Dark,Daring and Dangerous

Dark, Daring and Dangerous

CHAPTER TWO

SHE WAS HANDED A BOUQUET OF FRESH ROSES AND MATCHED TO THE CENTRE OF THE CEREMONY. SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. GORGEOUS AND SEXY CAME UP TO HER. A PRIEST ON WHITE FOLLOWED JUST BEHIND HIM.

'HI!' GORGEOUS AND SEXY SAID TO HER. HIS SMILE WAS PRETTY. SHE FOUND HERSELF SMILING BACK.

'HI!' SHE RETURNED. THE PRIEST BEGAN SPEAKING BUT SHE DIDN'T HEAR HIM, TOO BUSY TALKING WITH GORGEOUS AND SEXY.

'TIANA? TIANA WHAT?' HE ASKED.

'TIANA OBI.'

'HMMH,' HE NODDED HIS HEAD. 'I'M LEO COLE.' HE SAID.

'NICE NAME,' SHE COMMENTED. GORGEOUS AND SEXY'S NAME WAS LEO. IT WAS A REALLY NICE NAME.

'AND YOU'RE FROM WHERE?'

'SOMEWHERE AROUND,' SHE ANSWERED. HE LAUGHED LIGHTLY.

'SERIOUSLY?'

'YES.'

'I MEANT YOUR STATE,' HE EXPLAINED TAKING HER HAND. SHE FELT HIM PUT SOMETHING IN IT. SHE LOOKED DOWN AT IT. IT WAS A RING. 'PUT IT ON MY FINGER', HE SAID WITH A SMILE. HE WAS GIVING HER ACTING TIPS? SHE COULDN'T HELP BUT SMILE. 'SO WHAT STATE?' HE ASKED AS SHE SLIPPED THE RING ON HIS FINGER.

'I'M FROM IMO STATE.'

'WOW!'

'WHAT?' SHE ASKED.

'I'M ALSO FROM IMO STATE, ' HE INFORMED HER TAKING HER HAND.

'SERIOUSLY?'

'YES.' HE SLIPPED A DIAMOND RING UNTO HER LEFT RING FINGER. SHE LOOKED AT IT.

'WHAT'S THIS?' SHE ASKED LOOKING AT THE RING. HE SMILED. SHE c****d HIM A BROW. HE PULLED HER TO HIM AND KISSED HER. HER HEAD SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AT THE MEETING OF THEIR LIPS. HE KISSED HER SOFTLY, VERY SLOWLY. SHE WAS TOO SHOCKED TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL HE RELEASED HER. SHE STARED AT HIM AND REMINDED HERSELF THAT THIS WAS A SCENE AND THEY WERE ACTING. BUT WHY DID HIS KISS HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING EFFECT ON HER? THE CROWD BEGAN TO APPLAUD, DRAWING HER AWAY FROM HER CHAIN OF THOUGHTS.

'CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING MY BRIDE, 'HE SAID. HE LOOKED SERIOUS. SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

'YOUR BRIDE?'

'YES?

THE PRIEST ENDED HIS PRAYERS AND TURNED TO THEM. 'HAPPY MARRIED LIFE.'

'MARRIED LIFE? NO, NO. YOU MUST MISUNDERSTAND.' SHE SAID. THE PRIEST STARED AT HER LIKE SHE WAS STUPID.

'SHE HAD A LITTLE DRINK.' GORGEOUS AND SEXY EXPLAINED TO HIM. THE PRIEST NODDED IN UNDERSTANDING. SHE STARED AT BOTH.

'DRINK? NO, I DIDN'T DRINK.' SHE TOLD GORGEOUS AND SEXY.' THE PRIEST LEFT THEM ALONE.

'WHAT'S THIS?'

'WE MARRIED?' HE SAID.

'MARRIED?'

'YES.'

'YOU'RE JOKING RIGHT?' THE SERIOUS LOOK HE GAVE HER SAID HE WASN'T. 'YOU'RE NOT? NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.'

'WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?' HE ASKED. SHE STARED AT HIM HORRIFIED. HAD SHE TRULY MARRIED THIS MAN?

'BUT, BUT...'

'YOU SIGNED THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE AND WE WEDDED.' HE SAID. 'DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT?'

'NO.'

'NO?'

'YES.'

'YES? WHICH IS IT? NO OR YES?' SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. SHE BEGAN TO PUT THE PIECES OF THE SCATTERED PUZZLE TOGETHER. IT ALL CAME TO HER THEN. SHE GASPED IN SHOCK AT THE REALIZATION OF WHAT SHE'D GOTTEN HERSELF INTO. SHE SWAYED VIVIDLY. HE HELD HER, STEADYING HER. 'TIANA? TIANA ARE YOU ALRIGHT?' SHE TRIED TO SHAKE HER HEAD, BUT FAINTED INSTEAD.LEO COLE STARED AT THE WOMAN IN HIS HAND, HER EYES CLOSED. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, VERY BEAUTIFUL. HE WONDERED WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER.

'TIANA, ARE YOU OKAY? ' HE ASKED. THE WOMAN DIDN'T STIR. HE SCOOPED HER INTO HIS ARMS AND CARRIED HER AWAY FROM THE CEREMONY. HIS ASSISTANT, THE MAN ON SUIT DIRECTED HIM TO A PRIVATE ROOM. HE PLACED HER ON THE BLUE COUCH. 'TIANA?' SHE DIDN'T ANSWER.

'SHE FAINTED,' HIS ASSISTANT SAID. 'WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HER? '

"SHE SAID SHE HAD NO IDEA OF THIS." HIS ASSISTANT c****d AN EYEBROW AT HIM.

'WELL MAYBE SHE DIDN'T.'

'WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE DIDN'T?'

'SHE WASN'T ORIGINALLY AMONG THE SIXTEEN PRE CHOSEN LADIES.'

'SHE WASN'T?'

'YEAH. SHE JOINED THE LINE, PROBABLY CURIOUS. YOU CHOSE HER AND SHE DIDN'T PROTEST OR SOMETHING. SHE JUST WENT WITH THE TIDE.'

'YOU DON'T MEAN THAT DO YOU?'

'OF COURSE I DON'T,' HIS ASSISTANT SAID. 'LIKE I JOKE AROUND ABOUT SERIOUS THINGS.' LEO STARED AT HIM, SHOCKED. HE'D MARRIED THE WRONG WOMAN.