ROSALIA

The Honeymoon

"By the power invested in me, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride", the priest proclaimed.

They held the wedding at David's mansion and had invited a priest from church to bless the couple.

David kissed his wife like it's the first time he has ever been so close to her, talk less of tasting her lips.

Everyone stood clapping furiously as the newly wed walked down the aisle hand-in-hand. People greeting and hugging them as they walked.

"Ah, Mr Walker, you have already tied the knot, once you are back from your honeymoon, I'm going to pass you some secrets that keeps the women to us", a fellow businessman said shamelessly.

David laughed and was taken away to talk to some other friends and business relations who left their busy schedules to attend his wedding.

Rosalia found her way to her mother, who kept complementing her daughter and hugged her again and again.

Her mother whispered, "I feel like a grandmother already"

Rosalia cheeks turned beet red, she tried to form words but she could not.

Her mother laughed as she believed that Rosalia was blushing because she's truly with child, leaning in like she's not already too close to her daughter, she whispered again, "Is that why you have been quiet. You think I was going to beat you for messing up? No worries my dear, at least you are married to the father of the child and you are too old for some s******g"

Rosalia shaked her head and said, "Mamma there is no baby. I am just going to grab a drink, join me please"

Rosalia mamma refused to believe her daughter and kept mumbling to herself. She followed her daughter anyway, to a nearby table and nibbled on a piece of cake.

When the time to dance came, Rosalia danced with her husband first and then her mother as well as some of his extended family.

David danced so many times with his new wife before her mother took her away.

He watched as they sat at one corner, talking like two teenage girls and laughing to whatever they were saying in each other's ears.

He wished his wife would be so free as well around him, he would be the happiest man on earth, should that happen. Sipping a drink he retrieved from a waiter, he smiled before facing a man who was blocking his view of his beautiful wife, congratulating him.

Rosalia mamma watched her daughter's reactions for a minute before she teased her daughter with a little information she had gotten from her son.

"Your marito has prepared a lovely honeymoon trip. I am so happy for you dear" Rosalia mamma whispered

"Honeymoon? Mamma I cannot leave you here alone. You know none of these people" Rosalia was unsettled

"Hello? I know so many people here. There's Hyacinth; David's clever cousin and Mary, his beautiful niece and then there is Joy, Elizabeth, Edward, John and so many of them. Besides my son has prepared a car to take me back to the nursing home. I miss my friends there and I still have a chess game to complete when I get back. Have fun okay?"

The couple stayed for another three hours with their guests before preparing to leave as they had a flight to catch.

David walked up to his new bride and her mother hugging the latter and taking the former hand and leading her to the Limo waiting to take them to the Airport.

Once they were alone in the car, Rosalia asked at once. "Where are we heading to?"

"Ah my sweet. Our destination is a secret but all I can say is that we are going to be away for a while hmmm? Like a brief elopement ah. Once we are aboard, you can wear something comfortable"

True to his words, once they were set in his private Jet, Rosalia changed into something nice and found her way to her husband.

"You look tired. You can sleep as much as you want. We would be stuck here for the next 10 hours" David told her.

"Where are we heading to?" She asked again

"Fine. I want you to warm up to me, so I decided to take you to your hometown" David relented

"Sicily?" Rosalia asked alarmed

"See? Thank God you love the idea already and I promise to make the most of it"

Rosalia could not do anything but to excuse herself that she was going to rest a little.

This is going to be a very very long honeymoon

she thought as she sat.

…

The couple got to Sicily around midnight and occupied their reservation at Verdura Resort to which Rosalia was grateful as she would stay hidden from prying eyes during her stay in Sicily. The area they settled in, are for only elites and she grew up in the ghettos. They were both jet lagged and went to bed at once.

David woke first and could not help but to observe his wife. God!! She's the definition of beauty. He could not help it, he just had to touch her.

He permed her head with his palm and kissed it affectionately, moving slowly to her neck, biting and sucking gently and then down to her scantily clad t**s.

Half asleep Rosalia, woke up when he seductively kissed her soaking entrance.

Remembering his present for her. He stopped and walked to his luggage to get it. Passing it to her.

"What is this?", she asked but got no response in return.

She took it from him and opened the envelope to reveal a document. After going through it, she realized that it was their contract that was made almost 6 years ago.

"Do you want to draft a new one?" She asked confused

"No silly, I want to destroy this one and build something better. How about we become friends? What do you say?" He asked studying her face for any facial expression to note her displeasure or happiness.

"Then grant me the privilege to destroy this one". She responded detaching the sheets already

David let out the breath he did not even realize he had been holding in and replied "Its all yours my dear".