Taken By The Mafia Lord

"Marcel is on his way here," Arianna could not recall the number of times she went over her mother's announcement in her head. So the instant she heard and confirmed his car driving into their lawn through her blinders, Arianna broke into a sprint.

She practically flew over the flights of stairs in her haste to go see Marcel. Nearly running into the staff who were busy putting everything in place to make the guest's stay as comfortable as possible according to Natalie's orders.

Arianna nearly kicked the door out of her way and there she saw him. Marcel was outside, speaking with Victor and her heart leaped in joy. He was here? Marcel was really here! In flesh and blood. It was a miracle!

Without a second thought, Arianna ran over to him.

"We are toast if this goes wrong." Victor reminded Marcel, eyeing the number of Eric's soldiers guarding the residence and the possibility of them making it out of here alive if push comes to shove.

"For once, you should learn to trust -" Marcel did not get to finish the rest of his words because he felt something coming his way and lifted his eyes only to see Arianna leap into his arms.

Dear God.

It had taken Marcel a great deal of effort to catch Arianna and maintain his balance at the same time. Even at that, he still staggered back from the impact; she nearly brought him to the ground.

Stunned by her action, Marcel wanted to scold her seriously. She could have injured herself had he not caught her on time, but when Marcel looked at her and saw the genuine happiness on her face, no words came out of his mouth. Was she that excited to see him?

"You're here," Arianna breathed, smiling at him widely. Her beauty was so radiant that it could have shamed the sun as well, not to talk of Marcel who was held spellbound. If Arianna was Redhead, she would be wagging her tail at him right now.

Marcel's anger dissipated without Arianna doing much and she put the cherry on top by kissing him on the lips in front of everyone. Arianna's action shocked everyone in the vicinity - including Marcel - who saw them. Even the guards had to force their gaze away from the scene.

"Urm…" Victor cleared his throat beside him, "We still have -"

But Marcel turned his cousin's face the other way with his hand while his lips were still connected with Arianna's. If his girl wanted to kiss him, who was he to refuse such a privilege? So he wrapped his arm around her waist, pressing her flush to his body, and kissed her thoroughly.

Marcel's lips curled up at the corners, he loved kissing her and her lips tasted so sweet he was practically addicted to it. Not to mention that Arianna claimed him in front of his enemies and Marcel found the move so hot that he decided to reward her by kissing her as if the world was ending and it was merely the both of them left in existence.

She moaned as he kissed her harder, her head reeling from the sensations. Arianna fisted her hand in the inside of his shirt, dragging him to her body till there was not a single space between them and she was practically grinding on him.

It was at that point that Eric decided he couldn't take it anymore and he cleared his throat loudly enough for the both of them to pull apart reluctantly. The both of them had silly grins on their faces when they broke the kiss, their breath coming in pants.

But then, Arianna didn't give Marcel a chance to recover from the surprises she gave him already because she confessed to him, "I love you, Marcel."

Marcel stiffened at once, his eyes going wide at what he just heard while Victor sighed. Had he known everything would turn out this way, he wouldn't have worried too much and returned to the base. But now he had to watch and swallow down this public display of affection by the couples right in front of him - even though he was happy for Marcel.

"W-what did you just say?" Marcel was shaken up by her confession. No, he wanted her to say it again because it felt like he didn't hear her say those three special words.

"I love you Marcelo Xavier Luciano from the bottom of my heart," Arianna said to him. She was sure of it now. She loved him to the moon and back.

But then, the reaction Arianna received from him was not what she expected.

Marcel let go of her and then paced up and down, looking confused, if not, disoriented for a while. And then, he drew his head back and screamed at the top of his lungs, shocking everyone. When he was done, he turned to Arianna and carried her off her feet, causing a squeal to leave her lips.

He then began to twirl her around while Arianna screamed in both excitement and surprise, his reaction was so over the top and unexpected - and she was getting a little embarrassed. Especially when he put her down and began to shower her with loud, fluttery kisses.

"Marcel…." Arianna tried to hide her face from him but was unsuccessful. His enthusiasm was overwhelming. If only she knew what those words meant to him and what they did to him.

To Marcel, those three special words meant he wouldn't have to force her to be with her; he wouldn't force her to have his child; he wouldn't force her to be his wife. She would be with him willing. Not to mention that Arianna was quite reserved about her feelings for him and for her to say it out loud in front of everyone, meant a lot to him.

So he answered, "I love you too, Arianna from the deepest part of my heart," And his heated mouth was on hers again, kissing her with all that he had.

"Oh well," Eric gave up on separating them again and went inside. When the lovebirds were done, they knew where to find him.