Listen to 'memories by Maroon 5 ' and shut up and dance by walk the moon while reading this chapter.
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Five months later,
Melody POV
" I welcome you all to this wonderful gathering tonight. In conjunction with DReam and Xian company, allow me to introduce the latest brand in the business world." I paused and cleared my throat. "Memories!" I exclaimed and the hall was filled with applause.
Five months had passed and a lot had happened. The following week after the funeral, I introduced Giovanni to Hope as her dad. At first, she was surprised but she quickly accepted him as her father. She was happy and cling to Giovanni for days.
My aunt who abandoned us, Ruth Glenn visited Lorena in the hospital before she got discharged and apologized for the past. She handed over the inheritance our parents left over to us. The inheritance includes the mansion she was staying in and millions of dollars. Lorena and I decided to give half of the money to the orphanage home. We sold the mansion since we didn't want to have anything to do with it. The money from the mansion was saved up to build the dream restaurant Lorena had always wanted.
Two months after George's and Benjamin's funeral, Giovanni announced me to the public as his wife. It came as shock to everyone in the company and everyone in the city. We were the talk of the town. We made headlines for a month as our faces were plastered on several tabloids, paparazzi followed us like flies. They finally grew tired when another news about some other popular people came up.
Lorena also left for a culinary school in Italy.
Marissa spent three months in the psychiatric home and when she got well, she was discharged and bought to live with us. I was happy about her improvement. She made sure to apologize for everything she had done and Hope accepted her as her grandmother. Giovanni and I visited sister Mary on her sickbed and Giovanni made a huge donation to the orphanage. Sister Mary expressed her happiness and prayed for us.
"I pray that you both will last forever and ever." Those were sister's Mary prayers to us as she died the following day. She was buried in the orphanage home and the orphaned home was named after her. 'Mary's Home."
The 'Memories' project resumed and five-month later, I stood in front of everyone as we launched the brand.
"Allow me to welcome my husband, the chairman of DReam for his speech." I smiled as Giovanni made his way to the stage where I stood. He smiled as he made his way over to me.
"Thank you, my dear wife," he said and pecked my cheek. "I appreciate you all for coming over to launch this brand with us." He said to the people in the hall. "Mr yuan and Mr. Chu, I appreciate you both for collaborating with DReam." He addressed the Chinese investors that were sitting in the front seat. "For years, we've been launching a different product on technology but this year, we decided to try something different. It was suggested by my dear wife," he pointed to me and I smiled at him. "My dear wife suggested that we launched a cosmetics brand this year called memories," He said and they applauded him.
"Memories isn't just a cosmetics brand but it also a platform for those who want to let go of their memories and replaced them with good and new ones." He explained. "My wife here will tell you all about memories." He announced and left the stage.
"Thank you, dear husband," I said to him and then face the crowd. "Memories platform is a place for people with trauma, memories to come together and form new ones. The product is made for those who have low self-esteem about their skin, body, and appearance. Miss Anita, can you please come up with a sample of the product." I requested.
Anita came to the stage with all her sweetness and handed over a bag containing the memories product to me. "Thank you, Anita," I said to her. She bows and left the stage.
When Anita found out that Giovanni was my husband, she couldn't believe it at first but after explaining some things to her, she finally came around and learn to accept that I was her boss's wife. In Lindsey's case, it was worst. She accused me of seducing the boss to marry me. When Giovanni found out about it, he wanted to chase her out of the company but I begged on her behalf. Lindsey soon became a good friend of mine and we worked together to make sure that the product turned out successful. Cassandra on the other hand left the company when she found out about Giovanni and me.
"Memories product includes make-up kits and skincare products." I raised the samples for the people to see. "I hope with the product, those with low self-esteem about their skin and appearance would be able to face the mirror and say...."
"I wished to replace the old memories with a new one." The people in the hall echoed the word and then stood up to clap for me.
"Thank you for coming and start buying our products." I bow and left the stage.
An artiste soon comes on stage and began to sing a solemn love song. I walked to Mr chu and Mr yuan's table and appreciate them for coming. "That's was a wonderful speech Mrs. Aderemi. " Yuan commented and I bow in response.
"The products are receiving massive orders online and the platform had grown massively. Congratulations to you Mrs. Aderemi." Mr chu gave me a thumb up.
"May I have a moment with my wife please?" Giovanni came behind me and wrapped his hand around my waist.
"Sure," Mr yuan said.
Giovanni pulled me closer to himself and caress my back. "I haven't greeted all our guests yet," I told him but he shut me up by kissing me. "Giovanni!" I protested between the kiss...
"I've missed you a lot, my dear. We haven't had time to ourselves for months now."
"Don't blame me. Blame it on the project." I responded.
"Let's dance," he changed the topic. He took my hand and dragged me to the dancing floor. We both began to dance to 'perfect by Ed Sheeran that was playing in the background. "I'm so happy to have you, my dear wife. You look really beautiful in this red dress." He commented. "I can't wait to see your beautiful body underneath," he whispered into my ears and I blushed unable to reply to his flirting.
"The best couples in town!" Someone squealed beside us. I could recognize that British accent anywhere. It was Kendra but she didn't come alone. She came with a black man who had his hands wrapped around her waist.
"Must be her boyfriend," I thought as he offered his hand for me to take.
"I'm Yomi Diamond and it's a pleasure to meet you both." he introduced himself and shook hands with myself and Giovanni's.
" it's a pleasure to meet you Yomi," I said to him. "Kendra!" I squealed and hugged her. "Thanks for coming."
"You are welcome. I'll do anything for you. " Kendra responded. "Giovanni!" She smiled at him and hugged him. "I'm happy for you."
"Thank you Kendra for everything," Giovanni said to her.
"Let us leave you both to your dance." She teased. "Come babe," she pulled yomi with her and they went into the crowd.
"Shall we continue our dance?" Giovanni requested and I shook my head. He pulled me closer to himself and placed his hand on my waist. His other hand guide through the dance floor.
"Mummy!" Hope voice sounded in the hall. "Daddy!" She rushed to us and hugged our legs.
Giovanni picked her up and kissed her forehead. "You seem energetic. What's going on baby girl?"Giovanni asked
" Aunty Lorena is here!" She bounced happily in her father's arm.
"Really?" Giovanni asked and she nodded.
"She is here!" She squealed.
Lorena in all her glory walked towards us I haven't seen her for three months ever since she left for Italy. Her blue sequin dress glittered even with all the lights on. She smiled and waved when she saw.
"Lorena!" I shouted and rushed to hub her midway. "I miss you, sis," I hugged her tighter.
"It's so nice to see you again little sister." She responded. "I missed you too."
"Lorena!" Giovanni called her.
"Giovanni!" She left my embrace and hugged Giovanni." it's nice to see you again."
"Aunty lore. I have a lot of things I want to show you." Hope said to her. " daddy just bought a new dollhouse for me. It's so big and amazing!" Hope expresses her feeling to Lorena.
"That's great. I'll be happy to see your dollhouse." Lorena pinched hope's nose and the girl burst out laughing. "I'm happy for you little sis," she turned to face. "I am glad that you finally achieve a huge success," she commented.
"Thank you, sis." I smiled at her.
"Hello!" Lorenzo announced himself as he walked towards us. He walked side by side with Lucas. After the fire incident, the three brothers bonded. Giovanni made Lucas the CEO of the wine-producing company. Lorenzo decided to choose a different career. He went into fashion designing and it was a good choice for him.
"Hello brother, sister-in-law," Lorenzo greeted us. "Lorena! It's so nice to see you again."
"Likewise," Lorena replied sarcastically. Those two never get along. I tried all I could to make sure they bonded but they didn't.
"Where is mum?" Giovanni asked.
"Over there," Lucas pointed to Marissa who was heading towards us. She greeted some people along the way before making her way towards us. I admired Marissa's bravery. Even after everything that had happened to her, she was still strong and beautiful like she used to be.
"My dear children," she greeted and waved at Hope. "Hello my little birdie," she offered to carry Hope and the little girl gladly accepted. "Guys," she looked into our faces. "I would be going back to Italy tomorrow morning. I made that decision yesterday."
"But mum, you are fine here. We are all here." Giovanni protested.
"I know my child but it's my decision. I want to start all over again." She said. "Your father's death affected me greatly and I think I need to start all over again."
"If Italy is where you think you can heal then I'm ready to support you." Lorenzo agreed.
"Same here aunty Marissa. I agreed." Lucas said.
We all turned to face Giovanni who hasn't said anything yet. When he saw that we were all looking at him, he shrugged his shoulder. "It's her decision so we should respect it."
"Thank you, son." Marissa smiled at him and they both hugged themselves.
"This party is getting boring so why not spice it up!" Kendra's voice sounded through the microphone. "It's time to dance!" She whispered into the DJ's ear and soon, 'shut up and dance by walk the moon started playing.
"That's my jam!" Lorenza jumped and started dancing with Hope.
Soon, the hall turned into a dancehall. Lorenzo grabbed my hand we both started dancing. He twirled me around and clapped his hands before catching me.
"That's not how it done guys. Watch me!" Kendra said and started a dance style I've never seen before. First, she bows to her partner who was Yomi then she raised her hands and clapped. She jumped to her left and right and then twirled around and then jumped by raising her hands. Lorena joined in the dance and picked Lorenzo as her partner. Lucas soon finds a partner among the people in the hall. Soon everyone in the hall was dancing to Kendra's new dance. It was fun as I saw Mr yuan and chu also dancing to 'shut up and dance'. It was really fun to see everyone having a happy moment. I smiled as I thought about everything that had happened till now. Most of it was filled with pains, heartbreak, tears, and sorrow but we conquered them all. Everything was now in the past.
"Everyone, watch me," Hope shouted and started clapping her hands. "Clap your hands, everyone!" She instructed and we all did.
"Hey!" Giovanni pulled me into his arms.
"Hey!" I responded and kissed him on the lips.
"It's finally over." He said
"It's is," I responded and he pulled me closer for another kiss. Everyone in the hall clapped for us as we kissed.
It was finally over. A sorrowful wedding night later turned into a happy ending.
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Thanks for reading.
The wedding has officially come to an end. Thank you all for reading this lovely story up till now. I appreciate my dedicated readers and my ghost readers. I love you all and I hope you keep supporting me.
Yomi from Law and justice made a special appearance.
Who loves Kendra?
Date started: August 7, 2020
Date ended: July 20, 2021
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