"Se è destinato a esserlo, lo sarà"

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Sunlight filtered its way through the windows of the master's bedroom, awakening the sleeping figures on the bed from their peaceful slumber.

Serenity fluttered her eyes open as the light touched her face, hurting her eyes a bit.

She felt the need to stretch her muscles but suddenly stopped midway on doing it, for she felt slight heaviness across her waist and something hard poking her back.

She then noticed the muscular arm wrapped around her waist. The figure behind her began to shift momentarily and to her horror, the hand around her waist began to travel lower till it stopped on her hip. She tried to escape but it only tightened its grip on her hip.

She felt the figure nuzzled on the back of her neck as it's hot breath came in contact with her skin.

This jerk needs to know where the boundaries lie. She mentally said.

She shifted from her position so that she's now facing him.

He was awfully handsome. His face looked calm and unintimidating, no signs of mischief and jerky evil stuff.

How can you sleep like an angel when you're really a.... a.... a... Demonic prat. She thought.

She felt the heat radiating from his body and the bare skin to skin contact of her arm and his chest. He was shirtless flexing off his hard packs.

Then she felt something hard poking between her thighs again. Her eyes traveled downward, under the covers and what she saw was something, something, something.....

She would terribly regret.

"Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!" Her voice echoed inside the room as her eyes came in contact with his stiff manhood.

She used every bit of her strength to push him away and this method seemed successful, for Andrei was already groaning from her deafening scream, untangling his arms from her.

"Shut up woman, I'm still trying to sleep here," he said, irritation was present in his voice as he rolled on his side so that his back was now facing her.

"You loathsome evil disgusting man. Why on earth are you naked and why am I here in this room?"

Range was seeping through her body, First the contract, second the marriage, third the honeymoon, fourth this blasted vacation fifth the laptop and now this?

He didn't even spare her an answer nor attention. He just acted like he hadn't heard anything which added up even more to her loathing.

"I demand an answer, you disgust me!"

Andrei got more irritated at her. To her surprise, he abruptly turned to face her, covering her slim body with his muscular one and pinning her hands on the sides of her head.

His expression looked intimidating in a way that it can pierce through your soul and his eyes showed much displeasure.

She felt his hard groin in between her legs and the only thing separating it from her maidenhood was the thin fabric of her silk pajama pants and underwear.

But she didn't let this scare her. She remained tough and defensive.

"Will you shut that mouth of yours and give me the chance to sleep! You are getting into my nerves woman. One more word and I won't spare you any mercy. Whether you like it or not I won't hesitate to fuck you hard in this room and your protests would just be useless, do you understand?" He warned but that didn't stop her from glaring at him.

Their gaze was locked into an intent staring competition, each parties expressing such emotions.

" Get off me jerk" she spat through gritted teeth.

He smirked. "If I were you, I would watch that tongue of yours, dear wife"

She masked his smirk with her own.

"Sadly, but you're not me"

"Oh, are you challenging me?"

She knew she needed to control her words but his obnoxious behavior was refraining her. Her words came unexpected from her mouth.

"Bring it on"

He smirked even more. Mischief glinted in his eyes.

"Spread your legs"

At this point, Serenity is starting to feel the fear coming, knowing him, he would no doubt gladly do it. Her breathing became unstable as the nervous sensation washed over her.

"Do it, or I'll do it for you" he spoke softly.

With this, he lavished her neck with soft sensual kisses. Serenity fought hard not to succumb to the pleasure he's giving. Shivers run through her spine as he moved his mouth from her neck towards her ear.

"Remember your offer. Give me an heir and I'll give you a divorce" he whispered huskily.

Her defiance came back again. Of course, she remembered. What does this jerk think of her? An eighty-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease.

"Of course I remember, and I have thought about it so well that I'm giving you my answer"

Andrei leveled his gaze with her. Still on their current position: him on top of her with her hands pinned on the sides of her head.

"My answer is no"

His brows furrowed at this. "Then you'll just have to accept the fact that you'll stay married to me forever. And us having sex is inevitable. Sooner you'll give in to my needs and you'll have to fulfill your duty as a wife"

"Yeah, duty to make your life a living hell" she retorted, glaring at him.

Andrei chuckled at her statement.

"Well, whose life is a living hell now. I can still continue my daily routine with a wife or not, you on the other hand terribly despise me that you would rather be with your dead courtier and best friend than to see me every day. I bet you didn't even want me to come back"

Serenity was surprised that he knew someone from her past. She hid it well from him but how on earth did he find out about her best friend. A wave of nostalgia washed over her as she remembered the events of their youth days.

"How did you know about him?" She asked him. She didn't mind the position they were in, all she cared about now is how the hell did he know someone very important from her past.

"I don't need to give you an explanation"

Her annoyance had risen at his choice of words. Tears of anger with a mixture of longing, sadness, and hatred began to form in her eyes.

"Get off me! You do not know ANYTHING about him!" She spat with such dislike, accentuating on the word ANYTHING.

"The guy that you met when you transferred school back on your 9th grade. The guy who you call best friend who fell in love with you, the guy you felt so sorry for because you can't return his love. You can't love him like the way he loved you. The guy who died in a terrible accident when he went after you and you can't stop blaming yourself for his death"

The tears she was fighting back streamed down her face freely. She tilted her head to her side, avoiding his eyes.

"How could you, you did a background check on me" she spoke quietly as her tears continued to flow.

For the first time, Andrei felt so much concern for his wife. He didn't know that it was a sensitive topic which she was hiding.

He freed her other hand but not to let her go, instead, he used his free hand to tilt back her face so that she's again facing him.

She was so beautiful, even when she's crying. Her dainty face showed so much innocence but her eyes held pain, so much pain.

With his free hand, he touched her face, wiping her tears away with his thumb. He stared at his wife as if she's the most precious thing in the world before crashing his lips on hers. The kiss was soft and inviting. At first, he was really sure that she would push him away but to his surprise, she kissed back with intensity and such need whilst her eyes still continuing to drop tears of sorrow.

With her unexpected actions, Andrei had easily slipped his tongue inside her mouth, exploring and tasting her. When air became a necessity, he stopped his actions but only to lavish her neck with kisses this time. It took him only a beat of seconds to find her sweet spot, before nipping and sucking on it which earned a moan from the beautiful woman beneath him.

It was when Andrei started to unbutton her shirt when realization struck her in the head. What was she doing? She can't let this happen. She was emotionally weak and her devil for a husband is taking advantage of her fragile state. She couldn't let him have the satisfaction of sexual fulfillment. Never!

"Stop!" It took all her willpower to stop his pleasurable actions. She attempted to push him but he was far stronger.

"I don't want to" he groaned as his kisses went lower to her nearly exposed chest. When the buttons of her shirt were all undone, the fabric was easily discarded and to her dismay, she didn't wear any bra on. Dammit! She got accustomed to it.

She felt a warm hand on one of her breasts, caressing and lightly massaging it. She bit her lower lip to stifle a moan from escaping. She couldn't let this go any further.

With her freed hands, she swatted his hand away before crossing her arms on her chest, shielding it from his irresistible touch.

"Get off me or else I'll scream!"

He didn't mind though, It wouldn't be the first time that the staff will hear a scream coming from his quarters.

"Go," he said before sealing her lips with a rough kiss, forcing his tongue inside her mouth.

Oh gods, not again she thought as his hands made its way to remove her arms from her chest.

All of a sudden, the door burst open and there emerged an attractive woman whose eyes became wide the moment she saw the position the couple was in. Behind her was a young maid whose pants were deep and heavy, trying to catch up with the unwelcome intruder and blushing when she saw the couple's position.

Serenity uttered a yelp when her eyes met the shocked now turning furious face of the woman and the blushing face of the maid.

Tightening her arms around her chest, she mentally swore to slap Andrei later for putting her in this position. Her mind couldn't formulate a constructive excuse on why she'd been caught in this embarrassing state. Now they will think that they were trying to have a morning shag and due to the news concerning her dad who terribly wanted a grandchild, they will in no doubt think that they were trying to conceive which they were not.

Luckily, the duvet stopped on the surface of Andrei's back and he adjusted it, taking it over his shoulders, covering his body fully and his body was covering hers completely.

"Sir, forgive me, I tried my best to stop her" The maid looked down, her face ashen with fear. Fear of losing her job.

If looks could kill, then the two would be dead right now. His look was intimidating and his voice dripped with authority.

"Get out! Both of you!" He bellowed. Even his voice was intimidating.

The maid rushed out quickly but the woman stood in her place, glaring at Serenity. Andrei got even more furious.

"Cassandra I swear if you don't get the hell out of here, you can picture yourself on the streets with no job and no house to live in"

Even Andrei's threat didn't do damage to the woman, for she kept on looking at them sharply, her face showing disapproval and disgust.

"So another whore? I'm not surprised"

"I'm not a whore!" Serenity spoke silently through gritted teeth.

"You better have an acceptable excuse for barging in here or else find yourself a new job sooner. Now get out!" Andrei ordered.

The woman stomped her way out of the room, her heels clicking as it came in contact with the marble floor. Reaching her way out, she slammed the door shut behind her.

When all was calm, Serenity didn't think twice, she didn't hesitate. Her hand landed on Andrei's cheek with a swift motion.

Andrei was far stronger to endure the pain. In fact, the slap wasn't painful at all yet he wouldn't tolerate it next time. For now, he'll just make things clear for his wife.

"You're only allowed one slap my dear. The next one will cost a punishment and trust me, you wouldn't like what I'll do with you"

Removing his body from hers, he stood up then headed straight to the bathroom leaving her in her unpleasant state.

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"If it's meant to be, it will be"