"All you have to do is sign here and that’s it. We’re done!" the boss announced loudly.


    Hayden didn’t seem at all surprised at how his father seemed to be rushing and impatient about everything. Instead of bothering us to travel to the city hall, the boss had a representative from the city hall turn up to our mansion with our marriage registry ready for signing.


    The thin and frail middle-aged man who had the misfortune to be selected for this task looked like he couldn’t wait to get this over and done with so that he could go home.


    The ride to this mansion with a blindfold on must have been harsh on him psychologically if not physically as well considering his age. I fully sympathized with him, and I had to say that from my experience I could understand what it really felt like. The way the man trembled as he stood in front of us reminded me of the old and unfortunate priest that was supposed to wed us twice at the church.


    I wished that our union wouldn’t need to involve any more unfortunate bystanders like this. Not knowing how else tofort the poor man, I presented him one of my warmest smiles.


    One of the men dressed in ck handed a pen to Hayden and then another one to me. Although there was nothing ceremonious about us just signing our names at the line on the marriage registry, the weight of the pen in my hand felt like it weighed a ton. Signing my name here would marry me legally to Hayden and along with it came so many changes and responsibilities.


    I wondered what thoughts ran through Hayden’s mind when he signed his name casually onto the paper in front of us. Unlike me, Hayden did not seem to hesitate at all and perhaps that was because to him, we were already as good as married since he slipped thatrge diamond ring onto my ring finger in the hospital.


    "Your turn," Hayden turned to tell me in such an emotionless tone.


    I nced up to meet his calm blue eyes, and just like that, any hesitations that I may have had evaporated into thin air. Time seemed to travel slowly as I lifted my hand and ced the tip of the pen at the nk space on the page where I was supposed to sign my name.


    Here goes…everything…


    I could feel Hayden’s intense gaze on me and then on the still-nk space on the paper. After taking in a deep breath, my right hand moved and soon my full signature filled the empty space on the page.


    "Thank you…" the man whispered in relief.


    "Malissa…" Hayden called my name softly.


    I felt his arms encircle my waist and he was pulling me in closer to him. His fingers captured my chin and tipped my head back, so I was forced to stare right up into his face and his intense blue gaze. His face came closer, and I instinctively closed my eyes as I awaited eagerly to feel the warmth and softness of his lips on mine.


    Hayden kissed me very deeply in front of everyone who was present to witness our legal union. It was frankly extremely embarrassing for me to be kissed this passionately in front of everyone, but I felt like Hayden wasn’t doing this to show off to anyone or toplete the mini ceremony of our union. He was probably just doing it because he felt like it and that was just so like him.


    Everyone around us pped and cheered loudly.


    After his tongue seemed to have had its fill of teasing and tasting me, he broke our kiss to my relief. His heated kiss left me panting and struggling for oxygen. I forgot the presence of everyone else around us when Hayden smiled happily down at me and pulled me against him in a rough hug.


    I closed my eyes and relished in the joy and warmth of his embrace as everything and everyone else fainted into nothingness in my mind.


    We’re now legally married. Although Hayden mentioned that he didn’t think that we needed a paper to bind us together as Man and Wife but having signed that paper with him, it truly felt like we had be man and wife in every sense of the word.


    …


    "You’re meeting Ethan today? Really?" I asked in pure surprise after Hayden had bothered to share the news of his meeting with Ethan to me.


    It was early in the morning, and I had figured that something important must be happening for him at work because he usually never gets up to go to work this early. Hayden also seemed more energetic than normal. It might be too farfetched to say that he seemed to be looking forward to going to work but that was the vibe that I was feeling from him.


    I watched as Hayden pulled on his white suit before he turned to sh me a charming smile. My heart immediately skipped a beat and I started to wonder when I would get used to seeing that smile of his. Probably not in this lifetime…


    "Yup. He’s meeting the boss and they want me to be there as well. Things are looking up for Silva for sure this time around," Hayden replied casually.


    "Let me do this…" I offered as I took his tie from him.


    I stood up on my tiptoes to tie the tie around his neck for him. Hayden peered down at me, and I nced up to smile at him briefly before my attention returned to knotting his tie. He looked so handsome like always.


    Whoever helped him pick the outfits that lined his wardrobe must be a fashion genius of some sort because all his outfitsplimented at least one of his features and made it standout wlessly whether it was his blue eyes, his skin, or the muscles of his chest and arms. Sometimes, even the muscles of his ass looked adorably pleasing to the eyes through his pants.


    --To be continued…