I Promise

Cicilia's POV:

I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night after spending having an exhausting day at the beach.

Seb's arms were wrapped around my waist as he slept soundly.

Not wanting to wake him up, I tried removing his arm but his grip tightened.

"Go to sleep, Cicilia", he said in a hoarse voice with his eyes still closed.

Shit! I woke him up.

"I...need to go to the washroom."

A few seconds later, he loosened his grip and I got up and went to the washroom.

After coming back, I didn't feel like sleeping, it was 3 in the morning but I was not sleepy at all because my mind was filled with a million other thoughts.

Seb was sleeping, so, I slowly made my way towards the balcony as I stood there as half of my body was resting against the railing.

The moon was shining brightly, it was a full moon and it looked really beautiful and even added more beauty to the sea.

I sighed deeply, thinking about how everything has changed. The last one year had been a rollercoaster ride for me, from being raped...not exactly raped...but you can understand, to being pregnant then being thrown out of my house and finally, in the end, marrying someone I never thought I would.

Life's never certain, you never know on which path destiny is gonna throw you.

Everything starts to seem perfect to me, Seb is really caring and a really good father to Angela but...I have a fear, this marriage was arranged, he married me because of Angela and what if one day, he just lost interest in this marriage? What if he leaves me? I don't wanna be somewhere else but with him. I like him and I really feel safe and secure with him.

"Not able to sleep?", I heard Seb say as he walked up to me and stood beside me.

"Yeah."

"A penny for your thoughts?", He asked me as I was busy staring at the sea.

I continued staring at the sea as I said, "Nothing important."

Seb turned my face towards him and lifted my chin with his finger as our eyes met.

"What's wrong, darling?", he asked as concern was visible on his face.

"Seb...", I trailed off, "...I...Are you really going to spend the rest of your life with me?"

"Without any doubt", he replied immediately, "What made you think about it?"

"I...don't know. I really feel safe with you Seb. I am happy with you and I would love to spend the rest of my life with you and Angela, you both are my family but...please Seb don't leave me ever, my own parents refused to accept me because I was a disgrace to them but I promise you that I will never ruin your reputation, I will do whatever you will say but please--"

"Shh...", He cut me off by placing his finger on my lips as his eyebrows furrowed in confusion, "Who the hell gave you those ideas?"

As I didn't say anything, he continued speaking, "I am never going to leave you Cicilia. I would never hurt you, either physically or emotionally, I promise. But if someday I might hurt you emotionally then, believe me, I would have not done that intentionally."

He then paused as he knelt down on both his knees and held both of my hand as he said, "I promise, I will always be there for you. I will always support you, I will always protect you. You are my wife Cicilia. And I don't want you to change a bit cause I have accepted you the way you are." I had tears in my eyes as he spoke, I never imagined that he would say all that.

"If you want", he said again, "I am even ready to sign a contract, to assure you that I would never leave you."

I immediately shook my head and managed to say through the tears, "I...I trust you, Seb."

He sighed heavily before getting up and I immediately wrapped my arms around him, burying my head in his chest. He hugged me back as he kissed my forehead.

We stood there in each other's embrace as at that time, nothing mattered to me, he completed me.

Pulling apart, I cupped his cheeks as I kissed him, soft and true on his lips. It was a brief yet passionate and a romantic kiss.

"Thank you, Seb", I whispered against his lips, "for everything."

He smiled in response before saying, "Let's sleep, I am too tired."

I nodded before following him inside.

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"We are going out for lunch, today", Seb told me as we sat on the dining table, having our breakfast.

"Where?", I asked stuffing my mouth with waffles.

"Not yet decided but maybe one of my restaurants."

I pouted at him and said, "Aren't you tired of eating in these 5-7 star restaurants? Let's go somewhere local."

"No. We are not going to eat at some cheap restaurant, never."

"Come on Seb, it will be fun. And if you don't want to come with me then I will find someone else to go with", I folded my arms angrily and my trick worked as he looked angry when I mentioned that I would be going with someone else.

He slammed his hand on the table as he furiously spoke, "You are not going anywhere with anyone else. You can choose where you want to go, I am coming with you."

"Yay!", I exclaimed happily as I got up and I kissed his cheeks before making my way upstairs.

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"Please Seb, let me drive. I always wanted to drive in Maldives", I requested him for the hundredth time as we stood near his car and he was not ready to let me drive.

"You know what, it would be better if I call my driver and then we won't have to argue unnecessarily."

I tugged on his arm as I continued whining, "Please, please. Don't you trust me? I won't crash your car, I swear." I made a babyface as I pouted at him innocently.

He thought for a while before he huffed, "Fine. You can drive."

I snatched the keys from him as I quickly sat on the driver's seat in case he changes his mind.

He sat beside me as I started the engine and started driving slowly through the roads of Maldives.

"You know what", I said to him while I kept my eyes on the road, "I am driving after more than half a year."

"Are you crazy Cicilia?!", He screamed, "I don't wanna die today nor I want anyone else on the road to die! Stop the car!"

"Calm down Seb, I didn't forget how to drive", I chuckled as I glanced at him to see him tightly clutching the dashboard in front of him.

"Eyes on the road!", He scolded and I chuckled again before focusing my eyes on the road.

It was cute to see him scared like that.

After a nice twenty minutes drive, we reached one of the famous local restaurants in the city(of course, I googled it). I never told Seb where we were going so on getting out of the car he made a disgusted face but on seeing me glaring at him he put on a fake smile.

"Come on", I said before grabbing his arm and dragging him inside.

It was a seafood restaurant overlooking the beach and we took our seat near the window from which the beach was visible.

After a minute, a young-looking girl came to take our order and after we had ordered, she turned around to leave and I saw Seb frowning at her.

"What's wrong?", I asked him.

"She didn't recognise me. I am the owner of almost 50% of the business in this country and yet she didn't recognise me," he complained.

"Do you really want everyone to bow down their heads in respect, where ever you go?"

"I would love to see that happen", he said making me roll my eyes.

"I hate arrogant people, Seb", I stated.

"You can't hate me, Cicilia."

"Whatever."

Our food arrived and we immediately started eating and the food was delicious and Seb did agree to that.

After having our lunch, we went to the local market which was again my request. I bought some souvenirs for Amanda and Mom and James etc.

And after an exhausting day, we finally reached home in the evening. And as none of us was ready to cook, we ordered pizza for us.

And after having a cup of coffee, we retired to bed.