- Say it soon, Cassi.

- Cristiano and I made an important decision this week. I was going to tell you, but the week was hectic and I didn't have time. But I want you to know soon.

- Finished?

- Easy, let me finish, girl. - Cassian joked. – We are not going to finish, quite the opposite.

- Are you getting married?

- It's not enough...

- So don't kill me with curiosity and tell me, Cassi.

- Well... We decided to live together. - she said smiling. - We're not getting married in church because as you know it was never my dream or his. We don't care about that. But we love each other and we want to share our lives, our problems, our joys and especially our bed every day. But we think it's better to live together first and maybe one day we can get married and all... Initially living together is already a big commitment that we will make. We know that this can change our relationship a little and that there are chances of it not working out with this daily closeness. However, we are willing to take the risk.

- I don't even know what to say... I think it's... Very cool and... Liberal. Your face. I wish from the bottom of my heart that it works.

- Me too, Bruna... But I thought of one thing.

- What?

- You and I out of the house... How will Mom be alone? As much as she pretends to be strong, we know she will be very sad and shaken and will miss us terribly. We were always the reason for her life.

- Then why do n't you and Cristiano come live here, with her?

- I thought you and Adrian could do that.

- You know that Adrian and I have practically everything bought... The only thing missing was the wedding. - she laughed. – But you and Cristiano didn't even think about it... So here's everything you need.

- I see... I don't know what Cristiano would think.

- Cristiano likes mom a lot too and she likes him. I don't think you or she would have any relationship problems. But I think Mom also needs to get out a little and live her life and not ours anymore.

- I know that... And I agree. But we know she doesn't even think about doing that.

- I think you need to talk to Cristiano and convince him to come here. Then the next step is to make Mom live her life.

- I want us to be very happy , Bruna. - said Cassian. "We deserve this, don't we? The 3 of us ... - she said smiling.

The two hugged each other affectionately.