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“Sir, I’m sorry to interrupt you, but your mom is on her way here Martha informed Antonio, who nodded before taking Zabelle’s hand, and they both headed downstairs.
A few minutes later, Alicia arrived at the mansion, and she beamed with delight upon seeing that Zabelle’s health had improved
“It’s good to see you’re doing better,” she remarked, and Zabelle smiled back at her.
“All thanks to Antonio.” Zabelle responded. It seemed the stress from two days ago was what had made her sick, and all she needed to do was to rest.
“Good, seeing as you’re both here together, there’s something I need for the wedding. We require pictures of you two,” she stated, and Zabelle turned to look at Antonio, as he was the one who was the expert in coming up with lies.
What explanation was he going to give for them not having a single picture together?
“We don’t have any together, she’s a terrible photographer and I hate taking pictures, you know that, mom,” Antonio stated and Zabelle wondered how he was always able to lie so smoothly.
It seemed Alicia knew about Antonio’s dislike for pictures, as she didn’t question any further. “Well, that changes today. Like I said, we need pictures of you too together.”
“Zabelle, dear, when should I fix the date for?” She asked her soon–to–be daughter–in–law.
“Can we have it today?” Zabelle asked, and Antonio turned to glare at her. This was why he never helped people, they’d turn around and stab him in the back.
If she had still been down with fever, Zabelle wouldn’t have been thinking of getting her picture taken. As if feeling his eyes on her, she turned to face him, and she gave him an innocent smile as though she didn’t know what she had just done.
“Good, it’s settled,” Alicia clapped excitedly. Turning to her son, she said, “Antonio call Alejandro and tell him to handle the company, it’s picture day.”
“As long as it’s done in here,” Antonio laid out his condition, and Alicia had no problem with that. “Let me call the team,” she immediately excused herself.
“Why do you like to tempt me, Zabelle?” He asked her.
“She came all the way over here,” Zabelle responded. “I’m trying to cut her some slack, she’s been planning the wedding you
want!
“And right now, that wedding may change to a funeral if you keep testing me, Meredith’s funeral, in case you’ve forgotten.” he reminded her and Zabelle frowned.
Just a few minutes ago, she had been thinking that marrying Aronio might not be that bad, but she had been wrong, it was
worse.
The fact that he acted like a decent human and nursed her back health didn’t change the fact that he was threatening to kill an innocent old lady, all because he wanted to marry her.
“I’ll cancel the photoshoot,” Zabelle told Antonio.
“It’s too late for that,” he hissed as he turned and walked away from there
“Antonio,” Zabelle called as she started to walk after him. She needed his assurance that he wasn’t going to hurt Meredith, and him walking away wasn’t a good sign.
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Stop following me, I’m not going to hurt her,” he told her, and she heaved a sigh of relief.
w
A few hours later, the photography team had set up their things, and Antonio frowned when he came down and saw what they had done to his house.
“I know you’re not happy about this, but it’s for your wedding and so you should be able to tolerate it,” Alicia said from behind him. When he turned, he found his mother staring at
“If I wasn’t tolerating it, they wouldn’t have made this far,” he told his mother. He sighted Zabelle at a distance. She was surrounded by the beauty team who were working on her hair and make–up.
He squinted his eyes when he noticed them touching her hair. They had better not ruin Zabelle’s hair, or he would have their heads
“Antonio, can I ask you something?” Alicia asked her son. “And please don’t lie to me.”
“Go on.” Antonio told his mother.
“Will you make Zabelle happy?” Alicia asked her son, and he turned to look at her.
“Why do you ask?” Antonio inquired, wanting to know what was going on through his mother’s mind or what she had seen to ask such a question.
“Zabelle seems stiff.” Alicia asserted. “I want to believe it’s because she has an issue in trusting people considering what her family has done to her and not because of you,” she squinted her eyes at her son.
“I will make her happy,” Antonio told his mother.
will be the
“You’re cruel, Antonio, I know that, and I know she knows that, but if you break a woman that is already broken, it will be end of me and you,” Alicia declared vaguely, giving Antonio the task of figuring out what that meant.
He clenched his fists as his eyes fell on Zabelle once more. His mother was putting him and his revenge in a tight spot.
“I’ll make her happy,” Antonio told his mother.
“Is that a promise, that you won’t hurt her?” Alicia inquired. He had been taught from a young age of how solemn a promise
WILLS.
He never made promises if he had no intention of fulfilling it, but he wasn’t ready to fulfill the promise.
However, if he didn’t make the promise, his mother would know that it was a lie. She was putting him in between a rock and a hard place.
“I promise I’ll make her happy, and I won’t hurt her,” he promised when he saw his mother staring expectantly at him. Upon getting his promise, a smile appeared on Alicia’s face. “Good, now it’s time for you two to change so we can get this over with,” she said as she walked away and approached Zabelle to tell her the same thing
A few minutes later, Zabelle and Antonio were dressed and in front of a camera. “How many pictures do we have to take?” He asked his mother.
“I can’t say, this is just your first outfit, Alicia responded and Antonio gritted his teeth in annoyance.
Zabelle on the other hand, didn’t make a single sound as she could feel Antonio’s anger. He was currently seated, and she was standing beside him.
“Come on, get closer to your man she heard the photographer day, and she stiffened as she didn’t want to do that
Antonio, who was already tired of the whole thing, reached out pulled her closer to him. The photographer then got to
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work and started taking multiple pictures of them.
However, he was not satisfied with what he had taken and by then Antonio had reached his limit
“You need romantic pictures, right?” He asked, and the photographer nodded. Not thinking twice, he stood up and before Zabelle could figure out what he was up to, he placed his palm on her cheeks and in the next moment his lips were on hers.
“Take the shot!” Zabelle heard someone said distantly in the background, but she didn’t focus on that, as all she could put her attention on was Antonio and what he was doing to her.
Was it possible for someone to drown in a kiss because it felt like she was drowning in the ecstasy of Antonio’s kiss.
She gasped when he bit her lips and Antonio used that opportunity to slide in her mouth and she felt her soul leave her body wanting to cling on to something, she grabbed Antonio’s shirt and crumpled it.
Just as the kiss was getting good, he broke it and turned to the camera with a huge grin on his face, while she looked confused as hell. The flash from the camera made her blink, and her eyes widened when she realized that the photographer had just taken a picture a moment ago.
“No, don’t use that,” she cried out as she turned to glare at Antonio. This was the second time he was doing this, and she cursed herself for falling for it for the second time.
“It’s perfect,” Alicia smiled as she looked at it.
“I’m glad you like it, I’m not changing into any more outfits,” he told his mother. “Or would you like to…” Zabelle him to finish asking his questions before shaking her head in refusal.
didn’t allow
“Good,” Antonio smiled in satisfaction as he began to walk away. When Zabelle turned her attention to the other people that were there, she saw that they were all smiling at her, while Alicia had her attention focused on the pictures the photographer had just taken.
Not being able to handle the attention, she smiled back nervously and slowly walked away from there.
Not knowing where else to go, she headed straight to her room and buried her head in the pillow so she could scream into it without further causing more attention to herself.
What was up with Antonio and kissing her. Did he like to see the flustered look on her face after he was done, or was it because he liked to annoy her?
The latter seemed more probable, and she screamed into the pillow once more. There were other ways he could have made a romantic photo, he didn’t have to kiss her! She frowned, but what was done was done, and now, those pictures would be used for whatever Alicia had planned, and she wished to disappear before that time came.
Why couldn’t she be as shameless as Antonio, who didn’t care about what other people thought? If she was, she wouldn’t have bolted down there due to embarrassment
“Sweetie,” she heard a knock on the door and from the voice she could tell it was Alicia.
“Coming,” she responded as she rushed to open the door.
“You left there, are you alright?” Alicia asked in worry.
“I’m okay, just a little bit embarrassed, that was why I left,” Zabelle told her so she wouldn’t worry.
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