“Would you Nek Cellos take Taina Seneca as your lawfully wedded wife” the priest says
“I do” Nek smiles, I’ve never seen him smile; he has perfect pearly feet and looks so innocent when he smiles, I wish he’d always smile.
What are you thinking Taina, he’s just your boss and this is just a contract marriage? “Taina... Taina…”, I look up and I notice Nek has been calling me, there’s a bit of worry etched on his face, but I don’t dwell on it.
The priest clears his throat and continues “Taina Seneca, would you take Nek Cellos as your lawfully wedded husband”. I freeze, at this moment everything feels so real, am I making a wrong decision? I think to myself. I feel someone reach for me, it’s Nek
“Mi Amor the priest is asking you a question”, I look at him and smile, it’s too late to back out; at least I got married to the rich and handsome Nek Cellos, that should be some consolation.
“I do”, I say as I force a smile
“You may now kiss the bride”, I totally forgot about that part. I move my head to the side so that Nek could kiss my cheek, but he has other plans in mind.
He slowly holds my chin and slips one around my waist, whilst drawing me closer to him and then he kisses me. He looks up at me, “we are finally married Mrs. Cellos and you’re mine now” he says with a dangerous glint in his eyes, “only mine” he whispers.
I gasp, I’m too shocked by that kiss to even respond; I never thought I’d kiss my boss. With his hands around my waist, he leads me to the documentation booth, where we complete the marriage registration.
I notice he keeps glancing at me; and his hands around my waist, it feels like he’s preventing me from bolting. To be honest I can’t blame him, I’ve been looking at the door; but I’m not dumb, it’s too late to run and I’m his now.
We walk back to the car, holding hands; his doing not mine, but I can’t deny it, I’m enjoying this feeling of closeness.
As we get into the car, Nek signals the driver to move, “Give the driver your house address, you’re moving into my house”, this was not part of the agreement I think to myself.
“That’s not needed, I’m very comfortable in my parents’ house” I coolly say. I’m not moving into this man’s house; I’d have to see him 24/7, and I don’t think I can handle his 24hrs. ego.
Nek smiles “It wouldn’t be a real marriage, if my wife doesn’t stay with me; people wouldn’t believe we’re married, so be a good wife and listen”
“Who are the people, no one knows we’re married, I’m going to stay at my parents’ house and that’s final” I quip
“My family knows we’re married, and they could visit at any time; what would I tell them if they don’t meet you at home? would I tell them that my wife needs her personal space, so we don’t live together” Nek says half irritated
What he’s saying makes sense, and I’m too tired to argue “Alright, but we’ll sleep in separate rooms, that the most I’ll do since you’re literally begging me to stay with you” I half-heartedly smile as I roll my eyes.
“I didn’t think you have a funny bone you; so, you can make jokes” Nek laughs to himself
“I can, and you didn’t know that cause you’re always working me to the bone”, I jokingly say.
Nek laughs sparingly, this is the second time I’ve seen him laugh in my 3 years of working with him; it’s nice, I settle on that.
The first time I saw Nek smile, was my first day of work, I wore a bird costume to work; apparently, it’s a work culture to trick a new employee. I walked into the office feeling confident in my Mr. Tweedy costume, unfortunately for me the first person I say that day was Nek, and he couldn’t help himself but roar into laughter; I was totally humiliated, but I couldn’t shake the fact that I liked seeing Nek smile.
“Taina…Taina…, where’s your mind at”, Nek says as he eyes squint at me; Nek’s eyes are a gorgeous mix of blue and green, sometimes it looks like I’m staring into the sea. Focus Taina, Nek’s just your boss, nothing more, “my minds here, I was just thinking about the stress involved in moving my things” I lie
“Okay….” Nek says, looking like he doesn’t quite believe me, but not wanting to pursue it, “you don’t have to worry about that, we’ll go shopping for new clothes, just bring your personal items”
“But….” I stop mid-sentence, if this man wants to change my wardrobe, why should I fight it; all the times I’ve argued with this man, he’s always won, he can have this one.
“Thank you, that’s kind of you”, I feel very grateful to him, and he’s slowly entering my good list now.
“Hmmn, I couldn’t bear you walking around in rags” Nek says. That’s it, I’ve had enough with this man, just when I think I can deal with him, he becomes more unbearable.
“Stop the car” I calmly say
“Keep driving “Nek says
“Stop the car right now, I’m going to report to the police that you are kidnapping me” I shout
Nek pulls me into his laps, “what would you say Mrs. Cellos, that your husband kidnapped you; come to think of it does your boyfriend work in the police force. You better not have a boyfriend” he says as his lips land on mine.
I’m in utter shock, it takes me some seconds to regain my composure; I remove myself from his laps and I decide to be quiet, I’m slowly learning that this man is capable of anything.
He chuckles to himself “I found the best way to keep Mrs. Cellos quiet’
This man is so infuriating, how will I spend 5 years with him. It hasn’t even passed a day, and I already feel like throttling him…
“Welcome to my humble abode”, Nek says, I can’t help but snort, so much for a humble abode; this house looks a palace, I’m sure it has more than 12 rooms.“Ehn…, it could do better”, I coolly say, he looks a bit downcast, but quickly hides his emotion.“Could you show me to my room, I need to shower and rest; you’d agree with me that today has been an eventful day”“Sure, let me take you to your room” Nek takes my hands and guides me upstairs. I’m led into a very large room. “The room is an adjoined room” Nek says as he leads me through a door which leads to another room.“Beautiful” I can’t help but say, I notice Nek smile, but it’s also gone as fast as it came. One of the rooms is painted in a flowery manner, with a touch of purple.“I love it, how did you know I love purple?”, I ask NekNek smiles, “I noticed you like to wear a lot of purple outfits and you only paint your nails different shades of purple”“I’m glad you like it, because I’d have to repaint the entire room”, Nek say
“Come on” Nek says, he pulls me towards his office, we sit down opposite each otherThis feels like I’m about to be interviewed I think to myselfNek clears his throat “I know we have discussed the basis of this marriage; I just want to set some ground rules”Rules again I think to myself, I’m not surprised; Nek likes things to be in an orderly manner, no surprises.“Okay, sure; what are they” I say“It’ll only be three” Nek says as he runs his hand through his hair and faces me“The first one is that you’re not allowed to date other men” I have no problem with that, I haven’t dated for the last 2 years I think inwardly.“Are you allowed to date other women” I say, it’s only fair if we both are not allowed to date other peopleNek smiles “I don’t plan on dating other people while I’m married to you, that’d be considered cheating, wouldn’t it?“Okay” I reply, it wouldn’t be cheating since we are not exactly married, but I’m happy with his response“No 2 rule” Nek goes on, “is that we h
It’s literally 4am in the morning why are there movements in the house, what’s Nek doing at this time in the morning.This is not my way of life and if this is Nek's I'll have to do something about it; I’m a light sleeper therefore I find this very annoying. “Arghhh”; I internally scream.I try to sleep back but to no avail, I’m up already l guess. I brush and head downstairs, I never leave my house without breakfast; I hope Nek is the same.“Good morning”, I say to Nek as I move towards the kitchen. I’m engulfed by the smell of food, I’m sure the chef here is top notch; if I’m going to be here for 5 years, I better make the best of it “Who cooked, where’s the chef? let me give him my thanks” I say to Nek“We'll direct your thanks to me""I cooked, I sent the chef away for the day” Nek replies, “my parents will be coming here today, so I’ve removed all unnecessary staff, to avoid being ratted out by mistake”“Whatttt, your parents?” I panic, “why is it so sudden, what if they don’t lik
Taina POVI know that Nek would have wanted me to wear the dress, it feels like Nek had taken personal time to get this dress. But deep down I know it’s not true, as Nek would be too busy running an entire conglomerate. But it’d be nice to think so, I slip into the dress, wear a little make up and head downstairs.I can hear Nek from the dining room, seems like he got into an heated argument with someone, I’m sure it must be about business“Good afternoon”“Good afternoon” I haven’t seen this maid before, but Nek probably has more than 9 maids; I’ll do better with learning their names, I don’t want them to think of me as snobbish.Unfortunately it hasn't been up to two days before I moved here that I have to meet my parents-in-law, I’m not saying I don’t want to meet them but meeting them at short notice is not the way I imagined it. I always thought that the first time I officially meet my in-laws I’d like to impress them.Nek looks happy that I wore the dress, I can tell from the
“Do you remember how Nek's secretary looked? I can’t remember much of her as it’s been a while since I met her and I didn’t think much into her look since she’s just his secretary. I wonder what kind of family she comes from, do you think they'll hold an actual wedding” I hear a woman say from the sitting room, I guess that’s Nek's mom”“You’ll get all these answers when you meet her, just be patient darling” and I'm guessing that must be Nek's dad.I look up at Nek, “you really weren’t lying when you said you mum was inquisitive; I hope I don’t make a mistake in front of her”“You’ll do just fine, don’t think about it too much, now let’s go” Nek slips his arm to my waist, as we approach the sitting room.“You are gorgeous, I know my son has taste, but he has really outdone himself” Nek mother says“Mom and dad this is”“She can introduce herself and so can we, Nek darling why don’t you get us some wine” Nek mother says while eyeing me up.I can tell that she’s assessing whether I’m g
Nek's POVI know that the entire proposition of marriage seems crazy just to save my business, but to be honest it’s more than just my business.The first time I met Taina, she was wearing a bird costume, I can’t remember what cartoon character she was; but she looked so cute when she realized that she was pranked. Normally I would have criticized the employees but I was too focused on her face to notice anything else ; I had burst out laughing because she looked too cute and embarrassed.From that time I’ve always had her in my mind, but I’m the CEO and I can’t be caught dating a staff. Imagine if we broke up ; that’d be catastrophic and awkward seeing she’s my personal secretary.So I decided to ignore it all, not like I wanted to date her I just wanted to sleep with her and know how she felt; but I also couldn’t do that seeing how unprofessional it was.But I watched her closely but kept her at a distance, I maintained my professional decorum around her, we worked late and I’m pret
Nek POVTaina and my mother return to the room, I’m curious about what they discussed but I will pursue that subject at a later time when we are alone.“Hi love, did you girls enjoy your chat” I say as I come to her side and slip my arm around her waist and spare a smile at my mother before shifting my full attention to Taina.“Yes we did” Taina smiles, as we both head for the chairs. I pull out a chair for her and go to pull one for my mother.“What a charmer” moms say, “Der you haven’t said a lot since we got here, I know you’re quiet but not usually this quiet”“I’m okay, Taina it was nice to meet you and I’m glad about your presence in my son's life, you’re now part of the family” Der says“Thank you, I feel like I’m family” I smile, “now let’s eat, I’m quite farnished and I’m sure you are too”We all nod in agreement During our lunch, we engage in so many conversations. Mom tells Taina many stories about me, which Taina found hilarious; turns out I was a very naughty child. Thou
Taina POVI freshen up, touch up my make up and head downstairs to the sitting room. Nek is no longer in the sitting room but I hear some noise coming from his office. Of course, where else would he be but his office; that man has no life outside of work.“Nek” I call out as I approach the office door“I’m in here, come in” Nek has his entire concentration on whatever is going on in his laptop.“I’m heading out”“Alright” he says without bothering to look upI want to see whether I can get his attention, so I pride him further, “you know that guy friend that I was talking about, we’d be out together till like 2am; so I would be back by 3am, hope you don’t mind?”Nek instantly looks up, I guess that got his attention “what do you mean you would be out till 3am with another man, a married woman shouldn’t do that”Nek says looking slightly annoyed “Well I’m not fully a married woman, so I still have some of the privileges of a single woman” Nek looks like he’s about to pop a vein, but he