Four months later...

"Aaron, I hate you!" I cried on the phone.

"No, you don't", he laughed.

"How can you leave me like this?" I whined.

"I haven't left you. I am talking to you right now, am I not?" Aaron chuckled.

"It is not the same!" I exclaimed.

"You promised, Aaron. You promised a year at least", I told him.

"You know this is an emergency, Mel. I'll be back in two weeks and I am still training you over the phone", Aaron consoled me.

"You said it two weeks ago too! Do you know how difficult it is getting for me to handle it here?" I told him.

"I know, Mel. I know. I am trying my best to guide you, am I not?", Aaron told me.

"You took Peter with you too", I groaned.

"Mel, he is my secretary", Aaron laughed.

"I know but, he knows how to handle these contracts and stupid clients of yours better than I do", I told him.

"Relax, Mel. Listen, I have to go for my meeting with Ethan. I will call you back in thirty minutes, okay? Take rest for sometime and then restart with a fresh head", Aaron told me and I nodded.

"So, you really won't be coming for the wedding too, right?" I confirmed one last time.

"Yes, Mel. I am really sorry", Aaron said with a sad voice.

"I hate you", I pouted.

"I love you too. Bye", he chuckled and hanged up.

It has been four months since Aaron and I finally confessed to each other.

Life has been happier and more beautiful than it ever was before. Things have changed a lot since than and not so much either. I have started trusting people more like Aaron had told me to. I have also improved my 'How to read Aaron Kingston' skill a lot more. Aaron has been the most loving and caring husband. He loves surprising me very often, a thing that I have recently found out about him. I still argue with him and he is still a workaholic. But, he always makes time for me after work. Having dinner together has been an unsaid rule for both of us. No matter where we are the whole day, we meet at dinner and talk about the whole day. Like I said, life has been beautiful.

I took over the post of managing director as soon as Aaron announced his new collaboration with Ethan Welsh, a young businessman from Greece, about two months ago as a part of the upcoming Asia expansion. Apparently, Ethan loved Aaron's little work in Europe over the few months before the collaboration and he couldn't wait but, propose that they do it together.

Aaron has been really supportive and has been guiding me throughout since I took over. But, about two weeks ago there was some emergency at one of the sites in England and he had to rush leaving me to manage everything here on myself. Even though he calls whenever he gets time, it is not the same.

After spending two weeks without him, I realised how much work Aaron actually does and how dependant I am on him for everything. I miss him terribly and I want him to be with me every single moment.

I know it is not possible with our fast expanding business and Aaron soon going to have to fly in and out more often than before but, I still want him to be with me. Everything around me reminds me of him and sometimes, I secretly wish for his business to not flourish so fast fearing that he will no longer have time for me. But, Aaron always reassures me and tells me that this is just a small phase since, we just expanded and soon, once things are more settled, he will have to travel a lot lesser.

I sighed and brought my attention back to work. I looked at my laptop and smiled as my eyes fell on the background. It was from our six month anniversary party.

Flashback

I frowned as I got out of the bedroom to meet everyone in the living room. Everyone was talking in small groups as they waited for me. The party had started ten minutes ago. The whole day had passed and Aaron had still not made a move to propose to me. I am not going to remind him. He knows that he has to do it. He is acting all normal and happy so, I guess he has definitely planned something.

"What are you frowning at?" Lia asked me.

"Nothing", I smiled waving it off.

"So, we were going to tell him together. What made you tell him by yourself?" Lia raised her eyebrows at me.

"Like I told you today morning. He didn't let me leave and confessed so, I did it too", I shrugged.

"And why you didn't pick up any of my calls yesterday? What were you doing?" Lia waggled here eyebrows at me.

"Shut up", I said and blushed.

"You are blushing! You were doing it, weren't you? I knew my plan would make him suffer. But, I didn't think it would work so well that you would end up finally losing your virginity", Lia laughed.

"Lia!" I gritted and rolled my eyes.

She has no filter on her mouth whatsoever.

"So, how was it?" Lia laughed and I blushed even more.

"Was it good? How many rounds did you stop at?" Lia teased me again.

"Stop teasing her, Lia", Luke said joining us and placing a hand around my shoulder.

"By the way, Amy. Are you sore? Is anything aching? You can sit down if you want. We can understand if it is difficult for you to walk straight", Luke laughed and high fived Lia.

"Stop it, both of you", I blushed and bit my lip to hide my smile.

"What are you guys talking about?" Daniel asked joining the group with Peter.

"Oh we are just happy that our plan was successful and we finally have Aaron and Amy together forever", Luke smiled at him.

I saw that Connor and Jenny had also come closer and now we were all standing in one big circle.

"To Aaron and Amy", Daniel raised his glass and everyone chorused.

"To us", Aaron said joining the group and hugging me from the back.

"You do remember what you are supposed to do, right?" I whispered in his ear.

"Yes, I remember. Just waiting for the perfect moment", he whispered back and kissed me on my cheek.

"By the way, I have certain things to say to a group of people here", Aaron said leaving me.

He walked to Luke and said, "I am sorry, man. For acting like a jerk with you all these months. I was just scared you would snatch my life away from me. I am really sorry."

"No worries, sir-"

"Ah! Just Aaron. We are family now", he told Luke and hugged him.

Aaron pulled away and said, "Also, congratulations to you and Connor. Wish you both a very happy life together."

Luke and Connor looked at each other and smiled with love.

"Thank you", they told Aaron.

Aaron smiled and said, "And you both are welcomed to hang out here anytime you want just like our dear, Lia. Speaking of whom", Aaron walked to her and said, "I don't know what I should do with you."

Lia laughed and said, "Let me name your first kid."

Aaron hugged her and said, "Done. But, let me warn you. Don't get too happy. I will take my revenge when time comes."

"Count me in on that one", I pitched in.

Lia pulled away slightly, still having her arm linked with Aaron's and said, "Not gonna happen. Lia Vasquez can never fall for a man that bad."

Aaron smirked at her, "Never say never."

"I hope she doesn't. She will probably make him deaf with her lectures", Daniel rolled his eyes making all of us groan mentally.

Lia glared at him as Aaron turned to Daniel and then, smacked him on his head.

"Ouch!" Daniel yelled.

"That is for getting mom involved and making it even worse for me", Aaron narrowed his eyes at him and then ruffled his hair.

"You deserved it", Daniel winked at him and they shared a hug.

Aaron sighed and turned to look at Peter, "And you, Mr. Spencer. I so wanted to fire you this time. But, since I can't fire you, I have done something else for you."

Aaron looked at Jenny, who smiled at Peter coldly and said, "Once we reach home, we are going to have a small chat about who a certain Ms. Olivia is."

Peter's eyes widen and he glared darkly at Aaron.

Aaron said, "You have been challenging your luck for a long, long time, Mr. Spencer. That was bound to happen."

Peter said to Aaron, "I will avenge this soon."

Aaron shot him a saccharine sweet smile and we all laughed.

The night passed away with us playing games, laughing and talking. Of course, there is no need to mention Lia and Daniel fighting at random things. There were times we had to remind them that they are in middle of a party.

Soon the party was about to end and I glared at Aaron. He still hadn't done anything. Looks like he wants a month of no talking.

Aaron came to me and smiled, "Hey, the party's about to end. I was waiting for this moment. Let's give them something to talk about for the night."

He winked at me and removed the ring from his jacket making me smile. He opened the box and started bending down as everyone else gathered around us.

"That's not possible!" Lia yelled and Aaron and I turned to look with confusion.

"Yes, it is. The proof is right in front of you!" Daniel yelled back and I groaned.

"What is it?" I asked as we walked to where they were.

"This man is being so difficult!" Lia yelled angrily.

"What do you mean?" Aaron asked.

"Look at this picture", Lia said pointing to my and Aaron's couple picture from our wedding on the wall.

"Yeah, so?" I asked.

"So, I told her that the makeup artist did a really good job and so, Amy looks this beautiful and she started yelling", Daniel told me.

"Yes, because Amy will look the same even without any help from some makeup artist! Look at her. She looks equally beautiful" Lia said angrily.

Aaron frowned and said, "I agree with Lia. Also, we have more important thing to discuss. I don't think it matters right now."

Lia scoffed, "Of course it does! Where's your wedding dress right now?"

I frowned, "In the closet, but-"

"I am going to prove it to you!" she yelled at Daniel.

She grabbed my hand and pulled me to our bedroom. She opened the closet wear all my stuff was now and got my wedding dress out.

"What the hell? Lia, this is not necessary", I told her.

"Wear it. Fast, it will take only a couple of minutes", she told me and held it out to me.

"Lia, you are taking this too far. It is okay", I told her.

"Wear it, Amy, Please, do you want me to lose to that idiot?" Lia told me angrily.

I rolled my eyes and continued arguing with Lia but, she didn't back down even a little. Finally, I huffed in defeat and took the dress from her deciding to do it just to end the argument.

I can't believe these two are so childish. I mean is this even a matter to fight on?

I wore it and looked at myself in the mirror. I smiled as I recalled the wedding and admired the fact that true to Lia's words I do look equally beautiful even today. Maybe it was the glow of love.

I went out and looked at Lia. She looked at me with awe and then, pulled me with her outside to the living room.

"See, I told you!" Lia yelled and everyone turned to look at me.

I frowned as everyone looked at me with smile and Lia suddenly smiled too.

That is when I noticed, Aaron was wearing his wedding suit too.

"What's going on?" I asked nervously.

"You hated the fact that Lia and Luke were not there at your wedding, right? We cannot change that but, we can add to the memories", Aaron smiled at me.

Peter spoke, "Ladies and gentleman, we are here to celebrate Aaron and Amy's six months together and wish them luck for a lifetime of togetherness."

Jenny handed me a bouquet of flowers and stood aside. Luke linked his arm with me with me and pretended like he was walking down the aisle with me where Aaron was waiting with Daniel as his best man and Lia was waiting on the other side as my maid of honor. Connor was shooting the whole thing.

When I reached Aaron, tears were brimming in my eyes and I was smiling widely.

Jenny took the camera from Connor who came up as a ring bearer with our wedding rings.

Aaron took my ring and went down on his knees.

He took my hand in his and said, "Amelia Kingston, I love you. I have made many mistakes in past and I will make some mistakes in future too because no one is perfect. But, I promise to never do anything deliberately that will make you cry. I promise to fulfil all your wishes and always pester you about reading news. I promise to take care of you and make you smile even in your worst times. I promise to be with you and be there for you no matter what. I love you more than anything in the world and I promise to love you everyday. You are the most beautiful woman in this world for me. But that is not the only reason, I love you. I love you because you are the most sweet hearted, pure, kind and loving soul I have met. You are the only light of my world that pushes away all the darkness away from me. You bring color to my life and you are the reason I want to live. So, Mrs. Amelia Kingston, will you do me the honor of being with me as my wife for the rest of my life? Will you be mine forever and ever?"

"Yes!" I said as tears dropped from my eyes.

Aaron slipped the ring in my finger and kissed me passionately.

We broke apart when everyone cheered and then, I slipped Aaron's ring in his finger.

Peter said, "I now pronounce them stuck with each other for life", making us all laugh.

We spend the next thirty minutes taking a lot of pictures. Lia had a lot of ideas about what pictures she wanted to take with me. Apparently, she had been planning it for years. The funniest part was when Aaron asked them to take a best man and maid of honor picture. None of them were ready and we teased them so much about it that just to satisfy their egos they ended up taking on with the most awkward, forced smile ever!

"I'll go change", I told them after I was tired of the pictures.

"No need", Aaron said picking me up bridal style.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

Aaron looked at everyone and said, "Enjoy the rest of the night by yourself while my wife and I leave for our slightly delayed honeymoon."

Present

To think about it, time really flies. I can't believe it has already been more than three months since we returned from our honeymoon in Hawaii and it is already Luke's wedding two days later.

Luke and Connor have been preparing for their wedding since a month. He still has his job so, he is paying for his own wedding and Lia and I are safe. Luke has invited me and Lia to go as his family instead of his parents. He has also asked Lia and I to be his best women. What could be really surprising for one is that Aaron was not going as my plus one. He has his own invitation.

Aaron and Luke have grown surprisingly close in the last few months. Their favourite topic being me. Every time Luke is over, they are always making fun of me or teasing me. Eventually, Connor and I teamed up against them.

Also, Aaron is back to being not jealous for me. Not just for Luke, for everyone. Not even when I am alone with my new secretary or with anyone in office or even that time when, at a party last month, I was dancing with Ethan, who is known to be a womaniser. He doesn't even ask about what I am talking to them about or anything. He is really normal about it and says that he knows that I only belong to him. He said he doesn't care because he knows that no matter how hard they try, they will never succeed.

I won't lie, I felt really proud about my choices. I mean a man who cares for me, respects my choices, supports me, trusts me blindly and loves me immensely, what more can I ask for?

A husband who is next to you right now.

My conscious teased me but, I shook it off. Aaron is busy and I have to understand. He will be back soon. He did say two weeks.

My phone rang and I smiled.

Think of the devil.

"Hey, meeting just got over. So, did you write the report?" he asked me.

Two Days Later.....

The next two days passed pretty much the same and soon it was Luke's wedding.

"Good morning, husband-to-be", I said picking up his call.

"Amy, I am really getting stressed. Lia is not helping at all. I have been asking her questions and she is acting like-Forget it. Where are you?" he rambled on the phone.

"I am at the last sip of my coffee. I just have to apply my gloss and I will leave in ten."

"Come soon, Amy. I am a mess right now", Luke told me and frantically hanged up.

I chuckled at how nervous he was just like I was at my wedding.

I applied my gloss and finished the touch up. I opened the door and went out. I checked the house one last time and locked the door.

"Heard your husband isn't around. Need a ride?"

My head snapped to the direction of the voice and my eyes widened, "Aaron!"

I smiled brightly and ran to him.

"You are really here?" I asked him hugging him.

"Couldn't miss my friend's wedding now, could I?" he asked me hugging me back.

"I thought you said you wouldn't come", I told him looking up at him.

"Well, I didn't have time but, then I thought, I'll attend the wedding and go back so, I flew here", he smiled at me.

"You are going again?" I pouted sadly.

"Well, that's what I thought so, I had planned everything accordingly but, then the manager there called saying the issue got resolved an hour ago. So, now I am here till whenever I am needed again", he smiled at me.

"I missed you", I said kissing him.

"I missed you too", he said kissing me back.

He pulled away after a few minutes and said, "Now, we should get going unless you want to miss the wedding."

I laughed as we left hand in hand.

Turns out, Aaron had really made the plan at the last minute and hence, no one knew he was going to come to the wedding. Let's just say, everyone was pretty ecstatic to see him.

The wedding was beautiful. Luke was really happy and we were happy for him.

Connor's family was there for him and we were there for Luke like his family.

After the wedding was over, we left to the reception hall and everyone started dancing with each other after the wedding couple dance. I shared a dance with Luke and he was beaming with happiness. After the song was over, Lia took my place and I went to stand with Aaron.

"So, were you jealous this time too?" I teased him.

"You know I am not jealous of Luke anymore", he told me and hugged me from back.

"Is it just because you know he is gay?" I asked him biting my lip.

I had to. This question has been lurking in my head for awhile now.

"No, Mel. It is not that", Aaron said turning me around.

"I am sorry. I know you are not jealous of anyone else but, you never used to be either except for Luke", I told him.