Chapter 26
Mariyah stared at the ocean, really thinking about how close Zak and Caleb and even Eric had come to dying today. Zak came over sat beside her on the sad, he had taken his jacket off. "I'm sorry, I lied to you." He said nudging her with his shoulder.
"I can't believe you." She looked at him and wanted to sob. "You put your life in danger."
"I'm more stressed that I put your life in danger, I'm sorry.”
"Zak, you fucked up my life, you could have saved me the trouble and told me."
"No I couldn't I needed you to be ignorant to all this. The feds were very specific."
"What will happen to them?"
"They will die in there, I'll not risk one of them coming out. It's all organized."
"So what? It's over now, your safe?"
"I'm safe, Caleb's safe we are all finally fucking safe. They cut my sentence in half if I helped them bring them down." Mariyah nodded.
"What about Olivia?" She asked.
"Olivia will go to jail, she had access to a lot of Emmanuelle's shit. They have enough shit on her to keep her away for a long time."
"Did you love her?" Zak laughed when Mariyah asked that.
"Mariyah you think if I loved her I would do what I did? I couldn't wait to see the back of her. She was doing my head in but I needed her, she was my way in." Zak stood up and pulled her up with him. "You look so fucking hot, I want to rip that dress off you and fuck you here and now." Well then…
"Shut up…" Mariyah had no idea what Zak was doing, he gave her this look, a serious look before he bent down on one knee, Mariyah took a second to figure out what was going on.
"Mariyah, would you do the honor of being my wife?" He took out a ring, the ring she saw at Clarissa's shop the one that cost over a million dollars. Mariyah stared dumbly at him.
"Answer the man Mariyah." Came Caleb's voice from behind her.
She looked at Zak on bended knee and nodded her head dumbly, unable to find her voice, she just continued to nod.
Zak placed the ring on her hand and stood up, he kissed her passionately.
Mariyah could not fathom this happening to her.
She felt like crying but didn't want to waste anymore tears even happy ones.
Caleb came and wrapped his arms around her. "Told you to trust him." She continued to nod stupidly. Eric arrived with the priest who had followed them.
"Should we get started?" The priest asked.
"I'm ready, Caleb, Eric are you ready?" Zak was asking the boys. Ready for what?
"Ready…" They each replied in turn.
"Ready for what?" Finally finding her voice.
"Our wedding…” And they got married… The priest did his thing… It was done… Mariyah could not believe how the day turned out.
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Mariyah was in a dream like state when they arrived home, she was Mrs Mariyah Michaels in no time. Before they entered the house, Zak lifted her up in his arms and walked in. Javier and Rita were smiling happily. Wow everybody knew except her, this was the last thing she ever thought would happen.
Zak took her upstairs and to his room. "I'm sorry Zak, I can't be in the room you and her were in."
"Baby I couldn't be in the same room. This here is our room.
" He opened the double doors to a room that looked like it came out of the rich and famous.
The entire room had rose petals around. Champagne chilling and candles lit the room.
Mariyah gasped at the effort he had gone to. She turned and hugged him tightly.
"I love you Zak Michaels… Like I really love you."
"You are the most troublesome piece of work I have ever come across.
Fuck me kid, you almost killed me. I needed to be inside you all the fucking time, I needed to touch you and I couldn't. I didn't want to keep hurting you.
I swear my body cringed when she was touching me.
To the point where I could only endure her touch with you there.
I'm sorry baby." Mariyah wouldn't allow herself to cry. No more tears…
"I don't want to ever talk about her, she is gone and I will not look back. Promise me you will not be with anybody else." Zak smile reached his dark eyes.
"The only person I can handle is you. Babe you will keep me busy for a very long time." Zak was nuzzling her neck. "Go and take that fucking makeup off." She frowned and looked up at him.
"You have to admit I look good." She said shrugging her shoulders.
"I don't want you to look good, go take it off."
"You my friend are what we consider a big bully."
"And you my friend are going to ruin your dress if you don't get your ass here. I want to fuck my wife."
This was her life, she was the property of Zak Michaels and for the first time in a very long time could not be happier.
Sure he would pay for putting her through hell and back…
But for now… For now nothing was going to ruin her moment with her husband…
Her husband. Zak Michaels was her husband…
Like oh my god… She was so married to the convict who stole her heart.