Luca could not believe the nerve of the woman. All traces of business was gone and he was looking at her like she was the queen of crazy "Let's. Get. Married" Ophelia said slowly for it to sink in. Luca closed his eyes and counted to five in his head. He was wondering what wrong he did this time to have encountered Crazy in day time.
He opened his eyes and stared at her blankly "I'm sorry Miss Ophelia, but I cannot concede to what you ask of me. Now, if you'll please" he tried to walk away. "I'll pay you" he stopped when he heard her. 'This should be fun' he thought as he turned back to her
"How much?"
"Whatever you want"
"Really?"
"Yes"
He chuckled "But if we get married, it means your money is mine and mine is yours, Isn't it?" He said making her forget that it was just a contract marriage. Ophelia played with her car keys a little bit and looked away from him "then I don't have to pay you"
"But it's a contract" Luca had an amusing look on his face "so?" Ophelia looked at him giving him a 'what do you mean' look. "it means you have to pay me for services rendered. I mean, It's a contract" Luca was ready to laugh at Ophelia's dumbfounded expression. Ophelia then realized that he was playing with her and she glared at him. Hard.
Lucas allowed a small chuckle to slip from his lips before he got himself again "so why do you want us to get married?" he asked "Let's just say.... It's urgent" she shrugged.
She brought out her pack of cigarettes and threw the gum in her mouth away. She put a cigarette in her mouth and turned her lighter on to burn the tip but it was put off by Luca. "If we're going to be married, I'll need to have a living wife, right?" he raised an eyebrow at her. She looked at him before taking the cigarette out of her mouth "the contract marriage might only be for two years" she reminded him but he replied "It's still a marriage"
"Does this mean yes?" Ophelia asked and he shrugged his shoulders. She said to him "but you know nothing about me"
"And you're just thinking about that now?" He asked with a chuckle "well, you don't need to. Just know that I can take care of both of us with my job" she smiled. Lucas almost choked on his own breath while trying to hold back his laugh. To avoid getting caught, he just accepted the offer "Okay Miss Ophelia, I'll play your game. But I'm still working for the nonna" he said to her and she nodded meaning she was fine with it.
She brought her hands for a handshake "shake on it?" she asked but Luca had other plans. He smirked at her slowly moving closer to her. Ophelia stood her ground not moving back even a little bit and then, he pulled her into a hug.
He inhaled her hair loving the smell of her shampoo "I would have kissed you, but you look like you would grill me just by hugging you" he said as he continued to pull her closer in the hug. Ophelia realized he was teasing her and smirked 'he's playing games, eh?'
She slowly wrapped her arms around his broad back "I would have loved it if we had kissed on it" she then dragged her nails down his back again then lightly pushed him off her. Lucas was left speechless. He looked at her and thought
'I'll love this marriage'