The Wedding Date

''Lucian?'' Anna's delicate voice, screamed his name he took his gaze off the ground and glimpsed at her. '' You're ready now?'' He asked. '' Sorry, for keeping you waiting. Can we go?'' Anna asked, folding her long gown, flooring the floor.

'' You prefer to always go on this style ?'' He watched how she struggled to walk with the gown, although he brought out the beauty of her shape. '' Uhm__ anything bad with it?'' she looked down on her dress. '' Nope, not bad. Let's go'' he gawk.

'' So where is it specifically we are going to?'' Anna avoided his gaze, it would make her heart twinge and reminds her of what Alisa is doing to him.

'' I was convened for a sudden meeting, that is where we are going to. Would take advantage of the chance, and announce our wedding date to them'' he said.

Lucian curled a smile  on his lips and hopped in the car. Anna entered through the other side. '' I would like to invite my family to the wedding, Lucian'' she played with her fingers instead, it was better than looking him in the face.

'' I didn't expect less, gold digger'' he scoffed, silently and twisted his lips. '' I would go alone, I think I would leave first after the meeting,'' Anna said.

'' Huh? You can't go alone, I will join you'' he pushed his face out the window as if he was suffocating inside the car. '' Thank You Lucian'' Anna threw her head outside the windows too. The car went silent like a graveyard.

The car halted, and Lucian switched on the mood of a lovely husband, he hopped out first and unlock Anna's door. He gave her his arm to hold, getting out of the car she used one hand to hold the gown, and another one was locked in his arms.

Lucian held Anna like a woman he would never let go of in his life. '' They look so cute together__'' staff gossiping about the couples, as they stuttered off, to the conference room. 

He paid attention to the gossip, he only made his aura fierce and Anna didn't notice that, her attention was on Yula's thinking of any possible way to get to the bottom of this.

'' Welcome Mr Lucian, thank you for honouring this impromptu meeting'' the organiser said. Lucian and his wife were given an exclusive position to seat.

'' Thank you. May I know why this meeting was solicited, today is Tuesday, and the regular schedule for the meeting was usually on Thursday or Friday. Then the night event is often held during the weekends.

'' We apologize for encoding your plan, we hope this news finds you well'' Michael said. Anna's eyes hovered the room, searching for Cassy but she seemed to the absent in the room.

'' Could we know what the news is?'' Lucian asked politely. '' we want to inform you about an event that would be mainly for you, this is to welcome you onboard, after your wedding. We want to know the date of your wedding so that we can fix a date for the event, and welcome you as a full member of the shareholders.'' He explained.

'' Uhm__ this is the reason I've been urgently asked to come?'' he raised his brow in exasperation, he murmured within himself. '' Thank you, I am honoured to have this information'' Lucian stood up to give his speech.

'' We also want to use this medium to announce our wedding date, it has been fixed. I and Anna, my wife would be officially married on the 15th of May, which is accurately two Saturdays from now.'' A clapped offering compressed the room after he announced the date and sat back on his seat.

Anna peeked at someone from the door entrance, she had a dirty dark aura and the smell of jealousy was obvious on her face, she scoffed, clenched her hands into fists, and turned backwards instantly. '' Wasn't she supposed to come in and join them?'' Anna's eyes dance across the entrance, and the lady furiously disappeared out of sight.

The meeting ended, and Lucian shot a glare at Anna, her stomach groaning embarrassing her in front of Lucian. '' Oh no, what is wrong with my stomach?'' Anna frowned, wrapping her arms around her abdomen.

'' Breakfast wasn't served? Then what the hell Yula, your maid as being doing?'' he pout. '' Oh on__ don't let this happen'' she shrank her eyes inward. '' This is not Yula's fault, I couldn't eat. So fault me instead, not Yula'' Anna groaned silently, the talk was audible between her and Lucian.

'' Let's go, we will get you food'' he pouts, speaking fiercely, as though he was upset she had starved herself, and wondering why she would do that, as selfish as she is she had denied herself breakfast,? he knitted his brow scornfully.

'' Let's go, there is a restaurant here I would take you there'' he didn't know when he grabbed her wrist as they used the door, the moment he realised he swiftly took his hands off, his cheek flush in embarrassment. 

He pretended to fix the rope on his shoe, he pressed the anger against his flat cheekbone and got rid of the cold expression on his face. '' You're alright?'' Anna asked.

'' Yeah, needed to fix the lace of my shoe, it was trying to fool around, cleaning the entire dirt from the floor'' he grimace a little.

Lucian walked beside her and avoided a glare at her face, till there reach the restaurant. Anna wore a white gown today, with pink flowers embroidered around the tip, it look more like a ball gown and suit her shape so well, like a runaway model.

You could decide whose fault it was, she was thinking hard on what to do about the subject matter of late, when a lady purposely bumped into her with a hot chocolate, ruining her entire gown.

'' Jezz__ why did you do that?'' Screamed lowered her head to see the mess her dress was into now. Her scream tore Lucian's gaze from the other side. '' Cassy?! You just ruined my wife's clothes'' his voice was fierce and thunderous, the anger was evident even in his muscles.

'' She deserves that Lucian don't you think? She just came into your life and ruin it, isn't that correct Lucian?'' she twirled around Lucian, making attempts to squirm her filthy fingers on his chest. He gripped her and scraped it hard. '' How dare you, now apologise to my wife!'' he yelled, making Anna jerk in tension, the colour of his eyes match the gold flame coming from the gas cooker adjacent to him, or a golden medal stuck with a spark of the sunlight. Furious he was...

'' Ahh, Lucian you are hurting me'' she moaned in pain. '' Apologies!'' he screamed the skeleton of her trembling body. '' S__ sorry Anna'' she stuttered, wrenching in pain from her wrist, as though her wrist was on the verge of losing all bones.

'' This is my warning to you, do not even think of hurting my girl, got it!''  Anna's stomach sank, and she felt butterflies in her gut, the moment he said ''My girl'' gosh should I say that was too hot for her to handle? Lucian grabbed Anna's hand, taking her to the female bathroom. He tried washing the embarrassing stain off, but it was too adamant.

  '' That's okay Lucian, it's better we go home instead'' he suspected her tone of her was odd, signalled it was boneless, unlike her typical voice, Anna didn't say anything to Cassy, just speculated they had some kind of relationship in common, Cassy looks like she had known Lucian for long. The way she had spoken to him...

Lucian noticed she wasn't saying anymore, and the expression on her was indifferent. '' What could be on her mind now?'' he raised his brow, trying to break the ice between them, as the driver turned the car on, and laced his hands around the steering wheel. Anna appeared troubled and kept Lucian wondering and restless.

'' You're good Anna?'' he couldn't restrict himself from speaking to her. '' You know she didn't spill the tea on me mistakenly right?'' she burst out. Lucian, jaw dropped, speechless. '' Who is she to you? She doesn't sound like she knew you from the company, she sounded like you've been friends once, who is she?'' Anna kind of spat out her heart. 

'' She's my best friend, precisely a childhood friend'' he answered calmly. '' Best friend?'' her eyes dilated and squinted again. '' Could Cassy, also know about his parents?'' she bit her lips. Strange though... A grumpy with a best friend?...