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A year. They have been together for a year already and Will couldn’t believe his own luck.
Just 365 days before, he was a miserable fuckboy, going through women as if his life depended on it, never truly satisfied, and now he was happy and in love
with the perfect woman.
He looked down at the itinerary plan for the trip to China he had made for Aria as an anniversary gift, remembering her wish to travel the world. Will remembered wishing to be there when she did, and now, that wish was about to come true.
“Mr. Jones, I am done for today. Do you need anything before I go home?” Maria asked him from the doorway of his office.
“No Maria, thank you. I am almost finished here; just a few more emails to send and I’ll be off. Have a good night.”
“You too, Sir. And good luck!”, she said smirking as Will smiled at her and waived.
He did just like he said, before sending a quick message to Aria to let her know that he was going to be at her place in two hours to pick her up.
Once he was in the lobby, Will was joined with his two bodyguards and frowned at the sight of them. He hated being followed and watched all the time, but Norman was still out there and after what happened a few months ago, he couldn’t risk it.
Aria didn’t mind the security, which was a bit unexpected. She said once when Will had asked her about it, that they made her feel like a celebrity and proceeded to strut around the room like a Diva, making Will laugh his head off.
They had been spending every free second together, and he thought that that night was the perfect opportunity for him to ask her to move in with him. Half of her stuff was already at his apartment and she slept there every other night, so Will didn’t think that she would object; at least he hoped so.
Once Will got home, he took a shower and shaved, while trying to come up with the perfect way to approach the subject, but in the end, he just decided to wing it. After all, Aria was a simple, no-nonsense type of person, so Will will just have to suck it up and ask her.
He got dressed and checked his reflection in the mirror. He was dressed in a dark, tailored suit and a crisp, white shirt, with a few buttons at the top left unbuttoned. He remembered Aria telling him that she liked Will that way, without the tie, a sort of a casual-elegance look. And if his baby liked something that was all that it took for Will to make it happen.
Looking at the clock, he saw that he only had thirty minutes left to pick up Aria, so he took everything he was going to need that night and got out of the house.
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Will had picked out his favorite restaurant for their dinner and by the glazed look and wide eyes on Aria’s face, he knew that it had been a good choice.
“You like it, baby?”
“Like it!? It’s beautiful, Will. I love it. But I am afraid to touch anything. What if I break something? I am sure that the water glass in this place costs more than I make in a year!”
That made him chuckle and he hugged her closer. Aria was extremely funny sometimes, and it made Will love her even more.
They took their seats and Will ordered for both of them, seeing as Aria was too entranced with the place to be able to read the menu properly.
“Happy one-year anniversary, baby.” he said, taking Aria’s arm in his and squeezing it lightly. Aria blushed a beautiful red and ducked her head as she smiled back softly.
“Happy anniversary, Will. I love you.” she whispered the last part quietly, but Will managed to hear her.
“I love you more.”
That made her giggle and shake her head like she always did when Will said that.
“I wanted to ask you something, baby.” Will said, once the food had arrived and they were left alone.
“Okay.” Aria said while sitting up straight in her seat, her eyes wide with interest and the most earnest smile on her face that Will barely managed to remember what it was that he wanted to talk about.
“I... I wanted to know if you would like to…” Will began but the words suddenly died in his throat, as he felt all the blood drain from his face when he saw the person standing at the next table, behind Aria, and looking back at him in surprise.
Will’s hands started to shake and his heart felt like it was going to jump out of his chest, as hard as it was beating. Aria was looking at him nervously since he must have looked like he had seen a ghost, which kind of felt like he did, and turned around to see what had made Will so flustered.
“Will? Is everything alright?”
“We are leaving.” he said abruptly, already standing up.
