Chapter 13: The Question

Kyle Conti's POV

I have been awake for more than hours now after I have made love to the person that was beside me. I just met him last night and here I was thinking about to propose to her. I cannot be that insane to get married as my father's lawyer had called me last night with terrible news.

"Kyle, you have been 25 years old this year. You need to get married in order to get the full inheritance from your father and the CEO title will be yours. I don't care if you don't love your future wife, but we need to save the Conti International. Your brother in law has done anything that he can to help you. but, the investors are more powerful now before you got your father's share. Hurry up and fax me the marriage certificate. We can stop the deal before the end of the week," was the message that I got from him. I have to think right away or I might lose everything that I have worked for.

"hey, why are you woke up so soon? It does not even dawn yet," Alina said as she was caressing my back. I was backing her as I looked outside the window of my lodge and thought about what I will have to say to her.

"Alina, can I ask you a question?" I asked her.

"what is it?" She replied.

"do you believe at love first sight?" I said to her as I turned to look deeply into her eyes.

"why so sudden this morning?" She said as she looked at my serious face.

"You can't be serious," she said as I did not budge from my seat.

"oh my god," she said as she stood up from her side.

"Are you engaged?" She asked me. I was taken back by such question but I calmed down before I sighed.

"I don't know. No, I guess. I just have a glimpse my old memory with someone but I don't even sure that my memory with that person was real. But, I knew that my memory with you is real and I want that, every second of my life. Ms. Alina Dalca, will you be the honor of being my wife?" I asked her as I kneeled in front of her as I took her hand into mine. She was shocked, to say the least, but mostly she was speechless.

"I… I… I don't know. We just met yesterday and now you were," was the last thing that she said as I kissed her on the lips, hard.

"it doesn't matter to me how long have we know each other but all I knew is that I wanted you for myself and I don't want to have sex other than you," I said as I scooped her and dumped her on the bed before I went on top of her.

"marry me, Alina, please," I begged for her as I looked into her eyes, into her soul and I knew that her soul was purer than me, I assured of that.

"no regrets?" She asked me as she looked at me.

"never," I said before she nodded yes to me. I smiled at her before kissing her again and took her into the blissful life of having my soulmate in my life, for the first time ever.

it was the morning after I popped the question. After she said yes, I went to text my lawyer that I have met someone special and has already engaged to her. He did not yet reply to me but I hope that he would soon for the next step.

"Honey, what are you doing?" I asked her as I went to the tiny kitchen that I have in my lodge.

"We need to get this place in order. It was a mess and I can't leave with a mess," she said as she was picking up my dirty clothes and put them into the laundry basket.

"where did you get that?" I pointed to the laundry basket.

"It was in the closet. Did you not know that?" Alina said as she went to the living room/ bedroom.

"Why the rush?" I asked her as she was picking up all the stuff.

"We need to get out of here. I know, I know this place belongs to you but if you lived here longer, it would make people go to another place as the owner did not even have his own place," she said as she looked at me. Using that logic, I must say it must be true.

"well," I said as I pulled her into my arms, "if milady said so, your wish is my command," I whispered into her ear. She giggled as I turned her around.

"Can we get out tonight, I want to have you all to myself," Alina said as she put her hands on my chest.

"hold on to that thought," I said as I heard my phone rang. I picked it up from the dresser as Alina continued to find my clothes as I answered the phone.

"Hello, Kyle Conti speaking," I said as I don't know the number.

"Hi, Kyle. It's your sister, Laura. I was wondering when you would be coming home for dinner," My sister, Laura said as I can hear her sweet voice through the phone.

"dinner? For what?" I asked her.

"did you forget? Did Iris did not tell you? whatever. I have organized a small party for your 25th birthday this weekend. Why don't you come home and release some stress from all the business deal and investment into that lodges? It would not hurt one bit," Laura's voice said as I can hear Lucca's voice faintly calling for Laura's attention.

"Anyway, I'll see you this weekend. Don't forget. We can't have a party without the guest of honor itself," Laura said before she ended the call. I hang up the phone before Alina came to my side.

"who is it?" She asked. I turned to look at her before smiling at her face.

"it's just my sister, she told me that I will be having my birthday party at my home this weekend. I did not tell her yet that I will bring you too. I wanted it to be a surprise if that's okay with you?" I asked Alina as she was thinking deeply in her thoughts.

"why not? That would be fun," she said before I pulled her into a hug.

"oh thank god. I thought you don't want to come with me," I said as I was caressing her hair.

"but, we need to move out of your so-called apartment and move into my apartment," Alina said as she handed me my clothes.

"today?" I asked her. She nodded.

"or would you rather do that next week. But I will not be sleeping in this lodge any longer. Your choice," She said. She really knew how to draw a bargain.

"Okay, okay. We will move into your home tonight. I can't bear to be away from you even for a second," I said as I dropped her onto the bed.

"oh, is that truth, Mr. Conti?" Alina asked as she arched her eyebrow at me.

"you know I only speak the truth to you, my dearest," I said as I kissed her neck. She moaned before she played with my hair.

"Kyle, we need to go now. We continue tonight," Alina said as she caressed my cheeks. I leaned into her touch.

"As you wish, my dear," I said as I pulled her up and we went to make sure that everything of my stuff was packed and ready to get transported to my new home, Alina's apartment.

"and also, I have something to tell you about the call that I just received," I said as I looked at Alina. She arched her eyebrow at me.

"my lawyer will be there too and I knew this is all new to us but I hope that you can talk to him about our engagement," I said. Alina was looking uneasy that made me nervous all of sudden.

"and why is that?" She asked.

"I kind of need our engagement to keep the company under my name, I don't want it to go to someone else. My father built it so I wanted it to be in the family, you know. That kind of stuff," I said as I looked at her. She was looking at me before taking my clothes and went out of the room. Damn it, I made it too hard for her now. Without thinking, I went after her.

"Alina, look. I'm sorry if you were mad about the engagement but I knew that my feelings for you are true and the business can go bankrupt if you don't want to get engaged. I just wanted you to know that I love you, deeply," I said as I looked at her. She was unmoved. I sighed before I was ready to get out of there before Alina turned me around and kissed me on the lips, hard.

"next time you tried to lie, just remember that I bite," she said before she whispered into my ear.

"deeply," was the last thing she said before she went to pick my clothes again.