Hello my gorgeous readers! I hope you are all well and especially staying safe. I really pray that no one of you has been affected by the pandemic and you're all in safe hands.

You must be wondering why I was away for so long. Well, I didn't have the inspiration to write anymore. My grandmother, whom I loved so much passed away recently and I just couldn't take it. But now, I have taken a slight step and I have started to write again. I will, however, require all your support in this batter. Without you guys, I am nothing but with you by my side, I can conquer everything. Please be with me, this is my not so silent prayer. 

I love you all and enjoy the reading.

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"Do you AvaGrace Wilson take Sebastian Salvestro as your lawfully wedded husband?" The priest dressed in white asked me and at that very moment I knew Sebastian was the one for me. At first there were doubts, whether will this marriage work or will he still love me the same way when I'm no longer young and beautiful but right now when I looked at the man who looked devastatingly gorgeous in this dark blue tuxedo who stared at me with nothing but love in his eyes, I knew there would be no turning back.

"Yes, I, AvaGrace Wilson take Sebastian Salvestro as my lawfully wedded husband". The moment I said those words, I felt strong arms wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer to their warm body. How is this possible? Sebastian is in front of me, then who is hugging me and why am I snuggling closer to them?

Few seconds later, I felt that very same person kiss my head and smell my hair? What in the world is happening?

"Stop fidgeting around, amate. Go back to sleep." The soothing yet authoritative voice said. Go back to sleep! Oh my god! My eyes opened as fast as lightening and I turned around. To my great surprise, Sebastian was few centimeters away from me with his eyes closed and hair completely disheveled. He still looked devastatingly gorgeous though, even if he was asleep and when I looked around, his arms were completely secured around my tiny waist. I looked exactly like a lamb caught as a lion's prey, however, in this case, I felt completely safe in his arms. As if no one would hurt me, ever.

So this was a dream, I recalled. How can you be so stupid Ava, my subconscious snapped angrily at me!  She's right. How can I dream of a billionaire marrying such a stupid little girl like me?!

I can't deny though, this was probably one of my most beautiful dreams and I so wanted this to be true. I'm don't even know if by wanting something like this, I'm fooling myself.

Don't be naïve Ava! My subconscious came back, looking like an angry teacher. 

I chose to ignore her and took the glorious opportunity to look at this Greek God who was in my arms sleeping soundly like a baby. I admired all his features and I strongly believe that God made him with so much delicateness. Why couldn't he make me with such thoughts and precision as well? Why am I such a plain Jane?!

All the time admiring him one thought came to my mind. How long have I been asleep?

"One hour" Sebastian said aloud with his eyes closed while pulling me even more closer to him. Damn it! I spoke out loud again!

"Go back to sleep, mi amore. There's one more hour left until we reach Rome" he said placing his warm hand over my head and pulled me to his chest.

At this moment, I chose not to think about absolutely anything else and just went with the flow and closed my eyes. I don't think I'll ever get a moment like this again with the one I love in my arms. Shit! Did I just say love? Do I love him?

All these questions came to my mind like darts. These were once again unanswered questions because of these unclear scenarios in front of me. I, nonetheless, decided to just ignore all these questions and doubts and just closed my eyes only to relish the moment. As we say, live in the moment as next is the new now, isn't it?

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I have no idea how much time passed but all I could feel is someone shaking my body - Sebastian. "Hey, mio caro, wake up" the soothing voice said, "we have reached Rome, get up." I groaned and moved away from him. I just wanted to sleep and I heard a chuckle.

"Wake up" Now his voice seemed to be slightly more stern. 

"Go away!" I moaned. "I want to sleep." 

"You'll sleep in the room, now let's go." I heard him say in an impatient tone. I was determined not to wake up and walk, I felt too tired and my eyelids were more than just heavy.

"Carry me" I said like a stubborn child, dead set on not wanting to walk and I did hear a heavy sigh and soon, I felt someone take me into their arms making me slightly smile. "Thank you" I said in a low voice and I heard him chuckle, maybe even shaking his head at me.

I could feel  him take steady footsteps towards God knows what and soon I heard him say a couple of words which I believe was Italian. God! That was hot hearing say sentences in Italian language, however, what disturbed me was the voice of the woman, yes, woman. She seemed to have a very sensuous voice and from what it looked like, she was trying to impress him. 

Not wanting to stay in even more suspense, I fidgeted in Sebastian's arms and I think he sensed that I was waking up, he carefully dropped me back onto my feet and in a matter of seconds, I was standing straight, still feeling sleepy though.

My eyes snapped directly to the woman who had a sensuous voice. She seemed like she was in her early thirties and boy did she look drop dead gorgeous. There's no way I could match against her, she was so beautiful. Her blond hair tied in a tight low bun, looking classy as ever. She was even tall and knew how to do her make up well, while I was this average young girl who didn't even have a place for her. How could I even think someone like Sebastian could ever fall for someone like me? Disheartened by all these facts, I started playing with my fingers and looked down at the black and white tiles. They seemed more interesting than my so called love life.

Not even a minute later and to my greatest surprise, the words that came out of Sebastian's mouth stunned me more than ever.

"She's staying in my room and I don't want anyone to disturb us, unless if I ask for room service. Am I clear?" He seemed to hiss at the woman in front of her and all I did was stare at his blank expression.

Maybe he just wants me with him to take his calls or something like that. But if he wanted me to take his calls, why would be sleep next to me? There were so many questions which need to be answered and I do not know how to ask him to clear my doubts. But the only concern is do I want answers to these doubts? Not sure.

Once Sebastian was done ordering around the lady, she gave us the card to our room and I followed him like a lost puppy looking around how grand the hotel looked like. This was more than a five star hotel.

"Where do you think you are going?" Sebastian asked me sounding bewildered and it was then I realized that he was no longer in front of me. I immediately turned around and saw him inserting the card inside the lock looking at me as if I was the most stupid person on Earth. "We have reached our room, get inside" he ordered and I immediately complied, walking inside the room.

If the outside of the room was gorgeous, the inside of the room was even more sophisticated. The room as well as the bed was so grand and we could even see part of the city from the room. Everything seemed to be so small from where we were.

"Do you like it?" I felt his hot breath over my cheeks while his arms wrapped around my waist pulling me even closer to him, I nodded, unable to say anything. He does so many things to me which I cannot explain. I just want to turn around and let him know my feelings as well as my thoughts.

"How much did you pay for this room?" I asked instead trying to divert my rally of thoughts which he immediately dismissed with a kiss on my temple. I must say this definitely distracted me for a while but I needed to know how much he paid for this room. It's wrong for me to stay here without paying a singly penny.

"Can you stop worrying about the cost of this room?" Sebastian said in a kind of irritating voice making me shut up straight away. I just do not understand how can he read my thoughts so precisely? Maybe it's because he knows you in and out, my subconscious muttered looking like a detective. 

"Umm, this woman at the reception seemed to me very gorgeous." I suddenly said while turning towards me and wrapped my arms around his neck, not daring to make eye contact with him. Once these words were out of my mouth, I realized what I just said and slapped myself!

"She's not as beautiful as you are, Ava." Sebastian said convincingly while placing my chin between his thumb and forefinger and gently pulling my face towards his, our lips very close to each other and us staring at each other as if nothing else mattered. At this moment, all I saw was truthfulness in his eyes and how he meant each and every word.

All I wanted was him to kiss me and I guess he felt what I wanted, he moved his lips towards mine while staring strongly at me and gently placed his warm lips over my soft ones.

I never wanted this moment to end. This was it. I got all the answers to my questions. The way he kissed me said it all, the way he held me in his arms couldn't be more conclusive. I responded with equal fervour and gave everything I could in this kiss.

In this very moment, I knew I fell in love with this dominating and authoritative man and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it.

However, does he love me the same way I love him or is he playing with me?

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Questions and doubts in Ava's life. What do you guys think? Does Sebastian love Ava the same way she loves him or is he just playing around?

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