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Luckily I was ready to work for Antonio.
Chapter 17
Priscilla
Antonio kept his promise and came back at 02.00 pm that first day. He gave me a brief tour of Chicago and then took me out on a date at night to a fancy restaurant. I loved spending time with him, but I really didn’t like the fact that he was doing this just to fulfill his promise. I wanted him to want it too.
So, when he introduced me to my new bodyguard Dario saying he was not going to be in the house during the day this week, I didn’t object. I told Antonio that I was not going to keep him close when it was not necessary, though.
He accepted that with reluctance all over his face.
When we were back home, we had sex, and it was amazing like other times. We were the best in bed. Still, it was not enough to have a good relationship. Thankfully we both seemed ready to make a compromise.
I tried to not focus on how Antonio’s absence made me sad, and he tried to make up for his absence. He cooked me dinner, watched movies with me, and listened to all my ideas about how to decorate the house. He even helped me organize the plants I bought one day. It felt nice. He was a busy man, but he gave all his free time to me. I felt like we needed to open up to the outside world at one point, but we were newlyweds, so there was no rush. We could just spend all our time in our penthouse together.
One of my favorite things to do was watch Antonio get ready for work. I didn’t mind waking up early just to be able to watch him. I hopped on the bathroom counter while he was shaving and stayed there until the end. The guy had a twelve-step skincare routine.
While I was watching the razor slide down on his smooth cheek, Antonio gave me a side-eyed look. Some annoyance towards me flashed there, and I got tense. “You probably don’t like people watching as you go along your routine, right?”
He didn’t even look my way as he answered, “I don’t.” Just when I was about to leave with a broken heart, he looked at me with those beautiful golden eyes. “Butyoucan watch. I don’t mind.”
Those words made me grin so hard, and then I watched him every day. I loved hearing how special I was to him. I loved the little ways he showed his feelings, even though it was not intentional at all.
Those moments made things easier.
During the day, I found things to entertain myself. I was mostly busy with decorating. I also had one face-time call with Kira every day. I would sometimes see Gabriele or Beatrice with her, too, depending on the time of day. I missed her so dearly, and I could tell she missed me too. Yet, I was glad she had Beatrice to hang out with. Especially because they both were new moms, they had so much to share with each other.
After seeing how Kira was hanging out with Beatrice, I decided to make some friends of my own and joined Mia and Bella on their coffee date. They both were really nice, and Clara was so cute. I was happy that I didn’t have a bitch sister-in-law or stuff. They mostly asked me about how the married life was going and made some jokes. They didn’t have a problem with my “deviant” language as well. We really had fun gossiping. Mia would get uncomfortable once in a while since Bella’s, and my gossips included her brothers. Still, it was not a mood killer. I liked teasing her about it.
I also decided to carry some of my interests from New York. I did some research and then found a nice animal shelter to visit. I liked volunteering at a shelter in New York. It was one of my biggest joys in life. I liked all animals, and I liked the community.
When I visited the shelter, I met him, and it almost changed my life. All those attempts to entertain myself were just useless. The second I saw him, I understood he was what I needed to feel complete. I was always a little too all over the place, so I kept it hush-hush the first time. I didn’t want tension between Antonio and me because of it, but when I visited the shelter for a second time, the feeling was still in there. It was what I needed.
That night I decided to talk to Antonio. When he came home, I was taking a nap. His sleep schedule was perfect as every other thing in his life, but mine was a mess. After we had sex, we always cuddled, and I sometimes fell asleep but usually woke up after a few hours. I was a night owl. I liked reading or watching a show at night. I was able to read e-books while Antonio was sleeping next to me, but I tried to finish my reading room soon so I could read comfortably at night.
There was no way I could sleep eight hours every day. I usually slept four hours and then slept more than twelve hours when my body was too exhausted from the lack of sleep. Antonio hated that.
When I tried to sneak out from his hold before falling asleep, he held me tighter and caressed my hair in a soothing way. Thanks to him, every night, I was getting two-hour naps, and then I was leaving him until very early in the morning. His sleep was very light. I didn’t wake him while I was reading, but every time I went to use the bathroom, he woke up. And when I was ready to go back to sleep, he was always ready to snuggle me again.
I woke up as Antonio was putting covers over my body. My eyes fluttered open, and I saw his handsome cold face. That always made me smile. “Hey.”
Antonio pushed a strand of my hair away from my face. “Didn’t want to wake you.”
I sat up on the couch and rubbed my eyes. “No, no, I want to wake up. I was waiting for you.”
“Have you eaten?” he asked. In a little over a week, Antonio realized I was not good at eating with a schedule or sleeping with a schedule. He despised both of them. He hated a lot of things about me but didn’t hate me. It was okay. I actually enjoyed his annoyed face. It was so darn cute.
I shook my head to his question. “I waited for you. I asked Mia for your favorite restaurant and ordered sushi.” I couldn’t hide the proud tone from my voice. Antonio was an excellent cook, as I discovered, but I had a hard time even while cooking pasta. My best chance was to order something he was going to enjoy.
He nodded, pleased. “Let me change, and we will eat then.”
“Okay. I’ll prepare it while you change, baby.” Annoyance flashed in his eyes, and I pressed a kiss to his tight lips before I left giggling. Maybe I needed to be on my best behavior before telling him about my wish, but I was really not good at that.
When Antonio came back down the stairs, the dinner table was ready. Honestly, it was not the hardest thing to put down some plates, but I still acted like I made something so important. It might make him believe I actually did something good and make him say yes.
He sat down at the table wearing gray sweats and a white t-shirt. The first time I saw him wearing black sweatpants, I asked him if he had gray ones because they looked so hot. After that, he only wore the gray ones. But there was still something we couldn’t agree on. “That is an ugly shirt.”
Antonio looked at me like he wanted to rip my head off, but he was also amused. He had so few emotions, and they were very confusing. “I am not getting naked.”
