Luciano had a smile on his face as they made their way back into the house.
"Anyone who sees you now will believe that you won a lottery" Amelia said launching herself on the couch.
"I won something more than a lottery, my in-laws approve of me" he said in mock excitement sitting on the arm rest of the couch and Amelia couldn't help but roll her eyes .
"My dad still thinks that you are an asshole, also do you like know my dad before today"she asked curiously.
"Not personally, but I know him in the business world. I see that the you and your dad don't get along " he said, but Amelia was not ready to go into that and spoil her mood.
"I don't want to talk about it, we didn't even get to tell them about our romantic love story" she groaned.
"We can still share it online" Luciano said
"It is not weird that we are not been hunted down by the press, our marriage is a juicy news, don't you think."
"I didn't allow it" came Luciano simple reply.
"Why" she whined
"Someone is excited to be recognized as my wife" Luciano teased and Amelia rolled her eyes as if to say_'you wish' making Luciano chuckle lightly, getting up he added .
"Don't worry about that, I organized a conference to announce it officially"
"Do you have any family" Amelia suddenly asked making him stop dead in his tracks.
"Not anymore" He replied with a cold voice that got Amelia scared. He left her there afterwards.
' What's with the cold reply, one minute we are getting along the next we are back to square one ' Amelia thought to herself while glaring at his retreating back.
************
At The Sanders Mansions.
" Honey, why don't you approve of Amelia's choice" Mrs Sanders questioned her husband softly but he kept mute so she added-
"You have always wanted her to settle down and quit her way of life, even when you didn't approve of her decisions, you still supported her secretly, so why not do so now that she is trying to make you a proud father.
She thinks that you used her sisters for your business gains but we both know that is not true, why not show her that you love her, like a father would his daughter."
She said massaging his back softly.
"Luciano is not right for her, period."He said with finality in his voice.
"Why, he is a successful young businessman, who owns chains of business in the different sector of the business world, he is practically one of the decision makers of the country's economy, so why.?" She asked .
"Let's drop this topic, Luciano is not who he says he is and I don't want my daughter with him " Mr Sanders sounded shrugging his wife's hand off.
"But you know your daughter won't leave her husband just because you said so, besides Luciano has not given us a reason to write him off completely." She reasoned .
"I told you to drop this, didn't I." Mr Sanders said more loudly this time making his wife flinch in surprise. His eyes softened as he realized what he just did.
"I didn't mean to lash out on you, but let's drop this okay?" He said more calmly, but his wife didn't care anymore, Mr Sanders sighed as he watched his wife leave him in the room alone.
"I am going out "she announced abruptly closing their door.
'I should have left for the office' he thought with a sigh still wondering if he should leave Amelia and Luciano to their business. He was in edge because he did something that he is not proud of, so he is afraid that karma was on to him.
' Amelia please be safe ' he prayed
*************
The banging of the door got Amelia rolling off the bed in fright.
"Darn it, who does not have the decency to knock politely" she groaned softly rubbing her eyes.
"What..." She was cut short by the entrance of the beauty entourage, or that is what she called them.
"Excuse me , who are you people.?" She asked.
"Mr. Rodriguez told us to get you ready for the conference." One of them replied. Amelia almost asked who Mr Rodriguez was, but she her tongue when she remembered that she was married to him.
'When you think you know someone ' Amelia thought with an eye roll.
"Oh, okay, so what are we doing...." Amelia asked awkwardly.
"We need to freshen you up and do something about your hair," the one who spoke before, said gesturing at her hair.
"What about my hair" Amelia glared
"It's perfect, now let's get to work" Another said and Amelia swallowed her grievances and allowed them to do their magic well most of the time....
"This doesn't match my skin tone.... I don't like that color... This style is too old fashioned... This hair do is ancient who still uses this..."
She kept complaining about every little detail and the beauticians were exhausted, they had never encountered anyone like her .
"Just leave it to me, I can handle myself " she declared and they groaned in frustration.
"Go ahead ma'am" they all said at once and she turned to them with a questioning gaze but said nothing and continued.
*************
Luciano paced the living room, the beauticians he hired had just left but his wife was still upstairs 'getting ready '. He checked his wrist watch for the nth time.
He cancelled some meetings for this, yet this woman was making him wait unnecessarily.
Just when he was about to go upstairs, the sound of heels hitting the ground reached his ears, and Amelia stood at the top of the stairs looking breathtaking.