Sia had enough swimming and Emiliano bullied her nonstop. And after he was done with his deed, he carried her back to the tent, dried her up with a spare blanket and made her wear his shirt and he too wore his sweatpants and pulled his cold wife in his arms. Sia was shivering from the cold and Emiliano covered them both with a warm thick blanket as they leaned against the pillows and wrapped his arms around her tightly. Emiliano sighed as he kissed her on her head and murmured something Sia didn’t hear about; it was something to do with how beautiful and gorgeous she was. Of course Sia smiled as she snuggled on his bare chest and put her cold hands on his chest and drew circles there.
“I love it here”sia mumbled loving how the night had turned out, it was lovely because her husband had made it so special. She thought he would push her way, but he surprised her by giving her a special night, and she was going to cherish the memories her entire life.
“It’s nice, but we have a warm mansion don’t we… thanks for this sweetheart”he whispered with a chuckle and sia smiled as her eyes closed, now she was a bit warm so was Emiliano and although her hair was wet, she knew everything would turn out fine.
“Is this why you were in a bad mood… because it was your birthday?”she raised her head and looked up at him and Emiliano lowered his eyes at her and captured her lips for a short kiss and pulled back, he couldn’t get enough of her.
“I wanted everything to be like this… everything I do I want you to be there beside me”he said seriously, in the past he hated women or getting attached to them no matter what. He preferred doing things his way without involving feelings, but the woman in his arms broke all his boundaries and pushed herself way too deep and made him break every rule he put in his life and now here he was.
“And I’ll always make everyday special like this for the rest of our lives if you just let me”she has always made up her mind to be his and her promises to him were true, she would be his wife until her last breath.
“Wifey, where is our son?” Emiliano finally asked what was bothering him and sia smirked as she sat up so did Emiliano in a comfortable position.
“So now you remember you have a son huh…”she knew Emiliano never came home without asking about Diego, but she was surprised just how carried away her had been.
“And who’s responsible for that?”he remarked with a raised brow and ran his fingers in her hair and sia chuckled as she reached her hand to his face and caressed him and drew circles.
“I guess I have the upper hand… not even my son can come between us”she was serious because she heard how men or fathers went crazy whenever their wife produced sons and would forget the wife, but now she knew Emiliano was the opposite but still, she knew he loved Diego just as much. The two went quiet for a while and Emiliano kept staring at her without moving his gaze. He felt bad because unlike Sia, her had a past and that past was something he was afraid would ruin his present. He never thought in his life that he would fall in love or marry the sister of the woman who ruined him and made him who he had become, which made everything so complicated. What would sia do if she found out that Tara her older sister and him once had a past, would she keep to her word or would she leave.
“What’s wrong? you look worried”she asked when she noticed that Emiliano was lost in thoughts. Emiliano smiled and looked at her.
“Well there is something I want to ask you… well, my colleague has a tiny problem and I need your opinion”he said slowly, he would try to ask a hypothetical question to see what exactly Sia would react or say and if he got positive results, then he would go ahead and tell her he loves her but if not, then he has to start over again.
“Yes what’s it about”she moved up, so she could see him clearly and Emiliano held her by the waist and pulled her up.
“Well he has a small problem… actually he’s married and… well, he loves his wife very much”he started as he gathered more to say and sia nodded for him to proceed but asking her sounded more fine in his head, but now he felt scared to go on.
“And?” Sia asked and Emiliano blinked several times and lowered to kiss her lips, which would calm his nervousness. Never in his life had her ever been scared or feared anything, but he knew it was time he came clean about his past or even his future would be ruined if he stayed quiet.
“He loves his wife, but he has a past… apparently he was hurt and deceived by a woman in the past which left him heartbroken… he moved on and married another girl he fell in love with… but”he posed as he ran his hand in his hair, he could feel a tight knot forming in his chest and knee digging the past was like opening and old wound which had dried up and knew just how much pain that was, but he needed to be strong.
“The woman who hurt him was none other than his wife’s sister… now tell me his wife hates him and doesn’t want anything to do with him… but I feel… tell me what do you think”he murmured the last sentence and looked at Sia seriously and Sia didn’t show any reaction which had Emiliano feeling restless. His heart felt strange, and her silence was like a slice to his heart cutting him to little pieces.
“Did he tell her this from the beginning… did he tell his wife about this?”she finally said in a low tone and Emiliano shook his head in denial.
“He didn’t.”
“The he was wrong and if I was his wife I wouldn’t stay a minute longer with him because he’s just a pathetic liar who used her Emiliano… your friend doesn’t deserve her love”immediately the words left her mouth Emiliano went cold, words couldn’t express how fearful he was feeling. This was what he didn’t want to hear,, and she actually said it. Sia looked at Emiliano and lowered her head to his chest and Emiliano didn’t even touch her in any way, he felt something and getting close to her when he knew she would hate him if she found out what he was hiding then he didn’t deserve to confess his love for her until she learned of the truth but how was he going to do that. To top it up he needed to keep on the lookout for Logan who knew everything and if he went and told Sia about everything, then there was no stopping what Sia would do.
After that conversation Sia slept off while Emiliano couldn’t seem to find sleep no matter what, hence after the fire went out he carried her back inside, changed her in warm clothes and laid her carefully on the bed. He wanted to join her,, but he dropped the idea and walked out of the bedroom to have something strong to drink while he put his thoughts together.
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When the sun rose in the morning, Emiliano left for his office early because he preferred not to face Sia in any way. He could call it avoiding her but after what she said to him, he was feeling restless thinking just what would happen if she came to know and actually thinking about it made him feel strange
“Wow, you called for me”his office door burst open and mario dressed in all black jeans and black muscle shirt with converse shoes walked in and emiliano who was lost in thoughts looked up with a blank expression and mario who was smiling frowned.
“You are not serious”mario said because emiliano already texted him and told him exactly what he wanted to do and mario was against that because now that he and Sia were finally close after so much difficulty. Emiliano was going to throw that all away and ruin everything.
“Let’s just keep this as a secret bro… I know I asked you to tell her but not now… she’s… you know how she is and I’m afraid sia won’t understand”mario added with desperation as he got close to Emiliano’s desk but the man sitting like a boss wasn’t saying anything. Mario was right but then again he couldn’t afford to lie and make things even more complicated, he was afraid of losing her.
“I have no choice here”Emiliano mumbled and mario saw the frustration on his face and knew he was having it worse.
“What are you going to say… that hey sia I have a past and guess what your older sister Tara was my ex-lover… the woman I once loved in the past but she deceived me and broke my heart… is this what you would fucking say huh!”mario said in a mocking tone with frustration and anger and all emotions that portrayed just how hurt he was seeing that when everything had fallen into place… something else popped up.
“W… what did you say?”emiliano and mario heard someone ask in a faint voice hence looked towards the door and saw angelo standing there as if glued on one place.