Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion 18 novel Chapter 383

Staring at the dark circles under my eyes in the mirror, I was finally convinced that I had to do something about this recurring nightmare before I really lose it. The answer was simple enough to identify but as always it was much harder to execute. I should tell Hayden about the dream and simply ask him about it. There are two reasons why I haven’t done that just yet.

First, I had been trying to understand what the dream could mean and how it may have a link to reality. So far, I’ve come up with a very plausible theory even if I do say so myself. Second, it was just plain hard to bring this topic up to Hayden. Something told me that he wouldn’t like to discuss it with me. I’ve realized it way before now that Hayden wasn’t a fan of digging up old relics from the past.

It was a few days later when I found the perfect opportunity to talk about it with Hayden. Thankfully, we didn’t have to do anything in preparation for our wedding ceremony or celebration. The boss was happy enough if we could just stick to the old sequence that we rehearsed last time which was easy enough for both of us. That meant that we both had a lot of free time on our hands. I’ve taken a break from accepting new commission art projects for now, but this free time gave me the opportunity to wrap up some pending commissions.

There was an urgent piece of work that I had to work on that couldn’t be pushed back like some of the rest. Ironically, it was a painting of a couple who were getting married. The bride’s mother had commissioned it as a wedding present for her daughter. That meant that the painting had to be completed in time before her daughter’s wedding. It was quite funny that I had to be working on a wedding present for someone else when my own celebration was just around the corner.

Hayden walked into my art studio late in the afternoon and that caught me by surprise. I cocked my head to the side as he plopped himself down on a stool close to me. I wondered why Hayden was home so early today.

“Not so much work today?” I took a guess.

“Yeah…thankfully…” Hayden replied as he shrugged off his white suit.

“Are you hungry? It might be a little early for dinner now, though…” I asked before shifting my attention back to the painting in front of me.

I felt Hayden’s presence close behind me and realized that he was standing behind me now. He was probably looking at the paint that I was working on.

“Looks good. Your client is getting married?” he asked.

“No, but her daughter is. That’s why I’m working hard to finish this off,” I replied before I turned to flash him a smile.

“I guess you’re not excited about our wedding anymore…” Hayden said with a small laugh.

“I’m just praying that it would go smoothly this time, or your father will pop a vein somewhere for sure,” I teased back.

“It better go well because it would be truly sad if we had to take a fourth crack at it,” Hayden replied with a laugh.

“Are you free later today?” I asked while trying to keep my tone light and casual.

“I am. Why?” Hayden replied.

“Want to take a little stroll in the garden today with me? It’s been a long while…” I suggested invitingly.