- 9 7 -

They say 'there is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.'

Or at least that's what Jane read to me from the internet on her phone just two days before the wedding. My wedding.

"So I was thinking we could curl the ends of your hair since that looks nice, what do you say?" Jane asks and I shrug, turning the page of the book I was currently reading.

"Thea!" She whines and I look up with a raised brow.

"What?" I ask calmly and she puts her hands on her hips and glares at me.

"We have—" She looks at her watch, "Three hours left till your bachelorette party starts, and you still don't know what you're going to wear."

I sigh and look back down at my book before speaking.

"Glittery silver dress, third row from the left, matching shoes are placed right below it, they're strappy silver heels." I say without looking up and hear receding footsteps and then a loud squeal which makes me wince.

"This is so sexy!" I hear her shout before she comes running back with my outfit and places the dress neatly on my bed before pulling me up from my place.

"Come on, go take a bath." She pushes me into the bathroom and I groan when she snatches the book from my hands and places it on my desk.

After taking a long and relaxing bath filled with rosy scents, I went out in my bath gown where Ana, Kimberly, Zarina, Lily and Jane were already waiting for me.

"What were you doing in there? Praying?" Jane asks sassily and I roll my eyes as Zarina pops a bottle of champagne and gives everyone a glass except Ana, who drinks a mocktail.

"How's the little one doing?" I ask Ana and she rubs her belly happily with a smile.

"Good, keeping me on my toes, that's for sure." She says as I sit in front of the dresser and Zarina and Jane stand behind me.

"How are we making your hair?" Zarina asks and I briefly look at the dress.

"High ponytail? Or curled and left open?" I ask and look at all the girls.

"I think the curled one will suit you more." Kim suggests and I nod as the girls get to work, everyone trying to get ready in my room.

Anton had booked us a whole section of the VIP lounge in his club and the guys were having the bachelor party in one of Roman's clubs.

"Okay, hair and make up is done, got get dressed." Jane tells me and I quickly put on the mascara before hurrying towards the closet to get dressed.

The sparky glittery dress is silver in colour with spaghetti straps, ending around mid thigh and is ridiculously shiny and revealing with a low-cut back, but I've always been one for wearing dangerous dresses like this.

I sit down on a chair and put the strappy silver heels on, already knowing my feet will no longer exist by the end of the night before putting on some jewellery, I make my way outside and twirl.

The girls whistle and cheer appreciatively and I take note of their own sparkly outfits, since that was the theme— wearing ridiculously sparkly outfits before I grab onto a matching clutch, putting in my essentials and taking the girls' hands as we make our way downstairs.

"Hey, baby." Ana wraps her arms around Anton's torso who smiles and kisses the top of her head then compliments her on how beautiful she looks before his eyes fall on me and he sighs heavily, much likely in disappointment.

Oh well.

"I'm not even going to say anything." He waves a hand in dismissal and I stick my tongue out at him while Ana smacks the back of his head, telling him I look beautiful and that he should tell me that.

"Keep an eye out on her." He tells me, gesturing to Ana when we both scoff.

"We should be keeping an eye on you." I say when he narrows his eyes at me.

"Whose side are you on, darling?"

"My sister's, obviously." I say and he rolls his eyes.

"You're my sister first." He sasses and I mock him.

"I refuse to acknowledge you as my brother anymore. Ana is my long-lost and now found sister. Go find another one." I shoo him away and don't wait for a reply as Ana and I walk down the stairs giggling and laughing.

"Thea, what the fuck are you wearing? Actually, what are you not wearing?" Ivan says and I chuckle as I cross him, flipping him off.

"You're just jealous I look better than you." I say and he mutters something under his breath.

"Jealous my ass, put on a fucking jacket."

"Or what?" I challenge.

"Or we're cancelling the party." Alex strides up to us and I roll my eyes.

"You realise we'll be in a private section that's only accessible to us?" Zarina reminds and Alex starts to say something but our Aunt slaps the back of his head.

"Let the girls have fun you man whores, why can't you see women happy?" She scolds and he scoffs.

"She's going out naked!" Alex defends and gets another smack, making him wince and I laugh evilly on the inside.

"She's not nearly naked enough you brat, let her live her life." She chides and us girls quickly slip out.

When I look back, I see Ivan saying something to Lily and watch her cheeks turn a light shade of pink before she comes out towards us.

"What'd he say?" Ana leans in with a wicked grin and Lily mutters a 'nothing' while Ana and I share knowing looks as she blushes and gets into one of the cars.

"Thea, get back here!" I hear Alex shout and hurry towards the driver's seat of my car, my sweet and fancy convertible I hadn't used for so many months before revving the engine and speeding down the driveway.

"Open the gates!" I shout as the roof starts to open and the guards nod before the gates starts to move to open and I hear Alex and Ivan shouting something when I raise my left hand and show them the middle finger.

"Heather Solonik Elias, you stop right there!" Ivan shouts when we all laugh.

"So long, assholes!" I yell back with a salute before driving out of the estate and speeding down the highway.

Jane turns the music up and we both scream the lyrics to the songs, our hair flowing with the wind as we make our way to my bachelorette party.

"This place is lit!" Lily squeals in excitement as we make our inside the VIP section, getting more than just some looks from others around us.

When we reach the place assigned for us, my jaw nearly drops at how gorgeous and well decorated everything is.

Silver coloured balloons hang around us and spread around on the floor, silver coloured streamers and other decorations hanging from the ceiling, confetti spread around us everywhere and my toes tingle in excitement and I shoot out a single text to Anton.

'Thanks for everything, Ant! I love you loads!'

His reply comes within seconds as we order our drinks and I smile as I look at the message.

'Only the best for you, darling, take care and I love you too. Take care of Ana too and don't do anything stupid. We'll talk about what happened earlier with you, Alex and Ivan later too. I'm taking your car back."

I chuckle and send him a variety of kisses and hearts emojis as our drinks are brought in and I sip on my fruity cocktail with a soft sigh.

"This is the life." Zarina sighs dreamily and we all laugh at her before the shots are brought.

Ana obviously doesn't take any, but she sure cheers us on as we play drinking games and when we get tipsy, Kim announces a new game.

"Truth or dare, but without the truths." She hiccups right after and covers her mouth with her palm when Ana offers her a glass of water and she gulps it down in one go.

"I'll go first." Zarina says and looks at Jane whose eyes widen in horror.

"Jane, I want you to go to that table, get on top of it, and yell—" She comes closer to whisper in Jane's ear who smirks and gets up, fixing her baby pink shiny dress.

"Too easy, watch me slay, babes." She winks at us and makes her way to the lone table in the middle.

"What'd you tell her to do?" Lily asks Zarina who grins and gestures too Jane who is now standing on the table and takes out her phone to record.

"Listen up bitches, my boyfriend has the most amazing and biggest dick and ya'll can't suck on it like I can!" She yells and receives a ton of cheers from people sitting around and we all double over laughing.

"I didn't tell you to say the last part!" Zarina says in between chuckles and Jane shrugs.

"It was true." She says with a grin and turns to Lily whose smile fades when she realizes its her turn.

"Lily, I dare you to get a picture with the most muscly man you can find in here." She says and Lily laughs.

"Does a bouncer count?" She asks and Jane nods.

We all cheer in encouragement when Lily grins and gets up, walking around as she looks for someone for a minute or two before her face lights up and she saunters over to a really muscular looking man as Jane whips out her phone to record.

We see them talking and Lily bats her eyelashes and puts her hand on the man's arm suggestively, leaning a bit towards him when the man leans back, obviously flustered and we all giggle at each other.

"This is gold." Jane mutters as the man nods and we all cheer when they take a picture and Lily blows him a kiss as she walks back towards us.

"What'd he say?" I ask and she smiles wide.

"Poor dude is probably traumatised." She said and we all laugh before Lily turns to me.

"Heather, your dare is to let someone do body shots from on top of you." She says mischievously and my lips pull up into a lazy smirk as I get up.

"Roman's gonna be pissed." Jane chuckles like an evil person and the others agree.

"Get ready to record this, ladies." I say and roll my shoulders back before walking towards the bar where a lot of people are crowded and I grin as the girls get up to follow me.

"Ms. Elias." The bartended nods to me in respect and I smile, the bartender's acknowledgement making many heads turn to look me over, eyes widening in the process as many guys whistle at me.

"If you need me to escort someone out, let me know." The man says and I nod, looking at his nametag.

"Much appreciated, James, I'll have Anton give you a raise." He smiles at that and moves to serve other people when a group of guys approach me.

"Beautiful day, ain't it?" One of them asks, a blonde, and I smirk as I look him over. Classic rich preppy boy.

"Sure is." I respond and he orders a few drinks and offers one to me when I raise a brow at him.

"On me." He says and I grin, taking the drink ad raising it in the air to him before gulping it down, the boys whoop and cheer as I slam the glass down with a beaming smile.

Not even moments later, I'm laughing my ass off as I lie on the counter and blondie drinks the shot from the shot glass placed on my flat stomach and everyone cheers as he downs it in one go.

"One more!" He hollers and this time, he places the shot glass right between my boobs and my eyes widen as he starts to lean down only for his head to be pulled back roughly while he yelps.

"Stay the fuck away from my wife." I hear a familiar voice and sigh heavily as I remove the drink from my body and sit up on the counter, watching Roman punch the guy right in the face while I swing my legs.

"Aren't you going to stop him?" The bartender asks and I shrug.

"Don't worry about it." I shrug dismissively and whistle when Roman's head snaps to look at me.

I lean back a bit on the counter with my hands behind me to show myself off as my eyes rake over his perfectly sculptured body clad in an all black suit, first two buttons opened to reveal some of his chest and the tattoos on it.

The silver chain hangs around his neck, his green eyes gleaming and wavy black hair pushed back.

"Angel." He walks over to me and spreads my legs to stand between them while I hook my finger into his chain and pull him into me, effectively joining our lips.

He hums into my mouth, kissing me feverishly before I pull away and peck his lips.

"What was that for?" He asks with a raised brow and I lick my lips as I look him over again greedily.

"You look hot." I say and he grins, nipping at my lips before pulling away.

"Looks like you're having fun." He murmurs against my lips and I shrug.

"I was, until you crashed my party, that is." I say and he rolls his eyes as he pushes me back onto the counter and orders shots.

"What are you doing?" I ask in confusion as our group crowds around us in anticipation.

"Having fun, angel, what else?" He quirks a brow and I find the action too hot as the bartender presents him with the lemon slices and shot glasses as well as the salt.

He places the shot glass between my boobs and the girls giggle at his obvious jealousy while Zephyr and Enzo and Gabriel just cheer.

He then puts the lemon wedge between my lips, and puts a pinch of salt along the length of my neck.

"Roman." I warn and he throws me a devilish smirk as he leans down and takes the shot glass, drinking it in one go, he puts it aside and licks up the length of my neck to get the salt and then attaches his lips to mine to suck the lemon.

I gasp as he does it and then pulls me up from the table while everyone cheers and I'm sure I'm red as a tomato right now.

"That was hot." Zarina fans herself and I laugh.

I look over at Ana and point at her, "You have to pretend someone here is your baby daddy. Choose any guy, and make him believe it."

Ana laughs at the outrageous dare but does it anyway while the guys gape at us.

"They're having so much more fun than us!" Enzo says and I hop off the counter and make my way to Ana when I feel a smack on my ass and gasp, turning around to see Roman.

"You look hot." He comments and my glare softens in the slightest as he joins our hands and kisses the back of mine.

"Why are you even here?" I ask with narrowed eyes and he smirks.

"Got the videos of you girls doing that shit and I just knew you'd pull the strangest dare." He says.

I giggle, swinging our hands together as I make my way towards an emotional Ana and a random guy who seemed genuinely freaked out.

"But this is our baby!" Ana exclaims, taking the guy's hands and pleading while the guy looked horrified.

"I don't even know you!" He spluttered out and we all laughed as I leaned against Roman who wrapped his arm around me.

This went on for a few minutes before the guy actually caved in and started pleading Ana who had now turned the tables.

"I want nothing to do with you anymore!" She said and started fake-crying while he pulled at his hair.

"But you just said I should take care of the baby!" He yelled in frustration.

"I was wrong abut you! All men are the same!" She yelled back and walked away, winking at me as she went only to bump smack into Anton, her eyes wide.

"Anton! Isn't it a surprise seeing you here?" She laughed nervously and Anton glared at us girls before shaking his head and taking Ana with him, probably away from us crazed fools.

"Thea, it's time to dance!" Jane yelled and I squealed in excitement, letting go of Roman's hand and running off with the girls to the dancefloor.

We danced for the next hour or so, chugging drinks, doing weird stuff and dancing with each other until our feet hurt like hell.

In the midst of it all, my nearly drunk self had climbed onto a circular stage where a stripper's pole was attached and I pretended to be exactly that— a stripper.

As the next song came on, I found myself leaning from the pole dangerously, wrapping my leg around it, spinning along it and doing other risky moves.

It probably showed my ass and boobs more than Roman preferred, because one moment I was dancing, and the next I was being hauled on his shoulder and carried somewhere.

"It was getting to the good part!" I argued and fought him, hitting his back repeatedly when he just slapped my ass once, enough to make me go on and rant about how hard he hit me and how I could get him sued and what not.

We entered what seemed like an office and he locked the door behind us, setting me down on the floor and glaring down at me.

"Why the fuck are you flashing your ass and tits to everyone?" He growled lowly and I crossed my arms over my chest.

"Because they're mine!" I reasoned and he huffed.

"Isn't it enough for you to wear a dress that reveals more than necessary or do you have to flash the remaining bits too?" He snapped and I huffed.

"I want a divorce!" I told him and he frowned.

"We're not even married yet." He told me and I realised we weren't.

"Oh," I mumbled before fixing him with another look, "Then let's get married and then divorced."

"The fuck? No one's getting a divorce." He bit out harshly and I was about to open my mouth when his hand closed around my neck, tipping my head up.

"Say it, I dare you." He hissed lowly and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I don't love you anymore." I pouted and he scoffed.

"You love me plenty." I shook my head at this and he shoved me against the wall.

"You. Love. Me." He emphasised each word when I stuck my tongue out at him.

"I. Do. Not." I mocked him when he grunted.

"I'm going to fuck you now." He said in a low tone, making me frown.

"No, you're not." I snapped and he grabbed my leg, wrapping it around my waist.

"Yes, I am." He rasped before grabbing my underwear, he pulled it down in one swift motion.

Before I could voice out my protests, his mouth was on mine kissing the living shit out of me.

To my utter surprise, I found myself kissing him back as eagerly as him and moaned when he bit my lip, his thumb circling my clit.

"Fuck." He mumbled against my lips as he continued his torture on me and without realising how or when, I found my hands fumbling with his belt to open it and then unbuttoning his pants.

"Stop it." I grunted.

He smirked as his lips found my neck, sucking at the skin while one hand teased my entrance and the other lowered one strap of my dress down my shoulder, revealing my boobs and he cupped it, squeezing the flesh in his palm and successfully making me whimper.

"You're the one taking my cock out."

"You said you were going to fuck me."

"You kissed me back."

"You kissed me first."

"You were naked on stage."

"I was not!" I said and gasped when he roughly entered me, my head hitting the wall behind me but I couldn't care less as he grunted, pushing himself completely inside me.

"Well I'm fucking you anyways." He said and I scowled.

"Fuck you, Angelo." I told him when he smirked, pulling out only to slam right back in.

"I am, Elias." He gritted out with clenched teeth as he started to thrust inside me, making me melt into his arms and I just know I would have been lying on the floor in a state of 'jelly' if he wasn't holding me up.

He knew it too. Bastard.

"Harder." I whimpered when he hit a bit too hard and I moaned out loud, his lips capturing the rest of the sounds I was making as his hips pumped into me at a fast pace and I was sure as hell I would not be able to walk straight after this.

"I thought you wanted divorce?" He asked with a raised brow and I glared at him.

"I still do, asshole." I bit out.

He grinned as he continued to fuck me like the complete and utter man he was, his grunts dying on my lips as our tongues fought for dominance.

He wrapped my other leg around his waist too, his hands holding my ass in their tight grip as he pounded mercilessly into me, the knot in my stomach twisting.

I dug my nails into his arms, the other hand tugging at his hair, my lips parted.

"You like being my whore, si?" He rasped and I whimpered in response, biting the skin on his neck.

"You like being my whore, don't you?" I sassed back and heard his groan as I let go and the pleasure enveloped me, his own cum filling me up.

His mouth claimed mine to stop me from moaning out loud in case anyone heard us, kissing me through our orgasm before pulling away, he let me down slowly and held me to him so my buckling knees wouldn't collapse, placing his forehead against mine.

"That was hot." He said after a moment and I huffed out an unamused laugh.

"Get off me." I pushed him back, snatching my underwear from him and walking towards the desk to grab the tissue box when he lifted me up and made me sit on the desk.

"What are you doing?" I asked as he grabbed a few napkins and helped me clean up, taking my underwear from my hands and putting it on me, he took my hands and helped me stand.

Leading me to the attached bathroom, he helped clean up my smeared make up and washed his hands, holding my purse out to me which I snatched out of his hand and fixed my make up.

"This doesn't mean that you're off the hook, Angelo." I pointed at him and he smirked, stuffing his hands inside his pockets, looking sinfully perfect.

"I expect nothing less from you, Elias." He muttered and I rolled my eyes as I grabbed my things and unlocked the door, stepping out and storming back towards our group where I was met by many confused looks.

"Where were you?" Jane asked, sipping on hr drink when Roman stepped up next to me and I looked at my brothers.

"I want a divorce." I stated and their eyes widened before settling on Roman.

"You aren't even married yet, smartass." Ivan muttered and I glared at him.

"What happened?" Anton sighed, obviously done with me when I pouted.

"He wouldn't let me dance." I whined when Roman sat down on one of the couched and pulled me down with him, effectively placing me in his lap.

"Idiot." I muttered and he smirked, nuzzling his face in my neck.

"She was naked." Roman provided and Alex nodded.

"Sorry, darling, we're with him on this one." Alex shrugged and Anton nodded while I scoffed.

"Traitors." I muttered as Roman's hand slid up my thigh and I slapped it away, making everyone else chuckle at us.

"I'm still getting a divorce." I stated with my head held high and he rolled his eyes.

"You do that." He murmured while placing soft kisses on my neck and softly massaging my thigh.

"I hate you, Roman Angelo."

"I love you more, mio angelo."