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“Can you handle things here?” Everyone said yes in unison. “Ok, so I guess you're going to get married now.” He put his clothes on and we found Marco waiting outside.
“Hey, the man of the hour! Always a workaholic, Mustafa.”
“Marco.” They shook hands. “You shouldn’t have brought her here.”
“Well, then you should have come to your wedding.”
“Fair point. Go ahead, Cat and I will take my car.”
My cousin got the message and disappeared in his car, going on his way, while I climbed in Hugo’s brand-new Rover – a present from my brother.
“Do you need help, princess?”
“No, I need you to start the damn car and go already. Everyone is waiting for us.”
“Ok then.” He pulled the car into the busy traffic and only looked at the road. A silent ride alongside Hugo Mustafa, the story of my life. “I’m your driver again, princess.”
“I am so mad at you, Hugo, I don’t think I can speak right now.”
“Come on, baby, let it go.”
“Let it go? Hugo, you never showed up to church to marry me! The most important day of our lives and you just couldn’t care less.”
“This is not the most important day of our lives, Cat, it’s just a damn formality. You’ve been mine for a long time and this ceremony won’t change anything. You think I’ll love you more tomorrow, Catherinelle? Because we’re married? No, because it’s impossible to love you any more than I do right now.” Damn him and his silver tongue. I needed to stay strong.
“It’s important for me, Hugo! You know that.”
“Yes, I know, I’m sorry. Ok, I didn’t expect for things to take so long. I should have been done in time; I’m sorry.”
“But why? Why would you go on an enforcing job on the day you were supposed to marry me? Do you not want this? Just tell me!”
“I want you, princess. Forever.”
“Well, that’s what weddings are and you bailed on ours!” Jackass.
“I didn’t bail, I was just late. Will you stop snapping at me, woman? I just, I…”
“You what?”
“I was giving you time.”
“For what?”
His fists tightened around the steering wheel which was a Hugo trademark move. I was finally getting through to him.
“Time for you to think if you really want this Cat.” Patience. I had to have patience. “I meant what I said, my love for you is fucking absolute, but I needed to know you wanted it too, so I asked Gino to let me handle the issue that popped up so you’d have some time to think. Do you really want to marry me, Catherinelle? Me, of all people?”
“Mustafa…”
“I’m serious. I’m the same man I was before, Catherinelle. I won’t turn into a prince after that wedding. I’m still rough and dirty.”
“You are the love of my life!” This man was driving me crazy. “Pull over.”
“Why?”
“There’s an alley right there. Pull over.”
He did as I said and parked the car in a narrow, dead-end alley between two brownstone buildings. I fought with my dress to go across the console and climbed in his lap. It wasn’t the first time we were in this position.
