The Secret Between Us
Chapter 30

The few people who pass around the church greet us and congratulate us as we leave holding hands, and we thank them as if they were our relatives. We don’t want to think about it all, but deep down the sadness is unavoidable; we are alone watching the best moment of our lives. I know that if our families knew about it they would immediately turn against us and separate us, but that is impossible now.

Unable to contain my impulses, I stop on the pavement as I finish walking down the last step of the staircase and wrap my arms around her waist and lift her up in the air -I love you- I tell her, losing myself in that look full of happiness and which I never want to change.

My now wife laughs as I spin around with her in the air and she clings to me as tightly as she can, closing her eyes. – She screams with laughter and I slowly stop and then place her feet on the ground.

-I’m sorry my beauty… I’m just too happy, you’re finally my wife before God’s law, and nothing and no one can change that,” I murmur and get dangerously close to his mouth.

-Who knew tattoo boy could be so romantic? – He teases my lips.

-I whisper and end up kissing her without caring at all -Mrs. De Luca…- I say softly and she smiles -Now you’re mine for life, I’m going to get tired of loving you so much… you’ll be screaming for me to stop telling you that I love you, because I swear there won’t be a day when I won’t tell you- I warn and seeing her biting her lips provokes me infinitely.

-Izan De Luca, you are and always will be the love of my life… you know that,” she whispers and k****s me again in that way that steals my breath away.

We are completely immersed in our world when suddenly we hear someone -Excuse me- he says to us and a little scared we turn to see him.

It’s a young man with a backpack and a camera in his hand -Yes? – I ask him a bit worried.

-Do you want me to take some photos? I don’t charge you anything,” he offers and I immediately refuse.

-No, thank you very much, we’re fine like this” I let him know in the nicest way I can and I look at Mia “My love, it’s time to get out of here” I warn and take her by the hand so we start walking while the young man tells us I don’t know what about the pictures and all that.

-Baby, what’s going on? – My wife asks as I make us go to the car.

-We’re attracting too much attention with our romantic show, if someone takes a picture of us and uploads it to social media; we’re doomed. I swear I hate to break the magic of the moment and I love the way you look in that dress, but unfortunately we have to change our clothes and draw less attention to ourselves,” I explain opening the car door for her to get in.

-Love, wait…” She says to me before getting in.

-What’s wrong? –

-Even if it’s just a selfie, okay? – She asks me like a little girl and I can’t help but smile at her.

-I suggest and she nods as she opens the car door to look for her mobile phone inside the bag where the clothes we brought and I put away before the ceremony are.

Quickly she turns on the camera on her phone and puts it on selfie mode to take a few pictures of us. In some we are smiling, and in others I steal a k**s that makes her smile -Now we can go- she says happily and gets into the car -Where are we going? – she asks with great interest.

-First we’ll go to the hotel to change, then to have lunch, and finally… we’ll see,” I say amused.

-Hotel? – She asks confused.

-I made a reservation at a quaint hotel around here for our wedding night; I want it to be different,” I explain and that beautiful smile she’s giving me right now lets me know that she loved my idea.

I don’t think she’s realised it yet, but for her I’m capable of moving heaven and earth, of becoming the most romantic and cheesy man on the planet if necessary. For her there is nothing I wouldn’t try… I will always fight for us to be happy, for no one to separate us, and for the child we are going to have to have the life we couldn’t; or, rather, the freedom to love whoever she wants as we can’t and which led us to commit this madness that I call good love.