“I’m so happy you two turned out to be husband and wife… I didn’t know she was your wife,”Mrs Johnson said with happiness as she served dinner and Sia was still trying to process the fact that Emiliano had a weird funny pet name. She wanted so badly to laugh at him, but she was a wife now hence she needed to behave like one but whatever it was she was wondering how on earth the lady thought the Emiliano Alvaro Casanova was a saint and all the nicest words she said about him and well Emiliano was feeling both ashamed and surprised because the other day he was upset with Sia and called her and irresponsible mother, but it turned out that she was working.
“Tell me Sia… how did you make him for in love with you because by just one look at you, I can see you are deeply in love with each other”the lady said as she pulled out a chair and joined them at the dining table and upon hearing her both Sia and Emiliano grew alert as they looked at each other awkwardly then averted their eyes because they knew no love existed between them. Their marriage was a sham since after a few months they would go their separate ways.
“Well I…”sia started but stopped when she noticed she didn’t have anything to say and Mrs Johnson chuckled and shook her head in defeat.
“It okay dear… by the way, I couldn’t make it to the wedding so as my treat you will spend the night over”she simply said and Sia widened her eyes in shock and glanced at Emiliano to see what he thought, and he just did a small nod and Sia smiled and turned to the lady.
“Okay aunt we’ll stay”she responded and watched as the lady’s smile doubled such that even her eyes glimmered in excitement and Sia admired that, despite having so much sorrow the lady always kept a happy face. She just felt bad about her losing her only son.
After dinner was concluded like before, Mrs Johnson took little Diego to the terrace together with Kate while Sia decided to gather the dirty dishes and took them to the kitchen. She was impressed because despite the kitchen being small, it was well-kept and clean. Carefully placing the dishes in the sink she decided to wash them, and hence she turned back to get the rest but stopped when Emiliano walked in holding the same dishes she was going to get and to her surprise not only did he put them in the sink but also turned on the water.
“I… I was going to wash,, please leave”she said and tried pushing him away, but Emiliano shook his head.
“Stand aside… I’ll fix this”He said and rolled up his sleeves to his elbows and Sia had no choice but to back off and leaned against the counter as she watched the mighty feared well-known billionaire Emiliano Alvaro wash the dishes. She knew how picky he was, especially when it came to where he slept and here he was washing dishes. Sia was perplexed because she thought he would break all the dishes, but the man looked like as professional as he did his work carefully rinsing away every dirt and Sia couldn’t help but sink into his work as her gaze softened. This was a different Emiliano she had never seen before, he was cautious, innocent and harmless like a child who needed a hug. Sia knew the arrogant side of him but right at that moment he looked carefree like he was just an ordinary man with no riches but living a simple life.
“Done”Emiliano said as he turned back to sia while wiping away water from his hands with a cloth, but the woman was just staring at him without blinking, he sighed and snapped his fingers on her face and she jerked back to her sense and exhaled silently as she averted his eyes from him awkwardly.
*cleats throat*
“I… it’s getting late, I’ll get Diego”she said and prepared to walk away, but Emiliano stopped her.
“I’ll get him, you go to the room so long”he said that and left first and Sia sighed not sure why she was gawking at him like a sick puppy.
“Madam, I’ll take you to your room”Kate came and said to Sia who was just standing there trying to gather her thoughts and she nodded and followed her to the Stacie and Sia had to say the little house was cozy and full of love. She always wanted a life like this one where no one cared about status and would live happily without trying to please anyone.
“Here is your room, I already took out clean sheets and blankets… you will be needing extra because it gets cold a lot”Kate said with a smile and left. Sia nodded and walked in and like the rest of the house the room was a bit small with a sizable bed with clean white linen, and she could see a dressing mirror and a night stand by the bed. The bathroom door was to the right, and she could see a large window to the left, and she saw there was no balcony.
“I should take the floor”she muttered as she took two fluffy blankets and carefully spread them on the brown carpet and started arranged properly for her comfort, and before she could finish the door opened and Emiliano walked in with Diego in his arms and once he saw Sia doing her thing he frowned as he put the little guy on the bed and watched him kick around like he always did.
“What are you doing there?”he asked with a frown and Sia waited for a while then answered.
“Well the bed is a bit small, so I thought you two should sleep there while I take the floor”she simply replied and Emiliano frowned even more.
“I don’t see how small it is because as I see it we have done this before”he remarked and Sia looked up with a raised brow.
“I thought you despised small beds, as I recall your words carefully… you said in the future I should treat you like a prince you are… so my prince kindly take the bed and your subject will have the floor where she belongs”this time she said with a smile and got back to arranged her bed and Emiliano remained quiet as he scanned her carefully, she was the first woman he had seen who didn’t give a damn about things. Since he met her, she never looked down on anything despite coming from a wealthy family, she didn’t behave like a typical rich spoiled brat like the ones he had met in the past including her sister Tara who couldn’t even be compared to Sia in the slightest. Sia was in her world and didn’t care about what people thought about her.
“Aren’t you sleeping?”she asked and Emiliano blinked several times and looked at her, and she was lying to the left side of the bed, and he got confused.
“When did you get there?”he asked awkwardly and Sia narrowed her eyes suspiciously, a few minutes ago he just gave her a few reasons why she shouldn’t sleep on the floor and one of them was that if she didn’t take the other side, then Diego might roll off and fall hence if she took the left side, then it would be much safer, and he emphasized that he was only concerned with Diego if Diego wasn’t there he would have not bothered with her sleeping on the floor for all he cared.
Emiliano sighed as he took the right side while Diego was in the middle and supported his head with his arm and closed his eyes, sia kept a protective hand on Diego who had dozed off by now as the room was even more silent and awkward for the two who wanted to badly to fall asleep but sleeping wasn’t coming anytime soon hence Emiliano decided to break the silence.
“So… you want cross stones?”he asked and Sia who wasn’t expecting him to say anything opened her eyes only to see her had his eyes closed.
“Y… yeah”she responded hesitantly.
“The man is not what you think he is… he’s a fraud with a bad reputation”Emiliano said in a low tone and Sia friends as she adjusted in a comfortable sleeping position while taking her hand on Diego and shot back.
“I’ve dealt with men who are even more horrible than him”she answered nonchalantly and at her words Emiliano’s eyes flew open.