Chapter 20: Marriage?

Lila stared incredulously at the young girl in front of her. "What do you mean you won't let me see Sonny?"

Adella all but snarled at her. "He and mommy are discussing some very important things, and the last thing he needs is one of his brood of bastard children interrupting him." She had her body pressed against the penthouse door refusing Lila entrance.

"You have got to be kidding me. Move or I'll move you." Lila had really had it with this spoiled little child, and in one second she was gonna beat her to death.

Adella snorted, "I'd like to see you try."

Lila wrapped her hand tightly around the other girl's wrist and roughly jerked her forward and away from the door. She quickly opened it and scurried inside before Adella could regain her footing. Sonny and Carly were both sitting at the dining room table and looked up shocked when she came in.

"Hey Sonny!" Lila said cheerfully. She sat down across from him at the table,
"I really have to talk to you alone."

"Whatever you have to say to Sonny you can say in front of me," Carly said snidely looking Lila up and down.

"Maybe you ought to go check on Adella. I think she fell in the hall or something."

Carly stood up quickly, "If you did anything-"she trailed off leaving the threat open as she ran out the door.

"Why are you with her? She had another man's child while you were with her for God's sake."

Sonny looked startled, "How did you know?"

"Brown eyes are a dominant trait, Carly's are blue and Adella's are green."

Sonny walked over to the bar and poured them both glasses of water, "It's a very long story Lila." He returned to his seat across from her, "What is it you needed?"

"Well, I talked to Luke and-"Lila was cut off as Adella came through the door.

"You bitch! How dare you lay your hands on me!"

"Adella," Lila said dryly. "You seem upset."

"Well duh!"

"Look Adella, I'm warning you to back the hell off. Cause if you don't, it'll take every damn guard you have to pull me off of you." Lila stood up and glared at her.

"I'd listen to her if I were you. She can get pretty damn angry when she wants to." Lila would know that voice anywhere. She saw Michael leaning just inside the doorway.

"Michael!" Carly screeched. "I'm so happy you're here."

Michael smirked, "And why's that Carly?"

"This little harpy is trying to throw her weight around."

He walked into the living room and stood next to Lila. "That harpy is going to be part of your family soon, so I suggest you learn to get along with her." Lila frowned at Michael unsure of where he was going with this.

"Daddy will never accept her," Adella told him matter of fact.

Michael snorted, "Who said anything about Sonny being in this equation?"

"How else would she be part of this family?" Sonny asked Michael curiously.

"By marriage of course."

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Oh God she was going to be sick, she just knew it. After Michael had made his announcement of intent, full-blown pandemonium had broken out. Carly and Adella had begun to scream and Sonny had begun to drink. Lila and Michael had quickly escaped to the relative safety of the elevator. Lila was beating her head against the paneling while Michael stood coolly to the side. "Careful Princess, you're liable to hurt yourself."

"Don't you talk to me!" Lila hissed at him. How the hell could he just go in there and announce that he was going to marry her? The smug son of a bitch! Did it ever occur to him to ask her?

"So, do you want to plan the wedding or hire someone to do it?"

Lila spun around angrily and gave him a death glare. "I'm not going to marry you! Not in this lifetime!"

"What about the next?"

"Never! We're broken up because you don't trust my judgement remember? Not that there was much to break up, being that we slept together twice and that was the end of that! It's not like we had a real relationship or anything, just sex!"

It took only a moment for Michael to pin her between his body and the elevator wall. "Don't say that. We may have only been together for a couple of days, but it was so much more than sex. I care about you, and I know that you care about me too."

"Do not," Lila whispered. Truthfully she was about to faint. Being pressed against Michael was making her crazy.

He gave her a little smile and leaned close to her ear, his breath hot on her neck. "You do care about me Princess. I can see it in your eyes and the way you look at me. The way you trusted me enough to tell me about Jason. You care about me so much it scares you. You're afraid that I'm going to leave you, just like everyone else you've ever loved. I got news for you Lila, I'm never going to leave. I'm part of you now, and you're part of me, and if it takes me the rest of my natural born life to convince you that we're meant to be together then so be it." He pressed his face into the side of her neck, "I'll never give up on you Lila, you mean too much to me."

Now she felt like crying. Michael was right, he always was. She did care about him, and she wanted to be with him, but the words wouldn't come out. She pulled his face away from her neck and looked him in the eyes. She kissed him with all the emotions she was feeling going into it. In that moment, he knew he loved her.

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