AMETHYST

"So you got nothing for me?" Maya asks, feigning anger. She came here as early as 6am on her way to see her Dad for something urgent.

"Yup." We are back from our vacation. That was the longest 6 weeks of my life. It was fun and the last few days of the trip made me wishing it won't come to an end.

"Sweetheart." Nick walks to us and kisses me possessively on my lips, making it a point to caress my waist, erupting a moan from me. Maya coughs to interrupt us but Nick just acts like she isn't even there.

"Brother." She raises her voice and he finally stops to eye her.

"You love birds need to get a room. You are so all over each other." I hide my face in his chest chuckling at what she said.

"I'm sure you both were eating your faces in Greece that's why nothing was brought back for me." She eyes us as she speaks.

"Shut up." Nick says to her, annoyed.

"We actually got some things for you. I will bring them to your place in the coming weekend." The weekend is technically two days from now. She squeals and jumps to hug me, detaching my body from Nick.

"Get your husband and don't disturb my wife." He grunts, clearly in disapproval of her action.

"One day, bro. One day." Maya says and hits him on his head.

"I need to be somewhere with Dad, Suzie." She says, slipping out my art name. My eyes widen in surprise as this has never happened before and it is a mistake I could not afford. I send her a signal with my eyes since I haven't told Nick about my art yet.

"I need to be somewhere with Dad, lovebirds." She quickly corrects before leaving.

"So where were we?" He teases.

"The part where we're supposed to go to work? It's a work day." I point out.

"But I am the CEO." He grunts as he speaks.

"The more reason why you should be at work." I walk off, heading to my room to prepare for work.

He arrives at my door just before I shut it and pecks me on the lips.

"Will you go out on a date with me tommorrow after work?" He asks, quietly observing my features.

"Sure, darling." I say bodly. My response was a chuckle from him before he heads to his room to have his bath and prepare for the office.

•••••

.....Friday evening.....

For my first date with my husband, I purchase a new dress specially for the outing.

Today's work was not too hectic, I am certain a particular man had something to do with it and for that I am actually grateful.

The dress arrived few minutes after I got home. It looks so beautiful, more than what I saw in picture.

The date is by 6pm so I had enough time to rest before preparing and that is exactly what I did. By 5:30pm I was already done having my bath.

I did light makeup on my face then put on my underwears before putting on the killer dress.

Picture of her outfit.

To further compliment the dress, I had on matching color of heels, a simple neck piece and some bangles on my wrists. What can I say, I love the jingling sounds they make.

5:55pm and I am set. I pick up my phone to dial his number and coincidentally a knock sounds on the door.

"Moro mou, are you set?" I hear his voice call from outside. I decide to play this cool and not give a reply. Instead, I open the door, welcomed to the face of one fine man just in front of me. Who says older men are not hotter? Remind me again why I have had a crush on him for 8 years?

"You look... Íse tóso ómorfos, moro mou (you are so beautiful, my baby). He says, looking at me from head to toe, taken aback.

"Efcharistó, íse tóso goiteftikós (Thank you, you are so handsome too). I compliment him too. He smirks and does a bow.

"May I?" He says, moving his hands in the process. This results to fits of laughter from me.

"Yes, you may."

We drive to a 7 star hotel owned by his friend, André Dumont. Upon arrival, he tosses his keys to the valet and requests to be taken to the rooftop for a better view.

He swipes his card to gain access and leads me to the rooftop which has already been decorated for a date for two.

"Wow. How long did it take you to plan this?" I ask in awe. In truth, I am amazed.

"The whole week." He say, casually. What? The whole week?

"What if I didn't agree?" I ask him.

"Well, I already made a plan B." He shrugs off.

"Which is?"

"Kidnap. I'll kidnap you on Friday, coerce Marianna to dress you up, even if it means me begging her then bring you here." He says like its nothing.

"Who are you and what did you do with the Nick I know? This one is totally crazy." I laugh. "Who is Marianna?" I add.

"She is a friend. She has been friends with the boys since we've been younger." I try to digest everything he said about her.

"Don't worry about her. She is into Lucas and not me. I didn't sleep with her too. She has even friendzoned the rest of us because for a long time someone else has got her heart.

We have our seat and he calls for us to be served. We eat and continue talking.

"First of all, I am sorry for being an ass since the day we met. You gave off the spoilt brat feel and you loved going missen. So I just tagged you negative. However, these past weeks has been an eye-opener." He states, looking down at his plate.

"Hey. It is okay. At a point I felt like strangling you for those statements but in a way, I led you to believing that. I actually did not kiss that guy, Maya did. I was just covering up for her and I made her swear never to tell you. Matter of factly, I have never kissed anyone before you. I mean, how could I when ého kapsúra mazí su (I have got a crush on you) since I met you." I say in a rush, freightened at myself for letting out too much.

"Honestly, I am sorry. I have been judging you wrongly for years. I want to make up for it, you make me want to be a better man and I like that. Can we do better?" He says.

"Our marriage ends in 3 months." I state, matter of factly.

"Well .." he drawls. "About that, I was thinking. Why don't we terminate the agreement and enjoy what we have just started building?"

I don't give an answer to that but we just continue eating, stealing glances at each other at intervals.