ARIANA'S POV (continuing):
Suddenly, my bedroom door opened and a party popper went off.
Surprise!
It was Mykel.
Mykel? What's all this?
Our first month anniversary!
I chuckled.
Oh yeah… sorry, I completely forgot.
It's okay, hun. I remembered it, and we have to celebrate it together now.
What's this journal and scrapbook?
I… I was looking for the perfect gift for you and thought you like journals so much, and pictures too, so I made all this for you. Do you like it?
Like? I love it!
Look, there are so many empty pages left in the scrapbook. You can later capture our adventures and romantic date nights, make them memorable in it, so that when we become 70 or 80+, we'll open this journal and feel like it was just yesterday that we got married…
giggles
Oh okay… sure…
Now the cake. Let's cut it first. Blow the candle… oh, where's my lighter? Wait here for a moment, hun. I'll just go to the kitchen and bring the lighter, okay?
I nodded.
After a while, he came back with a lighter.
Finally!
He lit the candle.
Let's blow it.
Wait!
What, hun?
First, make a wish.
It's not a birthday…
Still, you have to make a wish before blowing out a candle.
Okay, as you suggest…
After a moment of silent praying, we blew the candle.
There, now cut it… let's cut it together.
After cutting it, he took a small piece and fed me, then I did the same.
Is it delicious?
Very delicious!
Look what else I brought!
Champagne!
chuckles
He popped the champagne and poured it into two glasses, giving one to me.
After a while, we were still drinking again and again.
I was in his arms. He was cuddling me while we were both drunk.
You know something…
What, hun?
No one ever gave me surprises like this before… never. I mean, I went on dates, but I never received these kinds of surprises or anniversaries, because all my relationships were based on lust, not love… and they made me feel absurd instead of loved. chuckles bitterly Sorry… I'm making our beautiful day emotional and negative…
He stroked my cheeks with his hands, wiped my tears that were falling unconsciously, and kissed my forehead gently.
No… you're not being negative or ruining our day. You're embracing a new path and trying to forget the past, replacing it with the good memories we're making now. And I promise you, I will turn all your bad memories into beautiful ones....so beautiful that you'll never remember the pain of your past.
I smiled gently, nodded, and hugged him tightly.
I pulled away slowly and looked into his eyes. We both leaned closer, and our lips crashed into a passionate, deep kiss. Our tongues intertwined as the kiss deepened. He opened my robe and pulled it off while kissing me. I pulled away from the kiss and took off his shirt, unbuttoning his jeans. Soon we were both naked. He got on top of me. I scratched his back as he moved inside me, and I moaned softly in his ear as he kissed and sucked on my neck