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Riona sat quietly in the first class compartment as Black sat down beside her too. He could see his mum, Casita and Nycole. They were all seated at the back. He turned and saw that Riona was deep in thoughts.
Black looked at her and asked.

"What's wrong? You look different." He said holding her hands as he kissed it, and Riona managed to give him a faint smile before replying,

"Nothing... Just tired I guess."

"Ok sure. If you say so."

The plane had taken off shortly as it began to grow dark. A hostess had shown Riona the restroom for her to change from her present dressing to a much less loose black short gown. She came out of the bathroom and made her way back to her seat as Black noticed her dressing and said,

“You look really beautiful.”

“Thank you dear. I am happy you like it.” She said as she sat down as he faced her.

“Are you hungry? Should I call the hostess to bring something from you.” He said as she shook her head.

“Actually I am tired and I just want to watch you type away on your laptop. It seems quite urgent, doesn’t it?” She asked as he replied,

“Oh yes, but if you want to watch something, I could totally watch it with you, you look a bit pale though, are you sick?” He asked as he placed his hand on her forehead as she replied,

“I will get better. My stomach is just rumbling as if it is nausea. Don’t worry about me, it happens every time, I get on a plane. I took drugs before we left home so very soon, I will sleep off.” She said in a low voice as Black stayed in a way that allowed her to rest on his shoulders and said,

“Then I will be your guard while you sleep and when it is time to land, I will wake you up, okay?” He said as she nodded her head and said,

“Sounds perfect. Between you and me, I think Nycole likes Casita. Will you agree to them being together despite the fact that his brother was the one who almost killed you guys.” She said as Black looked ahead and saw that his sister and Nycole were busy watching a movie on his Ipad.

“I learnt that we should punish people for crimes committed by their family. Nycole is a good kid, if he likes Casita and she likes him too, then ii have no reason to stop them from being together. I want my baby sister to be happy.” He replied but Riona had already slept off. He smiled at tjis and went back to what he was doing.

*****

Riona was woken up gently by Black and she opened her eyes allowing her eyes to get adjusted to the light. It was early dawn and the airplane was already making a descent down on the tarmac of the Paris Airport.

“Are we here?” She asked as Black nodded his head in affirmative before going back to his laptop where he was working on something. Riona noticed that she fell asleep watching him work and wondered how long he actually been on that.

“Did you get any sleep at all?” She asked as Black replied,

“No, not yet. I am working on a project and….” He was caught short as Riona gently slid the top of the laptop short as she said,

“You need to rest you know. You can work on the project after you have gotten a good sleep. You will be cranky if you keep this late nights, believe me I know.” She said with a smile as Black massaged her hands and said,

“You are right. Besides this is our honeymoon. We need to be focusing on the both of us, I will try to keep my work to a minimum.” He said as he kissed her hand and smiled back.

“Guys we are literally leaving the plane so less lovey dovey?” Casita said as she reached their seats and passed them, as they realized it and stood up. Their bags were already outside and had been checked at the terminal when they reached the rest of the team. Mrs Selena was looking around smiling as two black limos pulled up in front of them and the drivers came out.

“Good morning sir. Please are you Mr Black Salvador. We have orders to pick the entire family.” He said as Black nodded his head and said,

“Yes, these are my family.” He said gesturing to them as the drivers opened their doors and bowed down as a sign of respect.

“Please….enter.” They said as Riona looked at Black who nodded his head and she entered one of the limos while Black turned and faced his family and said,

“The limos are taking us to the private condo. Please enter them okay? I ordered for it before we even travelled.” He said as Casita nodded her head and entered, followed by Nycole and lastly Mrs Selena as the driver put their luggage in the boot while he entered last before the doors were closed.

The ride into town was a smooth one, This being Riona’s first time, she was awed by everything she saw and her neck kept on craning from left to right. Black who saw this chuckled and said,

“You are acting as if this is your first time you have been in Paris, Farah.” Riona quickly remembered that she was supposed to be acting more like her so that Black wouldn’t notice something was up and said,

“Actually, there has been a lot of changes, so I am just checking them out. It has been long after all.” She said with a smile before laying back to enjoy the ride.

Casita and Nycole on the other hand were discussing and pointing at things while their mum was viewing her facebook feeds to see what is going on.

“Mum, look we have to try out this restaurant soon.” Casita said pointing at the restaurant as they passed it while she nodded her head and said,

“Sure, one of this days, as soon as you brush up on your french, young lady.” She said as Casita pouted and said,

“You know how I feel about speaking in other languages mum. I feel like something I am saying the literal opposite of what I wanted to say.

“I actually know a little bit of french, I can help you if you want.” Nycole said as the women turned to look at him while Casita glared at him and Mrs Selena replied,

“Excellent. Finally you have your own private tutor. Thank you Nycole. She needs the lesson okay?” She said as Nycole nodded his head nervously as Casita drew her finger across her neck.

“We have reached, Mademoiselles and Monsieur.” The driver announced as he parked in front of the hotel as Casita and Nycole’s mouth literally dropped open as they stared at the wonderful infrastructure in front of them.

The door opened as they stepped out of the car and looked around as they could see people going on their private business. They saw that Black’s car had stopped in front and they were outside too so they went to meet them.

“How is this place?” Black asked as Casita exclaimed,

“Are you kidding me, it seems like I just stepped out into a Disney land and I am one of the princess. Just imagine the cost of one night, much less a honeymoon vacation. I am so excited that I came here.” She said with glee on her face as Riona replied,

“Me too. It feels like a dream. I doubt I have ever lodged in something this fancy before.” She said as the valets came forward and picked up their bags and started heading for the doors.

“Well I guess we better check in, then. Come on.” He said as they followed him into the hotel grounds. As they got to the receptionist table, a pretty french lady said in English but with a french accent.

“ Good morning, how may I be of service?”

“Good morning, I would like to book 4 rooms, couple rooms two and a single room.” He said as he handed one of his platinum cards and gave it to her.

“And what name should I book it under?” She asked pleasantly taking the card from him as he said,

“Book it under the name Black Salvador.” He said as she nodded her head and quickly typed it on her laptop as she handed him some keys and said,

“Hope you enjoy your stay with us, sir. Thank you.” She said as they smiled at her and left for the elevator.

“Why did you get couple rooms for me and Nycole brother?” Casita asked as Black handed her one of the keys and said,

“Well, you guys are a couple right?” He said with a smirk as Casita wanted to pounce on him but Nycole held her back as Black laughed and said,

“Come on, you don’t need to be shy. It certainly bests having you sneak off to his room, isn't that right mum?” He turned to face Mrs Selena who replied,

“Stop teasing your sister boy.”