Loving Amelia

Amelia smiled at the wine glass in her hand, she just attended her ex's engagement with her goody two shoes cousin and they expected her to congratulate those cheaters.

The joke's on them for thinking of her as a weakling, ah , she is Amelia the only one that was brave enough to go against family rules and ethics, following her dream of becoming a designer.

A frown adorned her beautiful face when someone took the wine from her.

"Hey, I am not done with that yet.'' she slurred, she turned slightly her hair covering part of her face but it didn't obstruct her view.

"Get a hold of yourself will you, I thought you were over him, he cheated for God's sake.'' the person scolded, it was her best friend, infact her only friend- Cora.

"I am so over him, Cora , I just want to get wasted tonight " Amelia replied.

"Over him my ass" Cora spat

"I am seriously over him,what do I need to do to prove it to you " Amelia slurred trying to reach for the wine glass but Cora took it further away from her.

"Date someone for reals, not this -' I need to get him out of my system ' dating that you are doing." Cora said. She has been friends with Amelia since high school, so she could read her like an open book.

"I will not just date anyone but I will be getting married tonight",she announced suddenly with so much determination.

"What, Amelia, you had too much to drink, let's get you home."Cora urgued but Amelia kept holding onto the table.

On the other end of the bar in a VIP booth, a young man giving off a cold aura sat imposingly on the couch. He scanned the area like he wanted to imprint it in his head.

"Yo you guys , look what the cat dragged in"Davis one of his friends said as he settled beside the imposing man.

"The famous businessman, the one and only ice king." Ivan teased but he still kept quiet.

"Luciano, what's for dinner."Davis said with an ambiguous tone, because he ate small and big businesses for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Just then a loud noise drew their attention.

"What was that?" Ivan asked.

They soon found out because an obviously drunk woman sashed into their booth.

"You in the middle, let's get married."she declared leaving everyone present speechless, some of the people at the bar who attracted by the noise made their way there, some of them made videos of the scene.

It's gonna be iconic- the queen of scandals proposing to the ice king and getting rejected. But they were in for the shock of their lives.

"How dare you barge in here and spill such nonsense from your mouth." Davis snapped but Luciano's next words left him speechless.

"Why not, as long as you are willing"

This was the first sentence he said since his arrival and it left them even more speechless.

"Amelia, what are you doing in here, I told you to wait in the car" Cora scolded, she didn't take notice of the men the room and attempted to take Amelia out of the booth because there were people peeking into the booth, she believed that Amelia must have done something embarrassing.

"Cora I am getting married don't take me away from my husband," She whined.

"To whom are you getting married to, you don't go proposing marriage to strangers ." Cora expressed but Amelia seemed lost to reason. The people present were enjoying the drama unfolding before them, the queen of scandals proposing marriage to the ice king, tomorrow's headline will be hot.

"Husband let's go before they try to separate us again " Amelia said clinging tightly to Luciano who in turn took her to the car and drove off leaving a stunned audience behind.

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At the civil affairs beareu, Amelia was grinning from ear to ear whilst holding the marriage certificate.

" I got married before you" she thought excitedly as she skipped out of the beareu.

Cora had the feeling that by morning she would regret it all.

"Cora I am going home with my husband don't wait for me." With that she skipped all the way to Luciano's car while humming a sweet tune to herself.

Luciano joined her in the car and drove off. Cora couldn't believe what just happened. Did her friend just get married to a random stranger and that too from a club, when she wakes up in the morning, she'd totally regret her actions tonight. With a loud sigh she left in her car.

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True to Cora's thoughts, Amelia woke up in the morning, sober, trying to figure out where she was and what she was doing here.

"Where am I, did I drink too much, I hope I didn't..... Ahhhh" she screamed as she saw a half naked man beside her, her sheriking voice woke Luciano.

"Good morning wifey" Luciano said with a playful smile on his still sleepy face. Seeing them now , one would think that were a couple so in love.

"Wife, who is your wife? ." She said trying to sound confident ' what the hell did I do last night ' she thought inwardly.

" You wound me wifey" Luciano said with a mock sad expression.

"Stop calling me that I am not your wi...." She shut up when it all came back to her.

"F**k" she cursed.

"F**k" she cursed.

"No cursing wifey" Luciano teased. Seeing him like this, no one would believe that he is the famous ice king, the ruthless CEO.

"Will you stop calling me that" Amelia snapped at him and tried to leave the bed, but Luciano pulled her back, causing her to fall on his bare chest. She was not wearing anything underneath the blanket and she was just realizing that.

"What did you do to me you pervert" Amelia flared up at the realization and to think that he was shirtless. Oh God, she screamed inwardly in self-motification.

"Calm your horses, I thought you remembered everything" came Luciano's teasing voice, Amelia kept quiet and moved away from his hold with a light blush on her cheeks.

"I see you remember now" Luciano teased again.

"Shut up" Amelia snapped in annoyance and hit him lightly on his arm.

"Don't worry, we didn't do anything" he added with a teasing smile.

"Where is the bathroom, I need to bathe" Amelia asked in a bide to change the topic .

"Is this a new way of asking me to join you in the bathroom" He said in mock surprise.

"Can you be serious for once" Amelia groaned in frustration.

"Alright, alright it's over there. The white door on your right." He replied. She gave him a stink eye, glaring at him as she gathered the oddly light blanket. She literally dashed into the bathroom, closing the door with a bang . As soon as the bathroom's door was shut, the smile on Luciano's face fell and was replaced by a spine chilling smirk.

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Amelia soon finished in the bathroom, she was standing in front of the mirror berating herself for acting stupidly by first getting drunk because of Jason and then getting married to a stranger for it.

'I am so stupid, maybe I should just tell him that it was a mistake and end things with him, besides he probably didn't take the marriage seriously too.' she thought to herself.

'Are you so daft to not know that getting married in a court requires a lot of procedures and process to get annulled and also a strong and valid reason ' Her brain scolded.

'Shut up you darned reasoning, you are not making me feel better ' she scolded loudly.

"Are you dying in there"came Luciano's voice.

"No, I am fine, thank you very much" Amelia replied with clear sarcasm. She took the blanket from earlier. She had hung it far from the tub to avoid getting it wet.

'who the hell uses silk linen as a bedding cloth ' she thought to herself as she turned the linen into exquisite dress, using the hair pin she brought with her.

'the perks of been an awesome designer ' she mused with a smile.

"I am coming in " Luciano declared and at that very moment, Amelia came out of the bathroom.

"What are you wearing" He asked rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"A dress duh" Amelia replied with an eye roll.

"Whatever, let's get going" Luciano said.

"Where did you take your bath" she asked ignoring his previous statement, making him groan in annoyance.

"Amelia, this is my frickin house, I can do whatever I want wherever I want, so quit the questions and let's go " he said in one breath.

"But you didn't tell me where we are going to, hell I don't even know you"Amelia countered

"And yet you married me." He replied and Amelia bit down on her tongue.

"To your parents house, to pay a visit to my in-laws."He added and she gasped realizing that her parents must have seen the video from yesterday. She immediately began searching for her phone.

"Looking for this" Luciano said waving her phone at her.

"Why are you with that" she said glaring at him.

" 'A thank you would have been nice"Luciano muttered but Amelia was way past caring, she was going through her phone and was shocked to see the amount of calls she had missed and the text messages she received.

"What have I done" she muttered to herself.

"I don't think you'd be comfortable in that 'dress' " Luciano mocked but she didn't care at the moment.She suddenly turned to him.

"Let's make this work, you can be my loving husband in front of my parents but in private we are just like roomies, okay? My cousin will never let me live this one down if she finds out about this."Amelia said seriously and Luciano smirked knowingly.

"What other ideas did you have of this marriage. I have something to gain, if not we won't be here."Luciano smirked.

"Just to be clear we are on the same page, right?" She asked.

"Of course , wifey" Luciano replied with a smile.

"I told you to stop calling me that." She whined but Luciano did seem to want to dwell on that.

"Let's create an awesome love life worthy of envy." Luciano replied instead and Amelia had no choice but to over look his earlier statement.

"Fine, but in whatever story you come up with, you have to emphasize that you pursued and tried to win me over multiple times and that we have dating secretly for some months now...."Amelia's long speech was cut short when she tripped on the silky linen sheets that she had on her but Luciano was quick to catch her.

"Told you to change into something else" he whispered against her neck, sending shivers down her spine leaving her breathless.

After the dress fiasco, Luciano and Amelia decided on the perfect love story to tell.

Amelia felt the blush creeping up her cheeks each time she remembers his sturdy arms around her, holding her firm in place ensuring her safety. She was memorized by the look in his eyes when he asked her to change the dress again. She finally gave in and wore the dress he had bought before hand.

"Are you gonna get down or do I have to carry you out myself" Luciano's sarcastic voice boomed, bringing her out of her thoughts.

"I'm coming"she replied rolling her eyes taking his outstretched hands and getting down from the car.

"Amelia darling" her mother called fondly.

"Mom"she called with so much affection that speaks of their bond and ran all the way into her mother's arms.

"I missed you so much "She said into the hug.

"I missed you too my darling, let go in . Welcome home, I see you brought someone with you" Her mom winked, smiling at Luciano.

"Good morning ma'am " Luciano greeted politely.

"No need to be formal , you won my baby's heart, so you have also won mine " she smiled making Amelia groan in embarrassment.

"Mom"she whined and Luciano gave his signature smirk .

"Thank you for the warm welcome" he replied and Amelia's mom led them into the house.

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"I don't support this union" Mr Sanders , Amelia's dad said in an authoritative voice while Luciano gave a spin chilling smile which went unnoticed by everyone present except for Mr. Sanders who gave him a glare.

Amelia watched as her father glared at Luciano and she sighed. Her dad had known that she would come home today, he even called her sisters.

He never really cared about her or her sisters, he was all about using them for connection by marrying them off to rich men, her sisters were lucky enough to get the love they missed out while growing in their marriage.

But not her , she got cheated on by the love of her life , with her cousin who is supposedly her friend, she never wanted any of this, all she wanted was to get the love she never had and deserved.

Luciano noticed the tension in the room but did nothing to ease it.

"Why, why are you against it" Amelia's firm voice broke the silence.

"You were very eager to marry me off to some drunk rich old man, but now I caught a bigger fish, you still won't approve of my relationship."She added.

"Amelia calm down" Anita her immediate older sister said softly.

"I won't calm down, he always wanted a rich son in-law, bam I gave him that, but no he still won't approve of me . Do you want to know why, it is because I am not a puppet." She exhaled and continued.

"Dad, if I should ask for the reason, just one reason why you don't approve of Luciano and I,will you be able to give me that one reason.

If you give me that one reason, I will divorce him and get married to the man of your choice"

Amelia said in one breath leaving everyone on their toes.

"Amelia !!" Mr Sanders sounded.

"No dad, I thought as much, you just wanted me to be under you, like my sisters are" she said curtly.

"Amelia, all that I do is for you and your sisters, Luciano is not who think he is " Mr Sanders said more calmly this time.

"Amelia, please calm down. Honey leave the kids to their choices, besides she is happy after a long time, that should count for something.

"Mrs. Sanders said softly trying to savage the situation and lighten up the room but Amelia was beyond livid and she almost regretted coming back home, her dad was one of the reasons she left.

Luciano on the other hand was enjoying the turn of events.

'This is just the start' He thought with a mischievous smile.

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"That was intense " Aliya, Amelia's eldest sister said. She was known as the quiet one of the family, like the angel of the house.

"Don't start" Amelia replied curtly. The rest were still in the living room, Amelia felt suffocated, she wanted to get away from all that not minding that she left Luciano there.

"Amelia, don't give me that attitude. I know you more than anyone in this house. I know that this thing you have with that Luciano guy is not real." She said and Amelia sighed , the walls she built breaking down faster than a weak wall soaked in water.

"I am tired, I don't know what to do anymore," she said

"You know that you can lean on me right." Her sister consoled. She knows Amelia even more than their mom did, that is why she didn't say anything when they were in the living room.

"I know" Amelia smiled.

"So tell me, bigger fish huh" her sister teased.

"Stop it "Amelia said feeling her cheeks burn in embarrassment.

"Does Mr Bigger fish know that his wife is a big red tomato" Her sister teased her some more leaving her fluttered.

"Aliya!!!!"she groaned lightly.

"Girls breakfast is ready" Their mother called and they both went to join the others.