Forty

As it turns out, registering for marriage took lesser time than i spend drinking a cup of coffee.

I stared at the little booklet in my hands, and at the one in Zach's hands which he was staring at like it was some new invention....we really got married huh?

So I'm a married woman now?

It feels wierd now that I went through with my plans, but I'm really glad that Zach swooped in at the last minute to save me, but to be honest, I don't really appreciate the last minute part but I'm glad it all worked out in the end.

He's like a knight in shining armor, only he doesn't wear an armor, he's my knight in shining Armani.

Zach Lee is my husband. I couldn't stop the blush that rose to my face as my inner goddess swooned at the thought.

"So what now?" He asks.

"I don't know. I don't have to marry Taylor anymore so my life is guarded at least"

"Yh....about that, you ARE safe with me but then you being married to me puts you in mortal danger"

"What?" I ask, dumbfounded.

"Okay, how do I explain this?" He says as we walk towards the car, he opens the door for me and brings his hand to stay just above my head and guides me into the car, I feel like a porcelain doll.

"Explain it any way you can" I say to him when he finally gets in the car, the car starts moving and I wondered how the driver knew where to go without being told.

"He's been with me since I became the CEO of my company, he knows my schedule like the back of his hands, right Herman?" Zach says to the fifty-year old looking driver who smiles into the rear mirror and nods his head. I wonder how he knew what I was thinking.

"Okay, I get that now. Now back to the mortal danger stuff you said?"

"Right, you see, you're married to the richest and most successful man in the continent who's also one of the richest men on the planet, that identity comes with a lot of power and when you have power you attract bad guys. And as most married couples say 'what's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine' my enemies are yours now too" he says with a nonchalant look on his face as he plays with the dragon crested ring on his index finger.

"What's mine is yours?! Why didn't you tell me any of this before we got married?"

"Simple. You didn't ask"

"What?! That's the lamest excuse I've ever heard, this is ten times worse, I got Taylor off my back but now I'm gaining a few hundred more enemies just by marrying you"

"Yeah that's true, but you should also know that I have security on standby twenty four seven, I'm also quite skilled with guns so you're protected from every angle, I was just telling you about 'them' because I thought you might want to know the reason why we're being tailed by three cars"

"What?!"