Legally Bound To The Mafia Boss

After they returned from their honeymoon in Maldives, they kind of fell into a routine, Luciano left for work each morning and came back before nine pm and they spend the night together, their weekends were spent in each other’s company, the only time she had to sleep alone for four days was when he had traveled to France for a business trip and he had made sure to call her each night, they got closer and the more Arielle got to know him, the better he became, he got her things when she didn’t ask for it and made sure to ask her how her day went, their pillow talks became longer with each passing day and of course, the sex got even better, at a point, she decided to just go on pills and they started doing it raw, and boy did it open her eyes to even more goodness, in all, life has been great to her.

Two months of marriage now and there wasn’t a moment she regretted yet, she hoped it will remain like that for the remaining times they were to be married, yeah, she didn’t forget that what they had was temporary, no, she reminded herself that every morning when she woke up in his arms, maybe that’s why they couldn’t get enough of each other, maybe the thought of it not being forever was part of the reason they were so into each other, whatever it is, it was fun for her, well, not right now though, right now, she was much too anxious.

“If you keep pacing up and down you might not get that call, take a deep breath and take a seat, you are making me anxious too,”

He scolded but she ignored him, they were currently in their room and she was waiting for the result of the entrance exams she had taken, after they returned to Russia, she had started looking for a business school to attend, Luciano had helped her find the best business school and one that she can easily commute to, at first, they told her she had to wait until next year to apply since the exams were weeks away and she had almost given up but then they had called and told her if she can make the entrance exams then she can get in, it was short notice and she had just a month to prepare but she had done her best and hoped it will be enough to get her in, Luciano had helped a lot too it would be disappointing not to pass, they spent nights together revising what she had studied during the day, he even called her sometimes from work to ask her a few questions which had made the whole thing fun for her, he helped so much and she wanted to pay him back by passing.

“Arielle, come on, take a seat, even if you don’t get called this time, you can try again next year, you will have more time to prepare,”

He said and she glared at him, he was out of his mind, she wanted to get in once and for all rather than wait one whole year.

“That’s not encouraging, what will I be doing for the whole year? I will die of boredom. Do you know how hard it is for me when you leave for work? The only reason I didn’t feel it these past few weeks was because I was studying, if I don’t get in and I don’t have to study, what will I be doing before the next school year? Your people won’t let me do anything, I am just to sit and be pretty, I hate it,”

Arielle lamented but she went to sit down as he had suggested, he passed her the glass of water close to him, she accepted it and downed the whole content, she looked at her phone again, as the minute went by, so did her hope of getting called, maybe she should have waited and taken the exams next year, but the thought of not getting in this time was not easy for her to take in.

“You are being too hard on yourself, just wait for the call calmly, or should I call the chancellor and get your name on the list? I told you I can do that with just one call and you won’t have to deal with this anxiety,”Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

“Don’t you dare,”

Arielle warned, he had talked about speaking to the chancellor himself so that she would not have to stress about not getting in but she had turned down his offer, she wanted to get in herself and not because of his influence, that’s why she had taken the entrance exams online so that no one would recognize her as Luciano’s wife, these days, she couldn’t even walk around without being recognized, last week she had gone with Lydia to get something at the mall, bad idea because less than twenty minutes later, photos of her at the mall had been all over the internet, it was scary for her and she vowed not to show her face anywhere she can be photographed again, Luciano had laughed at her and told her she should get used to it and pretend she doesn’t see those photos because it was unavoidable, he scolded her for going to the mall with Lydia and scolded Lydia for not taking a bodyguard with them, it was messy and she had to apologize to Lydia afterwards for causing troubles, she shook her head to focus on the problem at hand, it was getting late and today was the last day she can get a call, if the call doesn’t come in today, it only means she didn’t pass.

“Or you can get Hottie to pull some strings,”

The voice in her head persuaded her, it didn’t sound so bad after all. Arielle took a deep breath and turned to her husband.

“Okay, make that call,”

She said finally giving in, she had no choice, she didn’t want to wait a whole year, better to get her husband’s help and prove herself by studying hard and passing with flying colors than waste a whole year waiting to rewrite the exams, Arielle watched wearily as Luciano got out his phone, she wished he didn’t have to use his influence, it just didn’t feel right to her, it felt like cheating and she hated to be a cheat.

“Stop, don’t do it,”

She said, suddenly changing her mind.

“Come on woman, pick a struggle,”

He warned.

“Don’t do it, if I get in, I want it to be because of my effort not because you pulled some strings, I am sorry,”

She said, biting her lips and blinking to keep the tears of disappointment away.

“A year is not as long as you think it is, before you know it will be time *** your phone is ringing,”

He said mid-sentence and Arielle jumped, grabbing her phone.