Chapter 54
Luciano felt bad for her, it wasn’t in his nature to feel bad for someone especially not when the person is to blame for their own problem but Arielle, she was just too naïve to overlook, he should have made sure she had read the whole thing before she signed, not just that, he didn’t like the fact that she cried because he made her feel dumb.
“Will you let me explain?”
He asked.
“Sure, what other choice do I have, I messed up,”
She responded.
“Yes you did, don’t ever sign anything without reading through again, it is too risky,”
“I know,” she replied in a sad voice.
“Good to know you know, anyway, there aren’t really any killer clauses in the contract but you should know that I won’t go into complete details, since I am aware you won’t do anything shady, you can’t anyway, I made everything as simple as it can be,”
He said and paused.
“I am all ears,”
“Good, first thing is the monetary benefits you gain, which I am sure you don’t have a problem with?”
He asked and she nodded.
“Okay, good, next thing is the duration we are gonna be married for, which is two years,”
He said and she turned to face him.
“Two?”
“Yes, two years, don’t worry, you get paid every month,”
He explained.
“The third is, the only benefits you will get from me are the benefits written on the contract, nothing else will be given to you once we divorce,”
He said and waited for her to respond.
“You got nothing to say about that?”
He asked when she didn’t say a word.
“Yeah, it is all good,”
“Okay, then, I am allowed to keep living how I used to, which means I can take a lover at any time and you won’t have a problem with it,”
He had included that clause because he didn’t want to change his life for anyone, he liked having multiple women at his beck and call and could not settle for one, he could tell by how she teased up that she didn’t like the idea and he didn’t need to wait long for her to voice her disapproval.
“What? I won’t agree to that, I don’t share, it is just two years Luciano, if we are gonna be sleeping together then it is just going to be me and you, I am not about to give myself to you just so you can go sleep around, if you wanna keep your lovers, just leave me be and it will be just fine,”
She said so boldly he almost clapped in pride but he held himself.
“No one is saying you should share Arielle, I may own you, but you don’t own me right back, that’s not the case and you did sign which means you agree,”
He fired at her.
“I didn’t agree, I signed without reading,”
“That’s your business,”
“I know, which is why I am saying there is no point in consummating our marriage, it will be all good if we just marry in the name of marriage and you can keep living how you want, I won’t stop you,”
She declared.
“Not gonna argue with you on that, let me warn you that I am a super active man and you can’t satisfy me,”
Luciano said pulling a part of her hair twirling it around his fingers, pulling her closer to him with it, she gasped.
“You can’t handle me, Arielle,”
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“Try me,”
She responded, pulling her hair from his hand and tucking it behind her ears, Luciano smiled and continued, no need to dwell on that, he would do whatever he wanted whether she liked it or not.
“We already talked about the wedding preparations and I will assume that you are good with it now, if not, that’s a ‘you problem.”
He stated.
“I get that,”
“That’s basically it, you gain a lot from this,”
He concluded but he could tell she had doubts, there was no way for him to free her of it.
“Can I just say no to the wedding and you give me back my freedom and I will forever be grateful to you?”
She asked and he couldn’t tell if she was being sarcastic or if she meant what she was saying.
“No, Don already knows we are getting married, I don’t want to go through the trouble of finding someone else, plus, you have to pay me back my money in full for you to be free,”
He responded.
“Yeah, you are evil, but let’s do this,”
She finally agreed and he let out a breath of relief that he didn’t even know he had been holding, the witch had something on him and he just couldn’t figure out what it was.
“Glad to know we are finally on the same page on this, now,”
He said pulling out the ring box he had in his pocket, the ring he had picked out by himself the previous day, he pulled out her hand and she tried to take it back but he held on and slipped the piece of a diamond ring on her fingers, she let out a grasp, she seems to be grasping a lot more today.
“Is this really needed?”
She asked, looking at the ring he placed on her fingers like it had thorns in them.
“It is very necessary Arielle, we are getting married, what’s a wedding without engagement?”
He said pulling her to him.
“What now?”
She asked.