Only Angels Have Wings

They walked up the second half of stairs and there were many doors. He opened the one closest to the stairs and she thought she had entered a grand suite.

"Why are you so rich?", she said instantly wanting to smack herself on the forehead. She really needed to learn to get a filter and quick.

"I'm sorry I-", she instantly started to apologize, but was cut off.

"Don't even worry about it, Sofia. My dad left this house to me when he passed. I get to maintain his life style, with some money he left me, what they provide me with as an alpha, and my work as a doctor. I also invest in different businesses."

Sofia stared in awe. She tried to shake off her disbelief unnoticeably.

"Well it must be nice living where you grew up", she said with a sense of melancholy remembering she would be far from her own family.

"Well I'm glad I can help you keep your family home as well", he said with a sympathetic look.

So he knew that. She wondered if they told him all of her business. This is why she kept her personal life to herself. She hated that look of pity people would give her when they found out how much her family struggled.

"Thank you", she said politely, while trying her best to give a smile.

He could sense she didn't like where the conversation was going and decided to show her, her closet.

"So over here is where we can put your clothes once we get you a new wardrobe", he said opening two doors that led to what looked way more like a room than a closet.

"Wow, thank you so much, but I brought clothes with me.", she said sitting on the edge of the bed and leaning back on her hands.

"Right, it's just you kind of need to have your wardrobe coordinated with me. It's stupid I know it's just a thing they expect the alpha's wife to do".

"Oh yeah, sorry, that totally makes sense", she responded while thinking of how she has no idea how she'll ever get used to this situation.

"Also I'm sure personally tailored outfits would look so much better on your type of body", he said with a flirty glint in his eye, not realizing how it was the dumbest thing he could have said.

"Wait, so my body looks bad in my clothes", Sofia said scrunching her eyebrows together and looking down at her outfit.

"No, no, you look adorable in your outfit", he stopped his sentence as soon as he saw her face look even more displeased. "I mean you have a fantastic body", she grimaced as if he was being a creep and Angelo let out an exasperated breath.

He tried one more time, "I just meant all of the women I've known love personalized outfits... just wait here we already got some shoes in your size"

She sat there quietly as Angelo disappeared. She should've been more concerned with how early her parents have to had agreed to this for them to already have shoes in her size, but she couldn't help but wonder just how many women Angelo knows. He'd already put his foot in his mouth, but so far he seemed harmless. It made no sense to her why he was being so nice, when every runout she'd ever heard about him was of him being cold and scary. She always was one to not judge on other people's words, but how a person treats her, however, so she decided to just be happy the situation wasn't going worse than it could be.

Angelo returned with two of the sparkliest heels she had ever seen in her life. She decided to humor him so they could get past this awkward moment.

"Here, can I put them on you", he said sitting next to her on the bed.

She never had even sat next to a boy on the bed and got nervous at even the slight proximity.

"I can put them on, thank you", she said and he nodded handing her the strappy heels.

She had to admit they looked so beautiful and this made her unable to not smile a little.

"Real diamonds", he said nonchalantly.

"What?", she said as her stomach dropped, "how much are these?"

"Couple of thousand maybe, I just arranged for someone to get some wardrobe essentials for me."

Sofia didn't know why something so beautiful could make her feel instantly disgusted.

"I'd like to take them off, please, if that's okay."

He nodded, while at the same time being very confused. Most girls were over the moon when he gave them expensive gifts like that.

She quickly started trying to take them off, but the clasp was so complicated she couldn't get it and didn't know why she started to panic, making frustrated noises to where it looked like she was on the verge of tears.

"Please, let me help you-"

"I got it!", she snapped, now crying while she still couldn't get the clasp to be undone.

She finally took a shallow breath and looked up at him, feeling humiliated.

She could only muster up a small voice to say, "could you undo the clasp, please".

She looked away as he gently took her ankle and moved it onto his lap, undoing the clasp in one smooth movement. He then took off the shoe, repeating his actions with the other leg. He left her legs on his lap and Sofia slowly moved them off and tucked them under herself.

"You don't have to talk about it, but I'm really sorry if I did something offensive", he finally said after a few moments of silence, "it's just I thought girls liked stuff like this."

Sofia hated opening up, but felt he deserved and explanation.

"I'm sorry I freaked out on you, I really did like them", she said with a sniffle, "I just was being naive thinking they wouldn't be that expensive. I'm not used to having anything like that.", she continued.

She didn't want to go into detail, but her whole life everything she owned was second hand. She'd grown to love thrift shops, but before it became trendy for people shop at them, she was a child who wished she didn't have it as the only option to get her back to school clothes.

"I know it sounds dumb, but I just don't feel like I deserve anything like that, especially while my family is struggling", she let out a big breath after, becoming very anxious after sharing something so vulnerable.

"I feel awful I made you feel that way, Sofia.", he responded and she could tell my the look in the eyes that he was being genuine.

"It's not your fault at all. I know it's necessary if I'm going to go through with this arrangement."

He started to worry when he heard her say 'go through with'. He went through so much to even let the elders agree to let him be alpha again and there would be no chance of ever fulfilling his father's wishes if his bride to be left him before they got to the alter.

"Listen, Sofia. I want you to be comfortable. Anything you don't want to do you let me know. And I will insure your family is well taken care of as well."

He'd gotten closer to her, but it surprisingly didn't make her uncomfortable because she knew he was being genuine.

"I want this to work too. So I'm going to try to let my guards down. I'm going to be completely transparent, I'm not used to letting a guy be touchy with me or even do anything for me. However.... I want to be a good wife so I want to take steps to be more intimate with you, if this is going to be a real marriage", she said finally looking up.

She couldn't tell if he was impressed or just shocked.

"I want you to do whatever makes you comfortable, Sofia, but yes I want this to be a real marriage. I will be loyal to you and hope we can become close. I don't see why we should have to go our lives alone, due to this."

Sofia just stared trying to read his expression. She didn't know whether to believe him and was still trying to figure him out, but he was being very agreeable. As long as he continued to be she would see him through.

"Okay, deal so teach me how to not be the most closed off individual on the planet", she laughed.

"Well we can start off as friends and let me know if you ever want to make that become friends with benefits", he said waggling his eyebrows.

Blushing yet again today, she tried to play it off and laugh.

"You seem to be good with hand shakes so how about we stick with that for today", he said smiling that gorgeous smile and reaching out a hand.

She couldn't even believe she was talking to someone this attractive as she took his giant hand into her much smaller one.

"Alright baby hands, you ready for dinner", he said extending a hand out again, this time to help her up from the edge of the bed. She rejected his hand and got up on her own.

"Sofia, if this is going to work you have to start being okay with letting me do things for you. They're only kind gestures and anything I do for you is not because you owe me anything in return. It is because you DO deserve it. At the very least for starters you could allow me to help you up from time to time.", he said seeming for the first time to be a little impatient.

"Sure I can do that, but not when you make fun of me", she said walking ahead, not waiting for him even though she didn't know where she was going.

"Touché. I guess teasing as flirting doesn't work for you."

'That was flirting?', she thought. Was she bad at flirting or was he. She knew the probable answer.

"I don't know how to flirt so I wouldn't know"?, she said honestly, not turning around to look at him.

She couldn't see him smiling, behind her. Her wholesomeness was refreshing to him and his mood had already differed so much today from his typical ones. Even when she was mad at him he enjoyed not having to have his hard walls up for once so people would respect him. In an arranged situation there's no pressure to be intimidating and he didn't have it in him anyways to be anything but kind to this gentle soul. He couldn't believe she didn't see how much she deserved. He could already tell this woman was magnificent visually and just when it came to everything about her. He saw why she stood out to the elders as their first choice.

As they made their way to a dining hall, Sofia was again in awe of the architecture and interior decorating of this house. Besides that, the table set up was even stunning. It was filled with flowers and greenery. It was also way too big for the two of them.

"Sit wherever you'd like", he said as he sat in a chair on the right side of the long table.

She hesitantly pulled out the chair next to him and he chuckled thinking she would pick one of the ones across for him.

"What?", she said self consciously.

"Nothing, I'm glad you're ready to get closer to me already". He then leaned in closer so he was whispering in her ear, "seems like you'll be ready to get touchy feely in no time.", leaning back with a wink when she looked at him in shock, blushing.

"Is this you teasing me again?", she said crossing her arms.

She didn't realize that this emphasized her chest area, but it certainly didn't escape Angelo.

Swallowing roughly and trying to not look down, he continued, "well it is one of the perks of being husband and wife, doll."

"Can you stop calling me that", she said annoyed at this new found habit.

"Why? I love having a real life doll I can play with?", he said smirking. He already loved riling her up. Her huffs and puffs were so entertaining to him.

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