The Wrong Bride

First Dance & Other Firsts

We were in a car going for our shopping. Damianos was sitting next to me. He looked at me and smiled. He took my hands in his.

We travelled in silence for the rest of the journey.

We reached a designer boutique. Damianos got out of the car, "stay there", he said going to the other side of the car.

He opened the door for me, and took my arms in his as we walked towards the store. A clear indication that we are together.

We entered the store, and were greeted by a smartly dressed woman. She came towards Damianos and greeted him, totally ignoring me.

"Hello, how can I help you?", she said in her over sweet voice batting her fake eyelashes.

"Nina, is it?", Damianos said looking at her name tag and showing his charming smile.

"Yes, it's Nina", she said getting flushed.

"What a pretty name. Well Nina I'm Damianos Costas and I'm in a great need of a good shopping assistant. Can you help me?", he said in an alluring yet dominating voice.

She started blushing.

"Uh yes of course Mr. Costas. What are you looking for? Business suit? tux?"

"Oh no not for me. For my wife", he said bringing me to the front and sliding an an arm around me. "I want her to look the best tomorrow. And I know there's no one who can dress her better than you", he said with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

Nina flushed. Clearly, she did not see that coming.

"Uh umm yes please come this way", she said.

I had to suppress a laugh seeing her like this.

We went to the gown section. Damianos sat on the sofa and crossed his legs becoming comfortable. Clearly, he is in full mood of shopping today.

There were two assistants who started getting dresses and giving me.

"Actually, I'll just see which dress is nice and then I'll try them. No need to try them all", I said to them.

"No honey. Go try them all and come outside to show me", Damianos ordered from behind.

"All these dresses?"

"All these dresses".

Oh, it's going to be a long day.

I started trying the dresses and parading in front of Damianos. Who was clearly enjoying it by commenting and joking about the dresses as I walked out.

I saw Nina offering him coffee which he refused. Clearly, she didn't get the message. She still kept hovering around him which he totally ignored as his eyes were on me.

Realizing that he is not even noticing her, she looked up and gave me a bad look. I mentally shrugged.

So, help me that I have a hot husband.

After rows of parading in various gown I finally came out wearing a dark blue dress. It was a dark figure-hugging gown. It had a deep neck and it fitted me like a second skin.

It was almost backless with two straps as a cross on the upper side and a lacy embroidery above my hip area. It was a sexy yet elegant dress.

Damianos's eyes were fixed on me. He looked at me from top to bottom, his eyes giving away nothing. I was waiting for another one of his joke.

But he said, "We'll take it".

I opened my jaw. That's it? When he didn't like the dress that time, he was full of comments. And now that I'm looking nice not a single word, not even 'you're looking nice?'

I angrily stalked back towards the changing room. I started taking the dress off. But I couldn't as the zipper was blocked and I couldn't reach it.

I tried to twist my hands to somehow reach it but I couldn't.

Then I felt someone entering the trial room as I heard the curtains behind ruffle. And a large, warm hand touched my bare back.

I looked at the reflection on the mirror on front of me to find Damianos behind me looking at me through the mirror. He had a devilish grin on his face.

I was so mad at him that I didn't even want to talk to him. And look at him standing there grinning like that.

"What are you doing here? Get out. I'm changing", I said with an angry face.

"I'm merely helping you unlock this zip", Damianos said acting very innocent.

"What will the assistants think?", I said slapping his hands off me.

Damianos came very close, too close to me, "to hell with them", he whispered, his hot breath on my ears.

I shuddered. Oh, this man is going to kill me.

I gathered myself and said, "thanks but I don't need your help. If I need help then I'm going to ask one of the assistants to help me". I said with a taut face.

He held me from my waist from behind and pulled me towards him. I tried to get out of his hold but he wasn't letting me.

"Let me go".

"Are you angry?", he said putting his face on my shoulder from behind and gently touching his cheek with mine.

"Yes", I said trying to stay angry at this beautiful creature.

"Why?", he made a face like a child at his mother when he has eaten a whole jar of chocolate.

"Well, because you were very avidly making fun of me when you didn't like the dress, you made me parade in almost hundred dresses and when you finally liked one, you didn't have a single thing to say about it", I crossed my arms.

"So that's the problem", he was amused.

"Hmm"

"Well my dear pretty little innocent wife", he came close to my ears, "if I would have expressed how much I liked your dress then I'm sure there were going to be a lot of red faces here. And I'm also sure you don't want to consummate our marriage on the floor of a boutique, now do you?", he took the zip and slowly started unzipping as he says.

"And besides it's kind of kills the purpose of buying a dress if the dress is torn from various places don't you think", he put his hand under the dress and touched my ass.

I gasped and got out of his hold.

"Mr. Costas?", I called.

"Hmm"

I turned to face him, "You, sir are not a gentleman", I whispered.

He pulled me towards him and lowered his head towards my face, "who said I was?"

And he kissed me.

#*#*#*

I was getting ready for the party. Wearing the dress, I was thinking about last evening. After buying the dress, Damianos took me around the town to show me the nice places. He knows the city very well. After that we went to have dinner in an elegant restaurant.

After wearing the dress, I took out my straightener to straighten my hair. I have long wavy brown hair that complemented my fair complexion.

After straightening my hair my hair were falling all over my shoulder, I took my hair and put it on one side of the shoulder to show off my back.

After that I applied some makeup, my mascara, some blush. At the end I applied a red lipstick on my lips. I wasn't going to go modest today.

I looked at myself on the mirror. I looked ravishing.

It's amazing how a change in makeup and dress can make you look so different.

Just then the door of my room opened and Damianos entered. I caught my breath.

He was wearing a chocolate brown tuxedo. Inside he was wearing a black shirt. A dark blue bow, color matching my dress. His tuxedo fitted his muscular body perfectly.

How did I married him tell me again?

He looked at me. His eyes assessing me from top to bottom not missing out a detail. In the same way I was looking at him, top to bottom. My eyes appreciating every muscle, every crevice.

But we didn't say a word.

Not a single word.

But as soon as our eyes met, we looked at each other for a few seconds. Then we walked towards each other. And kissed.

The kiss was a way of appreciating each other.

We kissed in an urgency. I ran my hands through his hair as my lips devoured his lips. We kept on trying to pull each other closer even though there was no space left between us.

I felt myself going backwards until my back met a wall. Damianos pressed me to the wall. His one hand at the nape of my neck, fingers through my hair pulling my face towards him. The other hand went down to the back and reached my bum and squeezed it. I was breathless because of his various onslaught.

In the middle of this sweet torture he pulled back. Breathing heavily, he looked into my face and said, "I'm messing up your hair".

I giggled and pulled him back to kiss. "Don't worry", I said in the middle of the kiss, "I don't care".

#*#*#*

We were finally on our way to the party. To say we were late would be an understatement.

Soon we reached the venue. It was Damianos's friend's house. Damianos got out of the car and opened the door and hold out his hands for me. I took his hands and came out, he was smiling at me, "you look beautiful".

"I know, you said that ten times already", I said still blushing.

He wrapped his hands around my waist and pulled me, "oh God Elly you have no idea how good you're looking right now. My pretty little Elly", he started stroking my cheek with his finger reaching the corners of my lips "all I want to do is take you back home. All to myself".

"We can't do that Damianos", I whispered, half wanting it myself.

"Why can't we do that?", he said pleading like a stubborn child.

He put his forehead on mine, closed his eyes and said, "oh Elly what have you done to me? I was usually a man who would guard his feelings from everyone, even my father. But ever since you came, I want to tell you everything that comes in my mind. I want to bare my heart to you".

I put my hands on both of his cheeks. I knew that there is something that is bothering him. I want to know what that is.

"One would think that after a month you would have enough of each other".

We heard a voice behind us. We turned back to find a tall handsome man in a black tuxedo along with a beautiful blonde in a sky-blue gown. The lady had a small baby bump.

"Hey Greg", Damianos went and hugged him, "happy anniversary buddy. How are you?".

"Damian", Greg hugged him back, "I'm fine buddy. How have you been?"

"You're late", said the lady.

"Catherine", he turned to face her and kissed her on her cheek, "you look beautiful as always. How are you doing?"

"I'm very good Damian. What was that? PDA and Damianos Costas?", she smiled.

I turned red that they have encountered our little emotional moment.

"You always used to say that Damianos is so monotonous, never surprising. Well here's your surprise", he turned to me with a grin on his face.

"Well, are you going to introduce me to your bride or not?", she said.

"Of course, Greg, Catherine this is my wife Eleanor", he said as he wrapped his arms around my shoulder.

"And Elly this is Greg my best friend since university days and this beautiful lady is his wife Catherine".

"It's a pleasure to meet you. And happy anniversary", I said holding out my hand.

But Catherine ignored my hands and hugged me instead, "Thank you Elly. I hope you don't mind me calling you Elly".

"Not at all", I said smiling.

"You must be a wonder if you have succeeded in changing Damianos. He would always be such a gentleman, never doing anything that propriety does not allow. And here he cannot take his hands off you", she said.

I smiled I didn't know Damianos as a man who would guard his feelings. I found him very passionate whether in love or in anger.

"Are you guys going to have all the talks outside? Let's go", Greg said.

We all went inside. The hall was decorated with bright lights. There were a lot of people dressed in their best. Music was playing in the background.

Damianos and Greg went inside for some business talk. I was standing there with Catherine. Catherine was a beautiful lady, with dimpled cheeks and blonde hairs. Her face was glowing courtesy to her pregnancy.

"How far along are you?", I asked.

"Almost five months. We had been trying for a year", she said smiling happily.

"Well congratulations then", I smiled.

I felt a soft touch on my waist. And saw Damianos standing behind me with Greg beside him.

"May I have the next dance", Damianos said holding out his hand.

"You may", I said taking his hand.

Soon the music ended. Damianos and I went to the dance floor. The music began. It was Bruno Mars's 'Versace on the floor', " I love this song", I said to which he smiled looking at me and kissed me on my forehead.

And we started our dance. Damianos's big body was perfectly attuned with my small frame. We were dancing looking at each other with love.

Damianos was a perfect dancer. We were swaying all around the dance floor. I felt like giggling as I was so happy.

We danced for how many songs I don't remember but we danced until our feet hurt. When we stopped there were only a few couples left. We saw Catherine and Greg sitting near the the food counter. We went there to get some drinks.

"Hey love birds", Catherine called. "Good to know that you enjoyed the party or should I say enjoyed each other", Catherine winked at me.

I winked back. I liked Catherine.

"Come sit near me Elly we have a lot of things to talk", she gestured to the stool next to her.

"Not so fast", Greg intervened, "it's getting late and you need to rest".

"But I want to talk to Elly. Come on Greg they'll be leaving tomorrow", Catherine fussed.

"You can visit us Catherine", I said "and then we can talk. But right now, even I think that you should rest".

"Fine at least give me your number".

#*#*#*

We reached our suite. I was so tired that I wanted to crash on the bed. But I knew I have to take my dress and makeup off first.

I stood in front of the dressing mirror looking at myself then suddenly I felt a shadow hovering above me. It came closer. Dark eyes watching me through the mirror. The air was very still. Silence as if we were the only ones left on this planet.

He removed my hairs from my neck and smelled the back of my neck.

"Elly?"

"Hmm?"

"You smell so good. What are you wearing?", he said closing his eyes and taking the smell of my neck coming in front above my breast.

"Nothing. I have been dancing.", I whispered as I threw my head back as he inspected my front.

And then he kissed my neck. He kissed and started biting a small area on my neck. I wrapped my hands around his neck, running my hands through his hair as I let out a moan.

"You have no idea how much I want you Elly. I wanted you since the first day I saw you on our wedding day."

He went upwards through my neck to my jaw meanwhile I shrugged his jacket off and tugged on his bow.

His one hand started taking the straps off my shoulder, other held my hair from the back and he put his lips on mine.

That's when I lost it all to him.

#*#*#*

I woke up in the morning. The curtains were undrawn and outside was full light. Damianos was sitting by the window working on his laptop. His hair were wet that means he just had a shower.

As he saw me stirring on the bed he said, "good morning pretty lady. Did you sleep well?"

"You very well know I didn't", I said trying to sound intimidating.

"Are you angry that you didn't get your sleep?", Damianos said getting amused.

"Well I'm willing to forgive you if you come back to bed and show me again what you did last night", I put both my arms behind my head as I gazed at him.

"What did you say?", he asked getting up from his seat and coming to sit on the bed, "who is this bold seductress and what have you done with my innocent wife?", he removed a strand of hair from my face.

"That innocent wife of yours is gone. Now you have me and I want you to come to bed", I said in an enchanting voice.

"Your wish is my command, my lady", he bend down to kiss me.

In my boldness I had totally forgotten that I wasn't wearing anything and that Damianos is fully clothed. I put my hands on his chest to stop me.

"Damianos let go I have to go freshen up".

"Why? What happened to the charming seductress huh?", he went to the part where the bedsheet had started just above my breast. He was almost removing it but then someone knocked on the door. It was our breakfast.

"Don't think I'm letting you go that easily", he gave me one last look before going outside the room to open the door.

I took this opportunity and quickly slipped inside the bathroom.

#*#*#*

As I came out of the bathroom Damianos was standing there talking on the phone. I sat near the breakfast table to set our plates.

After some time Damianos came and sat beside me.

He said, "it was mom on the phone."

I looked at him as he said, "Sofia and mom are coming to live with us for a few days."

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