Adeline Carter's POV

"So you mean to tell me that you have approximately 2 weeks left, before you're married, and your dad just sprung it on you that day after Belle's game?!" James yells.

He sits on my bed wearing his mother's 'borrowed' unicorn onzie and throwing pieces of popcorn at me.

And by borrowed, I mean that she hasn't seen that thing in the past two months.

Belle sighs and looks up from her book.

"Jay, she's said it like ten million times!" She reminds him.

He ignores her.

To me and James, arranged marriages are very normal.

But they often take on an entirely different approach.

It's a meeting between two or more families and their children to see who is the best fit.

You then date your potential partners until one sticks and then you go back to your parents to talk and then get married.

"Oh, my God, where is your..." He stops short noticing something behind me.

"Oh my God, is that..." He scrambles off of my bed, spilling half of the popcorn on my bed!

I yell, knowing that there will be crumbs everywhere!

He walks up to my dresser and picks something up.

"Oh my God, it's huge! It's like a piece of fruit!" He turns around holding my ring.

He holds it to the light.

"So your fiancé is rich, good looking, and romantic?!" He swoons.

"Ade if you don't marry the boy, I will!" He announces.

I giggle.

Whilst James babbles on rapidly about obviously becoming my chief wedding planner and what kind of dress that I'm wearing, I pick up as many pieces of popcorn as I can.

If all else fails, I'll put a blanket over mine and Belle's side of the bed and James can and will sleep on the popcorn. No arguments.

James is halfway through his rant, when Grace and Maria burst through my door.

Grace is ranting about something down the phone in a separate language I don't think I've ever heard and her sister looks annoyed with her.

Belle looks up at them and then back down at her book.

Grace rolls her eyes and ends the call mid way between the person on the other line talking.

She throws a box of chocolates at the bed harder than intended.

I duck out the way and Belle catches it without looking up.

She then noticed and looks up at what she's holding.

"Chocolates!" She says happily.

"Your reflexes are amazing!" Maria gushes.

Belle shrugs with a grin, trying to hide her blushing face.

"With 7 other brothers, I'd hope that I was good with reflexes" she chuckles.

"7?!" Maria asks, astounded.

She sits on my bed.

So maybe having a King sized bed is not that bad after all...

"Yup, 7 imbeciles to grow up with" Belle says. Maria giggles and they continue with their conversation.

I decide that since James has sat on most of it, we need more popcorn. I walk barefoot out of my room and towards the kitchen.

When I get there, it's empty.

I give my short self a leg up using the table and reach into the cupboard to get a packet of buttered popcorn.

I grab it and nearly fall as I jump off of the counter.

I rip off the plastic with my teeth and chuck the popcorn into the microwave, before setting the timer and pressing start.

I throw the plastic into the recycling bin and wait for the popcorn.

I go through people's Snapchat stories and feel my body heat up with embarrassment, when I get to Matéo's story.

The first one is a picture of me laughing at something, James had said at lunch earlier.

I look so relaxed.

The next one is of us in the full length mirror.

He smiles at the camera and my back is to the mirror.

He holds a handful of my ass and the caption says, 'Mine'

I suddenly feel a presence behind me.

"Hey" I hear Matéo's deep voice say into my ear.

I spin around and nearly punch him!

When did he get here?

Speak of the devil and he shall appear.

"Hey" I whisper.

I turn around properly to face him and look up at him.

His eyes are even darker than usual in the dim light of the kitchen.

His eyes glide down my body slowly then back to my face.

"Your pyjamas are adorable" he comments.

He can't hide the heat in his voice though.

I look down at my pyjamas.

I wear a singlet with no bra and a pair of shorts.

"Simple sleepwear and you're ready to off pant!" I cackle at him.

He wraps his arms around my waist and his hands travel.

"Do you want me to deny it or?" He asks.

My eyes widen.

"No shame!" I gasp

"We're getting married. Do I need shame?" He asks.

He grabs my ass again, just enjoying the feeling of it being in his hands.

Now I don't have much experience with men...

But I can read body language pretty well and I know he'd probably want nothing more than some alone time.

He chuckles.

"Once I marry you, I'll show you shamelessness" he says.

His voice is a dangerous whisper.

I nod, unable to speak.

Unable to stop myself, I get on my tiptoes and plant a kiss on his lips.

He kisses me back and bites he my lip.

I let him.

I drag my nails through his short hair, slowly, making him groan.

His hands move from my ass to my thighs and he squeezes a little.

My breath catches in my throat.

He chuckles at my reaction and I know that for lack of consent and the fact that anyone could walk into the kitchen right now is the reason he doesn't go further.

He moves to my neck and kisses it, biting gently and then sucking it a little roughly.

I shiver.

I'm suddenly distracted my the sound of the microwave wailing to signal the popcorn being finished.

I try to move past him but he grabs my hips and easily lifts me up to sit on the worktop.

"Matéo..." I try but he cuts my off by kissing me again.

I shut up.

After a few minutes I pull away.

"Stop, I need to go!" I chuckle, feeling giddy.

He groans under his breath and helps me down.

He grabs a large bowl from the top shelf and hands it to me.

I take it and thank him, before turning around and pouring in the popcorn.

I can feel him watching me.

I fill it up and turn around to go back up the stairs.

"See you later" I say.

"Bye" he responds, still sulking.

I smirk and grab him by the strings of his sweatpants and pull him towards me.

I give him a quick kiss and then sprint out of the kitchen, before it can escalate.

When I get back in the room, James noticed me first.

He's about to say something and suddenly stops.

With a smirk, he nudges Grace who looks at me then her eyes widen.

She does the same to Maria and then Maria, to Belle and then suddenly, their all staring at me. I scowl at them all and drop the bowl of popcorn onto the bed.

Whatever game they are playing, it's not funny!

I walk up to my dresser in search of hair tie, ignoring their silly little game and catch sight of myself in the mirror.

I do a double take, before I realised what they are all giggling about.

I forgot I bruise like fruit.

I've got the start of a love bite forming on my neck.

Matéo...

I'm going to kill that son of a...

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