Chapter 101
Anna's POV
"Tessa Rodrigue has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnap of the Billionaire's daughter, Lily Elizabeth Alvarez", the reporter states, and I heave a deep sigh. I feel a touch and I know instantly that it is Aidan.
"What are you thinking about?" He asks me after pecking my lips. He pulls me closer and puts off the television with the control. I am sitting in between his legs with his back on the headboard.
"Nothing", I whisper. I have just finished taking a bath and Aidan is also coming out of the bathroom. We have plans of going on a tour today. We are on a vacation to Paris and we are going to begin our tour today.
We have been indoors for two days now, doing nothing other than playing games, cuddling in each other's arms, and having sex. Sex with Aidan is amazing and I love every moment of it. I love my life now and I am hoping it will last forever.
"Are you sure?" He bites my earlobe softly, with his hands on my chest.
"Aidan?" I take his hands off and turn to face him.
His towel is almost off and I flush. I still can't believe this is happening. I can't believe this is happening. I wouldn't have thought Aidan and I will be this way. I never thought he is the man in my future and the thought of it all scares the shit out of me. I don't want to lose him, I have realized that now, with all the things that have happened. I don't want to lose him or my baby or anyone I love.
I thought I had lost him the day he lost consciousness at his father's home. I kept crying, shouting for him to please come back to me.
I realize just how much Aidan meant to me that day. I thought the accident made me have feelings for him out of sympathy but that day, the realization dawned on me that Aidan means the world to me and it is high time I professed my feelings for him. He has been patient enough.
"Are you still bothered about Tessa?" He asks me softly, raising my jaws.
"No, baby", I peck his forehead. "I'm just worried."
"Worried about what?" He asks me. I am staring at his blue eyes, giving me a calm feeling that everything will be fine, just like he had assured me the other day.
If everything is going to be fine, then why am I bothered even after Tessa and Trevor are now in prison?
There is no one else to fight us or wish us ill-luck and I am supposed to be extremely glad about the happenings but I just don't know if it's because of the incident with Aidan the last time. I am fucking scared he is going to go away someday, leaving me and Lily and his child. I bend my head and rub my hand over my flat belly. My pregnancy is just 6 weeks old.
"You," I answer after a moment of silence.
"What?" He chuckles lightly and drags me to himself, trailing kisses all over me. I want assurance from him, not kisses so I move away from his hold again with a deep frown on my face.
He laughs again. He gazes at me. "I'm going nowhere, Anna."
"This is not funny, Aidan", I scowl at him.
"I didn't say it is funny", he grins widely.
"You were laughing", I state.
"It's not a crime to laugh or is it?" He peers at me with an amusing expression.
"Whatever!" I roll my eyes and wave my hand in his face as a sign of dismissal. I want to get up to make myself up when he grabs me and I fall with a thud on the bed. We both laugh.
"I'm going nowhere, Anna. You have nothing to worry about", he hovers above me, with his legs straddling me.
"Sure?" I touch his chest and stare at him.
"I know what you are scared about", he stands upright and sits on the bed, before pulling me to his position on the bed. I place my head on his chest like I love doing and trail my hands on his chest.
I know what he is talking about, he is talking about the night of the incident that happened a longh ago and how miserable I was thinking he was dead. His consciousness gave me goosebumps because it felt like a ghost had risen from death. I thought I had lost him, I thought he was dead.
"I'm not going to die anything soon, baby. I love you and the thought of you won't even let me die", he chuckles again and I shake my head.
The serious Aidan I know has been replaced by a playful one now. He laughs and jokes a lot and it is so hard to believe he was once grumpy and serious.
"I hope so", I look up at him.
"Should we extend the vacation day?" I ask him out of the blue. I love the way we are bonding again here, far away from our home where we got married out of love.
Being here feels special and it doesn't remind me of the fact that we were married out of convenience. Being here feels like we are celebrating our honeymoon after years of courtship and repeated confession of our love for each other, even though I have confessed mine yet.
"Oh, no, baby! We need to be back in New York by next week in preparation for my mother's surgery and your mother's wedding", he reminds me.
"But mother's wedding is next weekend", I contradict him.
"But we need to be around for the preparations, have you forgotten she said she wants you to be back so you two can go shopping for her wedding dress?"
"Pam is there to help her", I say again, wishing he can just succumb to my wish.
"Anna?" I pout, with a babyface. "Alright, fine. We will extend it by just 5 days. We will be out of here by Friday, first thing on Friday morning and that is if your mother doesn't come here to drag you out."
"She won't." I assert.
Mother is really excited about the wedding and Pamela is too and they won't stop talking about the dresses they were going to wear and the rest. I am happy for my mother, I am happy she has finally found true love again, I am happy everything is fine now and everything is working the way we want it.
I am happy my baby is doing well too, she came with us to Paris, even though I told Aidan that there is no need for that since the vacation is meant for us to rebound but he insisted. I appreciate it because it will be part of the lovely childhood memories I wish for my daughter.
I hope this baby inside me will be a boy so I can make Aidan feel over the moon. He was glad when I told him about the pregnancy and he wouldn't stop spinning me around the room. I had to lie to him that I was dizzy before he dropped me. I would love to have more children with Aidan, probably four or five in total.
"Guess what?"
"What?" I am already used to Aidan surprising me with different things I have never thought of.
He suddenly looks shy. "Aidan, what is it?" I raise his chin.
"I don't know how you are going to feel about this but I really want us to do this now that we are on our vacation so that when we are back to New York, everything will be...." "What is it, Aidan?" I can no longer contain my curiosity.
"I want us to re-wed and re-pronounce our vows", he blurts out and gazes at me intensely. I gasp. I have always wished we could have a real wedding, it doesn't have to be glamorous but something to remind me of how lovely we started.
That real wedding will be the beginning of our love for each other and Aidan will no longer call it a backward love, like he has been calling it for some time now.
I feel my wet tears and I realize I am crying. Aidan opens his mouth to say something and I use the opportunity to kiss him, delving my tongue in for him to open up for me so I can pour out my emotions and unspeakable feelings into it, so I can show him how special he is too, so I can show him how much I value him and what we shared.
He takes over and turns my back to the bed. His hands trail my body as he kisses me with urgency. I know we might not be able to go on our tour today again since it is obvious we both want this sex and once we start, it will be so difficult to take our hands off each other.
I just hope Tania won't come knocking on our door to ask if we are still going out.
She is in the next room with Lily and there are two bodyguards in the vicinity guarding us. We now have bodyguards ever since the kidnapping incident.
When I remember how all of this started and how I became wanted from being an unwanted bride, my tears pour freely, mixing with Aidan's sweat. When his hand touches my most sensitive area with my entire clothes off, I know we will stay in bed all day and I know it is high time I confess how I feel.
"I love you, Aidan." I say, watching his face. This is my response to all his confession and it is a reply to his idea of our vows renouncement.
His face breaks into a smile as he kisses me again before he begins to make passionate love to me, making me cry in pleasure and happiness.0000