Page 36 of Unexpectedly In Love

Her fingernails dig into my wrist as she tries to get away. “I would rather die of dick deprivation than sit on your dick again.”

“I will be sure to send you off with a grand funeral. Now sign the fucking contract.” Moving away from her personal space I went back to the window.

“What about you? If I am staying celibate….”

“I promise to stay faithful to you. There is a clause that states if either of us cheat, the contract is void.” The very thought of her touching someone else irritates me.

She picks up the contract and reads it, browsing through as much as she could.

“Shouldn’t we have witnesses?” she asks.

Not bothering to answer her I walk to the open and four men stumble in as if they were listening to the whole conversation.

“Fucking Stooges,” I murmur.

“Nah there were three Stooges and there are four of us,” Kyros jokes.

“Count me out asshole,” Cid replies.

“I need you to bear witness to this.”

I take the pen from Anise hands; I bend signed the contract. Handing over the pen, she does the same and signs.

As she scribbles, I can feel a weight that I didn’t that was on my shoulder come off.

“Opa!” Kyros claps. “Welcome to the family.”

Levi gathers all the papers and puts them in his briefcase leaning on the side of the chair he was sitting in.

He brings out a velvet black case and unrolls it onto the table.

Only to reveal five different wedding bands and engagement rings.

“Pick a set Anise,”

“If I don’t what are you going to do? Tattoo it on my finger? I read that in a book once. It was such a good book.”

“Anise.”

She rubs her fingers and glances downward. “I always thought I would get married to someone who want to pick my ring and marry me.”

“After the seven months I will help you find the man, pick a ring,” I reply.

All the men in the room groan around me.

She nibbles at her fingers as she peers at the different diamond rings.

Reaching over I picked the first ring in sight a pear-shaped diamond ring with a wedding band.

“There.” I push the ring on her finger. “We are officially married now.”

“Ladies and gentle I would like to introduce Mr. and Mrs. Eryx Demopoulos…” Kyros shouts and claps.

All the men minus Cid and I chant and celebrate.

Anise stares down at her ring and tears gather in her eyes.

“Anise,” I reach out for her, and she pulls away.

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